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A couple of weeks ago, The Lowry staged By Royal Appointment, a no-warts-at-all interpretation of the life of the late Queen ...
Joan is many things—a miracle worker certainly, from Shaw’s 20 th century viewpoint not divinely orchestrated but rather the ...
Festivals in Ilkley, Durham and Whitby will feature events with Alan Ayckbourn, Hugh Bonneville, Miriam Margolyes, Alan ...
Birmingham’s Old Joint Stock Theatre is to use its biggest ever cast—16 performers—when it stages the musical Bonnie and ...
On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, Shostakovich (1906–75) is brought to life, especially for those who know only ...
Emilie Robson, winner of last year’s prize for her play Dogs On The Metro, said, “winning the North East Playwriting prize ...
Deathtrap is the story of Sidney Bruhl, a playwright whose last success was 18 years ago. When one of his students, Clifford ...
David Lee Morgan David Lee Morgan theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall 11 – 16 August 2025 ...
In at least 90% of cases, when a commercial organisation changes its name, that reflects some severe underlying weakness and ...
To be fair to the company, having to perform in front of an audience that's not the target audience for the show is a real ...
The Mark Thomas Comedy Counterattack takes place in the former home of The Police Club of Edinburgh and is no exception to his sharp informative humour.
Luckily for the hapless thespians, Rick (Toby Thompson), a new addition to the troupe, has a mind for writing stories and a ...