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Photos: Inside Rehearsal For New Vic Theatre's THE NUTCRACKER: A CHRISTMAS FAIRYTALE

New Vic Theatre has released rehearsal photos for its highly anticipated festive family production of The Nutcracker: A Christmas Fairytale, a magical new spin on the classic story.
Cast Set For Reimagining of THE NUTCRACKER at the New Vic Theatre

This Christmas, the New Vic Theatre will put its own magical spin on the classic story of The Nutcracker in a festive family production. Find out who is starring in this new show here!
THE NUTCRACKER Comes to Staffordshire's New Vic this Christmas

Staffordshire’s New Vic is delighted to announce its production of The Nutcracker: A Christmas Fairytale, a rare staging of the much-loved tale as a play, on its in-the-round stage from Friday 17 November 2023 to Saturday 27 January 2024.
ALL OF ME Will Embark on UK Tour This Spring

This spring, Caroline Horton is touring the UK with her critically acclaimed solo show following a multi-award-winning Edinburgh run in 2019, a Twine adaptation and an audio version.
New Perspectives and The Brighton Festival Present HOUSE MOTHER NORMAL

New Perspectives and The Brighton Festival present House Mother Normal, a digital installation telling of the lives of eight characters in a nursing home under the watchful eye of House Mother. Directed by Tim Crouch, the production, which can be viewed online or at 6 Dukes Lane, Brighton, merges the individual chapters of B.S. Johnson’s novel.
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER on HBO

THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER, debuting WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), based on Francisco Goldman’s award-winning book of the same name and executive produced by Oscar® winners George Clooney and Grant Heslov.
VIDEO: The Show Must Go Online Presents An Evening For Mental Wellbeing On Behalf Of Mind And Calm

The Show Must Go Online will present an event on Monday 1 June from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
Caroline Horton's ALL OF ME Returns For UK Tour

This Spring, Caroline Horton is set to tour the UK with her latest critically acclaimed solo show following a multi-award winning Edinburgh run in 2019.
China Plate Announces Autumn 2019 Season

Midlands-based independent producing studio China Plate today announces the shows it will present during Autumn 2019. Following a run in Summerhall's Main Hall during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (31 Jul -25 Aug), Caroline Horton's All of Me (the possibility of future splendour) will have a three-week run at East London's The Yard Theatre from 10 - 28 September.
BWW Review: The Asolo's Inventive, Slapstick Production of Jules Verne's AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Perfect for the Kid Inside Every Adult

It's crazily creative, winding up like Disney's 'It's a Small World' ride on methamphetamine.
Go AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS At New Victory Theater

The dance, music, theatre and visual arts academies of  Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts aka: Grand Arts, present the musical Broadway production of HAIRSPRAY. This is a tremendous effort that provides opportunities for students on stage and behind the scenes to experience a full scale production that brings industry professionals to campus to donate time to ensure the audience has a complete Broadway experience. Opens April 5th at Ramon C. Cortines High School - 450 N. Grand Ave. Los Angeles CA 90012
New Perspectives Presents THE GIANT JAM SANDWICH

An all-time favourite picture book of generations of parents and children, The Giant Jam Sandwich is the madcap tale of the eccentric little village of Itching Down which is invaded by four million troublesome wasps.
BWW Review: RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

Best friends Rita and Sue get a lift home from married Bob after babysitting his kids. When he takes the scenic route and offers them a bit of fun, the three start a fling they each think they control.
New Perspectives Announces 2018 Season

Following an ambitious year that culminated in the first rural tour of Richard Bean's epic farming saga Harvest, 2018 will see New Perspectives touring increasingly adventurous new theatre to spaces of all shapes and sizes, from mid-scale theatres to village halls. From rural Nigeria to modern Mumbai to the 1960's English countryside, the company will be bringing global stories to audiences across the UK.
Upswing's THE RAMSHACKLE HOUSE Coming to Stratford for Christmas

Following a critically acclaimed UK tour of their award-winning family show Bedtime Stories, Upswing creates a tale of a family creating, building, inventing and reinventing to achieve their goal of living happily and safely together.
James Atherton, Taj Atwal, Sally Bankes, and More to Star in RITA, SUE, AND BOB TOO

James Atherton, Taj Atwal, Sally Bankes, Gemma Dobson, Samantha Robinson and David Walker have been cast in Rita, Sue and Bob Too directed by Max Stafford-Clark.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Announces Major UK Tour & London Summer Season

The New Vic Theatre's celebrated production of Jules Verne's AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS adapted by Laura Eason and directed by Theresa Heskins returns to the stage for a major six month tour. Following
Oxford Playhouse to Present World Premiere of PETER PAN IN SCARLET, July 25

This summer marks the return of the Oxford Playhouse to middle scale producing with the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Peter Pan in Scarlet, the best-selling official sequel to JM Barrie's Peter Pan, written by Carnegie Medal and three times Whitbread Children's Book Award winner Geraldine McCaughrean.  The book was originally commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity  to whom Barrie gifted all rights to the character and original writings in 1929.  The novel will be brought thrillingly to life by director and adapter Theresa Heskins, Artistic Director of the New Vic Theatre, and an award-winning team including Aerial Director, Vicki Amedume, Artistic Director of circus theatre company Upswing, composer and Musical Director, James Atherton and designer Liz Cooke. 
Youth Music Theatre UK Sets Summer Season

In its tenth anniversary year, YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE UK (YMT) launches a groundbreaking season of international work in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to be produced during the summer of 2014. Contemporary classical music rubs shoulders with dubstep, jazz and Persian mugham. Musical theatre songs are juggled with polyphonic singing, and both physical theatre and actor musicianship are centre stage. Young talented composers, directors and writers stand alongside icons of the theatre.
Tribeca Film Acquires North American Rights to British Drama STARRED UP

Tribeca Film today announced it has acquired North American rights to Scottish director David Mackenzie's award-winning gritty prison drama Starred Up

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