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The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced details of the final 37 Plays selected for its nationwide playwriting search: an ambitious new initiative open to anybody from anywhere in the UK.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra commissioned Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum award-winning composer Bob Singleton to create a new family-friendly concert. 

A queer love story that looks at how a man's identity is affected by injury, and by fighting for a country that doesn't fully accept you, Paper Cut is a tender and funny new play by American writer Andrew Rosendorf.

Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker, musician, and composer Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album. Walker's ritual performance flows between incantation, love lecture, scene, and song as it considers the labor of performance itself and honors the legacy of Whitney Houston and so many other Black women beloved, and consumed, for their art.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and internationally renowned contemporary circus company, Circa have announced the world premiere of a brand-new production Duck Pond, pirouetting and waddling into the Playhouse from 5 to 8 July 2023. 

Padgett Productions, best known for ROCKY HORROR and EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, has stepped from its usual genres to inspire Kansas City audiences with the comedy-drama STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and Kansas City should be glad it has. What a fantastic show to bring to the main stage of MTH Theatre at Crown Center. STEEL MAGNOLIAS is a limited run through May 21.

Francesca Moody Productions has announced the return of Tim Crouch's landmark production An Oak Tree. The acclaimed play will run at Wickham Theatre Bristol from 8 – 10 June, Festival d'Avignon 6 – 11 July and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh from 4 – 27 August. 

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced full cast and creative team for their forthcoming production of Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written. 

Award-winning storyteller Danyah Miller has announced a unique Gala Performance of her acclaimed production of I Believe in Unicorns, based on the story by the best-selling children's author Michael Morpurgo, to celebrate The Reading Agency's 21st birthday.

Little Seeds Music and Z-arts have secured Arts Council Funding to produce a new musical adapted from the children's book Luna Loves Library Day, written by Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Fiona Lumbers.

With The Tempest about to open this year's Salisbury International Arts Festival, Wiltshire Creative has announced full programming for their Autumn 2023 season.

 National Asian Artists Project will hold its 2023 Gala Benefit on Friday, June 2nd at The Golden Unicorn. Learn how to purchase tickets!

The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in Liverpool, UK on May 9, 11 and 13. We're here with some tips on songs to look out for during the live shows. Never fear, as with every Eurovision there really is something for everyone…

With 'Chastity,' Pussy Riot and Alice Glass wield Boys Noize's racing techno-NRG as a weapon of mass domination. The femme-fatale vocalists take turns drenching the Berlin producer's dark adrenaline with syrupy acid – and while it's an undeniable peak-time rush, a closer listen to the lyrics reveal disturbing new details.

WAM Theatre has shared several audience accessibility initiatives for its upcoming co-production of What the Constitution Means to Me with Berkshire Theatre Group. Forming the core of the audience accessibility initiatives is a sensory-friendly performance, caregiver reimbursements, masked performances options, and sliding scale ticketing initiative.  

The show’s thematic identity crisis notwithstanding, Campbell’s return to the stage is cause for celebration. He knows how to spin a tale that will keep you at the edge of your seat…and how to snatch that seat out from under you while you’re sitting there.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the brand new adaptation of Ben Okri's Every Leaf A Hallelujah, adapted and directed by Chinonyerem Odimba (22 May – 10 June, press performance 25 May, 11am).

The West Harlem Art Fund & City College's Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice will collaborate on Design in Flux, a new media exhibition On Governor's Island In Nolan Park from May 6th through June 30th. The exhibit will be held in Nolan Park Building 10B (NP10).

BroadwayWorld has learned that Harmony will transfer to Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre later this year! Direct from its sold-out, award-winning downtown run, Harmony, a New York Times Critic's Pick, begins performances on Broadway October 18th.

Mother Lode, a play by Virginia Wall Gruenert, will return to Carnegie Stage June 3 at 8:00pm and June 4 at 3:00pm. The production stars Linda Haston, and is directed by Ingrid Sonnichsen.

The Great AZ Puppet Theatre will present THE PRINCESS, THE UNICORN, AND THE SMELLY-FOOT TROLL from May 11 through 28.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and Theatre Partners announce the Judging panel for the nationwide playwriting competition 37 Plays: an ambitious and ground-breaking new initiative open to anybody from anywhere in the UK. More than 2,000+ plays were submitted and have been read by a panel of 24 readers recruited from across the UK. 

Fuel collaborates with The Royal Opera for the first time to present the world premiere of Woman & Machine - a ground-breaking binaural opera experience from Mercury-nominated songwriter ESKA, directed by Kirsty Housley.

Nicoll Entertainment has announced casting for the 2023 UK tour of Dragons and Mythical Beasts, the award-winning family show that brings mythical creatures to life on stage using spectacular puppetry.

 In accordance with their unique mission of arts as activism, WAM Theatre has announced that a portion of the box office for their spring production, a special co-production with Berkshire Theatre Group of What The Constitution Means To Me, will be donated to Elizabeth Freeman Center.