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Burnley Youth Theatre welcomed 100 alumni, current and past staff, board members and friends to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It included an exhibition showing magic moments of the organisation’s history, from touring projects to famous visitors and digital screens which hold more than 800 photos from BYT’s archive. A highlight of the evening saw Sir… Continue reading Burnley theatre group’s golden night

Brown Boys Swim is touring the UK after an Edinburgh sell-out run. Writer Karim Khan examines the pressures that surround young Muslim men today in a coming-of-age tale, produced by The North Wall. Age guidance is 14+ and running time is 75 minutes. It’s at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, October 9–10; Contact Theatre, Manchester October 25–-28.

Liverpool can boast a magical programme of Christmas shows, from concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, to the Wizard of Oz at the Empire. The latter runs from December 13 to January 7 and stars Aston Merrygold as The Tin Man and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner and Dancing on Ice star The Vivienne as The… Continue reading Liverpool’s Christmas line-up

Light Up Lancaster returns to the city’s squares and alleyways, creating an immersive world of light art installations, music, art, and dance. The festival is extending its usual two-day duration to a three-day spectacle, November 2–4, from 5PM–9PM. Dalton Square will be lit by city theatre-makers imitating the dog with their project Dear Einstein, an elegy to… Continue reading Lighting up Lancaster

Improbable Theatre’s annual three-day event Devoted & Disgruntled, posing questions about theatre and the arts, will be at the Warehouse in Leeds 16–18 March. Now in its eighteenth year—though this is the first in-person event in five years due to COVID-19—D&D is aimed at “anyone who is passionate about the arts, from audiences to artists, CEOs… Continue reading Devoted & Disgruntled of Leeds

Stage and screen actress Julie Hesmondhalgh is to bring her intimate, autobiographical show to support the Octagon in Bolton and Live Theatre in Newcastle. Julie starred as Hayley Cropper in ITV’s Coronation Street for 16 years, as well as Happy Valley (BBC), Broadchurch (ITV), Doctor Who (BBC) and, most recently, ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office. These I Love is described as, “a hymn… Continue reading Julie’s one-woman show at Bolton and Newcastle

Liverpool’s Theatre in the Rough’s Leadership Lab provides skills development and mentoring for aspiring arts leaders under 25 years old living in the Liverpool region. Workshops will cover artistic vision, project management, fundraising, marketing and career planning in the creative sector. Participants will receive a £300 budget and a £150 seed commission to launch a mini arts… Continue reading Leadership Lab for young arts leaders

Not Too Tame’s production of Twelfth Night at Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot will feature actor, comedian and TV presenter Les Dennis as Malvolio. This “brilliantly bold” production of Shakespeare’s comedy follows the company’s previous production at the same venue of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2022 (featured on the BTG podcast at the time). The new production promises, “a contemporary… Continue reading Les Dennis in Not Too Tame Shakespeare

Former Octagon Artistic Director David Thacker will direct David Mamet’s American Buffalo for Rising Moon Productions at The Kings Arms in Salford. A junk shop. Midwest America. Three small-time crooks plot to carry out the midnight robbery of a coin collection. In the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between… Continue reading Thacker to direct Mamet in Salford

Belfast’s c21 Theatre Company has revealed the details of its first visit to the Keegan Theatre in Washington DC in May when it will present the American première of Charis McRoberts’s Expecting. First seen in Belfast’s The Mac in May 2023 and subsequently at the Edinburgh Fringe, Expecting is a portrait of a young couple—deaf mother Shauna and hearing father… Continue reading Belfast’s c21 announces US premiere in Washington DC