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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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.

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

Opera North has announced the five artists chosen for this year’s Resonance residencies: Ellen Beth Abdi, Balraj Samrai, Rory A Green, Jonas Jones and Satnam

Belfast’s Lyric Theatre and Prime Cut Productions are to reunite following the success of last year’s award-winning staging of The Beauty Queen of Leenane with another Martin