On the 1st April Crown Warf Theatre signed an agreement with Joule’s Brewery to transform a vacant space into a fully functioning, versatile 200 seater performance space For the last 12 months Crown Warf Theatre has been fundraising money through a sponsor a seat scheme and that work will now be stepped up so the... Continue Reading →
Update: you can read my review of the 30th Anniversary production of Romeo + Juliet here 2020 was due to to be the golden anniversary of Stafford Festival Shakespeare, the renowned open air production set within the grounds of Stafford Castle. Instead, the 30th Anniversary production was pushed back originally to 2021 due to the... Continue Reading →
It's been announced today that with the help of Martin Dodd from UK Productions, Blackpool Grand will be pushing ahead with plans to stage a pantomime this year. Pantomonium has been written by Jon Monie as a special one off one act condensed panto, featuring Britain’s Got Talent ‘finalist’ Steve Royle, and West End and TV... Continue Reading →
David Pugh has been determined to stage productions. Within weeks he announced and produced a remounted production of Educating Rita at the Minack Theatre. Today it's been confirmed that the remounted production, starring Stephen Tompkinson and Jessica Johnson will once again tour the UK in a covid secure, socially distanced environment. The tour will kick... Continue Reading →
While Aladdin was due to grace the stage of the Derby Theatre this year, due to a change of circumstances that production has been moved to next. However, the Derby Theatre is instead presenting a production of the Little Mermaid this festive season. The production runs from 2nd December 2020 until 2nd January 2021 with... Continue Reading →
This evening it's been confirmed by Baz Bamingoye and a newly created twitter account that Disney's Beauty and the Beast is to tour the UK from spring 2021 Launching at Leicester Curve in May 2021 for a mammoth five week run it is then expected to tour the rest of the UK. It's also been... Continue Reading →
Today it's been announced that the Lichfield Garrick pushes on with its 2020 Panto plans. While Peter Pan was originally penned to fly across the stage this year, it's announced the title will be changed to Jack and the Beanstalk to make the production financially viable. Sam Rabone is back this year in what's being... Continue Reading →
The first beneficiaries of the Government's 'Cultural Recovery Fund' have today been released. While the headline spinner £1.57 billion may sound a lot, after being split between different art and culture areas it has only saved a measly 136 music venues from full time closure. 17 venues across the country required over £50,000, with eight... Continue Reading →
After being halted at the 11th hour a couple of weeks ago, Indoor Theatres have been given the green light to re open. While a socially distanced audience is simply not a viable financial model, there are some productions planned for the rest of the year that will welcome this news. This is by no... Continue Reading →
It has just been announced that Stafford Gatehouse's Christmas pantomime of Snow White has been moved until 2021 The 2020 production would have been the second time Prime Pantomimes produced the panto for the Stafford theatre, following the successful production of Peter Pan last year. A full review of that production can be read here... Continue Reading →
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