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Theatre
Jason to tackle brand new role
Jason Donovan will return to the cast of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds for The New Generation Tour, dropping in at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena on December 9.
Dark humour with Adam
To celebrate the success of his debut solo show at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011 and a suitably smutty Christmas show at London’s Lyric Theatre, Amateur Transplants frontman Adam Kay packed up his piano to sing his way across the UK with his own unique brand of smutty songs.
Celebrating 60 years in song
MATLOCK Musical Theatre members are to celebrate the Queen’s forthcoming diamond jubilee with performances of a new show at four different venues across the area next month.
Performers hit the heights
One of the most daring, breathtaking and stunning family shows to come out of China – ShangHi by Cirque Du Ciel – is coming to the UK for its first tour, stopping off at Buxton Opera House on May 25 and 26.
Join duo for a nostalgic tale
MAN is the name of a new comedy, devised by the Leicester-based Citizen598, and it can be seen at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre on Friday, May 25, from 7.30pm.
It’s a slick and fast production
BIG numbers from jazz to ballad and high-paced dancing earn Wonderful Town (Theatre Royal, Nottingham, until Saturday, May 19) the classic description of an all-singing, all-dancing show.
Choir concert at Belper church
Belper-born Dawn Sherley-Dale (nee Oldknow) returns to her home town on Saturday, May 19, in the company of chamber choir Voxcetera, to perform a cross-section of traditional and contemporary songs from around the British Isles.
Festival sells out again
THIS weekend’s Bearded Theory Festival at Kedleston Hall is a sellout with music lovers from Derbyshire and beyond snapping up all of the tickets.
Funding success at Derby Theatre
Arts Council England has announced that Derby Theatre will receive funding to produce a wide range of theatre.
Chicago is on tour
THE UK national tour of smash-hit musical Chicago is coming to Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall from August 13-18.
Audition planned for Pan panto
Buxton Opera House will shortly be recruiting talented young actors for its 2012-13 production of Peter Pan.
Frankie’s extra date
COMEDIAN Frankie Boyle has added an extra tour date to his latest trip around the country and will now be appearing at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall on Thursday, August 9, as well as Wednesday, August 8.
Comic look at the world of sport
THE acclaimed Reduced Shakespeare Company will be making two visits to the area to perform their latest show, The Complete World Of Sports (abridged).
Getting to grips with two greats
BIG Daddy Vs Giant Haystacks is a British heavyweight champion comedy by Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon that can be seen at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre on Thursday, May 17.
McClean’s on the team again
MOTORMOUTH Mancunian Mike McClean has signed up for his second successive Derby Assembly Rooms’ panto by hooking up with Larry Lamb for this year’s production of Peter Pan.
Scargill group props appeal
VILLAGERS, who are putting on a play about the life of a famous rector, are on the look-out for props.
Hot Rhod is back
MULTI-award winning Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert is back at the Royal Concert Hall on May 15 and 16 with his latest intriguingly titled show.
Wonderful night out is in store
LEONARD Bernstein’s musical comedy Wonderful Town follows up a smash-hit run at The Lowry in Salford by dropping in to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from May 15-19.
Tale of murder in high places
THERE will be menace and murder in high places when Dead Ringer, by Charles Ross, is staged at Derby Theatre from June 18-23.
Bitesized ballet comes to town
Birmingham Royal Ballet, one of the most revered companies in the country, is coming to Buxton Opera House with a programme of excerpts from some of the most famous ballet classics, on May 15 and 16.
Mammoth tour for Izzard
Eddie Izzard has announced his brand new world tour, which will see him perform at Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on May 13 and Capital FM Arena Nottingham on May 23 2013 and Motorpoint Arena Sheffield.
Musical take on Sillitoe’s book
NOTTINGHAM author Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is to be presented in a new musical version at Nottingham Playhouse from May 8-12.
Hear what Simon says
The award-winning comedian, actor/screenwriter Simon Amstell brings his new stand-up tour to Nottingham Playhouse on Sunday, May 13.
Horrible Histories on the rampage
Watch out for head-chopping Henry VIII and the amazing Charge of the Light Brigade as those Horrible Histories are on the rampage again.
Larry to head cast in city panto
There is only one actor who can take on the role of a manipulative East End villain at the same time as playing one of the nation’s most sensible and loveable Dads in an award-winning comedy.
Play is off due to bereavement
THE production of Bed And Breakfast, due to take place in the studio at Derby Theatre on May 4 and 5, has had to be cancelled.
Panto king is back for 29th year
He’s back! The legendary Kenneth Alan Taylor returns to the stage as Nurse Nelly Noggins in Nottingham Playhouse’s pantomime later this year.
Four of the best at Jongleurs
FOUR more classy comedians are onstage at Jongleurs in Nottingham for two shows, taking place on May 4 and 5.
Good mates head out on UK tour
ATTILA The Stockbroker and Rory Ellis bring their Separated At Birth 2012 tour to the Darwin Suite at Derby’s Assembly Rooms on Saturday, May 26.
Bed and Breakfast ready to reopen
Best friends Jayne Lewis and Gareth Stubbs first performed the play Bed And Breakfast, penned by Jayne, in the mid-to-late nineties.
Roar of approval for Morpurgo tale
A NEW stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s The Butterfly Lion, produced and presented by New Perspectives Theatre
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