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3 nights of theatre celebrating the Workers Theatre Movement
26May By NewsdeskNo Comments
NEWS

3 nights of theatre celebrating the Workers Theatre Movement

Playing at The Hope Street Theatre – Friday 6th, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June, 7.30pm. In the 19320 and 30s, all over Britain, working-class theatre groups sprang up all over Britain, under the umbrella of the Workers Theatre Movement. A production that celebrates the Workers theatre Movement and its upsurge of Cultural Activism will be showcasing at one of Liverpool’s best small City-Centre Theatres, the Hope Street Theatre. Included in the 3 nights are a one act play about a 30s Socialist Theatre group, “Unity” by Tom Mclennan, and 3 modern Living Newspapers by local actors, inspired by the work of these Socialist Theatre pioneers. The show – called “Workers Playtime” – can be booked via the Hope Street Theatre website and box office. Tickets £8/£6 from ww...
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Bloody Marvellous: A Comedy Show about the Middle Ages to tour UK Fringe Festivals this summer
26May By NewsdeskNo Comments
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Bloody Marvellous: A Comedy Show about the Middle Ages to tour UK Fringe Festivals this summer

Bloody Marvellous brings together Luke Connell’s academic and comedic personalities to offer something distinctive: a comic tour of the medieval world. Rather than the tired medieval themes of kings and battles, it is about medieval ideas, stories and inventions. Featuring props, songs and games, Bloody Marvellous introduces audiences to creatures like sea-centipedes and manticores, dogs with names like Havegoodday, and characters like Eilmer the flying monk. Luke shows off the old world’s taste in tourist tat, and tries to convince audiences that medieval medicine – with treatments involving things like dragons’ blood – was more exciting than the modern kind. The show will be performed at the Newcastle, Durham, Buxton and Greater Manchester Fringes in July before it hits the Edinburgh ...
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The National Youth Music Theatre leads innovative new Birmingham partnership project alongside ambitious outdoor theatre finale of its 2025 Season
26May By NewsdeskNo Comments
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The National Youth Music Theatre leads innovative new Birmingham partnership project alongside ambitious outdoor theatre finale of its 2025 Season

The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) proudly announces FairGround, a bold and inclusive arts festival for children and young people from all backgrounds across the whole of Birmingham. Hosted at City Academy, FairGround will offer free creative workshops in partnership with other leading arts organisations and schools in the city. The festival is committed to providing tailored opportunities for participants that reflect the diverse needs and experiences of its participants. Among those opportunities will be specialist drama and music workshops for newly arrived children who attend CORE Hello - a groundbreaking education programme which supports children from around the world to integrate positively into Birmingham schools and the community. FairGround features a series of four creat...
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Marina Abramović premieres most ambitious work of her career at Manchester’s Aviva Studios
26May By NewsdeskNo Comments
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Marina Abramović premieres most ambitious work of her career at Manchester’s Aviva Studios

•Balkan Erotic Epic (9th – 19th October 2025) marks Abramović’s largest-scale performance work to date, featuring a cast of over 70 performers. •Rooted in the artist’s Balkan heritage, this bold new work combines dance, song, and ritual to explore desire, spirituality, and our connection to nature. •Merging elements of performative tradition with sensuality and eroticism, Balkan Erotic Epic reflects Abramović’s ongoing exploration of the body, sexuality, and the limits of human experience. •Tickets go on-sale to Factory International members on Thursday 22nd May and to general public on Thursday 29th May at www.factoryinternational.org   Factory International, the organisation behind Manchester International Festival and the city’s landmark cultural space Aviva Studios, wi...
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Peebles Orchestra Concert – Peebles Burgh Hall
26May Avatar photoBy Kathleen MansfieldNo Comments
Scotland

Peebles Orchestra Concert – Peebles Burgh Hall

Weber Overture, Preciosa, J. 279 Mozart Minuet in C, K.409 Haydn Piano Concerto No. 11 in D, Hob. XVIII:11 (with guest pianist, Pawel Szulc) Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D, Reformation, Op. 107 This evening, Peebles Orchestra, conducted by the inimitable Robert Dick (“one of the most sensitive and least clichéd conductors I have ever worked with.” - Nicola Benedetti) produced its trademark hum, buzz and bravado to a full house of appreciative music lovers. Robert Dick is an accomplished musician with a plethora of credits to his name and a host of international engagements. He freelances with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Scottish Concert Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Scotland. It is a credit to Peebles Orchestra that he regularly conducts this talente...
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Radiant Boy: A Haunting – Southwark Playhouse Borough
26May By Ben PearsonNo Comments
London

Radiant Boy: A Haunting – Southwark Playhouse Borough

Radiant Boy is a unique, evocative, and intensely personal play that explores a young man’s relationship with his mother, his sexuality, and his faith. Russell has returned home after a ‘sickness’ prevented him from continuing his singing training in London. Unsure of how else to help Russell, his mother Maud has called a Priest who specialises in supernatural occurrences. Part kitchen-sink drama, part Exorcist style horror, Nancy Netherwood’s script effortlessly moves from understated but heartfelt conversations between a mother and son one moment and a dramatic exorcism the next. Her use of music, particularly traditional folk and New Wave, not only add to the atmosphere of the play but also embody Russell’s internal struggle. As Netherwood says in her Playwright’s note, folk and New Wav...
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Born by the River – Lock and Quay, Liverpool
25May By Kevin EcclestonNo Comments
North West

Born by the River – Lock and Quay, Liverpool

At the heart of Liverpool’s vibrant arts scene, Born by the River emerges as a bold and evocative new production, seamlessly blending music, storytelling, and innovative stagecraft. Presented as a centrepiece of the lively Pirate Festival at the Lock and Quay on May 24th, this Arts Council-funded project captivated audiences, leaving them breathless and inspired. With a local and European tour ahead, this play is poised to make a lasting impression far beyond its debut performance. Set in 1787 Liverpool—a city of merchants, traders, and the haunting shadow of slavery—the play follows Aggie, a young girl with dreams too large for the world she inhabits. The daughter of a merchant seaman, she yearns to embark on a life of adventure, seeking freedom beyond the restrictive expectations ...
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Ballet BC – Festival Theatre
25May By Jessie MartinNo Comments
Scotland

Ballet BC – Festival Theatre

Presenting a double bill of innovative contemporary dance, Dance Consortium brought Canadian company Ballet BC to the Festival Theatre’s stage.  Playing with both the dark and light, fluidity and harshness, humour and sadness, Ballet BC provides us with an intentional and diverse vision of creation that stretches the boundaries of contemporary dance.  It is clear that choreographers Crystal Pite and Johan Inger take great care with their work, with even the slightest movement bringing impact and meaning to the respective pieces - each joint, limb, and muscle being utilised in unique and unusual ways. Act one featured the work of Crystal Pite with their piece entitled Frontier.  Frontier explored the relationship between the self and the shadow with dancers dressed ent...
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Little Brother – Jermyn Street Theatre
25May By Anisha PucadyilNo Comments
London

Little Brother – Jermyn Street Theatre

The Jermyn Street Theatre is known for its office winning productions is tucked away in the corner of the prestigious west end boulevard in central London. It has a neat line up of programs like creative associates supporting early career under represented theatre makers and women in Theatre lab. ‘Little Brother’ retraces the steps of adolescent Ibrahima Balde searching for his younger brother in Libya. The book on which the play is based, began with the conversations Ibrahima had with Amets Arzallus Antia, while seeking asylum. Youness Bouzinab, Blair Gyabaah, Whitney Kehinde, Ivan Oyik and Mo Sesay recreate memorable plethora of characters that young 11-year-old meets. Special mention to the innocence, grief and honesty captured by Blair Gyabaah. In his recreation of wide eyed ...
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Afloat – Unity Theatre
25May By Kevin EcclestonNo Comments
North West

Afloat – Unity Theatre

Theatre has long held the power to inspire action, evoke empathy, and shine a light on the injustices of the world. Afloat, the latest production from the socially driven theatre company of the same name does exactly that—delivering a deeply moving and thought-provoking exploration of the asylum system in the UK. Performed at Liverpool's Unity Theatre over two nights (May 23rd and 24th), Afloat seamlessly blends traditional theatrical storytelling with striking physical theatre and evocative music, creating an unforgettable experience that lingers long after the final scene. Helmed by director Phoebe McSweeney, this production was collaboratively devised through workshops involving asylum seekers, volunteers, and advocates—ensuring authenticity and emotional depth in every performance. ...
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