• Shrek the Musical,
• Samuel Holmes,
• David Lindsay-Abaire,
• Jeanine Tesori,
• Nigel Harman,
• Marcus Ayton,
• Steffan Harri,
• Laura Main,
• Caro Newling,
• Nick Salmon,
• William Steig,
• Neal Street Productions,

Believe all ‘ogre’ again! SHREK THE MUSICAL® today announces casting for the major nationwide tour. Following the unprecedented success of the first UK and Ireland tour, the original production team reunites to bring the hit musical to a swamp near you. Opening at Edinburgh Playhouse for the festive season this year from 12^th December, the production will then tour throughout the country in 2018.

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• Opera House
• Bronté Barbé,
• Amy Ellen Richardson,
• Blackpool,
• BEAUTIFUL,
• Kane Oliver Parry,
• Matthew Gonsalves,
• Carol Royle,
• Adam Howden,
• Leigh Lothian,
• The Carole King Musical,

Paul Blake, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Mike Bosner in association with Michael Harrison are delighted to announce the national tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning

BEAUTIFUL – THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL will be heading to the Opera House Blackpool from Monday 18^th June – Saturday 23^rd June 2018.

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• Hope Mill Theatre,
• Joseph Houston,
• William Whelton,
• Katy Lipson,
• Aria Entertainment,
• Jason Howland,
• Little Women,
• Louisa May Alcott,
• Knockhardy Productions,
• Bronagh Lagan,
• Iona Holland,
• Nik Corrall,
• Matthew Hopton,

Prepare for a premiere this autumn as Manchester’s acclaimed Hope Mill Theatre hosts the first production of Broadway musical Little Women seen in Europe.

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• West Yorkshire Playhouse,
• James Brining,
• Daniel Bye,
• Furnace Festival,
• Two Man Show,
• RashDash,
• Amy Leach,
• Instructions For Border Crossing,
• Gilly Roche,
• You’ve Changed,
• Cock and Bull,
• WOKE,
• Hot Queer Smithy,
• Scratch,
• Joke Translation Service,
• Trojan Horse,
• The Annex,
• Playtest,
• Alex Ferris,

Home grown talent RashDash and Daniel Bye join the bill for West Yorkshire Playhouse's Furnace Festival 2017 showcasing new work and works in progress.

RashDash started life working in space provided down at Quarry Bank and are back with their Edinburgh hit Two Man Show. Playhouse regular Bye offers Instructions for Border Crossing looking at the impact of surveillance and tracking in these troubled times.

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• Liverpool,
• Emma Dears,
• Craig Price,
• St Bride's,
• Roy Weissensteiner,
• Rachel Harland,
• Hein Boterberg,
• Bill Elms,
• Onsong Productions,

Prepare to be moved by the beauty of music when St Bride’s Church hosts An Evening of Opera this autumn.

The historic Percy Street church will be alive with duets and arias from some of the world’s best-loved operas during the fundraising event on Friday 20th October.

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• Palace Theatre
• English National Ballet,
• Manchester,
• Sir Kenneth MacMillan,
• Song of the Earth,
• August Bournonville,
• La Sylphide,
• Frank Andersen,
• Eva Kloborg,

Two works new to English National Ballet’s repertoire, Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s masterwork, Song of the Earth and August Bournonville’s La Sylphide recreated by Frank Andersen and Eva Kloborg, will be performed at the Manchester Palace Theatre from Wednesday 11^th –  Saturday 14^th October.

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• Opera House
• Manchester,
• Whitney Houston,
• Queen of the Night,
• Shanice Smith,

Fans of Whitney Houston better get ready to dance with somebody because Manchester Opera House is delighted to announce that Whitney – Queen of the Night will be coming to town on Friday 6^th October as part of its Autumn UK tour!

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• Tom Chambers,
• Grand Theatre,
• Crazy For You,
• Charlotte Wakefield,
• Leeds,
• Caroline Flack,

Musical theatre fans can check out Strictly Come Dancing winner Caroline Flack’s onstage debut as Crazy For You comes to Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday 29^th August 2017.

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• Liverpool Playhouse,
• Deborah Aydon,
• Kim Cattrall,
• Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt,
• Phil Scraton,
• Everyman,

This September, Liverpool will welcome home Golden Globe winner Kim Cattrall for a unique Q&A event which will raise funds to support the theatre-makers of the future.

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• Everyman Theatre,
• The Tin Drum,
• Gunter Grass,
• Carl Grose,
• Charles Hazlewood,
• Mike Shepherd,

• The creative team behind Dead Dog in a Suitcase returns to Liverpool with The Tin Drum

• Co-production with Kneehigh, Everyman & Playhouse and West Yorkshire Playhouse premières in Liverpool

• Mix of actor musicians and puppetry tell the tale of a three year old anti-hero Oskar and his tin drum

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