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Festival News Carmen Composer Georges Bizet Director Robin Norton -Hale The independent Carmen warns that any man who falls for her should be mindful of her free spirit. She captures the attention of the soldier, Don José. His desire for her quickly gives way to jealousy. This is a tale of passion, of power and fate with Bizet's classic score at its heart. 'Carmen is opera at its most visceral and compelling' Clive Drew ANRPR The Nevill Holt Festival in partnership with Opera

Pictured left to right actors Kathryn Perkins, Ryan Starling, Sophie Bloor and James Keningale in The 39 Steps at Derby Theatre October 2026 Photograph by Graeme Braidwood Stage Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The 39 Steps The Thirty-Nine Steps a novel by John Buchan Adapted from the screen version The 39 Steps directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1935) Adaptor for stage Patrick Barlo

Ramin Karimloo (Sweeney Todd) and David Bedella (Judge Turpin) in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Birmingham Rep - Photography by Manuel Harlan Stage Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street A Musical based on play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond Music and Lyrics Stephen Sondheim book by Hugh Wheeler Directed by Joe Murphy Musical Supervisor Dr John Rigby It is Victorian London and Benjamin Barker returns to England after being wrongfully

Buxton Fringe 2026 - what are we going to do when this is all over? A Split Infinitive Theatre Touring Production PREVIEW what are we going to do when this is all over? Written and Directed by Alexander and Helen Millington This is a touring production by theatre company Split Infinitive - 'an award-winning theatre company dedicated to creating intimate and engaging pieces of original theatre'. what are we going to do when this is all over? is a play that explores a wife's c

Actor Mark Knightley (Sherlock Holmes) in Sherlock Holmes:The Hunt for Moriarty at Derby Theatre, May 2026 Photograph by Asun Olivan Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty Adapted and Directed by Nick Lane from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Writer Nick Lane has combined a good few of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories and arrived at one mystery of Sherlock and his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty, for stage, Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty. The opening reveals the

A new play MAKE IT COUNT at Louth Riverhead Theatre this June PREVIEW MAKE IT COUNT Writer: James Sweeney Director: John Hewer This June, at Louth Riverhead Theatre, Lincolnshire is writer, James Sweeney's debut play Make it Count; a three-hander, comedy-drama, about love, control and second chances. Brayden Kerr, Derek Hodges and Laura Thompson in Make it Count at Louth Riverhead Theatre this June 2026 Overview When Jonas dies unexpectedly, an afterlife error gives him the

Mark Arends (Bernard) Daniel Ward (Gilbert) Anna Crichlow (Hortense) - Small Island at the Rep, Birmingham Photograph Pamela Raith Small Island ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Written by Andrea Levy Adapted for stage by Helen Edmundson Directed by Matthew Xia Overview Small Island plots around distinctive characters whose stories overlap. In rural Jamaica, the young Hortense is a teaching assistant