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SCORCHED

SCORCHED

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 6 Sep 2010

SCORCHED: Writer Wajdi Mouawad was born in Lebanon in 1968 and fled the country with his family ...

XENON Explodes at Canterbury Festival

XENON Explodes at Canterbury Festival

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 4 Sep 2010

XENON AT CANTERBURY FESTIVAL: A first for regional arts festivals, the East Kent Festival Cluster ...

Ruthie Henshall to Star in Blithe Spirit

Ruthie Henshall to Star in Blithe Spir...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 1 Sep 2010

BLITHE SPIRIT: opened in 1941 when it played for over 2,000 performances. It has been one of the ...

Pedal Power

Pedal Power

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 1 Sep 2010

PEDAL POWER: This fast-moving play looks at 100 years of cycling history as Mikron’s team of four ...

NT Live performance of Phèdre

NT Live performance of Phèdre

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 31 Aug 2010

PHEDRE: A recorded screening of the complete performance, live from the National Theatre, London. ...

SURROUND ME

SURROUND ME

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 31 Aug 2010

SURROUND ME: The experience of the City at the weekend returns the pedestrian to the human scale ...

Danton’s Death

Danton’s Death

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 30 Aug 2010

OLIVIER THEATRE: Toby Stephens is at his imperious best as the swaggering, eponymous hero while ...

Into The Woods

Into The Woods

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 30 Aug 2010

REGENTS PARK: A musical amalgamation of fairy tale characters in which Red Riding Hood encounters ...

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake Returns to London

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake Returns to ...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 29 Aug 2010

SWAN LAKE: Collecting over 30 international theatre awards including three Tonys, ‘Swan Lake’ has ...

Stereophonics at The Hammersmith Apollo

Stereophonics at The Hammersmith Apoll...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 25 Aug 2010

STEREOPHONICS: “To celebrate the reissue of our first two albums we will be playing two nights at ...

EVITA at The New Wimbledon Theatre

EVITA at The New Wimbledon Theatre

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 25 Aug 2010

EVITA: With more than 20 major awards to its credit, including the Oscar winning motion picture ...

A Feast of Funk and Fusion

A Feast of Funk and Fusion

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 24 Aug 2010

A FEAST OF FUNK AND FUSION: featuring Europe’s foremost Latin pianist, Neil Angilley, Canadian ...

Derby Festé comes of age

Derby Festé comes of age

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 18 Aug 2010

DERBY TOURISM: Already recognised as one of the most spectacular weekend festivals of its kind in ...

Kitten de Ville and Dirty Martini

Kitten de Ville and Dirty Martini

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 18 Aug 2010

MARTINI LOUNGE: Kitten De Ville and Dirty Martini fly in to join Millie Dollar for a night of ...

Kathleen Ferrier celebrated

Kathleen Ferrier celebrated

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 18 Aug 2010

SQUARE CHAPEL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS: The songs and wonderful voice of one of Britain’s most gifted ...

Winner of New Music Award 2010 announced

Winner of New Music Award 2010 announc...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 17 Aug 2010

PRS FOR MUSIC FOUNDATION: Five finalists are in the running to win the New Music Award 2010, and ...

Performing Arts Conference inviting Participants

Performing Arts Conference inviting Pa...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 16 Aug 2010

IUGTE: "Performing Arts Training Today" is inviting participants, to a spectacular seminar in ...

Ruckus in the Garden

Ruckus in the Garden

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 12 Aug 2010

SQUARE QUAPEL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS: Calderdale Theatre School rehearse and perform a play in 24 ...

Martha Crossley life story at Halifax Festival

Martha Crossley life story at Halifax ...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 12 Aug 2010

SQUARE CHAPEL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS: A play on the life of Martha Crossley comes to Halifax ...

Lincoln Art Programme: Search Party Vs Lincoln

Lincoln Art Programme: Search Party Vs...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 12 Aug 2010

LINCOLN ART PROGRAMME: Search Party Vs Lincoln is a three day durational two handed performance ...

Award winning playwright returns to Mercury

Award winning playwright returns to Me...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 12 Aug 2010

THE MERCURY THEATRE: This autumn the Mercury Theatre has once again teamed up with one of the ...

Oval House to appoint new Director of Theatre

Oval House to appoint new Director of ...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 11 Aug 2010

OVAL HOUSE: Ben Evans leaves Oval House Theatre after 5 ½ years as Director of Theatre.

Irish Representative for 54th Venice Biennale

Irish Representative for 54th Venice B...

ArtsHub (Ireland) 11 Aug 2010

CULTURE IRELAND: Culture Ireland has announced the appointment of Emily-Jane Kirwan as ...

Beautiful Burnout in East London

Beautiful Burnout in East London

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 11 Aug 2010

NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND: The National Theatre of Scotland joins forces with Frantic Assembly ...

Fivepound fringe 2010

Fivepound fringe 2010

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 10 Aug 2010

EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL: The Five Pound Fringe (FPF) returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival ...

Volunteer and be part of Derby Festé

Volunteer and be part of Derby Festé

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 9 Aug 2010

DERBY FESTE: Volunteering offers a chance to become part of Derby Festé. This year’s festival ...

We Are Not Witches

We Are Not Witches

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 9 Aug 2010

SAATCHI GALLERY: A child might be quite pleased to be cast as a ‘witch’ or a ‘wizard’ in our ...

Welcome to Thebes

Welcome to Thebes

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 5 Aug 2010

OLIVIER THEATRE: Moira Buffini’s Welcome to Thebes re-imagines the disastrous aftermath of the ...

Riverdance star Colin Dunne LEAPs into Liverpool

Riverdance star Colin Dunne LEAPs into...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 2 Aug 2010

Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI) is excited to announce that former Riverdance star and Irish ...

Real life comes fast…

Real life comes fast…

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Jul 2010

One day you wake up, and instead of a hangover, you have a job. Instead of a fling, you have a ...

Theatre Ninjas Mobile App: Free Tickets Edinburgh

Theatre Ninjas Mobile App: Free Ticket...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Jul 2010

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010 will be hit by a revolution in theatre ticketing and marketing ...

Shape Tickets volunteers recognised by The Queen

Shape Tickets volunteers recognised by...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Jul 2010

Shape has been announced as one of the UK volunteering groups to win The Queen’s Award for ...

Lingua Franca

Lingua Franca

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 27 Jul 2010

FINBOROUGH THEATRE: 'Lingua Franca', Peter Nichols’ play at the Finborough theatre until 7th ...

Henry IV Part 1

Henry IV Part 1

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 27 Jul 2010

SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE: The Henry IV plays are not really about the eponymous King. They explore the ...

Public Vote for Foster’s Comedy God

Public Vote for Foster’s Comedy God

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 21 Jul 2010

FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY GOD: To celebrate the breadth of phenomenal talent the Foster’s ...

Liverpool Pride Chill Out Sunday

Liverpool Pride Chill Out Sunday

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 21 Jul 2010

LIVERPOOL PRIDE: Liverpool Pride have announced exciting details for the second day of ...

Lord Clement-Jones resurrects Live Music Bill

Lord Clement-Jones resurrects Live Mus...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 15 Jul 2010

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS: When Lord Clement-Jones introduced his Live Music Bill in the ...

Roll Up, Roll Up - Liverpool Pride

Roll Up, Roll Up - Liverpool Pride

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 14 Jul 2010

LIVERPOOL PRIDE:Hold on to your guitars and get ready to tap those tambourines! Organisers of ...

Lu Cozma

Lu Cozma

ArtsHub (Australia) 13 Jul 2010

ROMANIA: With compelling vocals moving dexterously from soft and seductive to ballsy and ...

A taste of Edingburgh Fringe in London

A taste of Edingburgh Fringe in London

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 7 Jul 2010

SELL A DOOR THEATRE COMPANY: Rosemary Branch Theatre as part of the first London Festival Fringe, ...

Morte d'Arthur

Morte d'Arthur

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 2 Jul 2010

Morte d’Arthur tells of the sword in the stone, the consolidation of Arthur’s positon as King of ...

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 1 Jul 2010

SHAKESPEARE: Caught between desire and duty Antony and Cleopatra's affair shook the foundations ...

New Music Award 2010: Have your say!

New Music Award 2010: Have your say!

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Jun 2010

PRS FOR MUSIC FOUNDATION: The PRS for Music Foundation has launched a public vote for the ...

Stunning success for first ever Manchester Day

Stunning success for first ever Manche...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Jun 2010

MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL: At least 75,000 people lined the streets of Manchester to watch a ...

Arts & Business managing Arts Council cuts

Arts & Business managing Arts Council ...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Jun 2010

ARTS & BUSINESS: Colin Tweedy, Chief Executive of Arts & Business, responds to the announcement ...

Artists appointed at the head of CISAC

Artists appointed at the head of CISAC

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 17 Jun 2010

CISAC: The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, representing has ...

Air Time: Jazz CPD Scotland

Air Time: Jazz CPD Scotland

ArtsHub (Not Selected) 17 Jun 2010

SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL: International music producers Serious will manage Air Time: Jazz CPD ...

A Symphony in Sync

A Symphony in Sync

Sarah Adams (Australia) 16 Jun 2010

LIVE! SINGAPORE: ArtsHub chats to Paul Hughes, General Manager of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

The Crucible

The Crucible

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 15 Jun 2010

TIM SHEADER'S OPEN AIR THEATRE: Arthur Miller’s classic is so engrained into the collective ...

New Commissions for The Vauxhall Collective 2010

New Commissions for The Vauxhall Colle...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 8 Jun 2010

THE VAUXHALL COLLECTIVE 2010: Hannah Eidinow, Gareth Neal, Matt Stuart and Maurizio Anzeri are ...

Liverpool LEAPs Out at City Steps

Liverpool LEAPs Out at City Steps

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 8 Jun 2010

MERSEYSIDE DANCE PROMOTERS NETWORK: City Steps will see Liverpool city centre come alive with ...

Brazilian Talent Comes to London

Brazilian Talent Comes to London

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 8 Jun 2010

SOUTHBANK CENTRE - FESTIVAL BRAZIL: Southbank Centre and HSBC present Festival Brazila major ...

Birmingham Stage Company heads to Broadway!

Birmingham Stage Company heads to Broa...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 31 May 2010

BIRMINGHAM STAGE COMPANY: Birmingham Stage Company is celebrating their 18th anniversary year ...

Creative Scotland’s Rural Innovation Investment

Creative Scotland’s Rural Innovation I...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 25 May 2010

CREATIVE SCOTLAND: Creative Scotland, Scotland's new national development body for the arts, ...

Variation places still available

Variation places still available

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 23 May 2010

VARIATIONS SCOTLAND: A limited number of places are still available for the sixth Variations

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Gam...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 23 May 2010

PRS FOR MUSIC FOUNDATION: PRS for Music Foundation has launched an exciting new programme to put ...

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 22 May 2010

BARBICAN THEATRE: David Greig’s new version of 'Peter Pan' is a lot closer to J.M. Barrie’s novel ...

Spines will tingle at ADC Theatre

Spines will tingle at ADC Theatre

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 21 May 2010

After its sell-out success with The Masque of the Red Death, Walsall-based theatre company The ...

Women beware women

Women beware women

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 13 May 2010

OLIVIER THEATRE: In the event that Prince William's squeeze Kate, joins the British Royal Family ...

Macbeth

Macbeth

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 30 Apr 2010

SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE: 2010’s ‘Kings and Rogues’ season kicks off with Lucy Bailey’s 'Macbeth' of ...

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 29 Apr 2010

THE COURTYARD THEATRE: The tone is set for Goold’s Verona - in 'Romeo and Juliet' - in the ...

Mietta Song Award Attracts Bumper Numbers

Mietta Song Award Attracts Bumper Numb...

ArtsHub (Australia) 19 Apr 2010

The Mietta Song Recital Award (MSRA) has attracted one of its highest ever response to the call ...

Meltdown festival initial line-up

Meltdown festival initial line-up

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 9 Apr 2010

The Southbank centre has announced its initial line-up for Richard Thompson's Meltdowne from ...

Raspberry: a juicily, gothic musical

Raspberry: a juicily, gothic musical

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 9 Apr 2010

Ian Dury was the inspirationfor the Fittings Multimedia Arts' latest show, Raspberry, playing at ...

Albee's Counting the Ways at Oval House

Albee's Counting the Ways at Oval Hous...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 9 Apr 2010

Face Front Inclusive Theatre presents: Counting the Ways by Edward Albee, directed by Jeni Draper ...

Classical music star plays at Square Chapel

Classical music star plays at Square C...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 9 Apr 2010

Hailed as a star of the classical musical world, international concert pianist Angela Brownridge ...

Macbeth at the Barbican

Macbeth at the Barbican

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 8 Apr 2010

It is a shame all productions of Shakespeare aren’t like Cheek By Jowl’s Macbeth in the Silk ...

Reggae maestros coming to Worldfest

Reggae maestros coming to Worldfest

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 7 Apr 2010

A top-class line-up has been announced for this year's Fifth Worldfest in the Tees Valley.

SCO new season highlights

SCO new season highlights

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 7 Apr 2010

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2010/11 Season and a new corporate identity.

Bad Girls The Musical at the Kenneth More

Bad Girls The Musical at the Kenneth M...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 6 Apr 2010

Bad Girls The Musical is a fresh, funny and original British musical based on characters from the ...

Slasher Kincade tour opens in Chester

Slasher Kincade tour opens in Chester

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 6 Apr 2010

The London show "Slasher" Kincade premieres in Chester.

Magpie's Nest goes on tour

Magpie's Nest goes on tour

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 6 Apr 2010

The Magpie’s Nest UK tour features The Long Notes, Plaster Of Paris and local acts.

Big Chill Festival line-up

Big Chill Festival line-up

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 6 Apr 2010

Massive Attack, M.I.A., Roots Manuva, Kruder and Dorfmeister and Kelis are among the first acts ...

Unity Theatre opens DaDaFest

Unity Theatre opens DaDaFest

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 6 Apr 2010

Take a good look at the women in the picture. Imagine they approached you in a pub or a shopping ...

FutureEverything's UK music festival

FutureEverything's UK music festival

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 1 Apr 2010

The FutureEverything music programme celebrates musical pioneers, raw talent and those who ...

Liverpool Sound City line-up

Liverpool Sound City line-up

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 31 Mar 2010

Now in its 3rd year, more than 35,000 revellers are expected to attend Liverpool Sound City

Stall opportunities at Forest Fest

Stall opportunities at Forest Fest

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Mar 2010

Following the hugely successful 2009 launch of Forest Fest, Forest Hill School (FHS) are pleased ...

Creative Scotland set for Summer

Creative Scotland set for Summer

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Mar 2010

The new cultural development organisation, Creative Scotland, is set for a Summer launch.

Local, devised theatre at Unity

Local, devised theatre at Unity

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 30 Mar 2010

Behind The Hood is a devised piece that has been born from an arts-based youth engagement project.

Han Jochen Irmler join Ether line-up

Han Jochen Irmler join Ether line-up

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 29 Mar 2010

Just added to the Ether bill is Han Jochen Irmler, the legendary keyboarder and founding member ...

Digital music training at QUAD

Digital music training at QUAD

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 25 Mar 2010

CIN & QUAD present Are you serious about your music business?, Digital Music Marketing Campaign ...

Unity through the Summer

Unity through the Summer

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 25 Mar 2010

unity’s 30th anniversary year is now in full swing and we now ask you to share in unity’s present ...

Reknown actress takes on directing role

Reknown actress takes on directing rol...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 25 Mar 2010

One of Wales’ most renowned actresses, Betsan Llwyd, will be directing Theatr Genedlaethol ...

4.48 Psychosis at the Barbican

4.48 Psychosis at the Barbican

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 25 Mar 2010

4.48 Psychosis, at the Barbican Theatre this week is Sarah Kane’s last play, written at the very ...

Laurence Olivier Award winners

Laurence Olivier Award winners

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 22 Mar 2010

The 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards winners have been announced.

Double bill of new work by Pegasus

Double bill of new work by Pegasus

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 19 Mar 2010

Sole Trader is a double bill of new work presented by Oxford Youth Theatre and Platypus Theatre ...

Hightide Festival: three UK premieres

Hightide Festival: three UK premieres

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 2010

HighTide presents HighTide Festival 2010 at The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8BY & The Scout ...

Easter fun for families at QUAD

Easter fun for families at QUAD

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 2010

Creative workshops and film screenings happening for families at QUAD over the Easter holidays.

Creative Scotland's new premises

Creative Scotland's new premises

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 2010

As part of its preparations for the transition to the new organisation, Creative Scotland 2009 ...

Square Chapel's new season line-up

Square Chapel's new season line-up

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 2010

Square Chapel's new Summer season is putting the best theatre, music and family entertainment in ...

Coventry's own rebirth this Easter

Coventry's own rebirth this Easter

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 17 Mar 2010

200 people from Coventry involved in a spectacular new Arts project this Easter to celebrate the ...

Hybrid performance with Billy Bragg

Hybrid performance with Billy Bragg

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 16 Mar 2010

The cast has been announced for Pressure Drop, featuring Billy Bragg and his band, at Wellcome ...

ADA relaunches as Audiences UK

ADA relaunches as Audiences UK

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 11 Mar 2010

On March 11th the national network of Audience Development Agencies re-launched as Audiences UK.

Texas and the North of England discuss punk

Texas and the North of England discuss...

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 11 Mar 2010

The NorthernNet Connects Sound City project is delighted to announce the second in a series of ...

Carl Chase stars in Liverpool

Carl Chase stars in Liverpool

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 11 Mar 2010

Vauxy Theatre are delighted to announce that local actor Carl Chase, mainstay of stage and screen ...

Horrible Science tour for children

Horrible Science tour for children

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 11 Mar 2010

Science with all the squishy, disgusting & explosive bits left in – comes to the stage in High ...

George entertains all over the UK

George entertains all over the UK

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 11 Mar 2010

Instead of cute fluffy little chicks this Easter holiday BSC have Giant chickens running amok and ...

King Lear at the Courtyard Theatre

King Lear at the Courtyard Theatre

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 10 Mar 2010

There is no Hollywood ending in David Farr’s RSC Lear at the Courtyard theatre in Stratford-on-Avon.

Many new star additions to Ether

Many new star additions to Ether

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 9 Mar 2010

Superstar DJs Andrew Weatherall and Tom Middleton, To Rococo Rot, Tanya Tagaq and a second night ...

Arts and business symposium in Swansea

Arts and business symposium in Swansea

ArtsHub (United Kingdom) 9 Mar 2010

How can the arts sector build and sustain income when faced with public spending cuts?