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Pop Star Sinitta To Star In Chicago At Regent Theatre

Pop Star Sinitta To Star In Chicago At Regent Theatre

David Ian for Crossroads Live in association with Barry and Fran Weissler are delighted to announce that international recording artist and pop star Sinitta will join the UK and Ireland tour of CHICAGO as Mama Morton for a strictly limited run, including at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Monday 25 to Saturday 30 November 2024. Sinitta said today, “I’m so excited to be returning to Chicago, I jumped at the chance to step back into Mama Morton’s shoes for two weeks on the upcoming UK and Ireland tour. To return to the stage with these incredible musicians, and a stunning company doing amazing choreography, is a dream come true. The…
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Eurovision Star Sam Ryder Heads To Victoria Hall

Eurovision Star Sam Ryder Heads To Victoria Hall

Most overnight successes will tell you they actually spent years laying musical foundations before the planets aligned and household name status beckoned. That’s certainly true for singer, songwriter and newly anointed household name of the United Kingdom Sam Ryder, but it’s also true that one night in particular did prove pivotal to Sam: May 14 2022, when he took to the stage at Turin’s PalaOlimpico and blew the socks off roughly 161 million viewers. After a whirlwind couple of years and immense triumph, 2023 cemented the singer-songwriter at his peak. Kicking off 2023’s festive season, Sam shared a brand-new Amazon…
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Review: ‘Awful Auntie’ at Regent Theatre

Review: ‘Awful Auntie’ at Regent Theatre

Photo courtesty of Mark Douet Birmingham Stage Company brings together the magic of David Walliams' seventh book, 'Awful Auntie' on stage at Regent Theatre this week. Telling the story of 12 year old Lady Stella Saxby, who awakens to discover she cannot move having been wrapped in bandages for three months after being involved in a car accident which has claimed the lives of her parents. Under the guise of helping, Aunt Alberta and her pet owl Wagner have moved into Saxby Hall, but is she all that she seems to be? (the title would suggest not). In fact, Aunt…
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Review: ‘The Company Of Wolves’ at New Vic

Review: ‘The Company Of Wolves’ at New Vic

Photo Credit Andrew Billington The New Vic stages a brand new adaptation of Angela Carter's gothic horror 'The Company Of Wolves'. Combining innovative theatrical storytelling with contemporary circus courtesy of 'Upswing'. It tells the second of a trio of wolf stories in Carter’s 1979 short-story collection 'The Bloody Chamber', the reimagining of 'Little Red Riding Hood'. Setting the atmosphere from the get-go, the stage set bare except for darkly painted poles which raise from the floor and fall from the ceiling. Foley booths are set around the auditorium and used for maximum effect to create a chilling sense of danger with…
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Review: ‘An Inspector Calls’ At Regent Theatre

Review: ‘An Inspector Calls’ At Regent Theatre

The doors of The Regent theatre opened tonight onto the dark cobbled street of the famous J B Priestley play, An Inspector Calls. Whilst the play is in its 78th year since it opened in 1945, it still as relevant today as any other. Set in 1912, the stage opens on a gathering in the Birling household. Daughter Sheila now newly engaged to Gerald Croft and the dinner dispensed with, the ladies retire while the men drink port and enjoy cigars. The fateful announcement to the household from Edna, that 'an Inspector Goole is here to see you' will have…
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Call for Talented Local Youngsters to Appear in Beauty and the Beast at Crewe Lyceum This Christmas

Call for Talented Local Youngsters to Appear in Beauty and the Beast at Crewe Lyceum This Christmas

Auditions are being held for the chance for young performers to take the stage alongside pantomime stars this Christmas. As Crewe Lyceum prepares to bring Beauty and the Beast to town this festive season, talented youngsters aged between 9-16 are being invited to perform on stage in the Junior Ensemble alongside Jenny Ryan, Malcolm Lord and Ste Johnston in December. Open auditions take place from 9.30am on Sunday 29 September at Crewe Lyceum Theatre. The auditions will involve youngsters learning a routine and performing as a group to an audition panel. Any child of the right age regardless of their…
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‘Thank You For The Music’ Celebrates 2000 Performances Ahead of Stoke-on-Trent Show

‘Thank You For The Music’ Celebrates 2000 Performances Ahead of Stoke-on-Trent Show

This week, Thank You For The Music celebrate 2000 performances, the long-running ABBA tribute show from the producers entertainers, which has now been seen by over 750,000 people! This fantastic live production heads to the Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 26 October. The hugely popular show, which is now in its 21st year, continues to tour venues in the UK and internationally and still plays to sold-out houses night after night. Thank You For The Music embodies everything about ABBA with unmistakable harmonies, colourful costumes and dazzling performances by our all-star cast who bring all of ABBA’s number one hits…
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John Godber’s State-of-the-Nation Play Perfect Pitch Brought Up to Date for 2024

John Godber’s State-of-the-Nation Play Perfect Pitch Brought Up to Date for 2024

This October The John Godber Company return to the New Vic with hilarious state-of-the-nation comedy Perfect Pitch, an early 2000s triumph that’s been brought right up-to-date for 2024. Taking to the New Vic stage from Tuesday 29 October to Saturday 2 November, audiences will witness campers and caravanners clash in this classic modern comedy set on an eroding coastline, with an impressive all-northern cast. When teacher Matt borrows his parent's caravan for a week on the Yorkshire coast with partner Rose, they expect four days of hill running and a total de-stress. But with a tribute band musical festival taking…
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Alan Ayckbourn Marks 85th Year With 90th Play Show and Tell

Alan Ayckbourn Marks 85th Year With 90th Play Show and Tell

One of the UK’s most successful and prolific playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn presents Show and Tell at the New Vic in the year the writer turned 85. Taking to the New Vic’s stage from Tuesday 15 to Saturday 26 October, and directed by the author, it is a delightfully dark farce lifting the lid on the performances we act out on a daily basis. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s 90th play Show and Tell is a ‘celebration of theatre’ that draws upon his experience of working in the country’s first in-the-round theatre company. Jack’s planning a big party for his wife’s birthday. He’s…
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Star Cast Announced For ‘Chicago’ Coming To Regent

Star Cast Announced For ‘Chicago’ Coming To Regent

David Ian for Crossroads Live in association with Barry and Fran Weissler are delighted to announce star casting for the 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour of the multi-awarding winning CHICAGO, opening at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Monday 25 – Saturday 30 November. Stage and soap star Faye Brookes returns to the stage as Roxie Hart. She is joined by Strictly Come Dancing favourite Kevin Clifton as Billy Flynn. Leading West End talent Djalenga Scott also returns to the role of Velma Kelly, starring alongside Joshua Lloyd as Amos Hart and Jordan Lee Davies as Mary Sunshine. The cast is completed by Bethany Adamson, Victoria Anderson, Josh Crowther, Joe Dale, Jessica Keable, Robin Kent, Annabelle Laing, Jacob…
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