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Blossoms To Play Victoria Hall As Part of UK Headline Tour

Blossoms have today revealed details of their headline UK tour for October and November this year, including a gig at the Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 28rd October, following the release of their brand new album, Gary next month. Tickets for the show go on sale here from 9.30 AM on Friday 23 August. The band will be supported by alternative rock band, Red Rum Club. Speaking about the upcoming tour, Blossoms say: ‘We’ve been waiting to announce this tour for a while! This album was recorded live so we can’t wait to play the new tunes and all your favourites at these great venues in a couple of months.…

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New Vic Groups to Perform at Royal Shakespeare Company’s Open Stage Weekend

Members of the New Vic’s Youth Theatre and Ages and Stages company are set to perform on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) open air stage this Sunday, 28 July, as they travel from Newcastle-under-Lyme to Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of the RSC’s Open Stage weekend. The Ages and Stages/New Vic Collective will perform a new piece of work - The Future Movement - in The Holloway Garden Theatre at the RSC at 1.00pm on Sunday. Developed by the group, the story follows Kiren, a young woman who has been accused of committing a crime by The Timekeeper’s Guild. Kiren is left…

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Regent Theatre & Victoria Hall Take Part in ATG Tickets’ Summer Saver Promotion

Stoke-on-Trent’s Regent Theatre and Victoria Hall have today announced their inclusion in ATG Tickets’ Summer Saver campaign running from 22 July until 31 August. Twenty-two venues across the UK are taking part, with offers for over 70 top shows from musicals, comedy and dance, to concerts, plays, talks and pantos. Summer Saver 2024 is bigger and brighter than ever, with twice as many venues participating than last year, spread across the whole of the UK, from Glasgow’s Kings Theatre to Folkestone’s Leas Cliff Hall. There is a wide range of offers available, including reduced tickets at £15, £25, £35 and £45, plus small group discounts of up…

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Voices of North Staffordshire Miners’ Wives Inspire Brand-new Borderlines Play the Miner Birds

New Vic Borderlines will premiere a new play inspired by the experiences and ongoing action of North Staffs Miners’ Wives Association Group (NSMWAG) and its Chair Rose Hunter. On stage next week, the play will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Miners’ Strike. The Miner Birds is written by award-winning local writer and Keele University academic Lisa Blower, with contributions from NSMWAG, and celebrates the voices of women mobilised during the miners’ strike and their determination to continue fighting for their communities to this day. The Miner Birds is a pun on the idea of ‘myna birds’ who are…

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New Vic Stage Angela Carter’s Groundbreaking the Company of Wolves This September

The New Vic will produce a brand-new stage production of Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves this September. The much-anticipated stage adaptation of this fascinating gothic horror will combine innovative theatrical storytelling with contemporary circus to bring the story to life from Friday 20 September – Saturday 12 October. Directed by New Vic Artistic Director Theresa Heskins and Upswing Artistic Director Vicki Dela Amedume MBE - building on their 15-year partnership that started with The Wicked Lady in 2009 and has brought shows like Dracula (2015) and Astley’s Astounding Adventures (2018 and 2023) to vivid life in-the-round – and developed…

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Strictly’s Nikita Kuzmin Brings His First Ever Solo Show to the Regent Theatre

International champion and Strictly Come Dancing star NIKITA KUZMIN is thrilled to be presenting his first ever UK solo tour MIDNIGHT DANCER, heading to the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent on Friday 2 May 2025. Nikita is joined by a sharp and chic cast of talented dancers and vocalists in a show like no other, jam-packed with the hits we all know and love in an evening bursting with happiness, euphoria and of course, world-class dance. Joining forces with the team behind Oti Mabuse: I Am Here and Johannes Radebe’s trilogy of sell out shows, MIDNIGHT DANCER promises to be an unforgettable night of entertainment. Get ready…

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Kevin Kennedy announced as the Narrator for Pretty Vacant

Bringing to life iconic punk songs and legends is the riotous new show Pretty Vacant, heading on tour across the UK and Ireland! Joining the previously announced show as the Narrator is Coronation Street star Kevin Kennedy. Taking audiences on a nostalgic journey from the beginnings of punk in the 1970s, to its later movements in the 80s and 90s, this high energy, punk rock show tells the story of a music genre that changed the world for the first time ever. Kevin Kennedy, who was in Paris Valentinos with Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke, who later formed The Smiths – brings his real-world band experience…

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Joe Orton’s Fearless Farce What the Butler Saw Served Up on New Vic Stage

A masterclass in comic writing, Joe Orton’s final and most ambitious play, What The Butler Saw, takes to the New Vic stage from Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 July as part of London Classic Theatre’s UK tour. A manic farce where no institution, political view or tradition is safe, Orton’s What The Butler Saw explores comic territory few playwrights have dared to visit. Brought to life by London Classic Theatre’s Artistic Director Michael Cabot (Faith Healer, Abigail’s Party, Boeing Boeing), the cast of distinctive characters in this riotous black comedy are thrown together in a series of increasingly improbable events.…

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Strictly Eric Struts Into New Vic for 25th Anniversary

One of two ‘Eric’ productions to be brought back by popular demand this year in celebration of David Graham Productions’ much-loved character’s 25th anniversary, Strictly Eric returns to the New Vic stage from Monday 22 July to Saturday 3 August. The Eric shows have become an institution at the New Vic over the past 25 years, and 2024 presents an opportunity for audiences to find out what happens when Eric takes on the best ballroom dancers ‘Strictly’ has to offer. First staged in 2017, it is one of two of the most popular Eric shows – along with Eric’s Full…

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Denise Coates Foundation Backs New Vic Theatre Building Improvements With Generous Donation

The Denise Coates Foundation is investing in the future of Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre with support for three areas of capital development in the coming year. The Foundation, already a key supporter of major charities in the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire area, has made a grant to the theatre of £1,161,376 to support significant improvements to the theatre building. The investment will see refurbishment of backstage areas and facilities for younger audiences attending events in the theatre’s Studio and the replacement of theatre lighting and sound technology. Investment from the Foundation will also support the theatre’s fundraising for environmental improvements…

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