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Leigh Francis ‘My First Ever Tour’ Comes To The Regent in March 2024

Leigh Francis ‘My First Ever Tour’ Comes To The Regent in March 2024

BAFTA-Award winning comedian, Leigh Francis, is heading out on his first ever live tour 'My First Time'. Leigh's characters and sketches have kept millions of people around the UK laughing for years, and now he's stepping out as himself on a UK tour, opening at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent on Friday 1 March 2024. Joining Leigh will be his favourite characters, all brought to life in a live environment for the very first time ever. From Keith Lemon, Bearand Avid Merrion to 'David Dickinson', 'Ant and Dec' and Myrtle, this tour will be packed full of hilarious sketches with buckets of audience interaction. From London's iconic Palladium to the Liverpool Philharmonic, Leigh and his characters are…
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Smash Hit Musical SIX Returns To The Regent This December

Smash Hit Musical SIX Returns To The Regent This December

The multi award-winning musical SIX, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, will return to the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 December 2023. SIX follows the six wives of Henry VIII as they take to the mic to tell their own personal tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. The new touring Queens will be played by Nicole Louise Lewis (Catherine of Aragon), Laura Dawn Pyatt (Anne Boleyn), Erin Caldwell (Jane Seymour), Kenedy Small (Anna of Cleves), Lou Henry (Katherine Howard) and Aoife Haakenson (Catherine Parr). Izi Maxwell, Tamara Morgan and Ellie Jane Grant will be joining the cast as Alternates, with Super Swing /…
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Is Flying Into The Regent In 2024

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Is Flying Into The Regent In 2024

David Ian for Crossroads Live is delighted to announce a new production of the most fantasmagorical musical of all time, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG,coming to the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Tuesday 22 to Sunday 27 October 2024 as part of a UK tour. Based on Ian Fleming’s timeless story for children and later made into the famous 1968 film, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG features the unforgettable songs by the Sherman Brothers including Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, Truly Scrumptious and the Academy Award-nominated title song, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. This new production will be directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade), choreographed by Karen Bruce (BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, The Bodyguard) with Set and Costume design by Morgan Large (Newsies, Joseph and the…
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Eastenders’ Star Joins Cast Of Ocean At The End Of The Lane!

Eastenders’ Star Joins Cast Of Ocean At The End Of The Lane!

Charlie Brooks will star in The Ocean at the End of the Lane when it heads to the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent this September Full casting for the National Theatre’s production of The Ocean at the End of the Laneincludes screen and stage actor Charlie Brooks joining the previously announced cast as Ursula. Charlie is best known for being a series regular in BBC’s EastEnders, and will be performing at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Tuesday 12 to Saturday 16 September 2023. She joins Daniel Cornish (alternate Boy), Trevor Fox (Dad), Emma-Jane Goodwin (understudy), Paolo Guidi (ensemble), Millie Hikasa (Lettie Hempstock), Lewis Howard (understudy), Kemi-Bo Jacobs (Ginnie Hempstock), Jasmeen James (understudy), Ronnie Lee (ensemble), Aimee McGoldrick (ensemble), Laurie Ogden (Sis), Keir Ogilvy (Boy), Domonic Ramsden (ensemble), Joe Rawlinson-Hunt (understudy), Risha Silvera (understudy) and Finty Williams (Old Mrs Hempstock). Charlie Brooks’ theatre credits include Beautiful Thing (UK Tour…
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Is Flying Into The Regent In 2024

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Is Flying Into The Regent In 2024!

David Ian for Crossroads Live is delighted to announce a new production of the most fantasmagorical musical of all time, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG,coming to the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Tuesday 22 to Sunday 27 October 2024 as part of a UK tour. Based on Ian Fleming’s timeless story for children and later made into the famous 1968 film, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG features the unforgettable songs by the Sherman Brothers including Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, Truly Scrumptious and the Academy Award-nominated title song, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. This new production will be directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade), choreographed by Karen Bruce (BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, The Bodyguard) with Set and Costume design by Morgan Large (Newsies, Joseph and the…
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Sustainable Theatre Experiment Comes to Life at New Vic with Help from Local Cyclists

Sustainable Theatre Experiment Comes to Life at New Vic with Help from Local Cyclists

The New Vic team up with Headlong Theatre Company and the Barbican as part of a ground-breaking international theatre experiment this June. Newcastle Tri Club and local singers will join Danielle Henry (Playhouse Creatures, Queens of The Coal Age, Votes for Women) in A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction, an innovative one-woman show powered entirely by bicycles. On the New Vic’s stage from Monday 19 to Saturday 24 June, this is the first tour of its kind in the UK and sees a play tour the country while the people do not. Directed by Eleanor Taylor (Around…
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The Wanted’s Siva Kaneswaran joins the star cast of La Bamba!

The Wanted’s Siva Kaneswaran joins the star cast of La Bamba!

La Bamba! is a pulsating dance musical that will begin its UK tour in August and heads to the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 October. Joining the cast, will be boyband star Siva Kaneswaran playing the role of Mateo. Singer and songwriter and best known for being one firth of pop band The Wanted, Siva has recently appeared in ITV’s Dancing On Ice. He will be joined by rising star Inês Fernandez in the lead role of Sofia. La Bamba! tells the story of how the power of music can transform a generation and celebrate a community. Sofia, a 17-year-old from Los Angeles, has music in her blood. From…
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Professor Brian Cox Is Coming To The Regent

Professor Brian Cox Is Coming To The Regent

Horizons: A 21st Century Space Odyssey with Professor Brian Cox, is coming to the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent onThursday 29 February 2024. Having set two Guinness World Records with his previous sell-out World Tour, Professor Brian Cox is back in regional theatres to see off the sellout Arena tour HORIZONS. Horizons has taken over 250,000 people across three continents on a dazzling journey; a story of how we came to be and what we can become. Using state of the art screen technology, venues across the world from New Zealand to the Arctic Circle have been filled with images of far-away galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive…
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The Smash Hit Production of Arnold Bennett’s the Card To Be Revived at the New Vic This May

The Smash Hit Production of Arnold Bennett’s the Card To Be Revived at the New Vic This May

The New Vic and Claybody Theatre will stage a joyous production of Arnold Bennett’s The Card this May. Originally staged at Fenton Town Hall, this new adaptation by Deborah McAndrew, of Hanley-born Arnold Bennett’s classic comic novel, was a popular hit with audiences last year and in this brand-new production, will see the show created in-the-round at the iconic Basford theatre. On stage from Saturday 20 May to Saturday 10 June, the story follows loveable rogue Denry Machin, who has his eyes set on great things. A washerwoman’s son, his humble beginnings won’t hold him back from achieving a life he loves to…
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The Overtones Announce ‘Good Times’ UK Tour

The Overtones Announce ‘Good Times’ UK Tour

The Overtones will bring their new tour to the Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent on Thursday 30 November 2023 Multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group The Overtones have announced an extensive UK tour for November and December 2023. Billed as the ‘Good Times Tour’, the group will play the Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent on Thursday 30 November 2023. The four-piece, made up of Mark Franks, Darren Everest, Jay James and Mike Crawshaw, are best known for their exquisite vocals, incredible harmonies, perfectly-timed dance moves and distinctive style. Blending their perfect mix of originality and classic nostalgia, The Overtones feel-good, show-stopping performances have led to a decade of success in which the in-demand group has achieved…
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