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New virtual reality (VR) dance experience Facades will premiere at Phoenix, Leicester in October before touring to BOM, Birmingham, and Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham, in November. This surreal and immersive VR dance piece invites the audience to walk the line between reality and illusion in a beautiful yet unsettling narrative drawing on iconic scenes from... Continue Reading →
New Adventures is delighted to announce their Overture dance artist cohort for 2021/2022. Established in 2016, Overture is the annual New Adventures professional development programme for dance artists and dance teachers from a variety of genres who have been working in community or education settings for less than five years. Each year, the group of... Continue Reading →
Back on our screens and soon to be Back Live On Stage! Strictly Come Dancing’s Karen Hauer and Gorka Marquez are finally able to bring their Latin spectacular FIREDANCE to a stage near you in 2022, in association with Raymond Gubbay & Kilimanjaro Live. Two Latin dancers from rival Houses meet at The Festival of... Continue Reading →
Opening March 2022, Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear will be the first major V&A exhibition to celebrate the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance. The show will trace how menswear has been fashioned and refashioned over the centuries, and how designers, tailors and artists – and their clients and sitters –... Continue Reading →
Fourth Wall Live is delighted to announce FRANK & FRIENDS – The Music of Frank Wildhorn, starring Frank Wildhorn himself at the piano alongside special guests at the Cadogan Hall on Sunday 16 January 2022 at 6.30pm. Ahead of the sell-out performances of Bonnie and Clyde in Concert, Frank Wildhorn is delighted to be performing... Continue Reading →
After wowing sell-out audiences with her highly acclaimed West End tour de force Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, Liza returns with her brand-new show and album The Heart of It. The album is produced by veteran producer Chris Porter (George Michael, Sir Elton John, Take That) and was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios. The... Continue Reading →
New Adventures is delighted to announce full casting and touring dates for 30th Anniversary, newly designed and reimagined production of Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! The tour opens at Theatre Royal Plymouth on Monday 15 November 2021 ahead of a Christmas Season at Sadler’s Wells, London from Tuesday 7 December 2021 to Sunday 30 January 2022. The... Continue Reading →
Angela Clerkin and the Albany, South-East London's award-winning arts centre launches an autumn festival celebrating local acts of caring. "Radical Care is connected to positive political change by providing spaces of hope in dark times" HJK Hobart The festival includes a mix of art installations, a series of LGBTQ+ drama workshops, as well as a... Continue Reading →
Fourth Wall Live are delighted to announce a series of live shows at Lola’s Underground at The Hippodrome, Leicester Square from Wednesday 6 October with shows from David O’Reilly, Joe McElderry, Hayley Tamaddon, Maria Coyne, Jo O’Meara, Kerry Ellis and Lizzie Bea, with more dates to be announced. OCTOBER 2021Wednesday 6 October – 8.00pm –... Continue Reading →
Grammy Award-winning rapper and Academy Award-nominated actor and producer Will Smith will embark on a five-city tour to support his memoir, Will (on sale 9 November 2021) WILL: An Evening of Stories with Friends will launch in Smith’s hometown of Philadelphia, PA on November 8th and includes stops in Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles and London... Continue Reading →
