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Category Archive: Drama

A story of romance, despair and friendship

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Looking back on a devasting breakup, master storyteller James Rowland  of the Tangram Theatre Company shares his hilarious […]

January 4, 2019 Comedy, Drama

Theatre and university to co-host conference

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Derby Theatre and the University of Derby, in partnership with leading practitioners in Applied Theatre from across the […]

December 21, 2018 Drama, talks, Theatre, Workshops

Review: Oliver Twist, Captive Audience

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It really shouldn’t be possible to set Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’ portrayal of poverty, child labour, abuse and […]

December 13, 2018 Drama, Reviews

Review: Hansel and Gretel, Derby Theatre

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Derby Theatre has turned the much-loved fable Hansel and Gretel into a fiendish feast of merriment for the […]

December 5, 2018 Drama, families, Music, Reviews

Help needed to fund Little Ed Festival 2019

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Little Ed was launched in Derby this year as a brand new fringe-style festival and its organisers, who […]

November 21, 2018 Comedy, Crafts, Dance, Drama, Festivals, Music, Storytelling

Join in with Opera House musicals in Buxton

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If you would do anything to be transported to the Dickensian streets of London or take to the […]

November 16, 2018 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Review: The Addams Family Music, New Mills Art Theatre

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The Addams Family has been disturbing and amusing people for about 80 years and has proved to be […]

November 14, 2018 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Three Little Pigs classic at Winster

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A brand new version of the classic The Three Little Pigs with a garlicky, French twist, where the […]

November 12, 2018 Drama, families

Ian McKellen brings 2019 tour to Buxton

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The star of stage and screen, Ian McKellen, will be coming to Buxton Opera House as part of […]

November 10, 2018 Drama, Uncategorized

Shane Shambhu on stage at Dronfield

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Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer is a humorous, honest and compelling solo show about growing up within […]

November 7, 2018 Drama

Show aimed at teenagers tackles self-acceptance

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Instinctive, curious, bold and bouncy; Sarah is a mighty proud square peg, which wouldn’t be such a problem […]

November 5, 2018 Drama

Faustus story told on stage

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Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company are offering you the chance to join them for a pre-show talk about their […]

November 1, 2018 Drama

The real Romeo and Juliet revealed at Crich

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Lost Dog’s new show reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet.  It turns out they didn’t die […]

October 29, 2018 Drama

Bloody Mary is new drama for Belper

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The reign of Mary Tudor, England’s first Queen Regnant, is the subject of a new play by Belper-based […]

October 25, 2018 Drama

Rain Man coming to Derby stage

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Bill Kenwright’s inaugural Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company production of Rain Man, is coming to Derby Theatre […]

October 24, 2018 Drama

Review: The Case of the Frightened Lady, Buxton Opera House

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I wanted to leave the theatre last night saying I had been pleasantly surprised by what I had […]

October 23, 2018 Drama, Reviews

Back to the 70s with Dishoom

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It is the summer of 1978, Simon and his friends should be looking forward to leaving school, but […]

October 19, 2018 Drama

£1 million grant to aid Derby’s young people

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Derby County Community Trust, in partnership with Derby Cultural Education Partnership and Derby Sport Forum, have been awarded […]

October 12, 2018 Dance, Drama, Literature, Music, Uncategorized

This production has now been postponed

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Belper Players return this month with an Alan Ayckbourn play which goes deeper and darker into the mind […]

October 7, 2018 Drama

Review: Abigail’s Party and Abi, Derby Theatre

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Derby Theatre’s RETOLD series of one-woman plays is an ingenious idea by its artist director Sarah Brigham where […]

October 3, 2018 Drama, Reviews

Ghost stories from Edith Nesbit

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Baroque Theatre Company will be bringing the first ever national tour of Edith in the Dark to the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, on […]

October 3, 2018 Drama

Chatsworth Players to stage The Dresser

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Chatsworth Players will perform one of the great tragi-comedies of the last century, The Dresser at Chatsworth Theatre […]

September 26, 2018 Drama

Made In Dagenham on stage in Dronfield

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Fifty years ago the women workers at the Ford plant in Dagenham took a stand and went on […]

September 20, 2018 Comedy, Drama, Music, Musicals

Whatever happened to Abigail?

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It’s been over 40 years since Mike Leigh’s gauche hostess Beverly slow-danced her way into theatrical history, but […]

September 18, 2018 Drama

New season for Live & Local

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Surprising shows in surprising places is what arts organisation Live & Local promises – and that’s exactly what […]

September 16, 2018 Circus, Classical, Comedy, Dance, Drama, Folk, Jazz, Music

Show inspired by migration

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Derby-based Maison Foo are to premiere their groundbreaking new show – A Thing Mislaid – at Déda on […]

September 14, 2018 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Immersive art

Review: The Fishermen, Derby Theatre

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New Perspectives delivered a powerful piece of theatre in this skillfully adapted version of Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen. The […]

September 13, 2018 Drama, Reviews

Powerful play tackles honour-based crime issues

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A powerful new play called Beyond Shame is being staged at Derby Theatre in partnership with Karma Nirvana, an […]

August 8, 2018 Drama

Student wows at degree show

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A Derbyshire student has wowed guests  at the opening night of her degree show with an unusual design for […]

August 6, 2018 Drama

Anniversary for Marlowe Players

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Exciting times are ahead for one of the oldest amateur drama groups in Derbyshire which is celebrating sell-out […]

July 19, 2018 Drama

Youth theatre stage G&S shows

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Founded in 2009 with the aim to produce quality Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in a concentrated rehearsal period, […]

July 13, 2018 Classical, Drama, Music, Opera

Get ready for the Fringe Festival

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Buxton Festival Fringe is preparing for another bumper event with 181 entrants, as performers now see it as […]

July 6, 2018 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Exhibitions, families, Festivals, Film, Literature, Music, Photography, Prose, Sculpture, Shows

Don’t miss the Departure Lounge

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Departure Lounge is a fantastic summer festival of fresh and thrilling theatre with a bumper line-up of shows, […]

June 30, 2018 Drama, talks, Workshops

Buxton’s Pump Room to host Drama League

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Buxton Drama League opens up the great archives of British social history with the latest production Telling Lives, […]

June 29, 2018 Drama

Derby Shakespeare stage Regina Monologues

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Six women with one thing in common – Henry – the man they all had the misfortune to […]

June 18, 2018 Comedy, Drama

Nominations for Eagle Awards announced

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On Sunday 15 July at 7pm the wealth of amateur theatre talent in Derby, and surrounding towns and […]

June 15, 2018 Comedy, Drama, Musicals, Pantomimes

Celebrate with Furthest From The Sea

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It’s June, so that must mean that Derby’s Furthest From the Sea arts organisation is about to stage […]

June 14, 2018 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Festivals, Folk, Jazz, Music, Rock/Pop

Derby park hosts outdoor theatre and film

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The ever-popular outdoor theatre and cinema season will return to Markeaton Park Craft Village in Derby this summer.  […]

June 9, 2018 Comedy, Drama, Festivals, Film

Bursary award for Smoking Guns

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Derby-based Smoking Guns Theatre Company have been named as one of two artistic organisations to be awarded the […]

June 4, 2018 Comedy, Drama

Birdsong coming to Derby during final tour

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Marking the centenary of the end of the First World War, Derby Theatre will present Rachel Wagstaff’s highly […]

June 2, 2018 Drama

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