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Derby Theatre

Youth project will reimagine 2020

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Derby Theatre and leading cultural organisations in the city are asking young people to use their creativity to […]

May 16, 2020 Dance, digital art, Drama, Film, Music, Uncategorized

Discover Derby Theatre’s Treasure Island

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All aboard for a spectacular adventure on the high seas as Derby Theatre presents an award-winning adaptation of […]

March 11, 2020 Drama, Theatre, Uncategorized

Review: Macbeth, Derby Theatre

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A slick and assured production of Shakespeare’s blackest of fables, Macbeth, is currently being staged at Derby Theatre. […]

March 5, 2020 Drama, Reviews

Comic Andy Parsons seeks to reunite the nation

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Andy Parsons is on a mission with his new stand-up tour. In a nutshell, he’s looking to heal this […]

February 17, 2020 Comedy, Uncategorized

Shakespeare’s tale of he who would be king

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Billed as Shakespeare’s darkest and spookiest thriller, Derby Theatre’s production of Macbeth this month promises battles, murder, ghosts… […]

February 13, 2020 Drama, Theatre, Uncategorized

Strike up the dance

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They fought for their families, their livelihoods, their communities, their futures and for an industry…but what happened to […]

January 31, 2020 Dance, News, Uncategorized

Gwen Taylor back on stage in Derby

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Living life at full-throttle in her eighties and starring in a spine-tingling new play, BAFTA nominated actress Gwen […]

January 24, 2020 Drama

Review: Frankenstein, Derby Theatre

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  Forget Boris Karloff’s 1930s Frankenstein Monster or any inkling of Christopher Lee. Don’t imagine those stitches on […]

January 21, 2020 Drama, Reviews

Writer Rona Munro about her adaptation of classic

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Writer Rona Munro discusses her new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic Gothic novel, Frankenstein, playing at Derby Theatre […]

January 15, 2020 Drama, Uncategorized

Review: A Christmas Carol, Derby Theatre

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It’s a tale we all know well, but Derby Theatre has triumphantly infused Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with […]

December 4, 2019 Drama, Reviews, Shows, Uncategorized

A Christmas Carol returns to theatre

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Derby Theatre is staging a revival of Sarah Brigham’s hugely popular 2014 production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas […]

November 8, 2019 Dance, Drama, Magic, Music

Murder, Margaret and Me on stage at Derby

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Agatha Christie and Margaret Rutherford, two of our greatest and most celebrated national treasures, should never have been […]

November 6, 2019 Drama

Blood Brothers musical on stage at Derby

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Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated […]

October 9, 2019 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Review: The Lady Vanishes, Derby Theatre

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I have just checked my past posts on this site and it seems it was just short of […]

October 8, 2019 Drama, Reviews

Review: One Man, Two Guvnors, Derby Theatre

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The award-winning One Man Two Guvnors isn’t an easy play to produce. The deliberate chaos has a frenetic […]

September 11, 2019 Drama, Reviews

Present Company stage Grand Hotel

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Present Company will be staging Grand Hotel – The musical, at Buxton Opera House from Thursday August 22 […]

August 21, 2019 Drama, Musicals

Farewell tour for Stewart Francis

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Star of Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo  Stewart Francis is bringing his last stand-up show […]

July 29, 2019 Comedy

Departure Lounge at Derby Theatre has bumper line-up

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Departure Lounge is a summer festival of fresh and thrilling contemporary theatre with a bumper line-up of innovative […]

June 26, 2019 Comedy, Drama

Smash-hit comedy lead the autumn season

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The main house production for the autumn at Derby Theatre is Richard Bean’s smash-hit comedy, One Man, Two […]

June 23, 2019 Drama, Theatre

Eagle Awards 2019 nominations announced

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The wealth of amateur theatre talent in Derby, and surrounding towns and villages, will be celebrated once again […]

June 13, 2019 Drama, Music, Musicals, Uncategorized

Theatre group stages musical to mark Refugee Week

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Derbyshire based Ava Hunt Theatre, brings to the stage a new musical using the true story of internationally […]

June 13, 2019 Drama

Derby university students stage Orwell’s 1984

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For two dates only this month, Derby Theatre’s Artistic Director, Sarah Brigham will co-direct a stage adaptation of […]

May 13, 2019 Drama

Violin inspires music from the Great War

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Sam Sweeney’s first solo album The Unfinished Violin, is music inspired by his violin, which was carved by […]

April 30, 2019 Folk, Music

Turn of the Screw drama on stage at Derby

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It is 1840. A young governess agrees to look after two orphaned children in Bly, a seemingly idyllic […]

April 29, 2019 Drama

Review: The Jungle Book, Derby Theatre

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The Jungle Book is a superb example of Derby Theatre’s ability to create shows that appeal to children […]

April 10, 2019 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Derby Theatre to stage Remains of the Day

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A Nobel Prize winner in 2017, Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Remains of the Day, is a story for anyone […]

March 15, 2019 Drama

Review: What Fatima Did. . ., Derby Theatre

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Why would a confident, party-loving Muslim teenager, who likes nothing more than a drink and smoke with her […]

February 28, 2019 Drama, Theatre

Bittersweet story of love and jealousy takes to Derby stage

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Set in Manchester, Oldham and London, My Mother Said I Never Should is a poignant, bittersweet story about […]

February 18, 2019 Drama

Review: Noughts and Crosses, Derby Theatre

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The poignant political novel Noughts and Crosses is more than just another Romeo and Juliet parable – it […]

February 6, 2019 Drama, Theatre

Derby Theatre steps in to save Present Company musical

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When Present Company was told last week that months of painstaking preparations and rehearsals for the world premiere […]

February 1, 2019 Drama

Pizza Shop Heroes tickets selling fast

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As I sat down to write this feature on New Year’s Eve the lead item on the 3pm […]

January 24, 2019 Drama

Caroline’s Kitchen on stage at Derby

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Caroline Mortimer is the nation’s favourite TV cook. In the glow of the studio lights, she has it […]

January 6, 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: 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

Have a knees-up of a night with panto in a pub

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As part of Derby Theatre’s Your Place initiative, a Clothworkers’ Award funded project to take theatre out into […]

November 25, 2018 Uncategorized

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

Neil Oliver talks about Britain at Derby Theatre

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The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places is Neil Oliver’s very personal account of what makes […]

October 26, 2018 talks

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

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

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