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Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:25:33 GMT en-uk NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE VENTURES INTO THE ORIGINAL NIGHT GARDEN http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/359 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/359 Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Enchantment for all ages in the 50th anniversary production of Philippa Pearce’s much-loved story NOTTINGHAM’S "THEBES" GOES GLOBAL http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/358 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/358 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Playhouse takes its hit production of Seamus Heaney’s Greek tragedy on a prestigious transatlantic tour POLIAKOFF?S EPIC JOURNEY AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/357 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/357 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Follow the fortunes of one indomitable family as Lenin’s Russia runs off the rails, in a classic stage work by the acclaimed TV dramatist INNOVATION WITH A POPULAR TOUCH IN PLAYHOUSE DANCE SHOWS http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/356 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/356 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT BONACHALA DANCE COMPANY and WAYNE MCGREGOR | RANDOM DANCE come to Nottingham BERKOFF DIRECTS UK PREMIERE OF AMERICAN CLASSIC http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/353 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/353 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Based on the classic movie, ON THE WATERFRONT marks Steven Berkoff’s directing debut at Nottingham Playhouse PERFORMANCES TO SET THE PULSE RACING AT THE PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/352 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/352 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Richard Alston Dance Company, Yamato Drummers of Japan and DV8 Physical Theatre make Nottingham appearances BROTHERS AT LOGGERHEADS IN NEW ROY WILLIAMS DRAMA http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/346 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/346 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT A high-profile cast comes to Nottingham Playhouse in Eclipse Theatre’s world premiere production of ANGEL HOUSE DYNAMIC DANCE AND RIOTOUS STORYTELLING AT PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/345 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/345 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Award-winning but contrasting performances by Henri Oguike Dance Company and Fabulous Beast with the exuberant JAMES SON OF JAMES RSC TOURS NOUGHTS & CROSSES TO PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/351 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/351 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT The RSC returns to Nottingham Playhouse with its new adaptation of Malorie Blackman?s riveting novel Noughts & Crosses. READ ALL ABOUT IT AT THE PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/340 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/340 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Nottingham Playhouse invests in regular captioned performances for the deaf and hard-of-hearing REPLAY FOR OLD BIG ?EAD AT PLAYHOUSE ? FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/336 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/336 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Actor Colin Tarrant reprises his Brian Clough in a free rehearsed reading of a new comedy by Stephen Lowe FOLK HERO MARTIN SIMPSON LAUNCHES NEW MUSIC SERIES AT PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/337 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/337 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT The new Playhouse Folk series also features performances by Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Gareth Pearson, Vin Garbutt and Bob Fox EPIC STORYTELLING BRINGS TOLSTOY TO THE STAGE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/335 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/335 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company reteams with Shared Experience for a stirring two-part adaptation of Tolstoy’s masterpiece A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/334 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/334 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Playhouse looks back at a year of awards and artistic excellence A DRAMATIC NEW SEASON AT THE UK’S MOST WELCOMING THEATRE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/333 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/333 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Nottingham Playhouse unveils a powerful season for spring 2008, as well as highlights for the autumn SKY MIRROR ACCOLADE COMPLETES HAT-TRICK FOR NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/331 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/331 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Anish Kapoor’s Sky Mirror tops the city’s Pride of Place online poll A QUACKING SHOW FOR CHRISTMASTIME http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/332 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/332 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Nottingham Playhouse Roundabout teams with Sheffield Theatres to present a delightful version of THE UGLY DUCKLING for theatregoers aged 4-8 and their families KIDS INVITED FOR MISCHIEF AT THE PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/329 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/329 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT Dance moves, music, puppetry and clowning in the acclaimed dance show created especially for children aged 3-12 by Theatre-Rites and Arthur Pita PANTO MIRTH AND MAYHEM COMING RIGHT AT YA! http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/330 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/330 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Kenneth Alan Taylor’s 24th playhouse panto DICK WHITTINGTON introduces a whole new dimension of fun LOVE OVERCOMES EVIL IN WORLD-BEATING DRAMA AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/328 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/328 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company presents the UK mainstage premiere of Richard Kalinoski’s Beast on the Moon, the warm and moving tale of two people learning to love in the wake of the genocide in their native Armenia A CAPTIVATING DUET OF DANCE AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/327 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/327 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT October brings two of the country’s most exciting young dance troupes to the Playhouse: Russell Maliphant Company and Nottingham-based New English Contemporary Ballet PLACES FILLING FAST FOR YOUTH THEATRE AND NUBIAN ALL-STARS http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/326 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/326 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Act quickly to join Nottingham Playhouse’s Youth Theatre and Nubian All-Stars sessions for young people aged 14-18, beginning at October half-term DOUBLE AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/323 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/323 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT The theatre wins further national recognition: for Alice Redmond’s performance onstage and its work to foster young audiences on the other side of the footlights LAUGH FOR A MONTH AND MORE AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/322 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/322 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Night after hilarious night as the theatre hosts the city’s finest array of stand-up this autumn LUST, LUNACY AND MURDER AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/324 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/324 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT Dark doings abound in a new production of a racy Jacobean classic, co-produced with English Touring Theatre DRAMA THROUGH THE AGES IN NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE’S AUTUMN SEASON http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/316 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/316 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT Some of the world’s most acclaimed and time-honoured stories come to the Playhouse stage this autumn and winter A WELCOME COMEBACK FOR ANTIGONE, AS RECAST BY SEAMUS HEANEY http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/315 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/315 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of The Burial at Thebes, Heaney’s adaptation of Antigone, returns with additional London and Oxford dates BEAKERMANIA BOOMERANGS BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN! http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/312 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/312 Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT The nation’s favourite teenage firebrand comes home to the Playhouse as her hit family musical tours the UK A CREATIVE FUSION OF CUTTING-EDGE MUSIC AND DANCE AT THE PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/311 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/311 Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Richard Alston Dance Company dances new work to live music from three leading contemporary composers in an innovative evening presented by Contemporary Music Network THE TRUTH COMES OUT AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/310 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/310 Sat, 19 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Moving family drama from South Africa brings a towering figure in world theatre to Nottingham NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE: THE UK?S MOST WELCOMING THEATRE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/309 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/309 Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Box Office and Front of House teams celebrate winning Most Welcoming Theatre at the TMA Management Awards 2007 UK HIP HOP’S MAIN EVENT COMES TO NOTTINGHAM http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/308 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/308 Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Jonzi D brings BREAKIN’ CONVENTION to the Playhouse, with local acts appearing alongside the global superstars DOUBLE ACCLAIM FOR PLAYHOUSE WELCOME http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/306 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/306 Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Nottingham Playhouse’s customer service team celebrates two major award nominations GIANTS OF BROADCASTING STEP ONSTAGE AT PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/305 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/305 Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Three much-loved broadcasters each hold an audience in coming weeks CRIME AND PASSION DRAMATISED IN DANCE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/304 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/304 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Contrasting performances by Jasmin Vardimon Company and Jaleo continue the Playhouse’s STRICTLY DANCE SEASON 2007 A POWERHOUSE OF BLACK THEATRE AT THE PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/301 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/301 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Eclipse Theatre presents five days of the present, past and future of Black theatre A STRANGE SENSE OF DEJA VU AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/300 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/300 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Giles Croft directs a classic J.B. Priestley thriller with a twist - and it’s about time HENRI OGUIKE DANCES ONTO THE PLAYHOUSE STAGE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/296 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/296 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Henri Oguike Dance Company performs a quartet of musical, muscular dance works APRIL FOOLS AND FOLK AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/299 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/299 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Jesters Rich Hall and Lenny Henry and troubadour Kate Rusby play the theatre this April MUM?S THE WORD AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/295 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/295 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Playhouse marks Mother?s Day with an enticing proposition ONE WOMAN TAKES ON THE WORLD AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/294 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/294 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Slam World Champion Kat Francois presents a powerful slice of autobiographical theatre NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE JOINS THE OLDEST PROFESSION http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/293 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/293 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT A notorious scarlet woman takes the stage in George Bernard Shaw?s still-controversial comedy drama STRICTLY THE BEST IN DANCE AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/292 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/292 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Three acclaimed choreographers launch the theatre’s Strictly Dance Season 2007 THE YOUTH OF NOTTINGHAM ANSWERS BACK IN LYRICALLY DEEP 2 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/291 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/291 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT A double bill challenges the stereotypes of street life in Nottingham and beyond TIMELY TALE OF SHIPWRECKED TREASURE TAKES THE STAGE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/290 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/290 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT As scavengers scour the beaches of Devon, Nottingham Playhouse recalls the original Whisky Galore ATTENDANCE UP AND CREATIVITY THRIVING IN REGIONAL THEATRE http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/276 http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/index.cfm/page/news.detail.cfm/navid/43/parentid/7/id/276 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT 40 per cent more people are visiting the theatre now than five years ago according to new research from some of England?s biggest regional theatres.