Theatre and Comedy

full casting for theCasting has been announced for the premiere of the new stage adaptation of Adelle Stripe’s novel about the life of the celebrated playwright Andrea Dunbar.

Rehearsals are well under way for the  first East Riding Theatre in-house production of the year, Beryl written by Maxine Peake.

A new production of the much-loved glittering hit musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical is hitting the road again.

Menopause The Musical – starring former EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison and one of the Nolan sisters, Maureen, is  proving to be the hottest ticket in town.

Two formidable figures – the Queen and Margaret Thatcher - are reunited in Moira Buffini’s comedy Handbagged which is at York Theatre Royal later this month.

Pop phenomena that is Frisky and  Mannish are heading out on tour in September and October.

Northern Broadsides' acclaimed co-production with the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, of William Shakespeare’s glorious tale of antagonistic romance and chaotic comedy Much Ado About Nothing will be opening this year’s Shakespeare festival at the Globe Theatre in the German city of Neuss.

Following multiple sell out UK and Irish Tours the ultimate girls night out, Menopause the Musical is embarking on more UK and Irish nationwide tours this spring with an all- star cast.

Luke Adamson, who was first in York Theatre Royal pantomime as a child and returned as a professional actor in  the 2017-18 Jack and the Beanstalk, has written a play about backstage at a pantomime called  Oh No It Isn’t!

Named by the Guinness Book of Records as ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has spent his life in pursuit of extreme adventure, risking life and limb in some of the most ambitious private expeditions ever undertaken. Now he will share his stories as he tours the country with his show Living Dangerously.

The Trick  is a magic show about getting older and it is at York Theatre Royal Studio on April 12 and 13.

York Theatre Royal’s pantomime family Martin Barrass, Suzy Cooper, AJ Powell and David Leonard will reunite this Christmas to star in Sleeping Beauty from December 7 to January 25.

Bill Kenwright’s production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sparkling family musical embarks on a national tour with a new Joseph and is coming to a theatre near you.

Same Same Different is an original and affecting new verbatim play about adoption, identity and belonging that gives adoptees from all over the world the chance to share their adoption story in their own words. It will be at York Theatre Royal Studio on April 26 and 27 at 7.45pm.

Comedy radio star John Finnemore has announced a ‘Flying Visit’ to Scarborough Spa this autumn.

Let’s have a party – says one of the characters in Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis, the first play of the new season at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.