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Cast by Camilla Evans, the Headlong production Boys plays throughout this month.

After a well received run at High Tide Festival, the play opens tonight at the Nuffield Theatre Southampton before transferring to the Soho Theatre.

Written by Evening Standard nominee Ella Hickson, the production is directed by Robert Icke, Associate Director at Headlong and Rupert Goold's collaborator on Decade. Boys is the first co-production between HighTide Festival, The Nuffield and

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Daisy Maywood plays Maria in the RSC/Sage Gateshead production of West Side Story.

Produced in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Open Stages, West Side Story will run from 4th-7th July 2012 as part of the World Shakespeare Festival.

Directed and choreographed by award winning choreographer and dancer Will Tuckett, the production will feature the Northern Sinfonia, conducted by critically acclaimed conductor John

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Hanna Jarman performs at Hightide Festival Theatre with Curious Directive.

This will be the Sixth HighTide Festival and will premiere eighteen plays in world and European premiere productions in partnerships with emerging companies and leading theatres including: Bad Physics, Curious Directive, Escalator East to Edinburgh, Headlong, Halesworth Middle School, Latitude Festival, Lucy Jackson, Macrobert, Nabokov, The Nuffield Southampton, The Public Theater, Soho Theatre, Utter.

In previous years, productions transfer nationally and internationally, including to London with partners who have included the

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Jennifer Caldwell joins the London cast of Mamma Mia.

Written by British playwright Catherine Johnson and based on the songs of ABBA, Mamma Mia has been running since 1999. Over 42 million people have seen the show world-wide and a film adaptation with Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried was released in 2008.

The London production moves to the Novello Theatre from September

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Damian Kell appears at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 12 Proposals for a Better Europe this week.

This is a new collaboration between directors Nicolai Khalezin and Chris Thorpe as part of the Transform 12 Festival.

Internationally-acclaimed writer and director Nicolai Khalezin came to UK in 2007 with his theatre company Belarus Free Theatre. He has worked extensively with Chris Thorpe of Unlimited Theatre but this is the first time they have made a brand new piece as

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It is Press Night tonight for Sandra Duncan as Lady Falconbridge in King John. The show plays at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon for The RSC’s 2012 Nations at War Season.

Nations at War is three plays exploring the struggle for absolute power and the right to lead a nation, including the world premiere of A Soldier in Every Son – An Aztec

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Phil Rowson makes a guest appearance in Northern Broadsides production of Love's Labour's Lost tonight alongside fellow Sainou client Owen Findlay.

Currently on tour, the production is at the Lowry, Salford tonight. Directed by Barrie Rutter, the multi award-winning Northern Broadsides celebrates its 20th anniversary year with this classic

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It is Press Night tonight for Sandra Duncan as The Duchess of York in Richard III. The show plays at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon for The RSC’s 2012 Nations at War Season.

Nations at War is three plays exploring the struggle for absolute power and the right to lead a nation, including the world premiere of A Soldier in Every Son – An Aztec

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Lucy Hind performs and directs Boundless with Unlimited for DanceXchange.

The show will premiere at International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012 and brings together South African integrated dance company Remix with British-based artists David Toole and Lucy Hind. The project seeks to create and collaborate work from four different choreographers or directors using the same creative brief.

Boundless is one of three Unlimited commissions in this round created in collaboration with international partners and with funding contributed by the British Council.

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Paul Kemp opens tonight in Alan Bennett's The Lady In The Van.

Paul stars alongside Nichola McAuliffe and is directed by Sarah Esdaile, whose recent credits include The Deep Blue Sea starring Maxine Peake for West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Alan Bennett is one of the nation’s best-loved playwrights, with plays including The History Boys, Talking Heads and The Madness of George

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