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Nottingham Playhouse has announced a special week of free play readings.

This year’s Wolfit Lecture will be given by actress Imelda Staunton at the Palace Theatre, Newark.

Flirty, energetic, intricate and exact describe some of the routines that made up Latin Fever, but awe inspiring describes them all.

Students from the Charlotte School of Dance, Balderton, will be stepping out in style for their annual showcase.

Two shows in a day will be performed at the Nottingham Arts Centre on Sunday, July 11.

The latest offering from Muskham Players is a farce written by Ray and Michael Cooney.

Two more of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads will be performed by members of the Robin Hood Theatre Company, Averham.

A play written by Richard Conlon receives its East Midlands premiere next week.

Chapterhouse Theatre Company put on a midsummer night’s treat with their production of Shakespeare’s most famous comedy at Sconce and Devon Park, Newark.

Not knowing much about Enrico Caruso’s escape from the terrible San Francisco earthquake of 1906, I decided to watch Caruso And The Quake at the Palace Theatre, Newark, on Friday, June 25, along with 33 other people.

When a television show is so popular, it is not easy to bring it and its iconic characters to life on stage.

My sister and I went to see the newly-svelte psychic Sally Morgan at the Palace Theatre, Newark.

The History Boys is generally regarded as Alan Bennett’s masterpiece — a play with universal appeal. Everyone, after all, has been to school and has memories, good or bad, of particular teachers.

The fantastic potential of the Robin Hood Theatre Company was showcased in the Neil Simon black comedy, The Prisoner Of Second Avenue, at Winthorpe Community Centre.

Strictly Come Dancing’s Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova are to take fans on an exhilarating journey into the vibrant world of Latin American dance.

For years the popular television sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, following the life of social snob Hyacinth Bucket, attracted huge audiences.

Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies is staged at Lincoln's Theatre Royal from July 1-3.

Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice will be performed in the style of an 18th Century Venetian carnival at Holme Pierrepont Hall.

One of the world’s most famous flamenco guitarists, Paco Pena, returns to Nottingham Playhouse with his latest production.

Opera North returns to the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, with three summer productions — Puccini’s La Bohème, Donizetti’s Mary Stuart and Dvorak’s Rusalka.