Berkshire theatre gets


ready to rock Rock ‘n’ Roll musical Teddy is coming to The Watermill Theatre, Berkshire in January before embarking on a national tour and a London season at The Vaults in Waterloo. First seen at the Southwark


Playhouse in 2015 and winner of Best New Musical at the Off West End Awards, Teddy is the ultimate story of teenage rebellion and the birth of a new musical era, set in the aftermath of the Blitz against a backdrop of austerity. It follows the lively story of


Teddy and Josie, all dressed up and ready to hit the streets of London for an unforgettable night out, no matter how dangerous the consequences. The show will run at The


Watermill Theatre from January 11-February 10, 2018. watermill.org.uk


Quartet comedy comes to Everyman in Cheltenham


Mark Goucher, the new chief executive of Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre, is presenting the comedy Quartet as his first production at the venue. After its Cheltenham run


Snowshow returns for festive season


Internationally renowned spectacular Slava’s Snowshow will tour the UK again, starting at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, on November 17. The show visits started on


October 24 in Salford, then to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Norwich, Bristol and Southampton before making a return to London’s Southbank Centre for a fifth season (December 18-January 4, 2018). A combination of theatrical


clowning and a visual spectacle, Slava’s Snowshow is performed by a celebrated company of clowns led by Slava Polunin, artistic director of the St Petersburg Circus. Influenced by artists such as Chaplin, Marcel Marceau and Engibarov, Slava and his company have taken clowning out of the world of circus, and brought it to theatre lovers and families worldwide. slavasnowshow.co.uk


Clifton continues Flashdance role for UK tour


Joanne Clifton says she will continue in her role of Alex Owens in the UK tour of Flashdance – The Musical following a short Christmas break from December 9-January 9. Clifton says: “I am having the best time ever on this tour and so am delighted to be staying on for 2018. We have so much fun on stage and


off, and I really am dancing like I’ve never danced before!” Flashdance – The Musical tells of


18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and ‘flashdancer’ by night, who dreams of going to the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy and becoming a professional dancer. flashdanceuktour.co.uk


(February 8-17, 2018), the play will visit Sheffield, Ipswich, Birmingham, Salisbury, Brighton, Cambridge, Richmond and Bath. The play will star Paul Nicholas


(The Real Marigold Hotel, Just Good Friends and EastEnders), Wendi Peters (Coronation Street and Oh What A Lovely War), Sue Holderness (Only Fools and Horses and The Green Grass) and Jeff Rawle (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Drop the Dead Donkey). everymantheatre.org.uk


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