Ballet Theatre UK will return to Brighton in January with a new ballet based on Lewis Carroll’s much-loved children’s books, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. With its whimsical flights of the imagination, eclectic music and joyful dance, Alice in Wonderland will be performed on Sunday 1 January and Monday 2 January at Brighton Dome Concert … >
The first performances in England by Quebec’s hottest new circus crew will take place next month. Circus sensation Catch Me! (Attrape Moi) will be at Brighton Dome from Monday 26 December until Friday 30 December, featuring six high-flying, fearless performers in a crowd-pleasing display of athleticism and showmanship. Buy tickets online here. With a nomination for Unique … >
BBC One has announced the cast for Silk creator Peter Moffat’s new ‘60s drama The Last Post. The six-part series will be led by Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife), Jessie Buckley (War and Peace), Amanda Drew (Broadchurch), Ben Miles (Coupling) and Stephen Campbell Moore (The Go-Between), alongside newcomer Jeremy Neumark-Jones. Based on writer Peter Moffat’s … >
BBC Four has announced the commission of new “bittersweet comedy” series Bucket. Written by and starring Frog Stone, the four 30-minute episodes will co-star Miriam Margolyes as her madcap mother. Shane Allen, Controller, Comedy Commissioning, commented: “Miriam Margolyes gives her comedy masterclass in growing old disgracefully. This is a raucous, ribald and irreverent charting of … >
Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat has revealed that it’s unlikely he’ll write for the show again once he departs as showrunner next year. Moffat’s final season of Doctor Who has been filming in Cardiff since June and will begin airing on BBC One in April 2017. Here’s everything we know so far about Season 10. Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall will … >
Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has written “an original and modern take on the crime genre” for BBC One. Bodyguard is a contemporary thriller featuring the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. Writer Jed Mercurio commented: “I’m immensely flattered by the unstinting support my work has received from Charlotte … >
Three years since their last appearance, the Brockman family will be back on BBC One next month. Filming has commenced on a brand new Outnumbered Christmas special. Original cast members Hugh Dennis (Mock The Week), Claire Skinner (Critical), Tyger Drew-Honey (Cuckoo), Daniel Roche (Little Crackers) and Ramona Marquez (The King’s Speech) will all return in … >
BBC Two has announced the commission of The Luminaries, a new drama based on award-winning novelist Eleanor Catton’s novel. Winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize, The Luminaries is a 19th century tale of adventure and mystery set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island in the boom years of the 1860s … >
ITV’s new crime series Bancroft will explore “what happens when heinous crimes, long buried in the past, come back to haunt us.” Set in a busy northern city, the four-part thriller is written and created by Kate Brooke (Mr Selfridge, Ice Cream Girls, The Making of a Lady). Brooke commented: “I wanted to explore a … >
The director for the next block of filming on Doctor Who‘s new season has been revealed. 12 new Doctor Who episodes have been filming in Cardiff since June and will begin airing on BBC One in April 2017. Here’s everything we know so far about Season 10. The fourth block of filming, comprised of episodes written by … >