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We’ve got something exciting to show you! After months of planning, the builders are moving in this week to start work on transforming our auditorium. And when we’re able to reopen our doors here’s an artist’s impression of what things will look like…
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Here's one from Producing and Programming Manager Martin: Being visited by Britop legend
@grahamcoxon
in 2018 was a special one
@NewVicTheatre
. He’d not played live for some time and it was his only UK gig that year. Was a lovely experience to welcome fans from all over the world
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Tonight, tune into
@BBCTwo
at 9pm to see the BAFTA award-winning film
#Marvellous
We've been working with the legend that is Neil 'Nello' Baldwin on a stage version of his story,and this is your chance to see the film about his extraordinary life
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We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded £353,225 from
@ace_midlands
@ace_national
Capital: Small Grants Funding. This will enable us to refurbish our auditorium, improving customer experience, increasing accessibility and customer engagement with all of our work 1/2
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We
#LightItInRed
standing in solidarity with our colleagues across the theatre and events industry
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We are very pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding from
@DCMS
#CultureRecoveryFund
, through
@ace_national
!
📷 by Clara Lou Photography
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We will only turn 60 once, so our birthday celebrations will continue for a while longer! Starting with the first day of rehearsals for
#NVAlice
– one of your favourite ever Christmas shows!
#NewVicat60
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On this day in 1962, our theatre was founded. We moved into a converted cinema on Hartshill Road and that’s where our story began.
📷 The Victoria Theatre 1974; courtesy Victoria Theatre Collection
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WOOHOO! We're delighted to announce we've been named the West Midlands' Most Welcoming Theatre 2018 in the
@uk_theatre
Awards!
Huge THANK YOU to everyone who voted for us!
CONGRATULATIONS to the 12 regional/national winners of the UK's Most
#WelcomingTheatre
Award 2018 🎉🎆🍾
THANKS to everyone who voted in the RECORD-BREAKING public vote - all 56,000 of you! Overall winner revealed 14 Oct at the
#UKTawards
@TheatreTokens
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#UKTheatreAwards
are over for another year. We're so happy to have won Best Show for Children and Young People for
#TheSnowQueen
(1/2)
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We are thrilled to hear we have received funding thanks to the government’s
#CultureRecoveryFund
We’ll continue to be here for you and
#HereForCulture
@DCMS
@ace_national
@hmtreasury
We can't wait for the moment we can welcome you back through our doors in person!
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Introducing... the New Vic 'Housewarming' season! We're celebrating our reopening following major refurbishment by inviting audiences back to the theatre from this October with some innovative socially distanced productions 🎭 we can't wait to share them with you!
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JUST ANNOUNCED!!!
Drum roll please...... our 2018 Christmas show will be The Wind In The Willows!
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A huge thank you to the Denise Coates Foundation for making an amazingly generous grant to the theatre to ensure our future as a vital community resource and a producer of nationally recognised work.
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The brilliant
@grahamcoxon
's only UK show this year is at......the New Vic! Catch him at the theatre-in-the-round on 17 September before he heads to America.
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A huge congratulations to our fabulous Artistic Director
@TheresaHeskins
, who directed the now Olivier Award-winning
@worstwitchlive
@VaudevilleTh
, and all
#TheWorstWitch
team! We couldn't be prouder!
#OlivierAwards
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We are thrilled to share the news that our critically-acclaimed production of
#Marvellous
will transfer to London’s brand new
@atsohoplace
theatre this October! Read more here:
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It’s our anniversary! 37 years ago today we welcomed our first audience through our doors and have delighted in welcoming every single visitor to our theatre since then!
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We are thrilled to welcome you back into the New Vic today! Our cafe is open until 3pm ☕ and the Box Office is open until 4pm. For more details on how to book a table and our visitor information please go to our website
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We won!
#TheSnowQueen
wins Best Show For Children and Young People
@uk_theatre
awards SOthrilled!
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You can take the people out of Stoke, but you can't take Stoke out of the people.... Lovely to see pottery made in
#StokeonTrent
being used at the national
#UKTAwards
ceremony.
#Proud
#Dudson
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🗞️BIG NEWS🗞️
We’re delighted to announce that
@vickiamedume
will be joining our team as Associate Director. Vicki will look after our artist development programme, explore artistic opportunities, and support our Artistic Director
@TheresaHeskins
.
Read more
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Following the announcements today, that Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent will be placed in Tier 3 once the national lockdown ends, we are working hard on our plans for December. More news will follow soon. Thank you in advance for your patience and support!
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Creativity is in our blood in
#StokeonTrent
. In 1986, local people raised more than £1million to build the New Vic – Europe’s first purpose built theatre-in-the-round.
#sot2021
#CityofCulture2021
@DCMS
@sot2021
#24
@⏲:21
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This Friday we’re sending big congratulations to our Managing Director
@fiwallace
who today receives an Honorary Degree from
@KeeleUniversity
as Doctor of Letters. Such wonderful recognition for her work supporting the role of arts & culture in
#NUL
#StokeonTrent
&
#Staffordshire
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At 9pm tonight we’ll be turning our iconic building red to support
#WeMakeEvents
#LightItInRed
campaign, standing in solidarity with our colleagues across theatre and the events industry
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ICYMI We’re recruiting for an Assistant Director to work with us for a full year, full time (Salary £30,843.80pa). An exciting role in an exciting theatre, this role offers great professional development in a fun, friendly environment.
Deadline: 11 April
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In May, we're working with
@claybodytheatre
on
#TheCard
, an Arnold Bennett classic. Claybody's original production of the play took place at Fenton Town Hall last year - we're excited to be working together to bring the comedy to life on our in-the-round stage next season
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In a change to our schedule, our Christmas play will now be Coppelia – A Mystery. Taking place in and around the theatre, you'll go on a journey down wintry Victorian streets, into the mysterious toyshop of Doctor Coppelius, where there are curious secrets to be found… ❄️
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We are absolutely over the moon to be shortlisted as a finalist in this year's
@uk_theatre
awards as UK's Most
#WelcomingTheatre
. Congratulations to our fellow finalists
@StoryhouseLive
and
@youngvictheatre
. What a great way to end the week!
@TheatreTokens
Congratulations to the
@NewVicTheatre
, finalists for the UK's Most
#WelcomingTheatre
2019. (2/5)
#UKTawards
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2/2 We stand in solidarity with our industry and look forward to when we can welcome audiences back & to working again with the many freelancers who help us create work.
#lightitinred
#WeMakeEvents
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This Sunday, we celebrate our official 60th birthday! On 9 Oct 1962 The Victoria Theatre Company began making theatre. Today we’re proud to be creating work for our community that’s made right here on site for our audiences in
#NewcastleunderLyme
#StokeOnTrent
#Staffordshire
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We would like to say a huge thank you to
@TheatresTrust
for the grant to refurbish our auditorium ventilation system. This refurb will help us to increase ventilation and infection control making it an even safer environment for audiences.
#thankyou
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A real-life, socially distanced audience. A live show. A great feeling. Welcome back!
#BackOnStage
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Despite many challenges this year we completed our biggest refurbishment project ever. We replaced all 597 seats, revamped the balcony, installed a new stage, and improved access in our auditorium
#LookingForwardTo2021
we can’t wait to welcome you back, as soon as we are able to!
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IT'S HERE...
Ghostlight 💡
Shining light on our newly revamped auditorium, our sound and light installation opens from today until 31 October. Join us in this celebration of ‘ghosts’ of shows past and the anticipation of shows in the future
Read more 👇
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We're so excited to share that
#AroundTheWorldIn80Days
AND
#TheSnowQueen
have been nominated for Best Show for Children & Young People!
CONGRATULATIONS to all those nominated for UK Theatre Awards. See the full list here:
#UKTawards
Ceremony on 15 Oct
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On Wednesday 15 January we have Wildlife Road Trip with natural history broadcasters
@MartinHGames
and
@IoloWilliams2
For more info and to book tickets:
#wildlife
#naturalhistory
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Here's a first glimpse of our award, held by Managing Director
@fiwallace
, Artistic Director
@TheresaHeskins
& Head of Workshop
@lcloggy
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A real treat for music fans, Blur’s
@grahamcoxon
brings his first solo concert in four years to the New Vic on 17 September, featuring his unique blend of ’60s pop psychedelia and folk.
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A massive thank you to everyone who supported the bid. There is a real energy about our area,
#StokeonTrent
,
#NewcastleunderLyme
and
#Staffordshire
, and it has been inspiring to see everyone championing culture here.
#sot2021
#CityofCulture2021
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Meet the cast of four taking on more than 120 characters in
#The39Steps
... easy!
Fantastically funny read-through. Thanks team!
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We're looking forward to getting back to what we do best, working with our in-house team and freelancers to create amazing theatre for audiences near and far. Support the
#WeMakeEvents
#LightItInRed
campaign
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More awards! We are thrilled that our fantastic Casting Director
@AnjiCarroll
has been nominated in the
@WhatsOnStage
awards for
#BestCastingDirection
for our play
#Marvellous
. We couldn’t be more proud of her and the whole production. To vote:
#WOSAwards
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A huge thank you to
@wolfsonfdn
for awarding us £70,000 for our capital appeal. The money goes towards replacing our stage but Wolfson Foundation are keen to support all of the theatre’s work in these challenging times so the money can be used where there is the greatest need
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1/2 ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter… In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King
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Thrilled for our Front of House Volunteers, who have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service today: the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK! Thank you
@NewVicVols
for all that you do & HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on your award!
#qavs
@QueensAwardVS
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1/2 We are incredibly proud that New Vic Artistic Director
@TheresaHeskins
has been recognised in
@TheStage
#100
list for 2023. Compiled each year to acknowledge the achievements of the most influential figures in theatre and the performing arts...
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Here's some of Team New Vic, off to
#UKTAwards
@uk_theatre
We're thrilled to be nominated for
#MostWelcomingTheatre
and
#BestShowForChildrenandYoungPeople
#excited
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On this day is 1962, Stephen Joseph opened our original home The Victoria Theatre in Hartshill. Founding members included
@Ayckbourn
who we welcome this week with his double bill Season's Greetings and Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present.
#theatreintheround
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We’re delighted that we will continue as an
@ace_national
#NPO
organisation in their 2018-22 portfolio.
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One of our long-time supporters Frances Evans is celebrating her 100th birthday today! Join with us in wishing her a happy birthday! 🎈
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Good luck to all the team at
@atsohoplace
for the opening night of
#Marvellous
. What an honour it is to open with our fantastic story on the stage of the first West End theatre to built in 50 years. Have a fantastic night!
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Say hello to our new Resident Assistant Directors! So pleased to announce Mandeep Glover and Polly Wain will be joining our team this year to work on projects incl.
#AstleysAstoundingAdventures
#TheNutcracker
& our selected
#37plays
as part
@TheRSC
national playwriting project
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1/3 We’re pleased to share news that
@ace_national
will increase investment in
@NewVicTheatre
as a National Portfolio Organisation to continue to grow our work for
#StokeOnTrent
#NewcastleunderLyme
. Read more here:
#LetsCreate
NEW: We’re investing in 990 organisations for the next three years so that more people in more places can enjoy creativity and culture wherever they are.
#LetsCreate
🗞️ Get the headlines…
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✨Casting has been announced for our
#Christmas
show Beauty and the Beast! ✨
Welcome
@rhyrhybabycakes
@bellaband1
@D_bird_9
#JonathanCharles
@FreeburnLucinda
@ListerPolly
@frederikpahus
#NicholasRichardson
@SolayaSang
@faz_shah_music
#RhiannonSkerritt
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“Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me....” 🎵🎶❤️
#MuchAdoAboutNothing
@NBroadsides
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We are postponing our production of
#Marvellous
, the brand new play based on the life of local hero Neil ‘Nello’ Baldwin, to Spring 2021 🦜 please click below for more information 👇
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Tune into
@BBCRadioStoke
at 2.25pm this afternoon to hear
@grahamcoxon
chatting to Louise Stones about his gig at the New Vic tonight.
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After our final two performances today, we say a fond farewell to our cast of The Prince and The Pauper. The show has been such a joy for schools and families this year and has received wonderful comments. We will miss them all! The definitely had the right attiTUDOR for the job!
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To our wonderful
#TheWindInTheWillows
company - all the talented performers on-stage and the dedicated backstage and creative team ensuring all runs smoothly...a massive well done on your first show. Beautiful. Enjoy today’s rest - bring on the first schools’ show tomorrow! ❤️
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ICYMI: To mark our 60th anniversary of theatre making, a blue plaque was unveiled on the side of the original site of the theatre-in-the-round yesterday, honouring in-the-round pioneer
#StephenJoseph
and our first Artistic Director Peter Cheeseman
#NewVicat60
@thesjt
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Anna of the Five Towns – celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Stoke’s very own Arnold Bennett. 26 May to 17 June.
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Tomorrow we are so excited to welcome back audiences to the New Vic. If you are joining us over the coming months please read our visitor information here
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WILDLIFE ROAD TRIP
On Wed 15 January we have natural history presenters
@MartinHGames
and
@IoloWilliams2
on stage with their amusing and informative show full of facts about the wonderful world of wildlife.
For info:
#naturalhistory
#wildlife
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Happy 60th birthday to us!
#NewVicat60
#LoveNuL
#NewcastleUnderLyme
#WeAreStaffordshire
#StokeOnTrent
#StokeCreates
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Nello's got his hands on one of our new Spring 2022 Season brochures which are OUT NOW! Featuring the world premiere production of the play about his extraordinary life,
#Marvellous
!
If you're on our postal mailing list you should be getting one through your door very soon...
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Last night we opened our Alice In Wonderland
#NVAlice
to shrieks of joy from a packed audience of the very young to the very young at heart! It was an adventure filled with lots of
#impossible
things bought to life by the magic of theatre. We can't wait to do it all again today!
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Our wonderful Senior Catering Assistant Paula Prince celebrated 35 years at the New Vic yesterday. We had a moment with her to celebrate the occasion, and presented her with some flowers 💐Thank you Paula!
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To our audiences, who’ve laughed, cried, and been immersed in the theatre we’ve created in our in-the-round home, THANK YOU for joining us on our journey.
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Vote for the New Vic to be crowned the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre in the UK Theatre Awards 2018!
We are passionate about giving everyone a fantastic welcome when they visit us. If you think we deserve to be awarded the title, cast your vote for us at:
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And we're off! Team
@NewVicTheatre
on the train on the way to
@uk_theatre
awards. Looking forward to seeing
@ListerPolly
&
@Jamesatherton1
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Happy 75th birthday to Neil
#nello
Baldwin from all your friends at the New Vic. We can't wait to see you soon.
#marvellous
Photos by
@BillingtonPhoto
📸
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Festive drum roll… We are SO excited to announce that we’ll be staging the swashbuckling adventure story The Three Musketeers for Christmas this year! Our Artistic Director Theresa Heskins will adapt & direct this classic tale in spectacular New Vic style! On Stage from Fri 15
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We are absolutely thrilled to be nominated in two categories at this years
#UKTAwards
@uk_theatre
for UK's Most Welcoming Theatre and Best Show for Children & Young People for our production of Tale Trail to The Wind In The Willows directed by
@katherinehughe
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Today is the last day of
#TheWindInTheWillows
. Have a great last few shows team, both on-stage and off stage.
Huge thanks to all of you lovely audiences who came to share our journey along the river bank. What a treat we've all had.
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Yesterday the cast and creative team of
#OneManTwoGuvnors
joined us for day one of rehearsals. We can't wait to stage this iconic comedy from 12 Apr - 11 May.
To book:
@garethcooper82
@howardchadwick5
@thomasCotran
@jessdyas
@FreeburnLucinda
Nick
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Drum roll please... 🥁🥁🥁
Our Christmas show this year is... THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
Adapted and directed by
@TheresaHeskins
and brought to life by our award-winning creative team.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎄🎄🎄🎄
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What a brilliant first performance of our festive show
#TheNutcracker
Well done to our wonderful company and thank you to all the smiling, happy audience members of all ages who travelled up the Christmas tree with us tonight! For everyone coming soon, we can't wait to see you!
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In case you missed it... we have the world premiere of the
#Marvellous
play on our stage tonight!
We wish all the company and crew a most 'MARVELLOUS' first night and a fantastic run ❤
📷
@BillingtonPhoto
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Steve Coogan visited
#NewcastleunderLyme
today and popped into our
#AroundTheWorldin80Days
rehearsals to meet our fantastic company
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Launching from tomorrow... our FREE online theatre skills masterclasses! 🎭
Learn all sorts of wonderful creative things - from sound design to 3D printing, puppet making, lighting, stage make-up and more - from the comfort of your home! 🏠
More info:
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📣 Great opportunity for artists!
The New Vic Theatre is offering three companies the opportunity to be an Associate Artist at the theatre-in-the-round for one year from September 2021, as part of Kiln Associates, our artist development scheme.
Read more:
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#InspiringFutureTheatre
Here are our next generation of theatre makers from our project with
@TheRSC
Associate Schools Partnership Next Generation. From costume, props, stage management, lighting, sound, marketing and FOH, this young team excelled.
#positivity
#theatre
#NextGen
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CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENT 2020!
We are thrilled to announce that our Christmas production this year is Beauty and the Beast.
This spectacular retelling of the original story reunites
@TheresaHeskins
and the team.
Booking from Mon 16 March
Read more:
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Thank you to our wonderful cast, creative team, and to
@KMFmetal
for their work and support on
#TheSnowQueen
#thrilled
#UKTheatreAwards
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A big congratulations to our Artistic Director
@TheresaHeskins
as she receives an Honorary Degree from
@KeeleUniversity
today in recognition of her work supporting the role of arts and culture in
#NUL
,
#StokeonTrent
and
#Staffordshire
!
Congratulations to
@TheresaHeskins
, who has been made an Honorary Doctor of Letters at today’s graduation ceremony! 🎓
Theresa is an award-winning playwright and the Artistic Director of the New Vic theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme. 🎭
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Huge congratulations to our Artistic Director
@TheresaHeskins
and our Managing Director
@fiwallace
on their Honorary Degrees from
@KeeleUniversity
We're pleased to announce that these distinguished individuals are to receive Honorary Degrees from Keele, we can't wait welcome them to the Keele community and look forward to celebrating with them as soon as we're able to! 🎉🎓
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A big friendly New Vic welcome to all these lovely creative people joining us on the first day of R&D for
#Marvellous
, including the man himself - Neil 'Nello' Baldwin! 🐦🤡⚽ We can't wait to see what they get up to this week!
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ANNOUNCEMENT - We are delighted to announce the cast for our Christmas production of The Prince & The Pauper.
@davidahmad77
@D_bird_9
@NicholeJBird
@earlofbuck
@GarethCassidy
@matt_ganners
@GoochElliot
@ManyaSufia
@faz_shah_music
@Thorichardson
@ArtyMargit
@JossWyre
Jasmin Hinds
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Next week we start rehearsals for our spectacular Christmas show! We can't wait to welcome our fabulous cast to the New Vic - find out who'll be joining us here
#NVTheNutcracker
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1/2 It’s the announcement you’ve been waiting for! It’s time to get festive – this year’s spectacular New Vic Christmas show is… The Nutcracker: A Christmas Fairytale. Adapted and directed by New Vic Artistic Director Theresa Heskins...
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As our refurbishment continues apace, we want to say thank you to
@ace_national
for their vital support of this project as part of their Capital: Small Grants programme. We’re looking forward to sharing our auditorium with audiences as soon as we are able to.
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And to you, our wonderful audiences. Thank you for sharing this very special show with us and supporting it all the way. We've made some very treasured memories and are so pleased you've been there with us.
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Happy International Stage Management Day to all of our wonderful stage management team past and present. What an amazing job you do everyday. You rock!
#StageMgrs18
#theatre
#StageManagers
@SMAssoc
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📣 CASTING ANNOUNCED for
#Marvellous
Welcome Suzanne Ahmet, Charlie Bence, Gareth Cassidy, Alex Frost, Michael Hugo, Jerone Marsh-Reid and Daniel Murphy! 👋
Read more here:
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We're recruiting for an Assistant Director!
A fantastic opportunity for a director to gain experience in a busy producing theatre and support our producing programme, including one of our legendary Christmas productions!
Find out more and apply here:
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