Patrick Romer in A Tale Of Two Cities on tour

Patrick Romer

PATRICK ROMER will soon be appearing as Manette in the Royal & Derngate and Touring Consortium production of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, a remount of the production that appeared at the Royal & Derngate in 2014. The show will open in Northampton on 10 September and then tour to Oxford, Richmond, Bradford, Blackpool, Wolverhampton, Brighton, Edinburgh, Cheltenham and Nottingham.

Simon Carroll-Jones in This Much at Soho Theatre

Simon Carroll-Jones

SIMON CARROLL-JONES can be seen at Soho Theatre until 2 July performing in This Much (Or An Act Of Violence Towards The Institution Of Marriage). The production from Moving Dust Theatre Company is getting its London premiere following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last summer.

Jessica Baglow nominated for the Ian Charleson Awards

Jessica Baglow

The wonderful JESSICA BAGLOW has been nominated for the Ian Charleson Awards for her performance as Marina in Pericles at Shakespeare's Globe. The Awards are run by the National Theatre and the Sunday Times and reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors under the age of 30. The winner will be announced at an event at the National Theatre on 24 June.

Melissa Allan in Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour on tour

Melissa Allan

MELISSA ALLAN is about to head back on tour with the National Theatre of Scotland's production of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour. Adapted from Alan Warner's novel The Sopranos, the show was a huge success at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It opens at Brighton Theatre Royal on 18 May before touring, and will run at the National Theatre of Great Britain through August and September.

Maeve O'Sullivan in The Easter Rising and Thereafter at Jermyn Street Theatre

Maeve O'Sullivan

MAEVE O'SULLIVAN will be appearing in The Easter Rising and Thereafter at the Jermyn Street Theatre from 26 to 30 April. The show, timed to coincide with the centenary of the Easter Rising in Ireland, will be part drama, part revue, part session. Incorporating poems, songs and speeches by W.B. Yeats, Dominic Behan, James Mangan, Louis MacNeice, Walter Savage Landor, Roger Casement, Winston Churchill, Sean O'Casey and others, it reveals the contrasting takes of the Easter Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War and their legacies for Britain and Ireland.