Having already confirmed appearances at the Best Kept Secret Festival in The Netherlands and The Northside Festival in Denmark, St. Vincent has announced four new UK/Europe headline dates.

Kicking off at Bristol’s SWX on Friday May 31st, the run also sees St Vincent play a very special date at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Saturday June 1st. Long hailed as one of the most fascinating presences in modern music, St. Vincent will be bringing her mesmerising live show to these shores in the wake of the April 26 release of her incredible seventh album, All Born Screaming. Tickets will be on sale *** from here.

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Grand Junction has announced its programme for Elixir Festival taking place from 12^th April, celebrating Arabic artworks culturally resonant for local communities and wider London audiences. Connecting the diverse cultures that make up West London’s community, Elixir Festival will showcase a vibrant lineup of international and local contemporary artists as part of the two week-long festival. Hosted in the Grade 1 listed Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene’s in Paddington, Elixir Festival will present a rich programme of theatre, music, workshops, and food created by contemporary artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and Anatolia. Created in partnership with Arts Canteen and Shubbak Festival, Elixir Festival is rooted in the Arabic al-‘iksīr is a symbol of healing and will serve as a remedy for cultural connection.

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Today, Human Music Group Sensations’ Glass Animals announced their 2024 global TOUR OF EARTH. Promoted by Live Nation, the 41-date tour sees the band headlining the biggest venues of their career thus far and kicks off on Wednesday 7^th August in Charlotte, NC at PNC Music Pavilion, with stops across North America, Europe, and the UK in Toronto, New York, Nashville, Chicago, Vancouver, Inglewood, Paris, Milan, Amsterdam, Glasgow, and more before wrapping up with an epic hometown performance in London, UK at The O2. The GRAMMY-nominated and BRIT-nominated, Diamond-selling British band will be joined by special guests Kevin Abstract,Eyedress, and Blondshell on select dates throughout the North America leg. The Big Moon will join on all dates across Europe and the UK.

The tour will see the band playing many iconic venues around the world for the first time, including Madison Square Garden in New York, Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, The Gorge Amphitheatre in Seattle, Kia Forum in Inglewood, 3Arena in Dublin, The O2 in London, and many more.

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We’ve been running Mindfulness workshops occasionally for the past few months, with the ethos of creating a calm space for anyone looking to take a little bit of time out of their day to step back and take note of life’s current priorities. Wellbeing practitioner Megan Mattravers returns to deliver free online workshops on Sunday 14th April 2024 via Instagram Live with the idea of supporting you with wherever you’re currently at emotionally/mentally – with the tools needed to help you check in whenever needed – continuing on a positive note and seeing in the new year with good intentions. Timings are the same as before, 1pm/1:30pm with sessions lasting 30 minutes in total.

Our initial workshops included mindful writing – an exercise encouraging us to stay rooted in the present moment and pay attention to our 5 senses, and a body scan – an exercise again keeping us in the present moment (this is a scan of the body mentally, bringing awareness to any tensions within the body) and cultivating calmness. There were opportunities to share thoughts and feelings if you wanted to throughout, with participants feeling mentally energised for the week ahead.

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The Olivier Awards 2024 with Mastercard today announces the shows performing in this year’s ceremony. The Awards will take place on Sunday 14th April at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Hannah Waddingham.

There will be performances from Mastercard Best New Musical nominees including The Little Big Things, Next To Normal, Operation Mincemeat and A Strange Loop, alongside Best Musical Revival nominees Guys & Dolls and Hadestown in addition to a special moment from Groundhog Day Australia. Presenter, Emmy winner and multi-Olivier nominee Hannah Waddingham will open the event performing with singer and pianist Joe Stilgoe.

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Charli XCX today announces details of her 2024 UK arena tour. Encompassing her biggest ever headline shows in the UK, the newly announced dates will see Charli play arenas in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow in November and December in support of her highly anticipated forthcoming new album ‘BRAT’ with special guest Shygirl supporting on all four dates.

Fans who pre-order ‘BRAT’ before 3pm BST on Tuesday 9th April will receive early access to tickets. Fan pre-sale starts on Wednesday 10th April at 9am BST with tickets going on general sale on Friday 12th April at 9am BST. You can find more info HERE.

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Mayflower Theatre’s Head of Creative Learning Patrick O’Sullivan, Chief Executive and Creative Director Michael Ockwell and the whole Mayflower team are proud to announce that this year, they have awarded a total of £36,500 to nine deserving rising stars to help them fulfil their ambitions, as part of the Higher Education Bursary Scheme.

The Higher Education Bursary Scheme is open to individuals between the ages of 18 – 25 who reside in Hampshire. Support is prioritised to those who are either attending a degree course or audition run by a member of The Federation of Drama and Dance Schools; experiencing financial or other hardship or who demonstrate outstanding commitment and achievement in their art form.

Michael Ockwell, Chief Executive of Mayflower Theatre says “I am delighted that we’ve been able to support nine such brilliant, dynamic and deserving individuals with our High education Bursary Scheme this year, and we can’t wait to see what they do next. It is a huge privilege to be able to honour young talent locally each year by supporting their ambitions through this scheme.”

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Mayflower Theatre is thrilled to announce the renewal of Paris Smith Solicitors’ long-standing 30+ year partnership with Mayflower Theatre.

A number of years ago, Paris Smith also extended its support to MAST Mayflower Studios, which fosters artist development and promotes youth engagement. The new arrangement follows the fusion of these two wonderful and different venues under Mayflower’s banner, underscoring Paris Smith‘s commitment to nurturing the arts and culture for now and for the next generation.

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Underbelly, New Diorama Theatre and Concord Theatricals are thrilled to announce this year’s winners for the hit-making Edinburgh Untapped Award – designed to support and discover theatre makers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The three winning companies who will receive a £10,000 cash grant to support their show in Edinburgh are, Counterfactual, piss / Carnation and Our Day. Tickets for all shows are on sale now and available from https://underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/untapped.

The partnership with Underbelly, New Diorama and Concord Theatricals aims to discover and support early and mid-career theatre makers at the Edinburgh Fringe and this year proves no different as the companies prepare to present game-changing work this August.  Over the years, the Edinburgh Untapped Award has become a major launchpad, nationally recognised for its success in identifying and platforming brilliant new talent with winners going on to embark on successful tours, show transfers, securing international opportunities and win awards!

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