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Opening Night

Broadcast from a new town or city each month, Opening Night gives listeners a backstage pass to the best in theatre, playwriting and live performance across the UK.

Radio 4,12 episodes

Episodes

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The Highlands
Janice Forsyth visits Pitlochry Festival Theatre in the Perthshire highlands.
30 mins07 Jul 2018
02/06/2018
Lindsay Chapman goes to Leeds to explores the role of women, both on and off stage.
30 mins02 Jun 2018
Aberdeen
Janice Forsyth presents Opening Night in Aberdeen and finds new theatre making a mark.
30 mins05 May 2018
Liverpool
Lindsey finds out how a theatre in Liverpool is addressing race and gender identity.
30 mins07 Apr 2018
Newcastle
Opening Night visits Newcastle and discovers how local voices are being represented.
30 mins03 Mar 2018
Cardiff
Opening Night is in Wales where two new productions focus on women in theatre.
30 mins03 Feb 2018
06/01/2018
Janice Forsyth looks at Glasgow's vibrant theatre scene.
30 mins06 Jan 2018
Hull
Lindsey Chapman explores the impact on theatre after Hull's year as UK City of Culture#.
30 mins02 Dec 2017
04/11/2017
Poet and dramatist Michael Symmons Roberts asks who and what theatre is for.
30 mins04 Nov 2017
07/10/2017
Marie-Louise Muir takes the temperature of Northern Ireland theatre, now and next.
30 mins07 Oct 2017
02/09/2017
Geeta Pendse reports from Leicester on what's hot on the city's drama scene.
30 mins02 Sep 2017
Edinburgh
Janice Forsyth lifts the curtain on Radio 4's new theatre series at the Edinburgh Festival
30 mins05 Aug 2017