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