A H-a-a-n-db-a-a-g? The Importance Of Being Earnest Gets A Digital Makeover

Plus an all-male Pirates Of Penzance, a digital dance festival and some Scottish advice on how to make revolution without being daft...

Let’s start with an apology — last week’s Industry News section fell victim to life, care responsibilities and post-vaccine wooziness. Sometimes I really miss being part of a team because as a one-woman band if I don’t do something, it doesn’t get done.

This means I didn’t share information about Bradford Producing Hub’s Make Work R&D Grants programme in a timely way. And for makers with a strong Bradford connection, it’s substantial — two grants of £3,000, two of £5,000 and three of £15,000. The general information session whooshed by a couple of days ago but there’s a Building Your Budget session on March 26 and one-to-one advice is also available. Closing date: Apr 23.

In other news, the Lawrence Batley Theatre in association with The Dukes theatre in Lancaster have announced the cast for Oscar Wilde’s The Importance Of Being Earnest (Apr 19-May 4, £12). Forget late Victorian chinz and tea-cups, this adaptation, written by Yasmeen Khan, is set in the North Of England and follows the…