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Also, Readings Friends of Chamber Music will welcome the Brentano String Quartet back for the 26th year, and ArtsQuest will present its Memorial Day commemoration in Bethlehem.

For its 100th production, Philadelphia's all-comedy theater company is staging its annual “This Is The Week That Is” spoof on current events.

Also, the 9-day Kutztown Folk Festival will get underway on Saturday, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival will return to an outdoor stage.

'The Play That Goes Wrong' put on by 1812 Productions at the Plays and Players Theater in Philadelphia is two hours of non-stop laughing.

'The Play That Goes Wrong' put on by 1812 Productions at the Plays and Players Theater in Philadelphia is two hours of non-stop laughing.

One of Cumbrias most influential artists will have his work displayed in an event at St Marys Church, Cleator.

1812 Productions, Philadelphia's all comedy theatre company, is pleased to announce the return of live performances for their popular political satire, THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS.  

(Literally) Fake News In any normal year, Philly’s long-running 1812 Productions – famed for being the only professional theater company in the U.S. dedicated solely to comedy – would start its annual run of “This is the Week That Is” on the first days of December and end by the second week of January.  The live, six-week look at the ever-shifting news cycle and the current cultural zeitgeist, local and national, in a sketch comedy revue showcase setting – something 1812’s co-fou...