Following international acclaim and an award-winning run at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Build a Rocket, a powerful and uplifting one-woman show about a young mother from Scarborough returns to embark on an extensive UK tour. Winner of the Holden Street Theatres’ Edinburgh Fringe Award 2018, Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre Weekly Award 2019 and named The... Continue Reading →
News: Aslant Theatre Company presents debut production, MUSE
In a Parisian café a young, raven-haired woman plays a dangerous game. The year is 1936. The fascist regimes that will soon lead to WWII and the unraveling of Europe are on the rise. Based on the life of surrealist photographer Dora Maar and her relationship with Pablo Picasso, Aslant Theatre Company’s debut production MUSE... Continue Reading →
News: Crowded Room Theatre Company announces world premiere of The Colours at Soho Theatre this summer
Following critically-acclaimed runs and a BBC Radio 4 broadcast of The Listening Room, Crowded Room has announced its brand new production The Colours. The verbatim play will premiere at Soho Theatre from 30 July to 17 August 2019, and will also be performed at Rowans Hospice near Portsmouth. Interviews to create the play were conducted... Continue Reading →
News: Full casting announced for Kiss Me Kate at the Watermill Theatre
The Watermill Theatre today announced the full ensemble cast of actor/musicians for Paul Hart’s production of Kiss Me, Kate. Olivier award-winner Rebecca Trehearn (Lilli) and David Ricardo-Pearce (Fred) will be joined by a versatile cast of actor/musicians featuring Jack Benjamin (Ralph), Dan De Cruz (Doorman/Suitor), Kimmy Edwards (Lois), Andre Fabian Francis (Paul), Sheldon Greenland (Gangster... Continue Reading →
News: The Phantom of the Opera to tour UK and Ireland
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce a UK and Ireland tour of the brilliant original production of The Phantom of the Opera opening at Curve, Leicester on 24 February 2020 where it will run until 21 March 2020 ahead of visiting Manchester Palace Theatre (26 March - 30 May 2020), Bord... Continue Reading →
News: New production photos released of Ashley Roberts, Blake Harrison and Lucie Jones in Waitress
New production photography of Waitress has been released today with cast members Ashley Roberts, Lucie Jones and Blake Harrison who have joined the London company. The smash hit musical comedy musical by Sara Bareilles has also recently extended its booking period to 7 December at the Adelphi Theatre. Waitress tells the story of Jenna, a... Continue Reading →
Interview with Kerry Fitzgerald
Kerry Fitzgerald is an actor, writer and one half of feminist theatre company, Purple Ostrich Productions along with Lise Knudsen. I caught up with Kerry to find out about her comedy spoof seminar Come Hygge Yourself, which arrives at the King's Head Theatre next month. Can you tell me a little bit about Come Hygge... Continue Reading →
News: Alpha Who? comes to the Cockpit Theatre this August
As part of the 2019 Camden Fringe, Alpha Who? from Matt Franco explores what it means to be a man today. Part theatre, part dance, and part visual art installation, Alpha Who? is an autobiographically brave and honest solo performance inspired by the writer’s own personal experiences. Every week 84 men take their own lives... Continue Reading →
News: The Bunker Theatre announces 2019 Autumn season
Following the success of his first season at The Bunker, Artistic Director Chris Sonnex’s new season cements his vision for the theatre, representing and sharing the stories of its community. With a new festival with work from Black artists, a new work from Anna Jordan, debut plays from emerging writers and the return of the... Continue Reading →
