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The first trailer has been released for the virtual production of the fully cast, abridged virtual production of Rachel Wagstaff’s highly acclaimed adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’s best-selling novel BIRDSONG, streamed online on 1 July 2020, the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Told using video technology, live performance, sound design and music, all weaved... Continue Reading →
Seen from Here: Writing in the Lockdown is a collection of stories, flash fiction, poems, autofiction and conceptual writing gathered during the April and May Covid-19 lockdown, bringing together UK-based writers, poets, performance makers and artists. Published in a PDF format by Unstable Object, an imprint launched by Etchells and Horvat for this occasion, the... Continue Reading →
The benefits of art have been well-known for some time now. Art can help to stimulate the imagination; reduce stress, anxiety and depression; and it can also help you to process trauma. In Breaking Through The Wall, writer and artist Audrey Freudberg has used art as part of her healing process after she was sexually... Continue Reading →
Phina Oruche (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed, The WB; Footballers’ Wives, ITV; Hollyoaks, Channel 4; Taken Down, BBC), whose show Identity Crisis was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe and on UK tour, has graced our screens for years – now she has turned her hand to storytelling. During the Covid-19 crisis, Oruche has... Continue Reading →
The Barn Theatre in Cirencester have announced that they will stream an exclusive question and answer session with internationally best-selling author Michael Morpurgo on Saturday 16 May at 7:30pm. The event, which will be hosted by Barn Theatre Artistic Director Iwan Lewis, will see Morpurgo discuss his ongoing relationship with the theatre which began with their 2019 production of Daniel Buckroyd’s stage adaptation of Morpurgo’s The Butterfly... Continue Reading →
Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust has joined forces with Waterstones Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell and six celebrated children’s authors: Aisha Bushby, Kirsty Applebaum, Helen Peters, Rebecca Westcott, Stewart Foster and Thomas Taylor to deliver the finale of the annual Bibliobuzz reading initiative online from 4 – 15 May. Since January, hundreds of young people aged nine... Continue Reading →
Ahead of the launch of their new digital membership, h Club London (formerly The Hospital Club) are pleased to announce their celebratory event for this year’s World Book Night taking place on Thursday 23rd April at 7pm via Zoom. In these uncertain times, the event will celebrate all that is wonderful, unifying and inspiring about reading, with the club hosting a... Continue Reading →
The Visionary Arts Foundation is delighted to announce the shortlist for the annual Visionary Honours awards on Wednesday 18th March 2020 at the Ham Yard Hotel, Soho, hosted by leading British comic and disability rights advocate Sally Phillips and featuring a special guest performance by rising star singer-songwriter Marika Hackman. Focused on making the arts,... Continue Reading →
With season three of The Crown premiering on Netflix at the end of last year, the show’s historian, biographer Robert Lacey, has released The Official Companion: Volume 2, which takes readers behind the scenes of the award-winning series and aims to separate fact from fiction. The latest volume: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years... Continue Reading →
