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“Why can’t I just be happy? What have I got to be sad about? I’m in the prime of my life...” An autobiographical play written by Koko Brown, GREY explores black women’s mental health, living with depression and the taboos surrounding it. Following the success of WHITE, a one-woman show about identity, Brown returns to... Continue Reading →
Cast, band members and fans of hit musical Come From Away in London celebrated Canada Day today, 1 July, by performing at Tottenham Court Road Station and sharing random acts of kindness with 500 passing commuters by handing out £5 travelcards. With this show of goodwill they hoped to honour the spirit of the musical... Continue Reading →
Gather your travelling companions! The esteemed Mess’rs of the Reform Club (est 1841) have accepted your wager, and the expedition to circumnavigate the globe is about to begin… Based on Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days, Fire Hazard Games is staging a new, high energy urban adventure for adults in... Continue Reading →
Since its debut off-Broadway almost twenty years ago, the musical Bare: A Pop Opera has gained a cult following among fans and now returns to the stage with a limited run at the Vaults. With music from Damon Intrabartolo and lryics by Jon Hartmere (who joined forces to write the book), the musical follows a... Continue Reading →
Having won three RIBA East Midlands Awards earlier this year, Nevill Holt Opera’s beautiful 400-seat theatre has now been awarded a prestigious RIBA National Award. These awards are given to buildings across the UK recognised as being significant contributions to architecture. The RIBA seeks to celebrate outstanding work and their awards are recognised internationally as... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
