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The National Theatre has announced three new episodes as part of its recently launched interview series Life in Stages featuring conversations with leading names in British Theatre. The new episodes will be available to watch for free on the National Theatre’s YouTube channel on Thursday evenings at 7pm BST. The fourth episode of the series... Continue Reading →
The Offie Award-nominated Aslant Theatre Company, led by Artistic Director Antonia Georgieva, will make their first foray into digital performance with Echo/Chamber. Partnering with director and theatre-maker Oliver McFadden, the company’s latest work will premiere as part of The Living Record’s digital line-up at Brighton Fringe, running from the 28 May through the 27 June.... Continue Reading →
Over the past year we’ve all experienced our fair share of Zoom meetings, whether it’s for work, quizzes, or catch-ups with friends. And now Isla van Tricht’s new play Money utilises the software, as the audience is invited to a charity’s Board meeting to discuss a serious matter. Money concentrates on struggling charity the Nyoni... Continue Reading →
Proteus Theatre will bring their adaptation of Angela Carter’s collection The Bloody Chamber (and Other Stories) to Pavilion Theatre, Worthing this June. At a moment when women and men across the country confront the double standards of safety, sex, and the fears of what goes bump in the night, Carter’s incendiary caustic take on fairy... Continue Reading →
It has been announced that the critically acclaimed digital production, The Importance of Being Earnest will extend for 10 days only, completing its run on Friday 14 May. Co-produced by the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield and The Dukes, Lancaster the adaptation has been written by Yasmeen Khan and directed by Mina Anwar. The Importance... Continue Reading →
The Barn Theatre in Cirencester and the Arcola Theatre in London have today announced that Rachel Redford (The Jungle, Gap Year), will star as Masha in the world premiere of Cat Goscovitch’s new one woman play, A Russian Doll. The play, which is based on a true story, follows twenty-something Masha as she becomes embroiled in the world of data and deceit as a member... Continue Reading →
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce the cast for Alfred Fagon’s darkly compelling, The Death of a Black Man, directed by Dawn Walton, former Artistic Director of Eclipse Theatre Company, from 28 May until 10 July 2021. Nickcolia King-N'da, Natalie Simpson and Toyin Omari-Kinch will perform in this new production which originally premiered at the... Continue Reading →
Bringing together a trio of short and unforgettable plays from one of the country’s most prominent playwrights, Caryl Churchill (Top Girls; A Number; Drunk Enough To Say I Love You), Greenwich Theatre are reopening once again with their first in-house production since December. Led by acclaimed actor Paul McGann (Withnail and I; Doctor Who), Churchill’s... Continue Reading →
Presented in a specially designed Covid-secure pop-up venue, We Are Kilter’s Theatre For Two is a series of personal, interactive meetings between actor and audience member. The four newly commissioned micro-plays are written by some of the most exciting up-and-coming talent, Tabby Lamb, Macadie Amoroso, Ryan Lane, and Gabriella Leon, and celebrate the absurdity of... Continue Reading →
The Barn Theatre in Cirencester and The Theatre Chipping Norton have announced that they will be remounting their 2020 production of the Goodale Brothers’ Olivier Award-winning comedy Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense to mark the 140th anniversary of the author P.G. Wodehouse’s birth.In this joyous reimagining of the classic P.G. Wodehouse characters, three actors... Continue Reading →
