News: Miriam Margolyes and Amit Shah to star in new short online play

Original Theatre Company’s recent critically acclaimed, innovative online production of Rachel Wagstaff’s adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’s best-selling novel Birdsong has spurred the company on to produce another online production while theatres remain closed to live performances. Watching Rosie is a specially commissioned short play by Louise Coulthard based on her debut play, Cockamamy, which won the Lustrum Award for Outstanding New... Continue Reading →

July 8, 2020 0

News: Fuelling new opportunities for Black women writers: Burn Bright

Following the success of Burn Bright’s digitally commissioned pilot, Better In Person, the empowering not-for-profit led by Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley, is continuing the series with the next instalment which will amplify Black women’s voices and stories, alongside launching a new initiative, Connect. In response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement and the... Continue Reading →

July 7, 2020 0

News: Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap to re-open in the West End in October

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap – the longest running show in the world, which had to be suspended when the Coronavirus Pandemic resulted in the closure of UK theatres – is to re-open in the West End on Friday 23 October. The brilliant thriller, which has played in London since 1952, is to re-open at the... Continue Reading →

July 3, 2020 0

News: Barbican to stream live launch of Rhiannon Faith’s DROWNTOWN

London’s Barbican is to stream the 9 July live launch of Rhiannon Faith’s digital prologue film DROWNTOWN LOCKDOWN on its Facebook page. The film is a prologue to DROWNTOWN, the new show from choreographer/theatremaker Rhiannon Faith, which was set to be on a UK tour now including a Barbican. For obvious reasons all that has... Continue Reading →

July 3, 2020 0

News: The Da Vinci Code to make stage premiere in 2021

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s blockbuster novel that captivated the world, is to become an epic stage thriller. It will make its World Premiere on a UK Tour in 2021, opening at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley on Saturday 3 April 2021, and touring throughout the year. The curator of the Louvre has been brutally... Continue Reading →

June 26, 2020 0

News: Trailer released for virtual production of Birdsong

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 →

June 24, 2020 0

News: Online production of Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong announced

There will be a 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 together to create a unique portrayal of one... Continue Reading →

June 8, 2020 0

News: New play ‘Declan’ makes its debut online, raising funds for The Actors Centre

Declan, a new play written and performed by Alistair Hall, is making its debut online to raise funds for London’s The Actors Centre, during its period of closure due to the Covid-19 crisis. The streaming of the play (Friday 19 June – Sunday 28 June) precedes an on-stage run later this year at The Actors... Continue Reading →

June 7, 2020 0

News: National Theatre to stream Nottingham Playhouse production of The Madness of George III

Alan Bennett’s epic multi award winning drama The Madness of George III, will be streamed on 11 June via the National Theatre’s YouTube channel as part of National Theatre at Home. The 2018 broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse marked the first collaboration between the two organisations, and is the first production from outside of London to... Continue Reading →

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