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During this unprecedented time which has seen the closure of theatres, cinemas and schools, the National Theatre today announces new initiative National Theatre At Home providing access to content online to serve audiences in their homes. Audiences around the world can stream NT Live productions for free via YouTube, and students and teachers have access... Continue Reading →
Award winning theatre company Headlong, in association with the BAFTA winning Century Films, have today announced a new creative response to the current global crisis, Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From a State of Isolation. Written by celebrated playwrights, curated and directed by Headlong and Century Films and performed by a cast of over twenty UK... Continue Reading →
LIFT Festival has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Festival due to take place from 2 June – 11 July 2020. Following Government advice on Monday 16 March and to protect the safety of audiences, artists and workforce, LIFT cannot proceed with the festival at this time, and will instead return with an edition in... Continue Reading →
Hampstead Theatre and the entire company of I and You, announce the re-release of hit production I and You by Lauren Gunderson on Instagram for free. For a week, Monday 23 March 10am – Sunday 29 March 10pm GMT, anyone with an Instagram account will be able to watch the full production by following @hampstead_theatre... Continue Reading →
Norfolk & Norwich Festival has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Festival. Following Government advice on Monday 16 March and to protect the safety of audiences, artists and workforce the Norfolk & Norwich Festival Trust has decided not to proceed with the Festival. Norfolk & Norwich Festival, which is approaching its 250th year in 2022,... Continue Reading →
Award-winning site-specific theatre company Antic Disposition celebrate their fifteenth anniversary this summer with a restaging of one of their most popular productions, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed in London’s historic Gray’s Inn Hall. Renowned for their innovative staging of classic plays in unconventional spaces, Antic Disposition will bring Shakespeare’s quintessential comedy to life in... Continue Reading →
Images have been released of the cast of the new national tour of Malory Towers in rehearsals. Produced by David Pugh and co-produced with Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, Emma Rice’s critically acclaimed musical adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers, originally created with Wise Children, will go on a national tour, concluding at Southbank Centre’s... Continue Reading →
Images have been released of the opening night of Back to the Future: The Musical at Manchester Opera House on Wednesday 11 March. The creators of both the film and stage musical were in attendance along with some VIP guests, with an after show party held at the Science and Technology Museum. Back to the... Continue Reading →
Award-winning theatre company Headlong, have today announced the appointment of critically acclaimed theatre and opera director Joe Hill-Gibbins as their new Artistic Director. Currently working as a freelance director, with a new production of The Marriage of Figaro opening at English National Opera this month, he joins Headlong in Summer 2020. Donna Munday has also... Continue Reading →
