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Golden Toad Theatre have gone green in collaboration with West End stars, Courtney Stapleton (Six) and Joe Griffiths-Brown (Hamilton), encouraging children to engage in theatre through song, dance, and a little bit of gardening. With their touring musical stage adaptation of Errol’s Garden on hiatus until 2021, the company are keen to still use Gillian... Continue Reading →
Following the government's latest announcement regarding the reopening of theatres, Jon Morgan, director of Theatres Trust, has released a statement in response. Guidance for reopening of theatres "Alongside the very welcome and much-needed package of government support for the culture sector announced earlier this week, the publication of the performing arts guidance today will give a further... Continue Reading →
The Barn Theatre has announced an all-star West End line up for their fifth virtual concert, The Barn Theatre Presents: The Music of Annabel Mutale Reed, which will celebrate the work of musical theatre playwright, lyricist and director Annabel Mutale Reed. The concert, which will be hosted by Barn Theatre producer Jamie Chapman Dixon, is the fifth edition of the Barn Theatre in Cirencester’s... Continue Reading →
After tremendous success with ‘The Show Must Go On’ t-shirt, The Theatre Support Fund + have designed a face mask of the same design which is now available to purchase from their website. The Theatre Support Fund & ‘The Show Must Go On’ t-shirt was created in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. All profits from... Continue Reading →
With the news being published tonight announcing the £1.57 billion rescue package for the arts, Jon Morgan, director of The Theatres Trust, a national advisory public body for theatres, has released the following statement: "Theatres Trust greatly welcomes the government’s announcement of £1.57bn additional support for the arts and cultural sectors. It is a strong... Continue Reading →
The past few months in lockdown have been tough for everyone but although it’s been a worrying time, there have been some positives to come out of all of this (more on that in a later blog). For me, one of the positives has been the people I’ve ‘met’ since we’ve been in isolation. Over... Continue Reading →
I recently spoke with Jon Morgan, director of Theatres Trust, to find out more about the work of the charity and how theatre can survive these uncertain times. Can you tell me about the Theatres Trust?Theatres Trust is a small charity, set up by an Act of Parliament in 1976 in response to an outcry... Continue Reading →
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 →
Talawa Theatre Company are creating an online experience featuring six brand new short pieces using verbatim interviews from Black key and frontline workers which explore the historic moment of the Covid-19 crisis and its impact on them. The pandemic has had a starkly divergent impact on communities; Black people are four times more likely to... Continue Reading →
