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Daniel York Loh, Pandora Colin, Jules Chan and Pía Laborde-Noguez are announced today as the stellar multi-rolling ensemble cast in the premiere of acclaimed playwright Joel Tan's No Particular Order. Presented by Ellandar Productions, a theatre company championing work by and about British East and Southeast Asians (BESEA) and British Muslims and Theatre503, the production... Continue Reading →
Danielle Kassaraté (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Gielgud Theatre; The Color Purple, Curve Leicester), Richard Holt (Swallows and Amazons, National Theatre; Mr Popper’s Penguins, UK & US Tour) and Jude Chinchen (Casualty, BBC; Boys, Sky) will bring to life Safaa Benson-Effiom’s powerful debut play Til Death Do Us Part at Theatre503... Continue Reading →
Theatre Centre, in collaboration with Theatre503, will present ImagiNation Festival, an exciting new online event, culminating their national storytelling project. Showcasing 19 short plays across three days, as well as live Q&As with the acclaimed writers, the Festival aims to broadcast a digital patchwork of the nation, using the recorded submissions from across the country to... Continue Reading →
Over 250 people from different areas of the country have come together as part of the national storytelling project, ImagiNation, led by Theatre Centre and Theatre503. With less than a week to go, there’s still time to read, record and share submissions online. Recordings can be submitted until 6pm Monday 20 July 2020 through Theatre... Continue Reading →
Theatre Centre, in collaboration with Theatre503, has commissioned 19 of the UK’s most exciting playwrights to write a series of short pieces for the nation, for anyone to read and record a performance. A range of extraordinary talent from multi award-winning writers to thrilling new voices of the future have been brought together to make... Continue Reading →
A dark comedy in the wake of a young woman’s cancer diagnosis, How to Save a Life comes to Theatre503 this February. Melissa’s got Cervical Cancer and loves cake and glitter. Written by Stephanie Silver, How to Save a Life sees Melissa tell the story leading up to her ‘Cancer Party’. The hilarious and heartbreaking... Continue Reading →
Casting has been announced for J’Ouvert, the debut play from one of Theatre503’s resident playwright’s Yasmin Joseph. Nicole Lecky (Superhoe, Royal Court Theatre; C4’s Fresh Meat, Channel 4; SENSE8, Netflix), Annice Boparai (17, The Vaults; Trojan Horse, Edinburgh) and Yvette Boakye (Girls, UK tour and Soho Theatre; Heroine & Kanye The First, HighTide Festival) will... Continue Reading →
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