Ruth Ellis

Given the emotional investment required on stage and in the stalls, one feels somewhat shortchanged by a production that invites sympathy for a character with few redeeming features

The Lammermuir Festival 2023 came to a close this week while urgently working to secure its future. Read the open letter in support of the festival here!

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 finalist Gottmik announced nominees in select GLAAD Media Awards categories live via GLAAD’s TikTok channel.

The Ally Coalition (TAC) has announced that its 7th Annual Talent Show will take place as a livestream event, for the first time ever, Monday, December 21 at 9pm EST exclusively on Twitch.

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, The Ringwald Theatre takes its annual Gay Arts Festival, Gay4Detroit, to the streaming world. This move will allow The Ringwald to keep creating content for its audiences and will allow the theatre to maintain a revenue stream during these unprecedented times.

The Ringwald Theatre is sounding a call for new, original one-act plays to be performed at their annual Gay4Detroit Festival (previously the GPS Festival) in September 2020. The Detroit-area's only LGBTQ+ short play festival is striving to provide early-career writers the opportunity to see their work produced, giving them what is oft-needed exposure.

The Ally Coalition has announced a two end of the year ways to give back, with a Giving Tuesday campaign supporting LAMBDA Legal [details here] and a Holiday Auction supporting nonprofits such as New Alternatives, Ruth Ellis Center, One N Ten, Safe Place For Youth, Sacramento LGBT Center, Transgender Law Center, Black LGBTQIA+, Youthcare Washington, amongst others, kicking off tomorrow and running through December 12. The holiday auction will include Ally Coalition memorabilia from past tours, events and prior Talent Shows - check out here.

Oscar- and Grammy-nominated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevensreleases his acclaimed score for Justin Peck's ballet The Decalogue today via his own label, AKR.

Oscar- and Grammy-nominated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens debuts pianist Timo Andres' recording of “IV” from The Decalogue today.

Oscar- and Grammy-nominated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens will release his acclaimed score for Justin Peck's ballet The Decalogue October 18 via his own label, AKR. Performed by the pianist Timo Andres, the recording is the first time the score, premiered during the New York City Ballet's 2017 season, is available to the public.

After 11 years, The Ringwald has retooled their annual Gay Play Series (GPS) into Gay4Detroit, a new all-inclusive gay arts celebration! Gay4Detroit's premiere weekend events will all perform at The Ringwald Theatre June 28-July 1, 2019. Aside from the four nightly events, Gay4Detroit will also feature lobby artwork from some of the area's hottest artists!

In celebration of Pride Month, Sufjan Stevens is releasing two new songs today via Asthmatic Kitty on the topic of love: “Love Yourself” and “With My Whole Heart,” available on all digital platforms, and on limited-edition 7” vinyl on June 28.

North East poet Natalie Scott has been awarded Arts Council funding to develop her collection of dramatic monologues RARE BIRDS - VOICES OF HOLLOWAY PRISON for the stage. Scott will workshop the piece with director Simon Greiff, and a team of award-winning composers and West End actors, culminating in a special showcase sharing at Soho Theatre on 17th May.

The world premiere of Oranges & Ink by Claire Louise Amias, directed by Alex Pearson, music arranged by William Summers, recorded by The Lovekyn Consort presented by A Monkey with Cymbals, and Tomorrow Theatre Company and Alex Pearson Productions

On December 5 Town Hall will host The Ally Coalition's Fifth Annual Talent Show, a night that channels the power of music and comedy toward equality.  The evening will benefit organizations serving queer and trans youth, including New Alternatives for LGBTQ Youth in New York City.  This year's event will feature performances from musicians Andrew Dost, Bleachers, Hayley Kiyoko, Lana Del Rey, Mitski, Regina Spektor, Rostam, with comedians Jacqueline Novak and Sasheer Zamata - more special guests to be announced in the coming weeks. Ticketmaster and Spotify Ticket Pre-sales are live today, with tickets on sale to the general public Wednesday, November 7 at 1pm ET. 

Tormented Casserole is made up of three curious women: Francesca McCrohon, Samantha Pain and Kathryn Papworth-Smith. Through our devised work, we seek to understand the complexity of humanity a bit more. Working on our first production, Gilded Butterflies, which will soon play at The Hope Theatre in London, has taught us a lot, but mostly it taught us about taking time.

Planet Ant Theatre is thrilled to join forces with Kristi Faulkner Dance for the first annual Live Out Fest, featuring the world premiere of "Not In My House" in part of a three-day festival celebrating LGBTQ+ identity & freedom. Kicking off on National Coming Out Day, Live Out Fest is a tribute to the healing, liberating, revolutionary power of art to the LGBTQ+ community. Live Out seeks to bring the local community together from all corners of metro Detroit to celebrate and connect with one another through our collective commitment to stand in truth and consciously live out our most beautiful, authentic, queer selves - expressed through the creation and integration of art in all its forms. The festival features dance, music, spoken-word poetry, performance art, comedy, burlesque, and more from local artists and creatives in the LGBTQ+ community.

Gagglebabble, the company I run with Hannah McPake, has always been interested in mixing the buzz and excitement of a live gig with the storytelling and drama of theatre. With Sinners Club, we collaborated with co-producers The Other Room in Cardiff and Theatr Clwyd in Mold to push that gig-theatre form to its limits, trying to do away with a relentless focus on narrative and make the songs work on their own.

Theatr Clwyd, Gagglebabble and The Other Room today announce that their sell-out co-production of Sinners Club by Lucy Rivers, inspired by the story of Ruth Ellis the last woman to be hanged in Britain - transfers to the Soho Theatre.

BWW speaks with the creator of Died Blondes ahead of their run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017.