Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate Award 40th Anniversary Longlist Announced
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 2, 2022
From modern day inequities to porn addiction, betting shops, spiritual and sexual liberation and an octopus taught to believe in God, 17 new plays have been longlisted for the 40th anniversary of Soho Theatre's Character 7 sponsored Verity Bargate Award.
Royal College of Music Opera Studio Takes Flight This Summer
by Stephi Wild
- May 31, 2022
Jonathan Dove's comedy opera, Flight, lands at the Royal College of Music's (RCM) Britten Theatre next month with a special production by acclaimed director Jeremy Sams. In what will be the 35th staging of Flight, Jonathan Dove will also be involved in the unique creative direction of this production.
Dallas Opera Presents FLIGHT, March 4
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 16, 2022
The Dallas Opera has secured the cabin and announced takeoff for Flight, the opera based on the real-life story that also inspired Steven Spielberg's The Terminal. The Dallas premiere of Jonathan Dove and April De Angelis' contemporary masterpiece opens at the Winspear Opera House on Friday, March 4, 2022.
Final Casting Announced For KHT50: BARSTOOLS TO BROADWAY
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 2, 2022
Final details have been announced for KHT50: Barstools to Broadway from the King's Head Theatre the celebration taking place from 14 – 19 February, marking the successes of the world-renowned pub theatre's first 50 years with a series of readings of plays that started their lives there, with cast and creative teams with links to the playwrights and original shows.
AN IMPROBABLE MUSICAL Comes to Royal & Derngate Next Month
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 28, 2022
Royal & Derngate will present An Improbable Musical as part of its Made in Northampton 2021/22 season. With a brand-new show created at each performance, An Improbable Musical sees world renowned theatre company Improbable take to the Royal stage in Northampton from Friday 25 February to Saturday 5 March, ahead of an autumn tour.
Utah Opera Stages The Airport Layover in FLIGHT by Jonathan Dove and April De Angelis
by A.A. Cristi
- Dec 22, 2021
It's not always easy to relate personally to the storylines of classic operas—a prince is given a magic flute to protect him on a journey through a mythical land, a Roman diva must give herself to her captor or sentence her true love to death, a cursed clown's daughter sacrifices her own life to save her father.
Book Review: 100 PLAYS TO SAVE THE WORLD
by Cindy Marcolina
- Dec 15, 2021
In the best-case scenario, by the end of the 21st century, the Earth will “only” become warmer by 1.5 degrees Celsius. Realistically, it will be much hotter. Severe heat waves and rising water levels are only two of the main symptoms of this; coral reefs will disappear almost entirely and animal species will go completely extinct. Seas will swallow cities whole. Polar bears will become a fever dream.
Leading Playwrights Back New WGGB Digital Principles For Theatre
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 20, 2021
Leading playwrights and WGGB members Caryl Churchill, April de Angelis, Nick Dear, David Edgar, David Eldridge, Lee Hall, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Lucy Kirkwood, Bryony Lavery, Simon Stephens, Sir Tom Stoppard, Jack Thorne and Roy Williams OBE have backed new digital principles for theatre launched today.
Royal & Derngate Announces Further Productions For Its 2021/22 Made In Northampton Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Sep 14, 2021
Royal & Derngate today announced four further productions to complete its 2021/22 Made in Northampton season. A new production of Joe Penhall's biting contemporary satire Blue/Orange is brought to the stage this autumn by the producing team behind Ralph Fiennes' hugely successful Four Quartets which is soon to transfer to the West End.
Holly Race Roughan Announced as New Artistic Director of Headlong
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 11, 2021
A director with a reputation for developing new writing, Holly directed Headlong's Hedda Tesman by Cordelia Lynn at Chichester Festival Theatre and The Lowry, Salford. She was an Executive Producer on Unprecedented, the BBC Four, Century Films and Headlong critically acclaimed drama anthology, directing House Party by April De Angelis and Penny by Charlene James for the series.
GIN CRAZE! Will Be Performed at Royal & Derngate Next Month
by Stephi Wild
- Jun 22, 2021
Two lovers, each with hidden secrets, struggle to prosper as gin hawkers. At a time in the 18th century when the average Briton drank 1.5 litres of gin every day, women were being locked up in cells to sober up and disorder was breaking out on every street corner, panic spreads among the upper classes who look to the magistrates, the Church and even their tipsy Queen to restore sobriety.
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