Dougal Irvine News

Festival Of Chaos presented a classic play, THE BACCHAE, up-dated and re-imagined and directed by Royal & Derngate's Artistic Director, Laurie Sansom. Staged in the striking setting of a disused print works in the town centre, The Bacchae runs from Friday 18 May to Saturday 30 June and takes to the Royal stage from Friday 25 May to Saturday 30 June. Festival of Chaos is part of the London 2012 Festival. We have a first look at the production shots below!

This year's Edinburgh Fringe festival includes 2 world premières, 1 Scottish première and 1 musical revival including THE IDIOT AT THE WALL, AS YE SO, THE LONELY ONES, and DEPARTURE LOUNGE.

Festival Of Chaos opens tonight with BLOOD WEDDING, directed by Royal & Derngate's Artistic Director, Laurie Sansom. Festival of Chaos is part of the London 2012 Festival. We have an advance photo of Ery Nzaramba and Seline Hizli, who are performing as Leonardo and The Bride. Check back for more production photos later!

The next of the monthly Gigging For It cabarets at Freedom, Soho, on June 3, features the brand new original songs of Joe Sterling and Christopher J. Orton.

Festival Of Chaos opens with two world premieres of two classic plays, both up-dated and re-imagined and directed by Royal & Derngate's Artistic Director, Laurie Sansom. Staged in the striking setting of a disused print works in the town centre, The Bacchae runs from tonight 18 May to Saturday 30 June and Blood Wedding takes to the Royal stage from Friday 25 May to Saturday 30 June. Festival of Chaos is part of the London 2012 Festival.

Today, May 14, 2012 independent label SimG Records releases the Original Cast Recording of A Song Cycle For Soho, a project created for Mercury Musical Developments members to practice their song writing skills, followed by a showcase presented at Soho Theatre during Feb/March 2012.

On May 14, 2012 independent label SimG Records is set to release the Original Cast Recording of A Song Cycle For Soho, a project created for Mercury Musical Developments members to practice their song writing skills, followed by a showcase presented at Soho Theatre during Feb/March 2012.

On May 14th 2012 Independent label SimG Records is to release the Original Cast Recording of A SONG CYCLE FOR SOHO, a writing project created for Mercury Musical Development members to practise the craft of songwriting, and have a showcase presented at London's Soho Theatre.

Irvine Welsh's classic novel Trainspotting, which in 1996 was adapted as both a feature film by Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle and a play by Harry Gibson, will come to the Chicago stage in October in a new American adaptation of Gibson's play. This new version of Welsh's graphic and uncompromising story of young heroin addicts living in Edinburgh, Scotland has been re-imagined and set in Kansas City, Missouri.

Festival Of Chaos opens with two world premieres of two classic plays, both up-dated and re-imagined and directed by Royal & Derngate's Artistic Director, Laurie Sansom. Staged in the striking setting of a disused print works in the town centre, The Bacchae runs from Friday 18 May to Saturday 30 June and Blood Wedding takes to the Royal stage from Friday 25 May to Saturday 30 June. Festival of Chaos is part of the London 2012 Festival.

We talk to Shona about her part in Sunday's showcase!

Check out these pictures of the cast from the Soho Theatre's A SONG CYCLE FOR SOHO in action. A SONG CYCLE FOR SOHO, which runs until the 3rd of March, is a musical song cycle that explores Soho's rich history.

She talks London Road, Miss Saigon and Dorothys!

A Song Cycle for Soho, running at Soho Theatre from 27 February until 3 March, is a musical song cycle that explores Soho's rich history.

Robert Gould reports on Iris Theatre's exciting new musical theatre writing event 'with a twist' - Work In Process 3.

A Song Cycle for Soho, running at Soho Theatre from 27 February until 3 March, is a musical song cycle that explores Soho's rich history.

We've all got a little excited recently about the new British musical theatre composers edging through into the mainstream, with Stiles and Drewe's Betty Blue Eyes reaching the West End last year, and Grant Olding, Michael Bruce and Dougal Irvine all getting tons of critical acclaim. BWW:UK's own Robert Gould is the book writer and lyricist for new show My Land's Shore, which is about to have its cast recording released.

Some of our writers and reviewers give their thoughts about UK theatre this year!