Ed Hughes News

The Old Vic brings the critically acclaimed Sheffield Theatres' production of Michael Frayn's cold-war drama Democracy to London with previews from tonight, 15 June and press night on 20 June. Associate Director of Sheffield Theatres Paul Miller directs.

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), London's ambitious annual festival of outdoor arts and spectacle, breaks new ground this year with visual storytelling on an epic scale, pioneering text based theatre on the street, site-specific outdoor dance framed by pre-Olympic London and, in a Festival first, GDIF brings the essence of the outdoors inside, with Crow, the world premiere of a visceral new production from Handspring Puppet Company UK, breathing new life into Ted Hughes' celebrated Crow poems.

After the success of Michael Frayn's Noises Off, his gripping cold war drama Democracy, opening 20 June, extends for a further two weeks until 28 July at the Old Vic Theatre.

Paul Chequer and Mark Quartley will share the title role in Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful which will have a strictly limited run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 18 - 29 September 2012. Directed and adapted for the stage by Simon Reade, award-winning children's author Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful has designs by Bill Talbot and sound by Jason Barnes.

Warm up to the London 2012 Olympic Games celebrations with Sheffield Theatres and Chol Theatre's co-production of LeanerFasterStronger, premiering in the Crucible Studio Theatre from tonight, 23 May - Saturday 2 June.

Tickets go on sale today, Friday 18 May, for award-winning children's author Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful which plays for a strictly limited 16 performances only at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 18 - 29 September 2012. Directed and adapted for the stage by Simon Reade, Private Peaceful has designs by Bill Talbot and sound by Jason Barnes. Casting will be announced shortly. The National Theatre's One Man, Two Guvnors will continue its run at the Haymarket from 1 October after this two-week break.

The Old Vic will bring the critically acclaimed Sheffield Theatres' production of Michael Frayn's cold-war drama Democracy to London with previews from 15 June and press night on 20 June. Associate Director of Sheffield Theatres Paul Miller directs.

Warm up to the London 2012 Olympic Games celebrations with Sheffield Theatres and Chol Theatre's co-production of LeanerFasterStronger, premiering in the Crucible Studio Theatre from Wednesday 23 May - Saturday 2 June.

Crow is a major new production inspired by Ted Hughes' poetic creation, from Handspring Puppet Company UK, the sister company to Handspring Puppet Company South Africa. Mervyn Millar will direct Matthew Dunster's adaptation with choreography from one of Britain's rising stars in dance, Ben Duke. This much anticipated world premiere will be presented as part of the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival at The Borough Hall at Greenwich Dance. Crow is co-commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London 2012 Festival.

The final play in the Michael Frayn season opens at Sheffield's Crucible.

Continuing the tradition for producing whole seasons dedicated to the work of one writer, Sheffield Theatres present a month-long festival celebrating the work of multi-award-winning playwright Michael Frayn from Wednesday 29 February - Saturday 31 March.

Continuing the tradition for producing whole seasons dedicated to the work of one writer, Sheffield Theatres present a month-long festival celebrating the work of multi-award-winning playwright Michael Frayn from Wednesday 29 February - Saturday 31 March.

Philadelphia playwright Ray Saraceni's 'Maroons; the Anthracite Gridiron' opens November 4 at 'Norristown's Theatrical Treasure.'

Philadelphia playwright Ray Saraceni's 'Maroons; the Anthracite Gridiron' opens November 4 at 'Norristown's Theatrical Treasure.'

This is for "THE DYBBUK", the third show for the EQUITY (AEA) production.by the Marvell Repertory Theatre (NYC's only professional AEA theatre - devoted exclusively to producing new and enduring works in rotating repertory).

Whistler in the Dark Theatre opens its sixth season with Ted Hughes's Tales from Ovid, a beautiful and vivid re-imagining of the Metamorphoses and winner of the Whitbread Prize in 1997.

Whistler in the Dark Theatre opens its sixth season with Ted Hughes's Tales from Ovid, a beautiful and vivid re-imagining of the Metamorphoses and winner of the Whitbread Prize in 1997.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce it will be screening National Theatre Live's second season in high-definition at their beautiful theatre.

PHÈDRE, with Helen Mirren in the title role, heralds the second season of NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE - the NT's groundbreaking initiative to broadcast live performances of plays to cinemas and performing arts venues around the world.

Whistler in the Dark Theatre opens its sixth season with Ted Hughes's Tales from Ovid, a beautiful and vivid re-imagining of the Metamorphoses and winner of the Whitbread Prize in 1997.