Jenny Sealey News

The Achates Philanthropy Prize, the only annual prize that celebrates first-time supporters of culture in the UK, returns for its sixth edition in 2022 with a host of new judges.

Consumed by Karis Kelly is today announced as the winning script for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2021. The Prize, now in its second year, is produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, with Principal Partner 45North and in association with Sonia Friedman Productions.

Graeae, the UK's leading disabled led theatre company today announces the cast for its first ever chamber opera - the world premiere of composer Errollyn Wallen's The Paradis Files. 

The Almeida Theatre has announced the professional cast joining the previously announced eighty strong community company for The Key Workers Cycle, a cycle of nine new plays celebrating the stories of those who keep our daily lives running.

24th Street Theatre and The Wallis world premieres Olivier Award-winning playwright Mike Kenny’s RAPUNZEL ALONE March 5, 2022, with live performances alternating between 24th Street Theatre and The Wallis. I had the chance toss a few questions to Mike across the ocean on RAPUNZEL ALONE, as well as on his very lengthy resume of past plays.

The Almeida Theatre announces an eighty strong community cast and the creative team for The Key Workers Cycle, a cycle of nine new plays celebrating the stories of those who keep our daily lives running.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, with Principal Partner 45North and in association with Sonia Friedman Productions today announce the 8 finalist scripts for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2021, selected from 850 entries.

The UK’s leading disabled led theatre company today announced its first ever chamber opera and its second tour of spring 2022 - the world premiere of composer Errollyn Wallen’s The Paradis Files.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, with Principal Partner 45North and in association with Sonia Friedman Productions today announce the 30 shortlisted scripts for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2021, selected from 850 entries.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, with Principal Partner 45North and in association with Sonia Friedman Productions today announce the 62 longlisted scripts for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2021, selected from 850 entries.

Joining the company from November 1, will be writer, director, performer and Graeae Beyond participant Sonny Nwachukwu, who will bring his skills to directing and devising; emerging director/producer of film, playwright, poet and author, Britny Virginia, who will also be working on directing and devising; and writer, director, dramaturg, and theatre maker, Kate Lovell, who will be cover the areas of new writing and artist development. 

An exclusive live theatre event to celebrate the publication of 50 Women In Theatre at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe will be presented on Sunday 3 October 2021 at 6pm.

Learn more about both upcoming productions, 10 Nights and Kerbs, here!

Through interviews, photography and podcasts, young women are documenting the part that pioneering women have played in shaping the theatre landscape of the region. These young women received training in photography, film and oral history capture delivered by an all- female team of practitioners.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting opens today for submissions for the 2021 Prize, closing on 12 July at 5pm. The Women's Prize for Playwriting is designed to celebrate and support exceptional playwrights who identify as female by providing them with a national platform.

To mark the final two weeks of Women's History Month and to celebrate its 2021 OnComm Award for best recorded show, Graeae Theatre Company and the Royal Exchange Theatre have announced they are re-releasing the recording of their co-production of Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba for two weeks only from 22 March.

Britain's leading disabled led theatre company, Graeae today announces Beyond: Develop, a series of FREE online wellbeing and CPD (Creative Professional Development) workshops for Deaf and disabled artists affected by the pandemic. 

This November, internationally acclaimed disabled led theatre company, Graeae, once again joins forces with award winning audio indie, Naked Productions, to present a radical reinvention of Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair on BBC Radio 4. 

Graeae and The Stables present an Interactive Broadcast of The Paradis Files, A short documentary about the making of a new opera, followed by a Q&A with members of the creative team, Friday 25 September from 7-8pm

BBC AMERICA announced today the October 1 world premiere date for CripTales – a collection of six short films curated by Mat Fraser (His Dark Materials, American Horror Story) – each one written, directed and performed by a person living with disabilities.