Cast Announced For THE FAMOUS FIVE at Theatr Clwyd
by Stephi Wild - Aug 18, 2022
Theatr Clwyd and Chichester Festival Theatre have announced the full cast for the world première production of brand-new musical The Famous Five, based on the much-loved books by Enid Blyton, written by Elinor Cook with music and lyrics by Theo Jamieson.
WONDERLAND IN QUARANTINE Extended
by A.A. Cristi - May 7, 2020
With great excitement, Verlaine & McCann announce an additional offering from their virtual canon - a previously recorded screening of their beloved springtime tradition, a?oeThrough The Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice In Wonderlanda??.
COOKING UP Next In Annual Japan Society Play Reading Series
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 28, 2020
As part of its current 2019-2020 Performing Arts Season, Japan Society presents a staged reading of Cooking Up, by Japanese playwright Shoko Matsumura, led by Brooklyn-based director Jordana De La Cruz, taking place Monday, March 30 at 7:30 PM at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street). Cooking Up marks the 15th installment of the Society's annual Play Reading Series: Contemporary Japanese Plays in English Translation, introducing topical plays from emerging playwrights from Japan to artists and audiences in the U.S.
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH
by Kaitlin Milligan - Dec 27, 2018
Netflix has released the trailer for the film, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.The movie releases tomorrow, December 28 and has a synopsis that reads, “In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel into a video game and soon faces a mind-mangling challenge. Welcome back.”
Writers Confirmed For Signal - Redefining New British Music Theatre At The Hospital Club
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2018
Ground-breaking new musical theatre event SIGNAL is taking over The Hospital Club's Oak Room for the fourth time. This free concert showcases some of the best and boldest new British musical theatre and since its first incarnation last December has presented over fifty world premieres of new musical theatre songs. Helped by a selection of West End performers and accompanied by a live house band, SIGNAL looks to showcase the breadth and talent of those currently developing new British musical theatre.
The London Film Festival Announces Full Lineup, Opening with European Premiere of Steve McQueen's WIDOWS
by Kaitlin Milligan - Aug 30, 2018
The 62nd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® today announces its full programme, featuring a diverse selection of 225 feature films from both established and emerging talent. This 12-day celebration of cinema illustrates the richness of international filmmaking, with films to delight and entertain audiences, and also films that probe and interrogate issues of significance.
Annette Badland Announced As A Patron Of Arion Productions
by Stephi Wild - Aug 6, 2018
Arion Productions has announced actor Annette Badland as their patron. She joins composer Howard Goodall CBE and playwright Martin Sherman as champions of the London based theatre company, under the Artistic Direction of Andrew Keates.
London Playwrights' Workshop Launches Women's Musical Theatre Initiative
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2018
London Playwrights' Workshop is partnering with musical theatre writing team Barlow & Smith to create the Women's Musical Theatre Initiative (WMTI), a new development programme for female musical theatre writers. The WMTI will launch with a cabaret 'Celebrating Female Songwriters' at The Pheasantry on 12 February 2018. The evening will be hosted by songwriters Barlow & Smith and will bring together a group of accomplished female songwriters to showcase new writing and to raise funds to support the initiative.
BWW Review: ALICE IN WINTERLAND, Rose Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 16, 2017
With the success of last year's fantastical take on The Wind in the Willows, Kingston's Rose Theatre looks to another classic this year with Alice in Winterland, a new take on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass.