Komische Oper Berlin Vorverkaufsstart am 15.8. und Saison-Auftakt ab 29.8.August 11, 2021Die Sommerpause ist beendet und bald geht es auch auf der Bühne wieder los! Am 29. August startet die Komischen Oper Berlin mit der Premiere von George Enescus Œdipe in die letzte Spielzeit der Intendanz von Barrie Kosky. Am 5. September ist zudem wieder der gefeierte Kurt-Weill-Liederabend Lonely House zu erleben, mit Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will! folgt am 10. September die erste Wiederaufnahme. Der Vorverkauf für die Vorstellungen bis Ende September beginnt am Sonntag, 15. August um 11 Uhr.
DEN YTTERSTA MINUTEN Comes To The Royal Dramatic Theatre Next MonthAugust 4, 2021Sedan mars 2020 har teatern, med undantag för en kortare period, varit helt stängd för publik. Under denna period har samtliga skådespelare i ensemblen fått en fråga: 'Om du bara hade en sista minut kvar att agera på Dramatens stora scen när teatern åter öppnar – vad skulle du då välja att framföra?'
Photo Flash: Get A First Look At MAMMA MIA! In BelgiumAugust 2, 2021Nooit eerder werd de titelsong van de gelijknamige hitmusical 'MAMMA MIA!' door iedereen zo luidkeels meegezongen als vrijdagavond in de Antwerpse Stadsschouwburg. Ruim anderhalf jaar na de première kunnen de meer dan 50.000 ticketkopers eindelijk gaan kijken naar de Vlaamse versie van de feelgood-musical.
PINTAREMONTTI Comes To Kansallisteatter October 27July 29, 2021Henna Heinonen (Annika Poijärvi) on ahdistunut lapsettomuudestaan, mutta kaikista hedelmällisyyshoidoista huolimatta asia ei edisty. Hänen sympaattinen veljensä Sami (Juha Varis) on sarjarakastuja, joka haaveilee lapsen hankkimisesta. Herkästi innostuva Sami antaa itsestään todellista paremman kuvan, mikä johtaa hänet yhä tukalampiin tilanteisiin, eivätkä hänen parisuhteensa tahdo kestää pitkään. Oli häät tai hautajaiset, sisarusten äiti Seija (Tiina Weckström) utelee molemmilta, milloin lapsenlapsia on tulossa. Samin kaverit Pesonen (Heikki Pitkänen) ja Markus (Pyry Nikkilä) ovat vastuunkantajia, jotka ovat joutuneet yksinhuoltajiksi: Markus kolmen pienen lapsen, Pesonen kahden sairaan vanhempansa. Suosittu hyvinvointibloggari Sini (Katja Küttner) asettaa riman korkealle niin itselleen kuin lukijoilleen.
Amar Ramasar Will Retire In May After 20 Years With City BalletJuly 27, 2021Amar Ramasar will retire from City Ballet in May after 20 years with the company. Ramasar has previously 'accused of sending inappropriate texts and photos of other City Ballet dancers.' His final performance will be Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Guest Blog: Opera Star Kim Begley Talks Joining Forces On 'King Lear'July 5, 2021The celebrated tenor Kim Begley made his Royal Opera House debut in 1983 and has since then established himself at the forefront of the repertoire, with credits ranging from Britten to Busoni, Wagner to Brett Dean's opera of Hamlet. In keeping wih Shakespeare, if not this time round with singing, Begley has joined a starry lineup of British opera world names to perform King Lear later this month at the Grange Festival for three performances - and we're talking the play in its full, unadultered majesty and not the opera, with Sit John Tomlinson as Lear, Thomas Allen as Gloucester, and Begley as the Fool, and many other notable names besides. As it happens, Begley cut his teeth as a performer some years back with the Royal Shakespeare Company and explains this return to his classical roots below.
Guest Blog: John McGrath On Bringing The Manchester International Festival Back Stronger Then EverJune 29, 2021John McGrath is Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Manchester International Festival [MIF], a worldclass celebration of original work that had marked seven festivals prior to the imminent 2021 cultural celebration that starts July 1. Unfolding over 18 days both indoors and outdoors, both in three dimensions and online, MIF21 wasn't about to let a pandemic stand in the way of its pioneering vision, as McGrath himself explains below.
Guest Blog: Abdul Shayek On Taking Tara Theatre In New DirectionsJune 24, 2021Abdul Shayek was announced last year as the new artistic director and joint CEO of Tara Theatre (formerly Tara Arts), the British Asian company founded in 1977 in direct response to a racist attack on a Sikh teenager. Based in southwest London, Tara Theatre is the only building-based South Asian theatre company in the UK and is marking its new directorship with an ambitious and provocative new season as outlined by Shayek below.
Guest Blog: Designer Lydia Monks On Bringing A Children's Classic From Page To StageJune 22, 2021What the Ladybird Heard was first brought to the West End in 2017, marking a theatrical perch for the hugely popular sequence of picture books created by the writer Julia Donaldson and the illustrator Lydia Monks. The stage adaptation is back on the West End this summer to be followed by a UK tour, with Monks once more on board as design consultant. The bestselling illustrator discusses what it has been like to bring her creations to three-dimensional life.
Guest Blog: Tricia Thorns Talks Up 'Staircase'June 14, 2021Tricia Thorns has been a professional actress for some 35 years and has of late added directing to her distinguished CV. Her latest production is a revival of Staircase, a two-hander from 1966 that was made into a 1969 movie starring, of all people, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. Charles Dyer's play about two gay Brixton hairdressers starts a monthlong run at Southwark Playhouse on June 23, with Paul Rider and John Sackville as its cast. Thorns explains her attraction to the material below and to a play that, she says, has in no way aged with time.