BWW Feature: CABIN FEVER at Lockdown Movies
by Danny Wimpey - June 24, 2020 What may be the first movie created during the lockdown, Cabin Fever, a South African full-length feature, has just finished post-production. Filmed by the cast themselves, using no specialist equipment and no crew, only their phones and laptops, the movie reflects on the strains placed on relations...
Pursued By A Bear Premieres LEARNING TO FLY, The First In A Series Of Lockdown Films
by Stephi Wild - July 05, 2020 Pursued by a Bear launches a series of online plays with Learning to Fly, written by acclaimed playwright Anna Reynolds, released on 3 July as part of the University of Hertfordshire's Festival of Ideas Reimagined....
Guest Blog: Lucy Garland On Creating For Audiences With Learning Disabilities and Frozen Light's New Podcast
by Marianka Swain - July 31, 2020 Frozen Light create multi-sensory theatre for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). We tour extensively across the UK and, when on the road, we spend an awful lot of time with our audiences....
National Theatre Of Scotland Reveals Latest SCENES FOR SURVIVAL Releases
by A.A. Cristi - July 02, 2020 National Theatre of Scotland HAS revealed the latest Scenes for Survival releases...
Tabula Rasa Theater Presents LIQUIDUS
by A.A. Cristi - July 13, 2020 Tabula Rasa Theater Presents, July 25, 7 pm: Livestream on TabulaRasaDanceTheater.com ...
Grange Park Opera Will Present A FEAST IN THE TIME OF PLAGUE in September
by Stephi Wild - July 27, 2020 With a libretto by opera-giant Sir David Pountney and music by Alex Woolf, A Feast in the Time of Plague is the only new opera to have been commissioned during lockdown....
London's Barbican To Stream 9 July Live Launch Of Rhiannon Faith's Film DROWNTOWN LOCKDOWN
by Stephi Wild - July 05, 2020 London's Barbican is to stream the 9 July live launch of Rhiannon Faith's digital prologue film DROWNTOWN LOCKDOWN on its Facebook page....
BWW Review: THE SPACE BETWEEN, YouTube
by Ruth Deller - July 17, 2020 The new lockdown mini-musical from David Hunter and Caroline Kay is a well-realised piece about the impact of lockdown on an already strained relationship....
Phina Oruche Announces Second Children's Book on Racism
by Stephi Wild - July 16, 2020 Phina Oruche (Anthony and Taken Down, BBC; Footballers' Wives, ITV) has turned her hand to a different kind of storytelling during the Covid-19 lockdown. The result is a series of children's books aimed at inspiring and educating her young son. ...
BWW Interview: Sander Blommaert On His 100th Instagram Ballet Class
by Vikki Jane Vile - July 07, 2020 Sander Blommaert, a multi-award-winning ballet teacher from Elmhurst Ballet School, and former Royal Ballet First Artist, has completed a run of 100 free online ballet classes throughout lockdown....
THE GOOD ENOUGH MUMS CLUB Launches Podcast About Motherhood While in Lockdown
by Stephi Wild - July 16, 2020 While The Good Enough Mums Club, a poignant and hilarious musical romp, undergoes new development in lockdown, the team have announced a new podcast series to explore the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of motherhood during this especially challenging time....
Rosemary Bell Academy of Dance Moves Dance Classes Outdoors
by Stephi Wild - June 17, 2020 Rosemary Bell, of the Rosemary Bell Academy of Dance in central Chichester, is one of many owners of performing arts organizations that has had to get creative during this health crisis....
BWW Interview: Sander Blommaert On His 100th Instagram Ballet Class
by Vikki Jane Vile - July 07, 2020 Sander Blommaert, a multi-award-winning ballet teacher from Elmhurst Ballet School, and former Royal Ballet First Artist, has completed a run of 100 free online ballet classes throughout lockdown....
Inaugural World Ballet School Day Launches On 7 July
by Stephi Wild - June 30, 2020 English National Ballet School and The Royal Ballet School are delighted to announce that they will be participating in the inaugural World Ballet School Day which will be streamed online on Tuesday 7 July from 12 noon BST....
theSpaceUK Announces Virtual Festival, Online@theSpaceUK
by Stephi Wild - July 08, 2020 One festival, Three Weeks, Eighty Shows - driven by theSpaceUK's new writing ethos all shows are original work and have been written during lockdown....
BWW Review: SHOE LADY, BBC Radio 4
by Shane Morgan - June 21, 2020 When EV Crowe wrote Shoe Lady for the Royal Court, little did she know that a pandemic would force Vicky Featherstone's production to close early. It's also probable that she didn't predict a mid-run meltdown would transform so seamlessly into a brilliantly dystopian, Alice in Wonderland-esque radio...
New Interactive Theatrical Experience For Families And Children Launches, CHARLOTTE HOLMES ADVENTURE BOX
by Stephi Wild - July 30, 2020 Building on the success of its digital offerings during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield have collaborated with Lancaster's treasured arts venue The Dukes and theatre producers The Big Tiny to create Charlotte Holmes, a new interactive theatrical experience for 7 a?" ...
LONELY TOGETHER a project from Voice Of The Speechless
by Danny Wimpey - July 08, 2020 The lyrics of the song, LONELY TOGETHER, by South African, Ziya, take on new meaning when you realize that families and individuals with special needs face a constant lockdown: a?oeTo you, it is the new normal, to me, it's just another day,a?? says Ziya, co-founder of Voice of the Speechless a Proje...
BWW Preview: DETC Will Present Three Weeks of Original SHELTERING STORIES Online on Friday Nights.
by Audrey Liebross - June 12, 2020 Desert Ensemble Theatre (DETC) will present by Zoom a three-week series of short plays and monologues entitled SHELTERING STORIES. The series kicks off on Friday, May 22 at 7pm with LOVE LOCKDOWN, a short dramedy about romance during the pandemic. The Zoom information is available on DETC's Facebook...
The National Theatre's Mysterious Storyteller Madame Kalamazoo Delivers Daily Stories To Children Across The UK
by Stephi Wild - July 22, 2020 Starting from today, Madame Kalamazoo's Magical Mail will now be available to children across the whole country; delivered via email by the National Theatre. ...
Storyhouse Announces Latest Public Art Commission
by Stephi Wild - July 20, 2020 The British artist Donna Leishman will create a series of brand-new works in response to Chester's communities during lockdown....
Charing Cross Theatre Becomes the First West End Venue to Partially Reopen With the Return of The Players Bar
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 06, 2020 After three long months, Charing Cross Theatre will become the first West End venue to re-open, but only partially....
Explore Gen Z's Entertaining Take On New Zealand's Lockdown
by A.A. Cristi - June 22, 2020 The Court Theatre is officially reopening its doors with The Court Youth Company's devised lockdown creation, The Quarantine Diaries....
Pins and Needles Productions and Bea Roberts Present SELECT A QUEST
by Stephi Wild - June 22, 2020 From Olivier-nominated Pins and Needles Productions and award-winning writer Bea Roberts, comes an original interactive online children's adventure, SELECT A QUEST, created in only 72 hours during lockdown....
VIDEO: Northern Musical Theatre Orchestra Performs Lockdown Rendition of 'The Phantom of the Opera'
by Stephi Wild - July 13, 2020 Northern Musical Theatre Orchestra has created a Lockdown Orchestra performance of The Phantom of the Opera, as its latest NMTO Project!... |