Lockdown takes viewers inside the closed world of three maximum-security U.S. prisons to observe violent clashes, covert rules and secret codes of justice.
Billie Eilish Releases New Song and Music Video 'my future'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 31, 2020
Today, Billie Eilish returns with her latest single and music video, 'my future.' ...
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....
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?" ...
Alex Kapranos & Clara Luciani Share Cover of 'Summer Wine'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 28, 2020
Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos and acclaimed French chanteuse Clara Luciani have teamed up to cover Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood’s “Summer Wine.” ...
Rohan Candappa Presents The Lockdown Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - July 28, 2020
A new theatre company has been founded by million-selling author turned Edinburgh Fringe performer Rohan Candappa to support, nurture and pay actors left struggling when the theatres closed. ...
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....
GET HAPPY Will Be Presented Outdoors At Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 27, 2020
Told by an Idiot brings its international hit family show Get Happy to outdoor audiences as part of Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, including performances at a basketball court and on an island....
Interview | Brisbane Producer MJ O'Neill in Conversation About Her New Album
by Virag Dombay - July 25, 2020
MJ O'Neill is a Brisbane producer, specialising in heavy, colourful beats spanning hip hop, leftfield, house, techno, and breaks. Previously played alongside members of Death Grips, clipping., and Donny Benet....
BWW Feature: 5 Shows I'd Most Like To See When Theatre Returns
by Fiona Scott - July 23, 2020
While I've enjoyed live-tweeting and reviewing some of the online theatre we've been granted in recent months, it would be nice to get back into a theatre one day. This could be as early as next month from what the UK Government is currently advising. Below are a few of the things I had been looking...
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. ...
Sam and Sounds Releases 'In Time, She's Mine'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 22, 2020
Sam and Sounds is indie pop culture's newest and most exciting hidden gem. After launching his music career during the depths of a worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19, his first three singles 'Do it All Again 'Addicted to You and 'Cloud 9' soared to over 190,000 streams within 3 months of his ...
Thomas Bartlett Reveals New Song 'Multiflora'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 22, 2020
Today, acclaimed pianist/producer THOMAS BARTLETT shares a new song, 'Multiflora,' from his extraordinary debut solo album, SHELTER, which arrives via Modern Recordings/BMG this Friday, July 24. ...
John Lodge Releases New Single 'In These Crazy Times (Isolation mix)'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 22, 2020
John Lodge bass guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for The Moody Blues has released a new single In These Crazy Times (Isolation mix). The track is available to download on Amazon, iTunes, and all usual streaming services....
Darlington Operatic Society Releases CD to Raise Money For the NHS
by Stephi Wild - July 22, 2020
A successful musical theatre group has produced a compilation of lockdown classics to help support the National Health Service....
VIDEO: Blackpool Grand Theatre and The RSC Channel Henry V in ONCE MORE UNTO THE BEACH
by Stephi Wild - July 21, 2020
Blackpool residents channel spirit of Shakespeare's Henry V in stirring new theatre piece inspired by the hopes and fears of communities leaving lockdown for the first time....
Robin Ince and Brian Cox Will Headline Blue Dot Online Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 21, 2020
Robin Ince and Prof. Brian Cox to headline Blue Dot Festival in conversation with Award-winning American writer, producer, and director Ann Druyan (and many other great reasons for following The Cosmic Shambles Network during lockdown). ...
Thomas Bartlett Shares New Song, 'Multiflora'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 20, 2020
Today, acclaimed pianist/producer Thomas Bartlett shares a new song, 'Multiflora,' from his extraordinary debut solo album, SHELTER, which arrives via Modern Recordings/BMG this Friday, July 24...
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....
VIDEO: Birmingham Royal Ballet Dancer Creates Film About the Lockdown Experience of Young Students
by Stephi Wild - July 20, 2020
To stimulate their creativity and keep them engaged, Brandon Lawrence, Principal Dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), created a choreography challenge in partnership with bbodance earlier this summer....
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....
VIDEO: Company Three Celebrates Closure Of Coronavirus Time Capsule
by Stephi Wild - July 17, 2020
Company Three today announces and celebrates the closure of the Coronavirus Time Capsule, a creative digital record of an 18-week period in the lives of 3,225 young people from 215 youth theatre companies across 18 countries....
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....
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. ...
VIDEO: David Hunter and Caroline Kay Release New Online Musical Created and Recorded During Lockdown
by Stephi Wild - July 15, 2020
West End star David Hunter ('Waitress', 'Kinky Boots', 'Once') and actor/singer-songwriter, Caroline Kay ('The Clockmaker's Daughter'), have come together virtually - having never before met in person - to write, perform, and record a new Musical Short, 'The Space Between'....
Steel Panther To Hold Another Virtual Concert Event
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 14, 2020
California rock legends, global philanthropists and stripper connoisseurs Steel Panther continue to set new career goals for themselves. After effectively saving the world (we are all reading this press release after all) with the very successful Concert To Save The World in June, the band is n...
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