Roger Allam, Celia Imrie, and Kevin Bishop Join Cast of WHITHER WOULD YOU GO?
by Julie Musbach - October 17, 2017 On October 22nd at the Harold Pinter Theatre, a host of stars will gather to perform scenes from Shakespeare's plays in response to modern-day refugee video stories. The evening will be directed by Jamie Lloyd. All profits go to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR....
TV Exclusive: Watch a Clip from RSC's OTHELLO; Opens in Theatres on 9/23
by TV - On the Road - September 08, 2015 Beginning September 23, the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Shakespeare's Othello will play in select movie houses across North America. The production, which opened to rave reviews at the RSC's home in Stratford-upon-Avon, was filmed for 'Live from Stratford-upon-Avon,' the RSC ...
BWW Review: EDGE SERIES Tantalizes at Firehall Arts Centre
by Matt Hanson - September 10, 2015 If art does not make the public more capable of feeling, of seeing the world through other eyes, and wanting positive change for all, then it only perpetuates class division, and in so doing, social strife....
VIDEO: First Look - Jenna Coleman Stars in Upcoming ITV Drama VICTORIA
by Caryn Robbins - March 29, 2016 The epic new drama series VICTORIA is coming this year to ITV, starring Jenna Coleman, Rufus Sewell and Tom Hughes. Check out the first teaser trailer below!...
WORDS IN MOTION Set for Chan Centre, 3/18-19
by Tyler Peterson - February 10, 2016 The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC), in partnership with The Dance Centre, presents Words in Motion, March 18 & 19, 7:30pm, in the Telus Studio Theatre. This innovative series explores the power of words in performance - both as an agent of change, and...
Segal Center to Celebrate Life and Work of Trisha Brown
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017 Celebrating the Life and Work of Trisha Brown (1936-2017) is set for Monday, December 18, starting at 2 p.m. with screenings, followed by a panel discussion, at the Segal Theatre. Free and open to the public! First come, first served. The event takes place at The Graduate Center, CUNY, (365 Fifth Av...
DUSK DANCES Proudly Presents Its 24TH Annual Season
by Julie Musbach - June 26, 2018 DUSK DANCES proudly presents its 24TH annual season. Dusk Dances is a renowned and beloved outdoor dance festival presented at Withrow Park each August. This year, for the very first time, a Guest Curator was invited to program the Withrow Park event: Michael Caldwell. Dusk Dances 2018 features some...
BWW Review: KOKORO Enlightens at Wreck Beach
by Matt Hanson - September 10, 2015 Butoh is a sacred modern art. Originally spawned of postwar Japan, Butoh has since invigorated the world to a new style of movement. Kokoro dances Butoh in the nude. From the lower mainland of British Columbia to the world, this Dancing on the Edge Festival surely lives up to its name....
Lifetime Presents a Trio of Romance Films This Spring
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 25, 2019 Lifetime dials up the romance this spring with a trio of movies that will make you believe in love, including the sequel to a modern day fairy tale of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and the adaption of two beloved novels. Kicking off on Memorial Day, May 27 at 8pm ET/PT with the premiere of Harry & ...
Full Casting Announced For Morphic Graffiti's New Adaptation Of William Wycherley's THE COUNTRY WIFE
by Stephi Wild - March 06, 2018 Co-Artistic Directors of Morphic Graffiti, Luke Fredericks and Stewart Charlesworth, today announce full casting for their new adaptation of William Wycherley's restoration comedy The Country Wife. Fredericks directs theatre veteran Richard Clews whose credits include King Lear, (Chichester Festival...
SHUBBAK to Bring Contemporary Arab Culture to London This July
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2017 Shubbak, London's festival of contemporary Arab culture, has become a key event in the arts calendar of the UK and the Arab World, and 2017 will be the 4th edition of this biennial festival, running 1-16 July 2017....
SHUBBAK to Bring Contemporary Arab Culture to London This July
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2017 Shubbak, London's festival of contemporary Arab culture, has become a key event in the arts calendar of the UK and the Arab World, and 2017 will be the 4th edition of this biennial festival, running 1-16 July 2017....
Election Coverage, New & Returning Drama Series & Olympic-Themed Specials Set for PBS Summer Programming
by Caryn Robbins - April 28, 2016 The PBS summer schedule offers comprehensive election coverage, as well as specially themed programs around the 31st Olympiad in August 2016....
Menier Chocolate Factory Announces Full Casting for Revival of Terence Rattigan's LOVE IN IDLENESS
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017 With She Loves Me currently running at its home base, Travesties and David Baddiel: My Family Not the Sitcom taking up residence in the West End, and Funny Girl in rehearsals ahead of a major national tour, the Menier Chocolate Factory today announces full casting for their major new revival of Tere...
Casting Announced for THE COUNTRY WIFE at Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - February 21, 2018 Co-Artistic Directors of Morphic Graffiti, Luke Fredericks and Stewart Charlesworth, today announce casting of the 'Bright Young Things' for their new adaptation of William Wycherley's restoration comedy The Country Wife. Luke Fredericks directs EastEnders' Eddie Eyre as Harry Horner, Call the Midwi...
United Solo Offers Master Classes With Anne Bogart, Professors Of UCLA, Juilliard, and Allan Corduner From MY FAIR LADY
by Julie Musbach - November 05, 2018 United Solo will host a Master Class with Anne Bogart, internationally acclaimed director, author, and Head of the MFA in Directing Program at Columbia University. This Master Class is a unique opportunity to work with a legendary theatre artist. It will take place on November 5, 2018 from 6pm-8pm a...
DUSK DANCES Proudly Presents Its 24TH Annual Season
by Julie Musbach - June 26, 2018 DUSK DANCES proudly presents its 24TH annual season. Dusk Dances is a renowned and beloved outdoor dance festival presented at Withrow Park each August. This year, for the very first time, a Guest Curator was invited to program the Withrow Park event: Michael Caldwell. Dusk Dances 2018 features some...
Starz to Co-Produce Writer/Director Stephen Poliakoff's CLOSE TO THE ENEMY Original Miniseries
by Caryn Robbins - September 14, 2015 Starz today announced it has secured, via a deal with international distributor all3media International, the exclusive U.S. premium rights to, and will co-produce the six-episode original miniseries “Close to the Enemy,”...
Netflix Acquires THE DISCOVERY, Starring Rooney Mara & Robert Redford
by Caryn Robbins - June 13, 2016 Netflix has acquired global rights to Charlie McDowell's THE DISCOVERY, starring Rooney Mara (Carol), Robert Redford (Truth) and Jason Segel (The End of the Tour). The film will premiere on Netflix and in select theaters in the US in 2017....
DanceWorks Presents Toronto Premiere of GLORY
by Christina Mancuso - April 06, 2017 DanceWorks, Toronto's longest running contemporary dance series, proudly presents cutting-edge Vancouver dance company Shay Kuebler Radical System Art in its Toronto premiere with the startlingly athletic Glory. Choreographed by Artistic Director Shay Kuebler, it uses a mixture of martial arts, hip...
Pacific Symphony Presents THE MAGIC OF CHOPIN With Pianist Louie Lortie, 4/27-29
by Molly Tracy - March 30, 2017 Viva la France! For Pacific Symphony's upcoming concert, two of the brightest French-Canadian classical music stars—celebrated pianist Louis Lortie and acclaimed guest conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni—perform a program inspired by the spirit of France with music by Mozart, Chopin, Debussy and Ravel....
Carli Norris and Maggie McCarthy to Star in TURN OF THE SCREW
by Julie Musbach - January 15, 2018 This spring sees the world premiere of a dynamic new adaptation of Turn of the Screw embark on a UK tour, starring Carli Norris (Pygmalion, Albery Theatre; EastEnders, BBC; Hollyoaks, Channel 4) and Maggie McCarthy (Children of the Sun, Cocktail Sticks and Mother Clap's Molly House, National Theatre...
Tickets Now On Sale for DanceWorks 40th Anniversary!
by A.A. Cristi - September 15, 2017 Mimi Beck, Dance Curator of acclaimed presenter DanceWorks, announces that subscriptions and single tickets are currently on sale for the 2017-18 season featuring eight Toronto-based artists/companies and one Indigenous company from Vancouver. From Flamenco, Kathak, Indigenous and Hip-Hop to world p...
The Joyce's Popular BALLET FESTIVAL Returns
by Stephi Wild - June 06, 2018 The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is thrilled to present the return of its highly anticipated Ballet Festival, a two-week showcase of some of America's most exciting contemporary ballet companies and choreographers with Joyce commissions on each program. The Festival, ...
Theatre Novi Most to Present DANCING ON THE EDGE at The Southern Theater
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2017 Theatre Novi Most returns to the Southern Theater with the world premiere of a new play, Dancing on the Edge, about American modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan and her lover, the Russian poet Sergei Esenin.... |