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RICHARD III, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, and More Set For Shakespeare's Globe Summer 2024 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jan 23, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its Summer Season, running from April – October 2024. Learn more about the full season here!

Cast Set For KILLING JACK at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2023

Rebecca Wheatley has been announced playing Annie and Val in the cast of Killing Jack by Sadie Hasler at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. Learn more about the cast and the production here!

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Shakespeare's Globe
by Debbie Gilpin - May 23, 2023

“To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.” It appears that the Globe has a fondness for dreaming, as Shakespeare’s most performed play is back in the outdoor space for the third time in Michelle Terry’s tenure as Artistic Director.

Musical Theatre Network, Mercury Musical Developments & Oxford Playhouse Announce BEAM2023 Participants
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 4, 2023

Musical Theatre Network, Mercury Musical Developments and Oxford Playhouse has announced details of the 29 musicals that will be showcased in BEAM2023.  

Cast Announced for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Shakespeare's Globe
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2023

Shakespeare's Globe has announced the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Elle While (The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2019; As You Like It, Hamlet, 2018).

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND at the Watermill
by Stephi Wild - Jan 23, 2023

All new rehearsal photos have been released from The Watermill's brand-new stage adaption of Bill Bryson’s award-winning memoir NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND, affectionately celebrating the quirks and eccentricities of British life, adapted by BAFTA and Olivier Award winning playwright Tim Whitnall. 

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, COMEDY OF ERRORS, and More Set For Shakespeare's Globe 2023 Summer Season
by Stephi Wild - Jan 18, 2023

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the Summer Season, running from April – October 2023.  Learn more about the lineup here!

Full Cast Announced For NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND at The Watermill
by Stephi Wild - Jan 11, 2023

The Watermill have announced the full cast of the brand-new stage adaption of Bill Bryson's award-winning memoir NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND, affectionately celebrating the quirks and eccentricities of British life, adapted by BAFTA and Olivier Award winning playwright Tim Whitnall.

AS YOU LIKE IT WITH CBEEBIES Comes to Shakespeare's Globe Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2022

Back with a full programme of shows and activities for the first summer since 2019, Shakespeare's Globe will welcome families back to Bankside for a summer of theatrical fun.

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre Unveils 2022 Summer Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 22, 2022

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre will return this summer with three fantastic full-length productions coming to the biggest open-air theatre in the north. The open-air season will run from Friday, 1 July to Bank Holiday Monday, 29 August. 

EDUCATION, EDUCATION, KARAOKE Comes to Camden People's Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2021

Armed with a state education, a karaoke machine and a dance mat, an unrehearsed guest performer takes a nostalgic romp through the last 20 years of education and pop music. Education, Education, Karaoke follows one class from 2000 through to 2020, and as every year goes by the guest performer chooses a number one hit song from that year which is matched up with either a monologue, karaoke challenge or dance mat routine.

Photo Flash: First Look at RSC's THE WINTER'S TALE, Part of BBC LIGHTS UP; Broadcast Dates Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 14, 2021

A filmed adaptation of The Winter’s Tale will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 25 April 2021 at 7pm, celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday weekend and marking the first time in RSC history that a production will have a televised World Premiere.

More Than 26,000 Students Around the UK Log On to First Live ReadThrough Event
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2021

More than 26,000 students logged on for the first-ever live ReadThrough event held on Thursday 11th Feb, with a cast including Joe Lycett, Pearl Mackie, Remmie Milner and Esther Smith performing Macbeth to aide student's comprehension of the curriculum text.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre To Launch 70th Anniversary Year With Its First Winter Ensemble
by Stephi Wild - Dec 21, 2020

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced that to celebrate the start of its 70th anniversary year, it will, for the first time in its history,  be creating an exciting Winter Ensemble of 21 actors from Scotland and further afield. Unlike previous ensembles at Pitlochry Festival Theatre,  the ensemble will be entirely creating new work online during the winter months

TFANA, RSC, and Young Vic Present Concert Version Of SWINGIN' THE DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Dec 7, 2020

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has today announced details of Swingin' the Dream, a concert of a new work-in-progress from the Royal Shakespeare Company, with the Young Vic and Theatre for a New Audience, including original music and songs from the 1939 production by Gilbert Seldes and Erik Charell.

RSC Reveals 'Tales For Winter' Line-Up, Including SWINGIN' THE DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Dec 7, 2020

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has today announced further details of its Tales for Winter 2020/21 programme which includes Swingin' the Dream; a concert of a work in progress from the Royal Shakespeare Company, with the Young Vic and Theatre for a New Audience including original music and songs from the 1939 production by Gilbert Seldes and Erik Charell.

Casting Announced For World Premiere of MISFITS at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
by Stephi Wild - Oct 16, 2020

Full casting has been announced for Queen's Theatre Hornchurch's upcoming production of Misfits, an innovative new hybrid of live theatre and digital content, playing 12-22 November 2020.

Roundup: Check Out These Socially Distanced Shows
by Marianka Swain - Oct 15, 2020

Hurrah for the green shoots in our beleaguered industry. Lots of venues are mounting new shows and bringing back our favourites over the next few weeks and months - albeit with social distancing and safety measures in place. Here are some of the live theatrical goodies on offer.

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch Announces Autumn 2020 Season
by Stephi Wild - Sep 2, 2020

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch has announced its Autumn 2020 season following the news it will be reopening its doors to the public on Thursday 3 September.

Four Writers Commissioned For Queen's Theatre Hornchurch's Epic Essex Project
by Stephi Wild - Jul 16, 2020

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch is today announcing it has this week commissioned four Outer East London and Essex writers to work collaboratively with Artistic Director Douglas Rintoul.