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THE LIGHTHOUSE Returns For A Limited On-Demand Video Stream

Audiences will have another chance to watch this critically acclaimed major adaption from Marina Carr and directed for the stage by Annabelle Comyn as it returns for a limited on-demand video stream this spring.   

Galway International Arts Festival Shines Through Despite Covid-19 Challenges

The internationally renowned Galway International Arts Festival, Ireland, took the difficult decision, due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19, to move for this year from its usual July dates to September 2021.

Domhnall Gleeson, Clare Barrett, Aoife Duffin and Seán Carpio to Star in MEDICINE at St. Ann's Warehouse

Enda Walsh returns to the Brooklyn waterfront theater to direct the American premiere of his searing, critically lauded new play Medicine, with a star-studded cast led by Domhnall Gleeson and including Clare Barrett, Aoife Duffin, and percussionist Seán Carpio, November 11 - December 5.

Edinburgh International Festival Returns Live Performance To Scotland

The world's leading performing arts festival features a diverse programme of over 170 performances in Scotland's capital city, spanning classical and contemporary music, theatre, opera, dance and spoken word. In a first for the International Festival, a digital programme delivers 18 free full-length performances to audiences around the world.  

Review Roundup: HAMLET Starring Ruth Negga at St. Anns Warehouse -What Did the Critics Think?

Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga is currently making her American theatrical debut in a passionate, critically acclaimed portrayal of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Yael Farber and featuring an ensemble of leading Irish actors. With Farber's direction, the focus moves from Hamlet's anguish and identity to the power of resistance against treachery and the raw usurpation of power. The production, which began on February 1, 2020, was extended for an additional week, and will now play through March 8, 2020.

St. Ann's Warehouse Extends HAMLET Starring Ruth Negga

St. Ann's Warehouse, responding to popular demand nearly two months before performances begin, has extended the celebrated Gate Theatre Dublin production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Yaël Farber and featuring Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga (Loving, AMC's 'Preacher'), in a 'mesmerizing' (Irish Times) American stage debut, as the Dane. With Farber's direction and text edit, the focus shifts from Hamlet's anguish and identity to the force of resistance against the raw usurpation of power. The production, which begins February 1, 2020, will now play an additional week, through March 8, 2020.

BWW Review: BLOOD WEDDING, Young Vic

Tragedy was Lorca'sdomain, and fabric of his plays are about the darkest parts of collective human behaviour. Yaël Farber's production at the Young Vic is unrelentingly harrowing, and utterly captivating.

BWW Interview: Isobel Waller-Bridge Talks BLOOD WEDDING and FLEABAG

Isobel Waller-Bridge discusses her approach to composition ahead of the opening of a new adaptation of Federico García Lorca's tragedy, Blood Wedding, at Young Vic.

Photo Flash: First Look at Young Vic's BLOOD WEDDING

From the extraordinary creative vision of acclaimed director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs, Mies Julie, The Crucible) comes this evocative and mythic production of Federico García Lorca's most famous tragedy, in a new adaptation by the multi award-winning Irish playwright Marina Carr.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For BLOOD WEDDING at the Young Vic

From the extraordinary creative vision of acclaimed director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs, Mies Julie, The Crucible) comes this evocative and mythic production of Federico García Lorca's most famous tragedy, in a new adaptation by the multi award-winning Irish playwright Marina Carr.

VIDEO: Watch a New Trailer for DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS at Sheffield

Artistic director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert Hastie, presents Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms in his inaugural season. Sam Yates directs Olivier Award-winner Matthew Kelly in the role of Ephraim, alongside Claudia Cadette (Woman), Colin Haigh (Old Farmer/Sheriff) and Tim Dewberry (Man). Watch a new trailer for the show below!

VIDEO: Matthew Kelly Talks DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS at the Crucible

Artistic director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert Hastie, presents Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms in his inaugural season. Sam Yates directs Olivier Award-winner Matthew Kelly in the role of Ephraim, alongside Claudia Cadette (Woman), Colin Haigh (Old Farmer/Sheriff) and Tim Dewberry (Man). Click below to hear Kelly talk about the show!