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Gather Together Storytelling Festival Comes To The Rosemary Branch Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2025

Greek myth, local stories, live music, true life, comedy, free community events and stories without words converge this winter at The Rosemary Branch Theatre for the third annual Gather Together Storytelling Festival.

RSC Releases New Artwork for AS YOU LIKE IT
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 26, 2023

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released new artwork for its forthcoming production of As You Like It, directed by Omar Elerian, which runs in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between 17 June – 5 August 2023. 

Sonia Friedman, David Harewood, Stephen Graham, and More Selected for New Year Honours 2023
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 31, 2022

King Charles has released the annual New Year Honours List, which features notable members of the theatrical community Sonia Friedman, David Harewood, Stephen Graham, and more.

Shortlist Announced For the STR Theatre Book Prize 2022
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2022

Judged by director Jatinder Verma, National Theatre archivist Erin Lee and theatre critic Paul Vale on a panel chaired by STR Committee Member Howard Loxton, the shortlist includes six titles ranging from the history of Sheffield's Crucible Theatre to the candid account of the early career of actress Eileen Atkins.

BWW Review: UNDER MILK WOOD, National Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 24, 2021

“To begin at the beginning”, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas never got to fulfil his true dream for his troubled radio play Under Milk Wood. It took 20 years of laborious work to put the final touches on the personalities of fictional Llareggub. Alcohol poisoning might have taken Thomas’s life before he heard his drinking - and acting - mate Richard Burton’s take on BBC Radio in 1954, a year after his sudden demise.

New Perspectives and The Brighton Festival Present HOUSE MOTHER NORMAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2021

New Perspectives and The Brighton Festival present House Mother Normal, a digital installation telling of the lives of eight characters in a nursing home under the watchful eye of House Mother. Directed by Tim Crouch, the production, which can be viewed online or at 6 Dukes Lane, Brighton, merges the individual chapters of B.S. Johnson’s novel.

The Olivier and Dorfman Theatres to Reopen in June 2021 With UNDER MILK WOOD and AFTER LIFE
by Stephi Wild - Mar 25, 2021

The National Theatre today announces plans to reopen in June, welcoming audiences back to the South Bank for the first time since closing last December.  

Theatre Book Prize 2021 Announces Judges
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2020

The Society for Theatre Research has revealed the judges for the Theatre Book Prize 2021.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For OUR TOWN at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2019

Birth; marriage; death. And everything in between. As day breaks on another ordinary day, the townsfolk of Grover's Corners go about their business: newspapers are delivered; people go to work; gardens are tended to. And a boy and girl fall in love. But as life's events unfold and a community comes together, one question remains: 'do any human beings ever realise life as they live it? Every, every minute?'

Natalie Klamar and More Will Lead Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's OUR TOWN
by Stephi Wild - Apr 10, 2019

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today announced full casting for Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Our Town. Directed by The Gate Theatre's Artistic Director, Ellen McDougall, the cast is led by Natalie Klamar in the central role of Stage Manager.

Alan Bennett's ALLELUJAH! To Be Shown In UK Cinemas This November
by Stephi Wild - Aug 3, 2018

Allelujah! - the new play by Alan Bennett which received its world premiere at the Bridge Theatre last month - will be in cinemas on 1st November with National Theatre Live.

Photo Flash: First Look at Alan Bennett's ALLELUJAH! at the Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 13, 2018

Production images are released for the world premiere of Nicholas Hytner's production of Alan Bennett's Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre. Check out a first look at the production in the photos below!

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal for World Premiere of Alan Bennett's ALLELUJAH!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2018

Rehearsal images have been released today for the world premiere of Nicholas Hytner's production of Alan Bennett's Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre. Check them out below!

Rehearsals Begin For World Premiere Of Alan Bennett's ALLELUJAH! At The Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 29, 2018

As rehearsals begin, casting is announced for the world premiere of Nicholas Hytner's production of Alan Bennett's Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre.

2016 WOMEN AND WAR Festival to Open with SEVEN Documentary Play
by BWW News Desk - Jun 21, 2016

Just announced, the official launch night of the month-long WOMEN AND WAR festival will feature a one-off performance of SEVEN, a documentary play about seven ordinary women who became extraordinary activists, starring Rula Lenska, Miriam Margolyes and Josie Lawrence.

WOMEN AND WAR Month-Long Festival to Open in July
by Tyler Peterson - May 9, 2016

Women and War is a month long festival examining the effect of warfare on women worldwide.

JANE EYRE Comes To The Rosemary Branch Theatre, April 17-May 5
by Samantha Vega - Apr 1, 2013

Part ghost story, part Gothic romance, and part religious tract, this gripping new adaptation of a favourite classic remains faithful to the text. By combining Bronte's original dialogue along with the actual narrative, the book literally comes to life. Set in 1840s northern England, the early stirrings of feminism shine through the strict adherence to social hierarchy giving this venerated novel its iconic status.