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Mark Rylance Will Lead TARTUFFE (REMIXED) World Premiere
by Stephi Wild - Apr 30, 2026

A brand-new production of Molière's comedy classic, Tartuffe, will make its world premiere starring Mark Rylance in the titular role. Learn more about the production here!

Kathryn Hunter, Malachi Kirby and Indra Ové Named Ambassadors of Drama Charity Intermission Youth 
by Stephi Wild - Nov 25, 2025

Intermission Youth has announced the appointment of three new ambassadors to its fold. Learn more about Kathryn Hunter, Malachi Kirby and Indra Ové here.

Review: TAMING WHO?, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Dec 6, 2023

21st century language and sensibility ensures that Shakespeare's most dated plot fizzes with new energy and relevance

Guest Blog: Darren Raymond, Artistic Director of Intermission Youth, on 20 Years of Creating Opportunity and Transforming Young Lives For the Better
by Guest Author - Nov 15, 2023

If you would have told me, 20 years ago, I would be leading Intermission Youth in celebrating 15 years of youth work and theatre, I would not have believed you. One because, I didn’t know much about theatre and two because I had little interest in helping young people. But an opportunity to take part in a drama workshop, back in 2005, changed all that for me.

TAMING WHO? Comes to the Arcola Theatre in November
by Stephi Wild - Oct 16, 2023

To mark 15 years working in theatre and with young people, Intermission Youth (IY) presents Taming Who? at the Arcola Theatre. Learn more about the Shakespeare-based production here!

Cast Announced For Shakespeare's Globe's SHAKESPEARE IN THE ABBEY
by Stephi Wild - Mar 29, 2023

As celebrations continue for the 400th Anniversary of the First Folio across 2023, Shakespeare’s Globe will return to Westminster Abbey for the hugely popular Shakespeare in the Abbey for six special performances beginning this evening and running until Friday 31 March.

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!

Intermission Youth to Stage New Reimagining of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2022

Intermission Youth today announces the staging of their new adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, titled MSND. The production opens on 16 and 17 November at the Chelsea Theatre, with previews from 9 November and its final performance on 3 December.

Intermission Youth Theatre to Present JULIET & ROMEO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 18, 2021

Intermission Youth Theatre will present one of the most famous love stories ever written in this unique re-imagining which premieres next month in London with the support of Sir Mark Rylance and a host of Hollywood heavyweights.

Royal Shakespeare Company Announces Winter 2020 Programme
by Stephi Wild - Nov 12, 2020

The Royal Shakespeare Company has today announced details of its Winter 2020 programme which includes a newly commissioned series of Tales for Winter running from Saturday 5 December 2020 to Saturday 23 January 2021.

Shortlist Announced For Visionary Honours 2020 - SIX, COME FROM AWAY, & JULIET, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2020

The Visionary Arts Foundation has announced the shortlist for the annual Visionary Honours awards on Wednesday 18th March 2020 at the Ham Yard Hotel, Soho, hosted by leading British comic and disability rights advocate Sally Phillips and featuring a special guest performance by rising star singer-songwriter Marika Hackman.

Full Cast Announced For Represent.'s Inaugural Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 17, 2020

Brand-new theatre company represent. today announces the full cast for their inaugural season. With the mission to increase access to the industry for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, performing in repertory are Aaron Douglas (Girlboss, Southwark Playhouse; Wonder Boy, Arcola Theatre), Sarel Madziya (this is Sarel's professional stage debut), Nemide May (Brothers With No Game, Close Friends), Bola Okun (Feels, Lyric Hammersmith), Loussin-Torah Pilikian (Foodie, The Hope Theatre) and Adam Rachid Lazaar (this is Adam's professional stage debut). represent. will provide the cast with an acting apprenticeship where they can develop their craft, earning a London living wage.

Brand New Production Company represent. Announces Their Inaugural Season
by Stephi Wild - Jan 20, 2020

Brand-new theatre company represent., is today announced with a mission to increase access to the industry for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds*. Inspired by the repertory model, represent. will offer six 18a?"30 year olds an acting apprenticeship where they can develop their craft on the job, earning a London living wage.

Intermission Theatre Presents EXCLUDED
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2019

Excluded is a powerful and urgent piece of new writing that delves into the lives of our young people in education and holds a mirror up, unearthing their issues and exposing a system that ignores some of the most vulnerable in our society.

Cast Announced for OTHELLO REMIXED
by Julie Musbach - May 14, 2019

Kwame Reed, Hoda Bencher, Baba Oyejide and Iain Gordon have been cast in the lead roles in Othello: Remixed.

Shakespeare's Globe Announces Summer Season 2019
by Stephi Wild - Jan 9, 2019

Shakespeare's Globe is delighted to announce the Summer Season 2019. Celebrating and interrogating our 'sceptred isle' through Shakespeare's history plays, a year-long journey begins with Richard II, opening 22 February in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, continuing into the Globe Theatre this summer with Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V. The season also includes A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, and the return of 2018's As You Like It. Robin Hood tales will form the core of the Read Not Dead series this year, and festivals throughout the summer include Women & Power and Poland is Hamlet. This year's Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production will be Romeo and Juliet, opening on 28 February, with 20,000 free tickets available to state secondary schools. The Shakespeare's Globe Touring Ensemble will once again present a trio of plays for the audience to choose from: The Comedy of Errors, Pericles, and Twelfth Night.

BWW Interview: Stevie Basaula On His First RSC Season
by Rona Kelly - Dec 5, 2018

The Royal Shakespeare Company brings their latest season to the Barbican this Winter, made up of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Winter. A number of the cast appear in one or two of these shows; Stevie Basaula features in all three, taking on more than ten roles.

Intermission Youth Theatre Present New Show DOUBLE TROUBLE Next Month
by BWW News Desk - Oct 23, 2017

It's 2017. Forced from their native home of Shakespeare Anthony and Dominique seek asylum in the UK. Unbeknown to them, their identical twins they believed to have been killed in civil war twenty years earlier, are also residing in the UK and to confuse matters further, both sets of twins share the same name.

RSC's THE TEMPEST to Storm Into U.S. Cinemas This March
by BWW News Desk - Feb 2, 2017

Beginning March 1, 2017, the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Shakespeare's The Tempest will play in select movie houses across North America.

Intermission Youth Theatre Present LOVE ME TO DEATH, Inspired by ROMEO AND JULIET
by Ashlee Latimer - Oct 12, 2016

Two London boroughs both alike in poverty, south and east - she's from E8 and he's from southeast, where Intermission tell their tale. These two lovers fight for their love despite the backlash of each hood.