Dickie Beau

WHERE TO NOW Reading Comes to London Performance Studios
by Stephi Wild - Nov 5, 2025

London Performance Studios and Unfinished Histories will present an exclusive staged reading of Martin Patrick’s play Where To Now as part of the Radical Rediscovery: Homosexual Acts & Beyond exhibition public programme.

Photos: INVASIVE SPECIES Opens at King's Head Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2025

You can now get a first look at opening night photos of the UK première of Maia Novi's semi-autobiographical play Invasive Species. Check out photos here!

DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2024 Unveils New Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 25, 2024

Experience intimate comedy, interactive games, a queer cult club night, a Nigerian wedding, and more at the 30th Dublin Fringe Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: LONDON CLOWN FESTIVAL: OPENING CABARET, Soho Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Jul 9, 2024

And here we go again: the London Clown Festival returns for another run of bizarre, brilliant and occasionally bonkers shows until 26 July.

Finn Beames & Company Receives Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2024

The Barbican has announced the winner of the 2024 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award, Finn Beames & Company. The new work, Quiet Songs, is a piece of music theatre for a single actor, a string quartet and an armoury of swords, and will receive its world premiere in The Pit as part of the arts centre's autumn season.  

Review: RE-MEMBER ME, Hampstead Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Jun 1, 2023

Athletes have the Olympics. Chefs have Michelin stars. Actors have Hamlet. Citius, altius, fortius, Danish. In his one-man show Re-member Me (co-devised and directed by Jan Willem Van Den Bosch), Dickie Beau ponders death, mortality and legacy but not in a morbid way; it’s less a shoegazing mope and mumble about whether “to be or not to be”, more a defiant exploration of what it is “to be and not to be”.

Deborah Warner Commissions Theatre, Opera, Dance and Recitals This Year at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2023

Last year, acclaimed theatre and opera director Deborah Warner took over as Artistic Director of the Ustinov Studio. She proposed a radical new programming model for the theatre where OPERA, DANCE and SONG would be programmed alongside THEATRE.

Photos: First Look At Dickie Beau In ¡SHOWMANISM! At the Ustinov Studio in Bath
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 18, 2022

See photos of ¡SHOWMANISM! A Concise Histrionic of Performance, devised and performed by Dickie Beau at the Ustinov Studio in Bath, 11 November to 10 December 2022.

Dickie Beau's !SHOWMANISM! Comes to Theatre Royal Bath Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 28, 2022

The final commission by Deborah Warner in her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Ustinov Studio will be ¡SHOWMANISM! A Concise Histrionic of Performance, devised and performed by Dickie Beau which will play the Ustinov Studio, Bath from 11 November to 10 December 2022.

Review: THE TEMPEST, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - Jul 8, 2022

What can be better than watching The Tempest on the night when Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spell was finally broken? Surely, it's a good time to reflect on the play's exploration of power, illusion, loss, revenge and redemption.

Full Cast Announced For THE TEMPEST at Ustinov Studio, Bath
by Stephi Wild - Jun 7, 2022

Casting is announced for The Tempest by William Shakespeare, which will be the first production in Deborah Warner's inaugural season as Artistic Director of the Ustinov Studio in Bath.

Deborah Warner Announces Inaugural Season as the New Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2022

Theatre Royal Bath has announced the first season of work to be commissioned for the Ustinov Studio by its new Artistic Director, the internationally acclaimed and multi-award winning theatre and opera director Deborah Warner.

New Light and Sound Installation For Babies and Toddlers Comes to The Barbican
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2021

This December, the Barbican presents First Light in The Pit, a theatrical installation made especially for babies and toddlers. The production is co-created by theatre-maker Daniel Naddafy and artist and lighting designer Marty Langthorne and co-commissioned by the Barbican.

Fourteen Artists Selected To Take Part in LIFT'S Inaugural Concept Touring Programme
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2021

Fourteen artists from across the world have been selected to take part in Concept Touring, a new commissioning programme and online residency from LIFT, the leading London biennial festival of international theatre, which looks to develop ambitious and exciting concepts for global projects at a time when travel and touring is heavily restricted.

Casting Announced For DICK WHITTINGTON At National Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 4, 2020

For one year only, pantomime comes to the National Theatre, and the full company of Dick Whittington have begun rehearsals this week. This is further to confirmation from the government that rehearsals can continue in a socially distanced environment during this period of national Coronavirus measures.  

National Theatre Announces THE NORMAL HEART and DICK WHITTINGTON On Sale For Olivier In-the-Round Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2020

For one year only, pantomime comes to the National Theatre. Jude Christian and Cariad Lloyd's hilarious and heartfelt version of Dick Whittington, first staged at Lyric Hammersmith in 2018 and freshly updated for 2020, will open in the socially distanced Olivier theatre on the 11 December.  

Barbican and Bridge Theatre Announce New Collaboration
by Stephi Wild - Oct 21, 2020

The Barbican today announces a new partnership with the Bridge Theatre, to bring the highly acclaimed theatre installation, Flight, by Vox Motus, to London for the first time.

Barbican Announces New Theatre Productions From Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 14, 2020

The Barbican today announces new productions in the Theatre and online starting with The Ghost Light in the Theatre, a live experience for one audience member and up to five of their guests, followed by We Cover the Universe on Zoom, an interactive, sensory show for the under-fives.

CAN Festival 2020 Announces Programme
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2019

From augmented reality to immersive dining, from ballet to waacking, from comedy to clowning, the festival exploring contemporary British Chinese experiences is returning for a bigger, bolder year of performance art. Delving into the past, present and future of the British Chinese population, the festival showcases a diverse wealth of talent celebrating innovation and exploring identity.

Lucy McCormick Adds Extra Dates To Soho Theatre Run Due To Phenomenal Demand
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 4, 2019

Soho Theatre announces the celebrated performance artist and their Artist in Residence for 2019, Lucy McCormick, will return to Soho in February 2020 for a second run of Post Popular following the initial dates in December 2019. Tickets are available from: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/lucy-mccormick-post-popular/.