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Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Starring Olly Alexander & Stephen Fry
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 1, 2025

No one could accuse Max Webster's flamboyant production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest of being subtle. A new cast takes the reins from the National Theatre's hugely successful production last year and moves onto the intimate Noël Coward stage, bringing with them the biting wit, vibrant costumes and sexual fluidity that made this show such a hit.

Cast Set For West End Transfer of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Stephi Wild - Aug 19, 2025

The National Theatre has announced full casting for the West End transfer of its production of The Importance of Being Earnest as rehearsals get underway. Learn more here!

Stephen Fry and Others Join THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST West End Transfer
by Stephi Wild - Jul 31, 2025

The National Theatre has announced further casting for the West End transfer of its critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest.  Learn more here!

Full Cast Set For RHINOSAURUS at The Almeida Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 5, 2025

The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast of Omar Elerian’s production of Rhinoceros. Performances begin in March. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

Casts Set for THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD & THE CAT AND THE CANARY At Chichester Festival Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 15, 2024

The casts have been revealed for THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD and THE CAT & THE CANARY at Chichester Festival Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Cast Set For RICHARD III at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - Apr 11, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Richard III, directed by Elle While. Performances run 9 May – 3 August. Learn more about the cast here!

Cast Announced For Phoebe Eclair-Powell's SHED: EXPLODED VIEW
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 11, 2024

Award-winning and critically acclaimed director Atri Banerjee returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre with Phoebe Eclair-Powell's original new drama, SHED: EXPLODED VIEW, a delicately woven play about violence, love, and loss.

THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE Comes to the New Vic Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2023

The New Vic Theatre and renowned theatre company Told by an Idiot will collaborate for the first time this April on a rare revival of the cult '60s classic, The Killing of Sister George.

Photos: First Look at SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION in Rehearsal at Soho Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 14, 2022

Nathan Ellis' play Super High Resolution is rehearsing in London ahead of its World Premiere on 2 November. Directed by Blanche McIntyre, the cast is Jasmine Blackborow, Catherine Cusack, Hayley Carmichael, Lj Johnson, Lewis Shepherd and Leah Whitaker. Check out photos here!

Soho Theatre Announces Cast For SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION
by Stephi Wild - Sep 15, 2022

Blanche McIntyre directs Nathan Ellis' Verity Bargate Award shortlisted Super High Resolution – a fast paced, darkly funny play about being a doctor in the NHS and the limits of anyone's ability to care for other people.

WNET's All Arts to Broadcast Tarell Alvin McCraney Interview of Peter Brook
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Feb 5, 2020

ALL ARTS will premiere House Seats: In Conversation with Peter Brook, an interview of the legendary artist by the Tony Award-nominated playwright (Choir Boy) and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight), in primetime on Sunday, February 23, at 8pm. ALL ARTS recorded the conversation at Polonsky Shakespeare Center following a performance of Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne's Why?, whose American Premiere Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) presented as part of Peter Brook/NY, a citywide recognition of Brook and Estienne's work in theatre, opera, film, television, literature, and the development of the next generation of theatre artists.

Peter Brook/NY Presents Tarell Alvin McCraney In Conversation With Peter Brook
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2019

Peter Brook/NY today announces that Tarell Alvin McCraney will interview Peter Brook following the Thursday, September 26, performance of Why?, written and directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne; featuring Hayley Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter, and Marcello Magni; and presented by Theatre for a New Audience. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be filmed by partner organization WNET/ALL ARTS for future broadcast. For complete Peter Brook/NY programming information, please visit tfana.org/pbny.

Peter Brook And Marie-Helene Estienne's WHY? Announced At Polonsky Shakespeare Center
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 17, 2019

Today a consortium of New York City cultural, educational, and media institutions announce Peter Brook/NY (Karen Brooks Hopkins, Executive Producer), a citywide recognition of Brook's work and his collaborations with Marie-Hélène Estienne from 1953 to the present. In addition to the U.S. Premiere of Brook and Estienne's Why? which Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) presents September 21 a?" October 6 at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Peter Brook/NY features programing from BAM, The Center for Fiction, Columbia University, French Institute Alliance Française's Crossing the Line Festival, Hunter College, The Juilliard School, TFANA, and WNET.  A booklet produced by BAM Hamm Archivesa?"featuring historic photographs, a timeline of Brook's productions and New York presence, an essay by writer Violaine Huisman, and information about Peter Brook/NY eventsa?"will be available to all attendees and online at BAM.org and TFANA.org.

Announcing PETER BROOK/NY, A Citywide Recognition Of A Theater Icon
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 30, 2019

Today a consortium of New York City cultural, educational, and media institutions announce Peter Brook/NY (Karen Brooks Hopkins, Executive Producer), a citywide recognition of Brook's work and his collaborations with Marie-Hélène Estienne from 1953 to the present. In addition to the U.S. Premiere of Brook and Estienne's Why? which Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) presents September 21 a?" October 6 at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Peter Brook/NY features programing from BAM, The Center for Fiction, Columbia University, French Institute Alliance Française's Crossing the Line Festival, Hunter College, The Juilliard School, TFANA, and WNET.  A booklet produced by BAM Hamm Archivesa?"featuring historic photographs, a timeline of Brook's productions and New York presence, an essay by writer Violaine Huisman, and information about Peter Brook/NY eventsa?"will be available to all attendees and online at BAM.org and TFANA.org.

TFANA's 40th Anniversary Season Features Will Eno, Samuel Beckett, and More
by Julie Musbach - Jun 20, 2019

Theatre for a New Audience founding artistic director Jeffrey Horowitz, having just received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 OBIEs, today announces TFANA's 40th anniversary season. The 2019-2020 programming exemplifies what makes TFANA, in the words of the OBIE committee, one of the city's most vital institutions championing adventurous and urgent productions of Shakespeare alongside other writers.

TFANA Presents Peter Brook And Marie-Hélène Estienne's THE PRISONER
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 31, 2018

Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA; Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director) presents the New York Premiere of C.I.C.T. - Theatre du Bouffes du Nord's The Prisoner, continuing Peter Brook's 40-year-long collaboration with playwright/director Marie-Helene Estienne.  

Yale Repertory Premieres THE PRISONER
by Julie Musbach - Oct 17, 2018

Yale Repertory Theatre presents the U.S. premiere of THE PRISONER with text and stage direction by Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street), November 2-17, 2018. Opening Night is Thursday, November 8.

PETER BROOK: THE TIGHTROPE Opens 4/11 in Los Angeles
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 14, 2014

Peter Brook is one of the world's most respected and revolutionary directors of contemporary theatre. To help his actors achieve extraordinary performances, he has a special exercise, called 'the Tightrope,' which evolved over decades of experimentation and practice into a process of transformation that makes theatre real and new for actor and audience alike. In this quietly eloquent and unique film, director Simon Brook - Peter's son - reveals how the Tightrope works its dramatic alchemy.

A.C.T. to Screen PETER BROOK: THE TIGHTROPE, 3/24
by BWW News Desk - Feb 1, 2014

Artistic Director Carey Perloff announced today that American Conservatory Theater will present the exclusive California screening of Peter Brook: The Tightrope, a new and definitive documentary on the creative process of legendary theater director Peter Brook, on Monday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater (415 Geary Street, San Francisco).

HAMLET Runs at the Young Vic, With Michael Sheen, Oct. 28-Jan. 21
by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2011

Michael Sheen, one of the finest actors of his generation, plays Hamlet under the direction of one of Britain's leading directors Ian Rickson (Jerusalem), who makes his Shakespearean debut with this electrifying new production.