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Ballo Arthur Pita's TEN SORRY TALES London Premiere Announces Casting


Award-winning Director and Choreographer Arthur Pita returns to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this month to present the London premiere of TEN SORRY TALES, a dance theatre production with live music on stage based on the book of short stories by Mick Jackson. Playing from Thursday 27 to Saturday 29 October with two shows daily, TEN SORRY TALES offers the perfect half term treat for children and adults alike (ages 8+).

HBO's THE LAST CRUISE Debuts March 30


By February 26, 2020, the ship accounted for more than half of all the documented COVID-19 cases outside of China, with more than 700 people on board infected. THE LAST CRUISE will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in the Documentary Shorts Competition category.

Wynonna, Billy Dean & More To Perform At Good Ol' Boys Fest


Ben Jones, known by many as Crazy Cooter Davenport from the The Dukes of Hazzard, announces award-winning, platinum-selling cross-over artist Wynonna as the headliner to perform during the 2019 Good Ol' Boys Fest taking place August 10 and 11 in Shenandoah, Virginia. General admission tickets are $45 for a two-day pass, $35 for a single day pass, $15 for a two-day kids pass (3-12 years old) and are available at www.cootersplace.com. Military and first responder discounts available.

Birmingham Hippodrome Presents FAGIN'S TWIST


Birmingham Hippodrome is delighted to welcome Fagin's Twist, an ambitious reimagining of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist by innovative hip hop / contemporary dance company Avant Garde Dance, led by Artistic Director Tony Adigun. 

Ensemble ACJW Musicians Launch Second Year of Fellowship Program


-This season, the eighteen young professional musicians of Ensemble ACJW continue their two-year fellowship program with concerts at Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, Skidmore College, National Sawdust, and in community venues throughout New York City. In a particular season highlight, Ensemble ACJW leads a residency in Paris in cooperation with The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations from November 15-20 that will consist of workshops at local Paris schools led by the ACJW fellows as well as concerts at Theatre du Chatelet and Studio Bastille. The residency concert at Theatre du Chatelet on November 18 includes a performance of a work written for the group by Meredith Monk, the recent recipient of the United States National Medal of Arts. On November 19 Ensemble ACJW performs works by Boulez, Michael Jarrell, and Phillippe Leroux at Studio Bastille, conducted by Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, horn player with France's noted Ensemble intercontemporain. Ensemble ACJW then travels to Geneva, Switzerland on November 20 for a performance at the Abbaye de Bonmont.

Canadian Stage Presents THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, Beginning 4/16


Canadian Stage, in co-production with Centaur Theatre, presents The Game of Love and Chance, a boisterous comedy by noted French dramatist Pierre de Marivaux. The play, in a new translation by award-winning playwright Nicolas Billon and directed by Canadian Stage Artistic & General Director, Matthew Jocelyn, is a hilarious girl-meets-boy romp about mistaken identity, true love and the business of marriage.

Canadian Stage Presents THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, Beginning 4/16


Canadian Stage, in co-production with Centaur Theatre, presents The Game of Love and Chance, a boisterous comedy by noted French dramatist Pierre de Marivaux. The play, in a new translation by award-winning playwright Nicolas Billon and directed by Canadian Stage Artistic & General Director, Matthew Jocelyn, is a hilarious girl-meets-boy romp about mistaken identity, true love and the business of marriage.

Centaur Theatre Company's GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE Closes


Centaur Theatre, in co-production with Canadian Stage presents The Game of Love and Chance, 18th-century romantic comedy by French playwright, Pierre de Marivaux through April 1, 2012.

Centaur Theatre Company Announce GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE for March-April


Centaur Theatre, in co-production with Canadian Stage, has announced their upcoming production of The Game of Love and Chance, 18th-century romantic comedy by French playwright, Pierre de Marivaux will play March 6 - April 1, 2012.

Centaur Theatre Company Announce GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE for March-April


Centaur Theatre, in co-production with Canadian Stage, has announced their upcoming production of The Game of Love and Chance, 18th-century romantic comedy by French playwright, Pierre de Marivaux will play March 6 - April 1, 2012.

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