Joanna Parker

Opera North's season for Spring 2023 includes two new productions exploring loss, memory and renewal: Bizet's The Pearl Fishers and a contemporary dance staging of Mozart's Requiem paired with After Tears, a new commission by South African composer Neo Muyanga. 

Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre join forces with South African partners Jazzart Dance Theatre and Cape Town Opera to present a powerful, staged re-imagining of Mozart’s iconic Requiem, taking place as part of LEEDS 2023 Year of Culture.

A talented cast and insightful direction steer Much Ado About Nothing towards success.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast and company for Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Lucy Bailey. This will be performed by the Globe Ensemble who will be returning for The Tempest on 22 July.

Shakespeare's Globe has announced the Summer Season 2022 full of pomp, pageantry, politics, and power.

The Abbey Theatre will produce the world premiere of Marina Carr's newest play, iGirl. Performed solo by the mesmerising Olwen Fouéré, iGirl is directed by Caitríona McLaughlin, in her first production as the new Abbey Theatre Artistic Director.

This August Shobana Jeyasingh Dance presents two different versions of the intense and moving Contagion, co-commissioned by 14 a?" 18 NOW to commemorate the centenary of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.