Full Creative Team Set For HEAVY With Talawa Young Peoples' Theatre
Olivier award nominated director Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy; Rumble in the Jungle; 2022 Black British Theatre Award for Best Director) will lead a company of young artists aged 18-25 and amazing professional creatives in HEAVY.
FOR BLACK BOYS... Extends in the West End
The Royal Court Theatre and Nimax Theatres have announced an extension to the current limited run of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy for a further 4 weeks due to public demand and renewed critical acclaim.
Photos: First Look at SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD at MAST Mayflower Studios
Production images have been released for the upcoming Mayflower MADE revival of Athol Fugard, John Kani & Winston Ntshona’s Sizwe Banzi is Dead, which runs at MAST Mayflower Studios until 14 October 2023 as part of Black History Month 2023. Check out the photos here!
Shortlists for 2023 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland Announced
Enough of Him - May Sumbwanyambe’s harrowing, but uplifting drama about the Joseph Knight, who freed himself from slavery through the Scottish courts, and Ramesh Meyyappan’s Love Beyond (Act of Remembrance), a poignant exploration of dementia in the deaf community - top the nominations lists.
Stockroom Reveals Cast For ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Marking Stockroom's first fully staged coproduction after their departure from The Arts Council National Portfolio last year, the world premiere of a funked-up remix of Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice in Wonderland, opens at the Liverpool Playhouse on 4 July (press night 6 July) before transferring to the Theatre Royal Plymouth from 1 to 5 August.
Ryan Calais Cameron's FOR BLACK BOYS Gets West End Transfer
The Royal Court Theatre and Nica Burns have announced that For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron will transfer to the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End for a limited run of six weeks only.
Photos: Inside Rehearsal For CAROUSEL at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Featuring a score that includes ‘If I Loved You’ and ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, director Timothy Sheader reunites with Jesus Christ Superstar choreographer Drew McOnie. The cast includes Carly Bawden (Julie Jordan), Declan Bennett (Billy Bigelow), John Pfumojena (Enoch Snow), Joanna Riding (Nettie Fowler) and Natasha May Thomas (Louise Bigelow).
Writers and Performers Announced For HOME? at the Old Vic
The Old Vic today announces the writers and performers for HOME?, the next in the One Voice series of monologues presented for free as part of Your Old Vic. Curated by actor and refugee-child Noma Dumezweni, HOME? brings together global voices, stories and experiences to mark Refugee Week 2021 across three new commissions, created in collaboration with refugee artists.
Tangle launches Playtext and adapted original music from VOLPONE
On Volpone's opening night anniversary, Tangle is launching the playtext of Volpone as adapted by Artistic Director Anna Coombs; and Amina Kadeya EP, a special adaptation of the score originally created for Tangle's 2020 staging of Volpone, by the show's Composer and Musical Director John Pfumojena
National Theatre Announces New Work For 2020 �" 2021; Including Kristin Scott Thomas and More!
The National Theatre today announces nine productions that will play on the South Bank in 2020-2021 alongside previously announced shows. These run alongside our international touring productions, three plays that will tour to multiple venues across the UK and a West End transfer. The NT also announces today that it will increase the quantity of low-price tickets on the South Bank by 25%, with 250,000 available across the year at £20 or less.