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YO HO. to Make World Premiere at Babes With Blades Theatre Company in Chicago
by A.A. Cristi - May 27, 2026

Babes With Blades Theatre Company announced the cast and creative team for yo ho., a world premiere by playwright SMJ, directed by JD Caudill, opening its 2026 season at The Edge Theater Off Broadway in Chicago.

YO HO. World Premiere and KING LEAR Set for Babes With Blades Theatre Company 2026 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 29, 2026

Babes With Blades Theatre Company will present its 2026 season with the world premiere of yo ho. and a new production of KING LEAR. Performances will take place at The Edge Theater Off Broadway and Theater Wit in Chicago.

YO HO. World Premiere and More Set for Babes With Blades Theatre Company 2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2026

Babes With Blades Theatre Company has unveiled its 2026 season. A world premiere, yo ho., by playwright SMJ and directed by JD Caudill, will kick off the season.

Interview: Kat Cartusciello of HARD TACK at Breaking Sound NYC
by Peter Danish - Dec 17, 2025

Breaking Sound NYC specialize in showcasing the hottest emerging artists from premium locations in and around New York.  It was founded with the belief that artists deserve more. · Breaking Sound is kinda like your favorite Discover Weekly playlist but in real life.

Babes With Blades Theatre Company FIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL Returns in September
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 23, 2025

Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2025 season opens with an extended run of its new works festival, the Fighting Words Festival, September 6 – 14 at the Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 N. Clark St, 2nd Floor.

Babes With Blades Theatre Company to Present New Works Festival FIGHTING WORDS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 17, 2025

Babes With Blades Theatre Company's 2025 season will open with an extended run of its new works festival, collectively called Fighting Words. Learn more!

PIRATE QUEENS Comes to Cannonball Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 5, 2024

Pirate Queens will be presented at the Cannonball Festival, the largest hub of the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival at Christ Church Neighborhood House.

The Tank Unveils Programming For PRIDEFEST 2024 Featuring Workshops, Performances & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024

The Tank revealed the programming for PRIDEFEST 2024, featuring performances, workshops, and events celebrating LGBTQIA+ voices and stories. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Spit&vigor's A MAN AMONG YE to Have Five Week Run at The Players Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - May 5, 2024

spit&vigor will present the NYC premiere of A Man Among Ye, written and directed by Sara Fellini.

Wandsworth Arts Fringe Celebrates 15th Anniversary This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Apr 24, 2024

Wandsworth Arts Fringe is celebrating its 15th birthday!  From 7th – 23rd June 2024, leap into a world of brand-new theatre, experimental dance and music, works-in-progress from the next big names in comedy, and nights of cabaret.

AIRLOCK Presents PANSEXUAL PREGNANT PIRACY At Soho Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 27, 2024

Experience the swashbuckling true story of eighteenth-century pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read in Pansexual Pregnant Piracy, a queer comedy with songs at Soho Theatre. Co-created by Eleanor Colville, Rosanna Suppa, and Robbie Taylor Hunt.

A Festival Of New, Original Works ARTSLAB: COLLIDE To Be Presented At 107 Redfern
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2024

Experience a collision of new creative works at Shopfront Arts Co-Op's ArtsLab: Collide festival. Discover new pieces in theatre, puppetry, dance, film, visual art, and musical theatre at 107 Redfern from March 14-24.

Cast Set For MTFestUK 2024
by Stephi Wild - Jan 19, 2024

This year, the festival will shine the spotlight on eight new musicals from 30 January to 11 February workshopped and presented in ‘sharing' sessions in both The Other Palace Studio and The Turbine Theatre. Learn more about the cast here!

ROMY AND MICHELLE, REDCLIFFE, and More Set For MTFestUK at The Other Palace
by Stephi Wild - Jan 2, 2024

The Other Palace & Turbine Theatre have announced that MTFestUK 2024 will be showcasing eight new musicals over a two week period, 30 January – 11 February, across both The Other Palace Studio and The Turbine Theatre. Learn more about the lineup here!

Author Kate Mosse Announces First Ever One-Woman Show In 2023
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Nov 14, 2022

Kate Mosse OBE, the international #1 multi-million selling author, will embark on her first ever theatre tour in 2023 with Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World.

LARISSA VELEZ-JACKSON - PROTECTING COMPLEXITY WITH THE STAR PÛ METHOD Announced At The Chocolate Factory Theater
by A.A. Cristi - May 26, 2022

The Chocolate Factory Theater presents the world premiere of Protecting Complexity with the Star Pû Method, a new evening-length performance by Larissa Velez-Jackson.

BWW Review: BONNY & READ, Brockley Jack Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Nov 27, 2021

A new play with music tells the story of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two cross-dressing pirates, through song and rhyme

BWW Review: THE PIRATES at Daehangno Dream Art Center Hall 2, 'All Aboard!'
by Jimin Lee - Mar 25, 2019

Pirates have always been a common type of villain in various different cultural contents. Starting from the infamous pirate that haunted young children, Captain Hook from Peter Pan to the most iconic pirate of all, Jack Sparrow from the hit movie series, Pirates of the Caribbean, pirates have been portrayed in a certain way with adjectives such as 'vicious' or 'greedy.' However THE PIRATES the musical introduces the audience to think of pirates with adjectives such as 'loving' or 'honest.' Having its first production ever, THE PIRATES had its departure of the darkness on March 10th, announcing the beginning of a new voyage.

East 15 Acting School to Stage THE ONLY JEW IN ENGLAND at Queen's Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2017

East 15 Acting School is set to present The Secret History Season at the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch in May. It features two new plays that explore the current issues of sexuality, gender politics, migration and cultural identity through the prism of history.

East 15 Acting School Explores Gender Politics as Part of its Secret History Season at Queen's Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2017

East 15 Acting School is set to present The Secret History Season at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch in May. It features two new plays that explore the current issues of sexuality, gender politics, migration and cultural identity through the prism of history.