Richard Hand

From Batley's Golden Mile to Australia's Gold Coast comes Kevin Fegan's (Obama: The Mamba, Curve Theatre, Leicester and The Lowry Salford) new play The Ruck, based on the real-life story of the first British girls' rugby league team to tour Australia.

At the end of every 'backstage' interview, BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge asks his guest, 'What is the best bit of advice that you've been given, either personally or professionally, that you still live by?'

The Lawrence Batley Theatre is delighted to announce full casting for Cinderella, the venue's first professionally staged pantomime since opening its doors in 1994.

Thrillpeddlers presents... Shocktoberfest 17: Pyramid of Freaks - Their 17th Annual Extravaganza of Terror & Titillation which includes five new one-act performances.

Molotov Theatre Group, one of Washington DC's horror- and suspense-based theatre companies, is dubbing its 2015/2016 'The Season of the Storyteller.' The company's three-show season includes 'Lovecraft Nightmare Suite,' 'The Pillowman' and 'Blood, Sweat & Fears: A Grand Guignol Sick Cabaret.' The company's work this season will be featured in an upcoming academic textbook on the Grand Guignol French Theatre of Horror.

Chatterbox Audio Theater, Memphis' only web-based theater company, is proud to announce the release of our 2014 HALLOWEEN SHOW, which was performed and recorded Friday, October 31, while being broadcast live on 91.1 WKNO-FM (Memphis) and 90.1 WKNP (Jackson) and streamed live on www.wknofm.org. The 90-minute show, intended for adults and older teens, marks a return to our tradition of a producing a live Halloween show dedicated to carrying listeners into the dark realms of audio horror. The production is available for free streaming or as an MP3 download from www.chatterboxtheater.org or the iTunes Store.

Molotov Theatre Group, Washington DC's only horror- and suspense-based theatre company, has announced that the acknowledged authority on Grand Guignol, Professor Richard Hand of the University of Glamorgan in Wales, has agreed to add his expertise to the company as Artistic Advisor.