Roann Hassani McCloskey

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: GOD IS DEAD AND I KILLED HIM, Pleasance Courtyard
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Aug 23, 2025

How do you rebel against parents who are already rebels? Form a band? Cool. Smoke some weed? Whatever. But finding Jesus? Now that's hardcore... Despite the yoga and therapy, Callum's past isn't done with him, and neither are the ghosts he conjured. Through live underscoring, razor-sharp storytelling and a whole lot of holy sh*t, Callum dives into belief, regret – and the things that refuse to stay buried

Review: CUL-DE-SAC, Omnibus Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 30, 2025

David Shopland's new dramedy is flawed by its lack of focus

Review: REMYTHED, King's Head Theatre
by Clementine Scott - May 12, 2025

“Stories are always being put through the wash, and end up with a sock in there which was never there before.” It’s an old sentiment, the idea that mythological tradition is fluid by its very nature, but somehow, in the hands of Remythed’s company, it feels new.

Cast Set for David Shopland's CUL-DE-SAC
by Stephi Wild - Apr 10, 2025

Presented by Fake Escape, the company behind the Off Broadway hit Saving Britney, Cul-de-Sac is heading to Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre for its first ever performances from late May 2025.

REMYTHED Will Embark on Summer Tour
by Stephi Wild - Mar 31, 2025

Remythed reimagines and retells the stories of famous and forgotten LGBTQIA+ figures from the past, reshaping what queer history could look like and putting queer joy in the front and centre of the narrative.

MACBETH Cast Announced At Shakespeare's Globe
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 28, 2025

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of this year’s Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production, Macbeth, directed by Lucy Cuthbertson (Director of Education, Shakespeare’s Globe) in the Globe Theatre.

Q&A: EDINBURGH 2024: Roann Hassani McCloskey and Joel Samuels on REMYTHED
by Kat Mokrynski - Aug 10, 2024

BWW caught up with Roann Hassani McCloskey and Joel Samuels about bringing Remythed to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Full Cast Revealed For the UK Première of SAPPHO at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2024

Casting has been announced for the UK and English language première of Wendy Beckett's Sappho. Sappho premières at Southwark Playhouse Elephant on 8 May, with previews from 3 May, and runs until 25 May.

EDINBURGH 2023: THIRST Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 20, 2023

BWW catches up with Callum Hughes about bringing Thirst to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Review: REMYTHED, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - Mar 8, 2023

ReMythed zhuzhes up a series of fables, giving it a queer spin, to put what many consider “modern concepts” in perspective and combating LGBTQ+ erasure. They rejig handed-down tales from all over the world, questioning identities, challenging heteronormativity as well as “traditional values”. The company are a delight. 

BRIDGERTON Cast Member to Judge New Writing Award at Edinburgh Fringe
by Stephi Wild - Aug 4, 2022

Popcorn Group have announced this year’s incredible judging committee along with their longlist of brave and imaginative new plays for the Popcorn Writing Award. Partnering for the first time with BBC Writersroom, Popcorn offers a prize fund of £6,000. 

Roann Hassani-McCloskey Presents WHO MURDERED MY CAT? at Arcola Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 17, 2022

Award-winning storyteller Roann Hassani-McCloskey returns with a fearlessly inquisitive show looking to solve a deep mystery - who murdered her cat? Somehow, this feline mystery is the jumping off point for for a chaotic investigation of growing up queer and Arab in 1990s Wembley. 

More Assembly Festival Performances Announced Today
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2022

Today (Thu 5 May) Assembly Festival, adds a further 90+ shows to its biggest and most dazzling line-up to date which includes returning Fringe favourites, theatrical debuts, international circus, comedy newcomers and the return of The Flick - Assembly’s late-night den off George Square. During August, self-proclaimed Duchess Diane Chorley will be hosting live entertainment at The Flick until 5am.