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Review: Ali Stroker in Concert at Theatre Raleigh
by Jeffrey Kare - Oct 19, 2025

In June 2016, my mom and I went to New York during Tony Awards weekend. On the day of the telecast, we both walked all the way to the Beacon Theatre (where the ceremony was taking place) while rehearsal was going on

Bryony Kimmings Premieres BOG WITCH at Soho Theatre Walthamstow
by Stephi Wild - May 28, 2025

 Playwright, performer, documentary-maker and screenwriter Bryony Kimmings will return to the stage with Bog Witch —her first solo show in half a decade. Lear more here!

Video: Disney+ Drops Otherworldly DOCTOR WHO Season Two Trailer
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 24, 2025

Disney+ has released a new trailer for season two of Doctor Who. In the trailer, audiences see the Doctor and his new companion Belinda Chandra as they adventure across time and space. Watch it now!

DOCTOR WHO Sets Season Two Premiere Date; Alan Cumming to Guest Star
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 26, 2025

Season 2 of Doctor Who is set to premiere Saturday, April 12 on Disney+ and exclusively on the BBC in the UK. Alan Cumming will guest star in the second episode of the new season.

Michael Longhurst to Step Down as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 26, 2023

After five years in the role, Michael Longhurst has announced that he will step down as Artistic Director of The Donmar Warehouse when his contract ends in February 2024.

Kiln Theatre Announces Artistic Team Appointments
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2022

Kiln Theatre's Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham today announces new appointments to the theatre's core artistic team – Amit Sharma as Associate Director, Amy Trigg as the Peggy Ramsay Foundation / Film4 Awards Scheme Playwright, and Pip Terry as Kiln's new Resident Assistant Designer.

RSC Announces Updates to 2022 Season, Including Disabled Actor Arthur Hughes as Richard III
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2022

In the week that the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new season opens in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Company today released further details of its 2022 activity including three new Shakespeare productions that speak directly to our world today, the launch of TikTok Tickets, plus details of how people can participate in 37 Plays: a nationwide search to write the stories of today co-created in partnership with the RSC’s network of 12 regional theatre partners, over 200 Associate Schools and freelance artists who together form the Royal Shakespeare Community.

SOLT and UK Theatre Survey Reveals the State of Theatre in the UK and Plans for the Future
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 16, 2021

A year ago, theatres across the country closed their doors due to the pandemic. Today, survey results collected by Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre from across the theatre sector paint a picture of an industry that has struggled to survive the past 12 months and faced huge financial strain - but remains resilient and adaptable.

Eddie Redmayne, Michaela Coel and More Appeal for Donations to Help Struggling Theatre Workers
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2021

A host of top performers and theatre makers have lent their support to a campaign for the Theatre Artists Fund, in the lead-up to the 16 March anniversary of UK theatres closing due to the pandemic.

VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for THE WATCH on BBC America
by Sarah Leiber - Dec 10, 2020

BBC AMERICA'S newest original series The Watch has released a new full-length trailer and series key art prior to its two-episode premiere on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 8pm ET/PT.

BBC America's THE WATCH Reveals New Casting and Sets January 3 Premiere Date
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2020

During BBC AMERICA's virtual New York Comic Con panel for its newest original series, The Watch, released today, it was announced that the series will premiere on Sunday, January 3rd at 8PM ET/PT.

Wendell Pierce and Matt Berry Join THE WATCH
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Oct 9, 2020

During BBC AMERICA's virtual New York Comic Con panel for its newest original series, The Watch, released today, it was announced that the series will premiere on Sunday, January 3rd at 8PM ET/PT.

BWW Feature: The Young Vic's 50th Birthday
by Maya Bowles - Oct 4, 2020

It was gutting to hear that the Young Vic had to cancel their plans for a gigantic street party to celebrate their 50th birthday in September. Like many of us who have celebrated birthdays during the pandemic, the theatre was forced to opt instead for a smaller, more socially distanced affair. Nevertheless, the work they produced was a compelling reminder of why the Young Vic is such an important part of the theatre industry.

Cast Announced For Young Vic's THE NEW TOMORROW
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2020

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, today announces the cast of The New Tomorrow, a weekend of pop-up performances celebrating the Young Vic's 50th birthday.

CRIPTALES to Premiere October 1 on BBC AMERICA
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Sep 14, 2020

BBC AMERICA announced today the October 1 world premiere date for CripTales – a collection of six short films curated by Mat Fraser (His Dark Materials, American Horror Story) – each one written, directed and performed by a person living with disabilities.

Young Vic Celebrates 50th Birthday And Launches 50th Year Programme
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2020

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, today announces the start of the Young Vic's 50th birthday with a year-long programme of work entitled We are the New Tide, dedicated to the theatre's milestone birthday.

DISABILITY MONOLOGUES Documentary Will Premiere on BBC America
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jan 17, 2020

BBC AMERICA has announced a new series of powerful short films, Disability Monologues (wt), focusing on challenging and changing the perception of disability. Writer and performer Mat Fraser (His Dark Materials, American Horror Story) will curate the six, 15-minute works, to be performed by himself, poet and playwright Jackie Hagan, Ruth Madeley (BBC AMERICA's The Watch), Robert Softley Gale (My Left/Right Foot), Liz Carr (Silent Witness) and more. The groundbreaking series is written, performed and directed entirely by people with disabilities and will premiere on BBC AMERICA in 2020.

BWW Interview: Alice Hewkin Discusses TEENAGE DICK at Donmar Warehouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Dec 24, 2019

Mike Lew's Teenage Dick has just opened at the Donmar Warehouse. The original take on Shakespeare's Richard III relocates the action to an American high school. We talked to Alice Hewkin, who plays Clarissa Duke, about everything it takes to move Shakespeare into Mean Girls territory.

BWW Review: TEENAGE DICK, Donmar Warehouse
by Anthony Walker-Cook - Dec 13, 2019

It's a case of rather ironic programming that the press night for Mike Lew's Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse was on the 12 December, the day of the General Election in the UK. An adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III, Lew's new play is a meditation on the nature of power transposed to an American high school. Commissioned by The Apothetae, a theatre company dedicated to plays that discuss disability, and with direction by Michael Longhurst, Lew retells Shakespeare with a needed urgency, providing an arch reminder that the voices of the disabled have often been ignored, terrorised or shouted down from the earliest possibility.

Photo Flash: First Look at TEENAGE DICK at Donmar Warehouse
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2019

The Donmar Warehouse today releases rehearsal images for Teenage Dick, Mike Lew's darkly comic take on Shakespeare's Richard III, directed by Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst.