Review: PRINCESS ESSEX, Shakespeare's Globe
“Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…” Anne Odeke’s play about the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK is a celebration of a bit of Essex’s history that has previously flown under the radar, as well as an interrogation of the effect of empire and patriarchy on the individual. That may sound heavy, but there is a deftness of touch that ensures the production is entertaining as well as thought-provoking.
Theatre Partners Revealed For Part Two Of Women In Theatre Lab
The Women in Theatre Lab and Jermyn Street Theatre have announced the theatre partners who will be nominating female playwrights for part two of the Women in Theatre Lab, the new UK version of America's Women's Project (WP) Lab and Australia's Women in Theatre programme.
MY ENGLISH PERSIAN KITCHEN Opens at Edinburgh Fringe in August
Soho Theatre and Traverse Theatre will present the World Premiere of My English Persian Kitchen, Hannah Khalil’s life-affirming new play, directed by Chris White opening at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 1 – 25 August before transferring to London for a three-week run from 16 September to 5 October.
Half Moon Theatre's TEN IN THE BED Explores The Child Refugee Experience
A humorous and inventive new show for ages 3-8 that sensitively explores the child refugee experience, where the power of invention offers an escape from reality, opens at Moon Theatre, East London, on Saturday 4 May 2024 ahead of a national tour. The show returns to Half Moon from Tuesday 4 to Tuesday 11 June 2024.