Review: THE PITCHFORK DISNEY, King's Head Theatre
by Louise Penn - Sep 3, 2025
This timely revival of Philip Ridley's first play, The Pitchfork Disney, brought back to the London stage by Lidless Theatre, Zoe Weldon and King's Head Theatre Productions, marks a major moment in the partnership between Lidless and Ridley.
The Pitchfork Disney is no less relevant and revolutionary today as it was in 1991. This is a remarkable revival that cries out to be experienced.
SoHo Playhouse 2024 International Fringe Encore Series Begins Tonight
by Stephi Wild - Jan 4, 2024
SoHo Playhouse's 2024 International Fringe Encore Series begins tonight! The series runs Off-Broadway from January 4 - February 11. Join SoHo Playhouse and stars from global Fringe Festivals for a roundup of the best Fringe plays this season has to offer!
Cast & Design Team Set for U.S. Premiere of BACON at SoHo Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2023
Don't miss the U.S. premiere of 'Bacon' at SoHo Playhouse! This award-winning play explores masculinity, sexuality, and power through the eyes of two troubled teenagers. Get your tickets now for this limited engagement Off-Broadway production.
SoHo Playhouse Reveals 2024 International Fringe Encore Series Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Dec 6, 2023
SoHo Playhouse has announced the full lineup for the 2024 International Fringe Encore Series, running Off-Broadway from January 4 – February 11, 2024. Join SoHo Playhouse and stars from global Fringe Festivals for a roundup of the best Fringe plays this season has to offer!
Photos: First Look at BACON at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 13, 2023
Hannah Farley-Hills for HFH Productions’ multi-award-winning production of Bacon by Sophie Swithinbank has opened to sell-out performances at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The production runs at Summerhall’s Cairns Lecture Theatre until 27 August ahead of transferring to Bristol Old Vic from 12-16 September. Check out production photos here!
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BACON, Summerhall
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Aug 5, 2023
In Sophie Swithinbank's award-winning Bacon, friendship and love are inextricable from danger, anger, and hurt. It's a play that lives on the boundaries, the scales constantly tipping - literally, as the set takes the form of an oversized seesaw.
Ian Charleson Awards 2023 Nominations Announced
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Apr 24, 2023
Nominees have been revealed for this year’s Ian Charleson Awards.
The annual awards celebrate actors under 30 who have performed in a classical role, which is defined as a play written before 1918.
Review: THE SILENCE AND THE NOISE, Streaming
by Louise Penn - Apr 18, 2023
Raw, brutal, twisted, and full of rich wordplay, this play makes its political points and highlights a relationship which uses regret, mistakes, and teasing to hide what is really happening at its core. It is less the star-crossed young lovers of Shakespeare than the smack-stained children of a modern wasteland.
Pentabus Launch Their Spring/Summer Season
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 3, 2023
Pentabus are launching their Spring/Summer season which features one new commission, two new Digital theatre premieres, two new Writers-in-Residence and the return of Pentabus Young Writers live production with eight brilliant new plays.
Full Cast Announced For BRITANNICUS, Coming to The Lyric Hammersmith In May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 22, 2022
Full casting is announced today for Jean Racine's Roman tragedy Britannicus, translated and adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker and directed by award-winning director Atri Banerjee, in a thrilling, new production exploring monarchy, succession, dictatorship and depravity, set in modern day Rome.