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Full Cast Revealed for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE! at Jermyn Street Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2026

Jermyn Street Theatre has announced the complete cast for Anthony E. Palermo's radio-on-stage adaptation of Frank Capra's Christmas classic, directed by Jessica Lazar and featuring six actors in multiple roles.

Ambassador Cruise Line And PEEL Entertainment Group Unveil Winner of Playwriting Challenge
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2025

Ambassador Cruise Line and PEEL Entertainment Group have announced the winner of the  Ambassador PEEL Playwriting Challenge 2025. Designed to chart a course for new playwrights, the challenge has offered a unique platform for  budding talent to make waves in the world of theatre.

Cast Set For LITTLE BROTHER at Jermyn Street Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 16, 2025

Jermyn Street Theatre has announced the casting for the world premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker's stage adaptation of Amets Arzallus Antia and Ibrahima Balde's award-winning memoir Little Brother.

Review: OUTLYING ISLANDS, Jermyn Street Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Feb 12, 2025

Dazzling acting and directing delivers a fine revival in a perfect space

The Ambassador Cruise Line and PEEL Entertainment Group's New Playwriting Challenge is Open For Submissions
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2025

Kicking off the new year, Ambassador Cruise Line and the PEEL Entertainment Group have opened submissions for their new Ambassador PEEL Playwriting Challenge 2025.

Jermyn Street Theatre Announces Casting OUTLYING ISLANDS
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2025

Jermyn Street Theatre has announced the casting of its second production of 2025, David Greig’s tense and thought-provoking thriller Outlying Islands.

Cast Set For THE MAIDS at Jermyn Street Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2024

Jermyn Street Theatre and Reading Rep Theatre announced the casting of Martin Kemp's glittering translation of Jean Genet's classic masterpiece The Maids. 

World Premiere & More Set for Jermyn Street Theatre Spring 2025 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 7, 2024

Jermyn Street Theatre's Spring 2025 season will feature a world premiere by Timberlake Wertenbaker, alongside a diverse lineup of productions. Discover what's in store for the upcoming season.

Original Theatre Reveals 20th Anniversary Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2024

Original Theatre will kick off its 20th anniversary year celebrations this November with the screening of Original At Last, a brand new short documentary film about their work, and the announcement of a packed programme for 2025. 

Review: BELLRINGERS, Hampstead Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Oct 8, 2024

Daisy Hall’s debut is already a decorated piece of writing, having been a finalist for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting last year and a huge success at the latest edition of the Edinburgh Fringe. It’s a play of tender humanity. The very generous setting and chatty script offers an almost Beckettian development of its concepts, which are hilariously convoluted but wrapped in sensible vernacular. Starting from an inventive idea, Hall explores a gripping concoction of metaphysical theory and bleak banter, holding up a mirror to reality with a series of derivative allegories. The caustic sarcasm that’s idiosyncratic to a zillennial inflection results in a pair of comic performances that are exquisitely intense in their subtlety.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: BELLRINGERS, ROUNDABOUT @Summerhall
by Fiona Scott - Aug 19, 2024

We hear a crash of thunder and two caped figures run into the centre of the Roundabout Theatre to escape from the rain. Here is where Bellringers begins, a 65-minute thriller about what might happen in a bell tower at the end of the world.

Cast Set for BELLRINGERS in Edinburgh This August
by Stephi Wild - Jun 24, 2024

The cast has been announced for the new play BELLRINGERS, coming to Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. 

Review: SAP, Soho Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Apr 5, 2023

Rafaella Marcus pinpoints the eternal bisexual struggle in Sap, which has come to London after a starry sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe last year. She explores prejudice and stereotype, fetishisation and biphobia through a precise commentary wrapped into a viscerally poetic tale. When Daphne lies by omission, she accidentally and nonconsensually enters a dark, twisted game.

Cast Announced For Soho Theatre Run and UK Tour of SAP
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2023

After being awarded a Stage Edinburgh Award for her performance, Jessica Clark (Versailles, BBC2/ Canal+; The Wife of Willesden, Kiln Theatre; Rotterdam, Trafalgar Studios) will return for the Soho Theatre run and UK Tour of contemporary fast-paced thriller SAP. Clark stars alongside Rebecca Banatvala (Much Ado About Nothing, RSC; The Princess Switch 3, Netflix; The Syndicate, BBC). 

SAP Will Embark on UK Tour in 2023
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2022

Following a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the award-winning SAP returns for an extensive UK Tour, including runs at London’s Soho Theatre, Birmingham Rep, The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, and Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, with further venues to be announced. 

Full Cast And Tour Dates Announced For The Thirteenth Annual Papatango New Writing Prize Audio Plays
by Stephi Wild - Sep 22, 2021

In a reimagined iteration of the annual awards, in partnership with ETT (English Touring Theatre), the audio productions will play from free listening stations or via a QR code in theatres across the UK, with copies of the scripts including braille translations available.

45North and Ellie Keel Productions Announce Casts For RECOGNITION and THE GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS MARITIME SCHOOL
by Stephi Wild - Feb 11, 2021

45North and Ellie Keel Productions today announce full casts for Amanda Wilkin and Rachael Nanyonjo's recognition, available from 17 February; and Jaclyn Backhaus' The Giant Pacific Octopus Maritime School, the penultimate piece in the audio play series, Written on the Waves, which will be released 8 April. The final play in the series will be announced shortly.

BWW Interview: Jessica Rose McVay Chats WRITTEN ON THE WAVES
by Fiona Scott - Feb 9, 2021

Jessica Rose McVay is Artistic Director of the women-led production company, 45North. We spoke to her about the Written on the Waves project, a season of theatrical works crafted for audiences to enjoy during lockdown.

Casting Announced For THE YOU PLAY VOLUME TWO: THE HAUNTED WOMAN
by Stephi Wild - Dec 3, 2020

45North and Ellie Keel Productions today announce Olivia Williams in Rafaella Marcus' The You Play Volume Two: The Haunted Woman, her second play in the audio project Written on the Waves. Directed by Jessica Lazar, it follows the previous collaboration on Marcus' debut The You Play: small acts, and will be available from 14 December 2020.

Sharon D. Clarke & More Join Line-Up for New Audio Project WRITTEN ON THE WAVES
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2020

45North and Ellie Keel Productions today announce the cast for the brand-new audio project a?' Written on the Waves.