A. Gentle News

Pick Me Up (& hold me tight) is a national project aiming to make every phone box in the UK ring at the same time: 11am on New Year's Day.

Austin, TX's Sun June have shared a stunning video for their new single 'Bad Girl,' the latest from their upcoming new album Somewhere.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Right Angle Productions have the perfect solution for those feeling 2020 has robbed them of the joys of life with the fun interactive outdoor experience Art Heist from Tuesday, December 22 – Sunday, January 10. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 4. 

The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will present three virtual programs streaming December 10-17 to connect audiences with Holocaust education and Jewish heritage from home.

I urge as many people as possible to experience this.

Lia Ices has shared a new single, “Earthy,” off her upcoming LP Family Album, which is set for release January 29, 2021 (Natural Music).

 Next up in First Stage's 2020/21 Virtual Season of Plays is THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, one of Shakespeare's earliest plays. This adventurous, romantic comedy directed by Marcella Kearns has it all - love, betrayal, hidden identities, a gang of gentlemen outlaws - even a double wedding!

What are you Thankful for this year? These members of the cabaret and club community are particularly thankful for their animal babies.

GROUP DOT BR, New York's only Brazilian theatre company, has announced the premiere of the streaming production of Clarice Lispector's INSIDE THE WILD HEART, adapted for the stage by Andressa Furletti and Debora Balardini, directed by Linda Wise.

In this pandemic era, where the best we can hope for are performances in Brady family-like shadow boxes, it is exciting to find arts companies going beyond the norm to bring about entertainment while still following the Covid protocols.

Sing for Hope today announced the launch of its new holiday initiative of gifts that give back featuring unique and entertaining live online arts experiences performed by Broadway and opera stars such as world-renowned Renée Fleming; Tony winner Lea Salonga; and five-time Emmy Award nominee Tituss Burgess.

The latest interview between acclaimed director Ian Rickson and members of the arts community has just dropped. Russell Brand has been a frequently controversial public figure; a comedian, presenter, actor and now a podcast host and advocate for awareness about mental health.

Darlington Hippodrome in association with The D Project is running regular online sessions available to all ages in a move to keep people active in body, mind and spirit during November. Whether you love to dance, keep fit, read or challenge your general knowledge, Darlington Hippodrome offers something for everyone in addition to the on-going sessions for the Hippodrome's Youth Theatre and Dance groups.

Put your sleuthing skills to use to solve a ripped-from-the-walls, real-life master robbery of thirteen works of art, valued at half a billion dollars in a new immersive theater experience, running November 18 through December 13 with Blumenthal Performing Arts.

GROUP DOT BR, New York's only Brazilian theatre company, is pleased to announce the premiere of the streaming production of Clarice Lispector's INSIDE THE WILD HEART, adapted for the stage by Andressa Furletti and Debora Balardini, directed by Linda Wise.

Verb Ballets and BlueWater Chamber Orchestra have joined forces to create, Building Bridges Together, a captivating collaboration designed, performed, and filmed specifically for virtual performance. The private virtual performance will premiere on November 21, 2020 at 7:00pm.

Portland Stage, a professional regional theater located in Portland, Maine, is one of a handful of theaters nationwide to have won the endorsement of the Actors Equity Association to produce live theater with an audience.

Iconic guitarist Steve Hackett releases his new acoustic album Under A Mediterranean Sky on 22nd January 2021.

As part of the national UK touring theatre initiative Signal Fires, leading producers Actors Touring Company (ATC) today announced that it will be bringing its own innovative, intimate and international twist to the project.  The company can reveal that it has commissioned three writers from across the globe to write a letter to tomorrow for the ultimate participatory theatre experience, tailor-made for our times.