Barnes News

The Charlotte Peters directed play, which follows a father and daughter’s surprising story, is set to make its ‘IRL’ appearance as part of the King’s Head Theatre’s annual festival of new-writing, Playmill, where it runs from Monday 12th to Saturday 17th July. 

Olivier and Tony Award-winning Ian McDiarmid and Michael Grandage have collaborated to bring The Lemon Table to the stage for the first time. In McDiarmid's one man performance we encounter a spectrum of bitter-sweet pleasures, wild eccentricity and dark secrets.

Leave your troubles behind and escape to a magical evening of food, drink, entertainment, and wonderment!

This particular version, which appeared on Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, was recorded in October 1956 at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Hackensack, NJ, and features Davis on trumpet, Coltrane on tenor sax, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums.

On Friday 23 July, Off The Kerb Productions showcases three of the UK's finest comedians in Stand Up in the Park with Russell Kane, Rich Hall and Angela Barnes. Audiences can look forward to quick-fire hyperactive stimulation from Kane, expertly-crafted tirades and banter from Hall and gloriously down-to-earth straight-talking wit from Barnes.

A company of Broadway Bares favorites and newcomers more than 170 strong will combine forces to light up screens for Broadway Bares: Twerk from Home in its online premiere Sunday, June 20, 2021.

Following the shut-down of its venue due to the pandemic, the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre will once again be hosting LIVE music beginning July 10 at 8pm! 

Catherine Barnes intended to write a show about being a musician in San Diego until an awkward and uncomfortable appointment with a neurologist who said some strange and harassing things during the exam led her to a new theme: consent. That was going to be a challenge for Catherine based on her history…and that's why she did it!

Fairfield Center Stage (FCS), an environmental community theater group, along with partner Fairfield Museum & History Center, will present an outdoor musical production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC in downtown Fairfield this June. The show runs for five performances over one weekend only: June 24-27, 2021 at Fairfield Museum Commons at 370 Beach Rd behind Old Town Hall.

The Whitefire Theatre's Solofest Best of Fest continues with streamed encore presentations of six award-winning shows airing June 6 through June 27. Grab some tickets and help support live theatre!

Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) will be presenting their virtual celebration CONNECTIONS benefiting their 2021 season June 12, 2021. CONNECTIONS will feature new or adapted works by playwrights: Luis Alfaro, Jon Robin Baitz, Father Greg Boyle, Bill Cain, Culture Clash, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Danai Gurira, Samuel D. Hunter, David Henry Hwang, Julia Izumi, James Morrison and his son Seamus Morrison, Jeanine Tesori and Charlayne Woodard. Performers include Brian Cox, Eileen Galindo, Tzi Ma, Rose Portillo, Samantha Quan, John C. Reilly, Israel López Reyes, Nikkole Salter, Jimmy Smits, and Phillipa Soo; as well as some of the playwrights performing their own pieces.

Under the Artistic Direction of Anna K. Jacobs, the New York Youth Symphony Musical Theater Songwriting (NYYS MTS) program will host its third annual Songwriter Showcase on June 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM.

The producers of Mean Girls have announced the North American Tour will relaunch this November following an 85-week hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The record-breaking musical will resume performances with a one-week engagement at ASU Gammage in Tempe, AZ, from November 2-7, 2021, before continuing to 40+ cities across North America.

Hot Off the Press is an ongoing series of new solo works. The next presentation of Hot Off the Press, produced by the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival, will be a virtual event on Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. PDT.

The UC San Diego Department Of Theatre And Dance presents the 2021 Wagner New Play Festival.

For LGBT+ seniors, coming out was more difficult than it is today. As a result, many have lost years of not being their authentic selves fully and not being able to openly love who they choose. Not Another Second, acknowledges and celebrates the sacrifice, bravery and contribution of LGBT+ elders, while sharing wisdom with future generations.

Bespoke Plays is partnering with The 24 Hour Plays this Memorial Day weekend for a round of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, featuring brand-new monologues written, rehearsed and recorded in 24 hours by 14 pairs of actors and playwrights.

Radial Park opened its latest cinemersive experience last night with the iconic, blockbuster, fan-favorite film, The Blues Brothers! The Blues Brothers, features a live band and theatrical performances seamless timed in-sync with the movie in a one-of-a-kind hybrid mashup. The Blues Brothers, is directed by Kristine Bendul and Waldemar QuinonesVillanueva, and features a cast that includes Broadway's Charity Angel Dawson, Nick Rashad Burroughs, F. Michael Haynie, Brian Charles Johnson, and Antoine L. Smith, along with Ladonna Burns and Anne Fraser Thomas.

Frontier Touring has announced that Jimmy Barnes has added a second and final Melbourne show at the Palais Theatre on Friday 23 July.

Author K.L. Gore has announced the promotion of her young adult novel, Seven Little Secrets. Seven popular high school cheerleaders. Seven distinctive lives. Seven little secrets. And the truth that haunts them all.