Ben Anderson News

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood has announced the first production of its eighth season, Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis.

Robert Chesley's play Jerker, or The Helping Hand returns to London for the first time in 29 years in a new production at the King's Head Theatre, directed by Ben Anderson. Co-produced by Making Productions, this show will run between 30 October and 23 November 2019. Casting has yet to be announced.

Taking place across five venues in the “best small city in America” on September 13th and 14th, Park City Songwriter Festivalpromises to be an experience to captivate even the most avid of live music fans. In addition to the headliner's concerts each night, songwriters in the round, panels, and workshops will all be part of the PCSF experience, which was dreamed up by Park City residents and festival co-founders, Ben Anderson, Scott Thomson, and Aaron Benward. “Park City Songwriter Festival brings to life our vision for an intimate musical experience where attendees feel like they're in the green room, listening to their favorite artists swap stories,” says Anderson.

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced its next production, William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Under the direction of Bree Pavey and Emma Latimer, opening is set for Saturday, April 20, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, May 27 only.

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced its next production, William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Under the direction of Bree Pavey and Emma Latimer, opening is set for Saturday, April 20, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, May 27 only.

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced a Pay What You Want performance of James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie, currently running through April 7. Half of all box office monies from the Sunday, March 31 performance (7pm curtain) will be donated to the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation (ETLF). 

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced its next production, Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin. Under the direction of Tor Brown, the show is set to open today, March 2, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, April 7 only.

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced its next production, Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin. Under the direction of Tor Brown, the show is set to open on Saturday, March 2, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, April 7 only.

Since early 2017, Tickets Ignite has been selling tickets for live events with organisers including Made by Katie Green, Bristol Shakespeare Festival, and Chinese Arts Now. But connecting audiences with some of the most exciting events around is only part of their mission. They're also out to revolutionise arts funding, by taking the money lost to the ticketing industry through booking fees, and channelling it back into the arts via the Ignite Fund.

The 16th annual Boston Celtic Music Festival, known as BCMFest, returns to Harvard Square January 17-20, 2019. Presented by Passim, a Cambridge-based non-profit that supports a vibrant music community through Club Passim, the Passim School of Music, artist grants and outreach initiatives, the 2019 festival will showcase Greater Boston's deep tradition of music, song and dance from Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and other Celtic communities.  Tickets for all BCMFest performances are now on sale at https://www.passim.org/bcmfest/

TITUS ANDRONICUS is one of Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedies. Characters are stabbed, beheaded, mutilated, raped, baked in a pie, and one is even buried up to his neck and left to die. At first glance it may not sound like an obvious choice for families who attend the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, and it definitely isn't one for 'the youngest audience members' as the website says. But the play's extreme violence does present a unique opportunity for parents to talk to their teens about revenge and the futility of starting down its destructive path.

New Season To Feature Reports From Iraq, Russia, Central African Republic And China And Focus On Domestic Issues Such As Gun Laws, Immigration, Economics, Education And Civil Rights

The Emmy®-winning weekly news magazine series VICE returns for its sixth season FRIDAY, APRIL 6 (11:00-11:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. This season will include 35 episodes, five more than last year.

Witness the VICE team's squad of fearless correspondents and documentarians as they continue to deliver powerful, hard-hitting stories from around the world when VICE: Season 5, is available on Digital Download February 12th, 2018.