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'IN THE NIGHT' World Premiere Cast Set at Gate Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 22, 2015

Gate Theatre today announces the casting for the world premiere of In The Night Time (Before the Sun Rises). Ben Kidd directs Alex Waldmann as Man and Adelle Leonce as Woman. In The Night Time (Before the Sun Rises) opens at the Gate Theatre on 8th February, with previews from 4th, and runs until the 27th February.

Gate Theatre Sets New Season
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 5, 2015

Artistic Director Christopher Haydon today announces the Gate Theatre's new season Nuclear: A Season about the Family. The season opens with the world premiere of Nina Segal's In the Night Time (Before the Sun Rises), followed by the world premiere of The Iphigenia Quartet which includes Agamemnon by Caroline Bird, Iphigenia by Suhayla El-Bushra, Clytemnestra by Lulu Raczka and Chorus by Chris Thorpe.

BWW Reviews: LIPPY, Young Vic, February 26 2015
by Kate Finburg - Feb 27, 2015

Bush Moukarzel and Dead Centre present 'Lippy,' based on the true story of a family of women who starved themselves to death in Ireland in 2000.

Dead Centre Presents LIPPY at Abrons Arts Center, Now thru 11/2
by BWW News Desk - Oct 15, 2014

Break-through Irish company Dead Centre returns to Abrons Arts Center with a co-production with Irish Arts Center to present their haunting investigation into why we tell stories in the face of tragedy. LIPPY was widely acknowledged as the most extraordinary piece of theatre to emerge from Ireland in 2013. LIPPY premiered in Dublin in 2013 where it was awarded the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Production and in its recent run at The Edinburgh Festival LIPPY was awarded the prestigious Fringe First, Herald Angel and Total Theatre awards. www.deadcentre.org.

BULL And LIPPY To Play The Maria At The Young Vic In 2015
by Carrie Dunn - Sep 17, 2014

Two internationally acclaimed productions receive their London premieres at the Young Vic in 2015. Bull, Mike Bartlett's dark workplace comedy will run 8 January - 7 February 2015. Lippy, an exploration of a real-life Irish tragedy and a major hit at the Dublin and Edinburgh Festivals, will run 19 February - 21 March 2015.

Dead Centre to Present LIPPY at Abrons Arts Center, 10/15-11/2
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 8, 2014

Break-through Irish company Dead Centre returns to Abrons Arts Center with a co-production with Irish Arts Center to present their haunting investigation into why we tell stories in the face of tragedy. LIPPY was widely acknowledged as the most extraordinary piece of theatre to emerge from Ireland in 2013. LIPPY premiered in Dublin in 2013 where it was awarded the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Production and in its recent run at The Edinburgh Festival LIPPY was awarded the prestigious Fringe First, Herald Angel and Total Theatre awards. www.deadcentre.org.

Abrons Arts Center Announces Lineup for 100th Anniversary Season
by Louisa Brady - Aug 12, 2014

On February 12, 1915, the Abrons Arts Center's Henry Street Settlement Playhouse opened its doors on the Lower East Side. Since that day, it has remained a vital cultural resource, providing audiences with artistically bold work while offering artists opportunities to dynamically grow.

Everyman & Playhouse Names Nick Bagnall as New Associate Director, Lindsey Alvis as Producer
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 21, 2014

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse have appointed director Nick Bagnall as their first permanent Associate Director. Bagnall joins the company following the success of The Last Days of Troy at Royal Exchange, Manchester and Shakespeare's Globe. The theatre's artistic team will also be bolstered by the appointment of Lindsey Alvis, who was previously with Headlong, as Producer.

TOOT's BE HERE NOW to be Make UK Premiere at Shoreditch Town Hall, June 17 - 28
by BWW News Desk - Jun 28, 2014

Music, Life and Love are remixed and remastered in TOOT'S, Be Here Now, a constantly surprising, occasionally chaotic and irreverently comic look at the soundtrack of the 1990s. This lively and original show celebrates the thrill of anticipation and 'music you can hold' and examines how it can seep into and influence our lives at key moments.

TOOT's BE HERE NOW to be Make UK Premiere at Shoreditch Town Hall, Today - 28
by BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2014

Music, Life and Love are remixed and remastered in TOOT'S, Be Here Now, a constantly surprising, occasionally chaotic and irreverently comic look at the soundtrack of the 1990s. This lively and original show celebrates the thrill of anticipation and 'music you can hold' and examines how it can seep into and influence our lives at key moments.

TOOT's BE HERE NOW to be Make UK Premiere at Shoreditch Town Hall, June 17 - 28
by Louisa Brady - Apr 25, 2014

Music, Life and Love are remixed and remastered in TOOT'S, Be Here Now, a constantly surprising, occasionally chaotic and irreverently comic look at the soundtrack of the 1990s. This lively and original show celebrates the thrill of anticipation and 'music you can hold' and examines how it can seep into and influence our lives at key moments.

Headlong Artistic Director Jeremy Herrin to Produce New Works by Anjya Reiss, Jack Thorne and More in 2014
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2013

Jeremy Herrin announces his plans as Artistic Director of Headlong with new work from some of theatre's most exciting and original voices; Anya Reiss, Jennifer Haley, Jack Thorne and Duncan Macmillan, who will be joining the company as a Literary Associate.

Dead Centre's SOUVENIR to Open 11/14 at Abrons Arts Center
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 15, 2013

Arriving directly from critically acclaimed, sold-out runs in London and Dublin, Ireland's Dead Centre will make their US debut at Abrons Arts Center with Souvenir, written and performed by Bush Moukarzel and directed by Ben Kidd. Souvenir takes Marcel Proust's seven-novelRemembrance of Things Past as its point of departurefor a freewheeling, 56-minute exploration of memory, jealousy and time. The performance will open on the evening of November 14, the centennial of Proust's first novel published in the series: Swann's Way.

Finborough Theatre Presents Vibrant: A Festival of Playwrights, Begins May 25
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 10, 2010

The Finborough Theatre presents VIBRANT - An Anniversary Festival of Finborough Playwrights. 30 NEW PLAYS TO CELEBRATE, 30 YEARS IN JUST UNDER 30 DAYS through 19 June 2010

Finborough Theatre Presents Vibrant: A Festival of Playwrights, Begins May 25
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2010

The Finborough Theatre presents VIBRANT - An Anniversary Festival of Finborough Playwrights. 30 NEW PLAYS TO CELEBRATE, 30 YEARS IN JUST UNDER 30 DAYS from 25 May - 19 June 2010

Finborough Theatre Presents Vibrant: A Festival of Playwrights, Begins May 25
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 13, 2010

The Finborough Theatre presents VIBRANT - An Anniversary Festival of Finborough Playwrights. 30 NEW PLAYS TO CELEBRATE, 30 YEARS IN JUST UNDER 30 DAYS from 25 May - 19 June 2010

VIBRANT! A Festival Of Finborough Playwrights Begins October 6
by BWW News Desk - Oct 6, 2009

Tuesday, 6 October - Saturday, 17 October 2009 Tuesday to Saturday evenings at 9.00pm Tickets £3 all seats

VIBRANT! A Festival Of Finborough Playwrights Begins October 6
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 10, 2009

Tuesday, 6 October - Saturday, 17 October 2009 Tuesday to Saturday evenings at 9.00pm Tickets £3 all seats

COUNTRY MAGIC, S-27 & More Play At Finborough 4/09-6/09
by BWW News Desk - Apr 6, 2009

Finborough Theater announces their new Season for April - June 2009 April to June 2009 at the finboroughtheatre The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's second season of 2009 features the world premiere of a new adaptation of a rediscovered classic; the European premiere of a new South African play, starring Janet Suzman; and the world premiere of the first winner of Amnesty International's Protect The Human Playwriting Competition; together with Sunday and Monday productions of three plays, all revived for the first time since their original productions

COUNTRY MAGIC, S-27 & More Play At Finborough 4/09-6/09
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 23, 2009

Finborough Theater announces their new Season for April - June 2009 April to June 2009 at the finboroughtheatre The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's second season of 2009 features the world premiere of a new adaptation of a rediscovered classic; the European premiere of a new South African play, starring Janet Suzman; and the world premiere of the first winner of Amnesty International's Protect The Human Playwriting Competition; together with Sunday and Monday productions of three plays, all revived for the first time since their original productions

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