Cathy Tyson News

The Mental Health Foundation reports that there were 8.2 million cases of anxiety in the UK in 2013. All of us may feel stressed at some point in our lives, but it can be an unwanted and overwhelming strain on many people's day-to-day activities.

The tempestuous relationship between sex, anxiety and music comes to a head in a remarkable new production from one of Europe's most exciting theatre directors, Calixto Bieito.

Crowded Room return with the sold out, critically acclaimed verbatim play The Listening Room.

Octagon Theatre Bolton have released rehearsal images for the forthcoming World Premiere of Winter Hill, the new play from internationally acclaimed playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, author of the Olivier award winning Our Country's Good and most recently Jefferson's Garden.

Octagon Theatre Bolton has announced full casting for their forthcoming world premiere production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's new play Winter Hill.

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A new production called Rise is taking to the B2 stage at the Belgrade Theatre this March, performed by some of the Midlands brightest young female talent and directed by Associate Director, Justine Themen.

Following a 2016 which saw Tara Arts move into its award-winning new building and Artistic Director Jatinder Verma awarded the MBE, Tara Theatre launch a Spring season featuring an eclectic mix of music, theatre, dance and comedy. 2017 will see Tara celebrate two milestone anniversaries - the 70th anniversary of India and Pakistan's independence, which will be marked with 70 events over the course of the year under the banner #tara7070, and Tara's own 40th anniversary.

Following a 2016 which saw Tara Arts move into its award-winning new building and Artistic Director Jatinder Verma awarded the MBE, Tara Theatre launch a Spring season featuring an eclectic mix of music, theatre, dance and comedy. 2017 will see Tara celebrate two milestone anniversaries - the 70th anniversary of India and Pakistan's independence, which will be marked with 70 events over the course of the year under the banner #tara7070, and Tara's own 40th anniversary.

A brand new production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest launches Birmingham Repertory Theatre's exciting 2016 Autumn season.

Following the receipt of the UK Theatre Promotion of Diversity Award, Curve is to host a national conference exploring diversity in UK theatre and the current landscape for BAME artists, companies and audiences.

A brand new production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest launches Birmingham Repertory Theatre's exciting 2016 Autumn season.

Today, Curve Artistic Director, Nikolai Foster, announces the cast for his production of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated actress Cathy Tyson will star as the iconic Lady Bracknell in Foster's stylish reimagining of Wilde's much-loved comedy. Cathy is best known for her role in the multi-award winning film Mona Lisa, classic ITV drama series Band of Gold and her stage work with the RSC and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse.

Ambreen Razia with Black Theatre Live present THE DIARY OF A HOUNSLOW GIRL, written by Razia and directed by Sophie Moniram, will head out on a UK tour, running today, 4th May to 18th June 2016. Press night is slated for Friday 6th May at 7.30pm at Ovalhouse.

Ambreen Razia with Black Theatre Live present THE DIARY OF A HOUNSLOW GIRL, written by Razia and directed by Sophie Moniram, will head out on a UK tour, running 4th May to 18th June 2016. Press night is slated for Friday 6th May at 7.30pm at Ovalhouse.

An acerbic comedy told through the sharp, straight-talking voice of an aspirational 16-year-old British Muslim girl, this original work uncovers the typical life of a 'Hounslow Girl' - young Muslim women who wear big hooped earrings along with their headscarves. Ambreen Razia's witty debut THE DIARY OF A HOUNSLOW GIRL challenges stereotypes of young British Muslim women, exploring the demands of a traditional Muslim upbringing in the face of London's temptations.

?The Belgrade Theatre Coventry is thrilled to present the U.K premiere of Liz Mytton's Red Snapper from Sat 5 - Sat 19 Mar starring BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated actress Cathy Tyson.

Coventry's Belgrade Theatre has today announced full details of the shows to feature in its Autumn 2015 Season which include the U.K premiere of Crush, a new musical-comedy by Maureen Chadwick and a new stage adaptation of Iain Seraillier's The Silver Sword.

The life of Marie Curie - moving from Poland to France, her happy marriage and working partnership with Pierre, the Nobel Prizes, the death from radiation poisoning - seems ample material for a terrific drama.

The cast for the UK premiere of Alan Alda's RADIANCE: The Passion of Marie Curie at The Tabard Theatre in West London, Wednesday 4th - Saturday 28th February 2015, directed by veteran New York and London producer/director Mark Giesser, has been announced.