Following the success of its recent five-star production of Sunset Boulevard – at Home, Curve will stream The Color Purple online between Tue 16 Feb and Sun 7 Mar, in association with Birmingham Hippodrome.
Since 2019, the fast-rising director Tinuke Craig has fielded various iterations of her first-ever musical, The Color Purple, which was acclaimed in performance at Leicester's Curve Theatre and the Birmingham Hippodrome. That same show is returning this month for a streamed concert version starring T'Shan Williams as Celie.
Legal action by Omooba was previously set to begin last April, but was postponed due to the global health crisis. Now the tribunal against Curve in Leicester has begun on the grounds of religious discrimination and breach of contract.
Following the success of its recent five-star production of Sunset Boulevard – at Home, Curve has announced plans to also stream The Color Purple online between Tue 16 Feb and Sun 7 Mar, in association with Birmingham Hippodrome.
The Birmingham Hippodrome and Leicester's Curve production of The Color Purple is set to stream next month following the great success Sunset Boulevard.
The West End production of Frozen has released a new video, going behind the scenes of putting together the musical. The video features the musical's stars, Samantha Barks (Elsa) and Stephanie McKeon (Anna), among others.
The West End production of Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane has announced that performances will be further postponed. The show was originally set to open in April.
An all-Scottish line-up of stars of stage and screen will perform in Scots in the City on Sunday 29 November. The concert, held in early celebration of St Andrew's Day (30 November), will be livestreamed from the Phoenix Arts Club in the heart of London's West End.
The Black British Theatre Awards 2020 championed the artistic excellence and achievements of the black creatives and performers across all aspects of theatre. The program's first television broadcast on Sky Arts highlighted a cross section of some of the 2020 award-winners.
Curve has today announced plans to reopen to the public. Ria Jones and Danny Mac will return to star in Sunset Boulevard; T'Shan Williams and Danielle Fiamanya, who won The Stage Debut Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role as 'Nettie'; will star in The Color Purple.
Disney Theatrical Group has created a resource for primary schools that supports wellbeing. Designed to be used flexibly at Key Stage 2, and using the much-loved Frozen characters, pupils can explore the landscape of emotions, helping them build resilience, create strong friendships and celebrate the fact that we are all unique.
The Traverse Theatre was founded with the hope of carrying the spirit of Edinburgh's Festivals throughout the year- and in 2020 they have been inspired by their past to create a new future as they announce the launch of Traverse 3, their new online venue, and the extension of its Traverse Festival programme throughout the rest of the year.
Last night the Barn Theatre presented their fifth virtual concert, which celebrated the work of musical theatre playwright, lyricist and director Annabel Mutale Reed- known for the critically-acclaimed musical STOP (with Leo Munby), musical collaborations with composer Jack Trzcinski, and directing the recent concert production of Zorro! The Musical at London's Cadogan Hall.