In a remarkable retrospective, Back to Back Theatre presents three of its major world-renowned performances – Food Court, Ganesh Versus the Third Reich and small metal objects – at this year's inaugural RISING festival, offering audiences a unique opportunity to plunge into the works of one of the world's most acclaimed companies.
The White Heron Theatre Company of Nantucket today announced its 2021 summer season, which will feature in-person performances for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Simon Russell Beale will play JS Bach in the world premiere of Nina Raine's Bach & Sons, directed by Nicholas Hytner. Performances at The Bridge are from 23 June – 9 September 2021 with opening night on 29 June 2021.
Today, acclaimed UK touring theatre company Actors Touring Company and drama school LAMDA announce that they have appointed Ameera Conrad as their joint Associate Director as part of the Weston Creative Bursaries 2020 -22 programme, an initiative which aims to promote socio-economic diversity in the arts.
Edinburgh International Festival, the world's leading performing arts festival, today announces a reimagined festival for 2021 which marks the return of live performance to Scotland's capital.
Scottish Ballet has announced the world premiere of two new dance films by company creatives Sophie Laplane and Nicholas Shoesmith, with the first being screened to celebrate International Dance Day on Thursday 29 April 2021.
Today, Scottish Ballet announces the Safe to Be Me™ Festival 2021 programme; a digital festival of dance to celebrate diversity, made possible with the support of Aberdeen Standard Investments.
Dorset Theatre Festival has announced the launch of its new Commissioning and Fellowship Program, welcoming returning director Jade King Carroll as Resident Artist, who will design and oversee this program in collaboration with Artistic Director Dina Janis. Carroll will also work with Janis in producing the Festival’s new StageFree Audio Plays.
Eighth Blackbird will continue their Winter 2021 Chicago Artists Workshop (CAW) live streamed event series with puppeteer Tom Lee: “The Great Zodiac Animal Race” 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. Tickets are $20 (suggested) per household.
The Stratford Festival was shocked and deeply saddened by the news of Christopher Plummer's death. The theatrical pioneer was a member of the Stratford acting company for 11 seasons between 1956 and 2012.
Following a highly productive and successful season of online productions, Original Theatre Company is delighted to announce its first live stage production since March 2020, which will be filmed on stage at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and released online, before touring UK theatres early summer.
Edinburgh International Festival today reveals three new appointments to its Board of Trustees, bolstering the organisation's international experience and expertise.
The Barbican today announces a new partnership with the Bridge Theatre, to bring the highly acclaimed theatre installation, Flight, by Vox Motus, to London for the first time.
Soon after 7am, on a Sunday morning - May 3rd, 2015, Sheku Bayoh, a 31 year-old gas engineer, husband and father of two died in Police custody on the streets of his hometown, Kirkcaldy in Fife.
Battersea Arts Centre's original musical film, Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster created with BAC Beatbox Academy, will receive its world premier as part of BBC Arts' Culture in Quarantine, in partnership with digital commissioning agency The Space.
The National Theatre of Scotland is set to continue its new work over the coming months, with an innovative mix of streamed theatre and digital projects, including two new productions from leading Scottish creatives Hannah Lavery and Adura Onashile, both addressing urgent contemporary and historical issues around race in Scotland today.