2017 marks the 50th anniversary of The Watermill Theatre which today announces the first part of the season for this celebratory year. On general sale from 14 November and to Friends of the Watermill from 7 November.
The third University Women in the Arts public event has been announced. Taking place on November 9th at 6pm, this will be an In Conversation event with Anne Edyvean, Head of BBC Writersroom, the BBC's new writing department.
Thanks to a grant from Mass Humanities, WAM Theatre is able to offer a comprehensive audience enrichment program around their upcoming co-production with the Berkshire Theatre Group of The Bakelite Masterpiece by Kate Cayley and directed by WAM Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven. These include post-show conversations with the playwright and other notable scholars, program notes, and a lobby display and resource list exploring Truth and Reconciliation from World War II to today, along with a subsidized ticket program.
HighTide Festival, internationally renowned for discovering some of the UK's best new playwrights and producing new plays, has today announced the full ancillary programme for the 2016 Festival (8-18 September) - its 10th anniversary. Spanning performance, music, visual arts, literature and talks, it also includes world premiere productions from new and established HighTide writers. For the full festival programme, visit www.hightide.org.uk
Taking place on 18th August at 4pm at the Royal Court Theatre, this will be an In Conversation event with Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre.
Steven Atkinson, Artistic Director, has today announced HighTide's season of new plays for their 10th anniversary year.
The play that earned emerging playwright Simon Longman a Channel 4 bursary returns to stages up and down the country this Spring as Pentabus tour this comic and moving depiction of rural unemployment. First staged in 2013, the show will receive its London premiere at Soho Theatre, while continuing to reach a diverse range of audiences at theatres across the UK.
The play that earned emerging playwright Simon Longman a Channel 4 bursary returns to stages up and down the country this Spring as Pentabus tour this comic and moving depiction of rural unemployment. First staged in 2013, the show will receive its London premiere at Soho Theatre, while continuing to reach a diverse range of audiences at theatres across the UK.
MSNBC's investigative series that explores human trafficking is premiering a new episode on Sunday, April 7th at 10 P.M. EST. Hosted by TODAY's Natalie Morales, the series sheds a painful light on an issue that has lived too long in the shadows of society. Next to drugs, human trafficking is now the second largest criminal activity both in America and internationally.
Sisters for Peace and WAM Theatre will host a free screening of the PBS Documentary 'Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide' at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center this Friday, March 15 at 7pm as part of the March Berkshire Festival of Women Writers.
Sisters for Peace and WAM Theatre are delighted to be hosting a free screening of the PBS Documentary 'Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide' at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 15 at 7pm as part of the March Berkshire Festival of Women Writers.
Today, February 14, 2013, Berkshire County will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Berkshire County will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Berkshire County will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Berkshire County will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Berkshire County will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
The World Shakespeare Festival opens Monday 23 April and the UK is set for its largest ever celebration of Shakespeare. The Edinburgh International Festival's three contrasting takes on Shakespeare at Festival 2012 will form a key part of the World Shakespeare Festival in Scotland this August.
Berkshire Theatre Group has announced that, in true A Christmas Carol spirit, during each of the eleven performance of A Christmas Carol they will be accepting donations of canned and non-perishable foods to be donated to local food banks, raffling off free turkeys and donating tickets to local charity organizations.
This September, ACT - A Contemporary Theatre brings power, passion, and politics to the Mainstage in Peter Oswald's astonishingly relevant and thrilling adaption of Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller, while The Central Heating Lab welcomes Collektor with Sam Shepard's haunting and timeless drama A Lie of the Mind and the return of Short Stories Live at Town Hall.
Houston Grand Opera announces the launch of Song of Houston: East + West, a series of new operas that celebrate Houston as a meeting place for Eastern and Western cultures.
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