Fiona Shaw News

The 2010 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the most prestigious award given annually to women playwrights, has been awarded to American playwright Julia Cho for her play 'The Language Archive.' Ms. Cho received the honor at a private reception in New York City on Wednesday, March 3. The award of $20,000 and a signed and numbered print by artist Willem de Kooning were presented to Ms. Cho by Tony Award-winning director Doug Hughes, one of the distinguished judges for the 2010 Blackburn Prize.

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize - the prestigious international award given each year to a woman who has written an outstanding new work for the English-speaking theatre - has announced the 10 finalists for the 32nd annual award.

The London theatre scene is set to have a strong 2010 season. Already announced is a mix of both revivals and original shows, as well as a solid combination of plays and musicals. In addition, a few hit Broadway transfers are set to travel across the pond and open along with UK originals this season. Variety reports on the upcoming season.

Twelve years ago they brought T.S Eliot's iconic poem to our then derelict hall. Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner are reviving their remarkable and haunting production of T.S. Eliot's THE WASTE LAND to mark our 150th birthday.

As part of the Wilton Music Hall's 150 Anniversary celebration, internationally celebrated actress Fiona Shaw will reprise her acclaimed performance in TS Eliot's The Waste Land in a limited engagement performance at the venue from December 30, 2009 to January 10, 2010 at the venue.

Twelve years ago they brought T.S Eliot's iconic poem to our then derelict hall. Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner are reviving their remarkable and haunting production of T.S. Eliot's THE WASTE LAND to mark our 150th birthday.

Sandi Toksvig and Ronnie Corbett have announced the starry line-up from the worlds of comedy, music and magic, who will be joining them on stage for SANDI TOKSVIG'S CHRISTMAS CRACKER - a variety family show in the Royal Festival Hall for 10 days only this Christmas.

Winter Concerts with the Kreutzer Quartet, Sundays 13th & 20th December at 6pm ‘Mendelssohn and Schubert: The Glorious 1820s'

Sandi Toksvig and Ronnie Corbett have announced the starry line-up from the worlds of comedy, music and magic, who will be joining them on stage for SANDI TOKSVIG'S CHRISTMAS CRACKER - a variety family show in the Royal Festival Hall for 10 days only this Christmas.

Winter Concerts with the Kreutzer Quartet, Sundays 13th & 20th December at 6pm ‘Mendelssohn and Schubert: The Glorious 1820s'

The National Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for its upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. The show will play the Olivier, running September 9 through December 8.

At a star-studded nominations party held today (4th December) at London's Café de Paris, the shortlist reveals that popular British screen stars, including Jude Law, Lenny Henry, Helen Mirren, Rachel Weisz, Alison Steadman, Dominic West, Mackenzie Crook and Patrick Stewart, will all battle it out for acting gongs.

Sandi Toksvig and Ronnie Corbett have announced the starry line-up from the worlds of comedy, music and magic, who will be joining them on stage for SANDI TOKSVIG'S CHRISTMAS CRACKER - a variety family show in the Royal Festival Hall for 10 days only this Christmas.

Winter Concerts with the Kreutzer Quartet, Sundays 13th & 20th December at 6pm ‘Mendelssohn and Schubert: The Glorious 1820s'

Twelve years ago they brought T.S Eliot's iconic poem to our then derelict hall. Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner are reviving their remarkable and haunting production of T.S. Eliot's THE WASTE LAND to mark our 150th birthday.

NATIONAL THEATRE: JANUARY - MARCH 2010 Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw lead the cast of Boucicault's LONDON ASSURANCE, directed by Nicholas Hytner in the Olivier

As part of the Wilton Music Hall's 150 Anniversary celebration, internationally celebrated actress Fiona Shaw will reprise her acclaimed performance in TS Eliot's The Waste Land in a limited engagement performance at the venue from December 30, 2009 to January 10, 2010 at the venue.

Gary Naylor is given food for thought at The National Theatre.

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is back in the West End in a new production to play a strictly limited engagement at the Vaudeville Theatre. The production opens tonight after running preview performances since October 8.

Whatsonstage.com has revealed that Dr Seuss' ‘The Cat in the Hat,' adapted by Katie Mitchell, will transfer to the Young Vic following its premiere at the Nationals' Cottesloe Theatre. The show, part of the Young Vic's new spring season, will run from January 28 to March 13, 2010.