Sadler's Wells and 180 Studios present the world premiere of Ivan Michael Blackstock's TRAPLORD which runs at 180 Studios from Saturday 26 March – Saturday 16 April 2022 in a co-production with The Factory and ALTRUVIOLET.
Brixton House will open its doors to the public on the 24th February 2022 with two international shows and a taster programme of activities until 5th March when the venue will open all areas including its café, bar and hire studios.
Brixton House will open its doors to the public on the 24th February 2022 with two international shows and a taster programme of activities until 5th March when the venue will open all areas including its café, bar and hire studios.
The National Youth Theatre (NYT) has announced Audition Open Days around the UK - a free workshop giving young people audition advice and introducing them to the NYT ethos and the world of theatre making.
The Associate Artists scheme will encourage these artists to take an active role in the growth and development of Brixton House, as well as furthering their own creative skills and thinking alongside this.
For December and the new year, New Perspectives will be presenting a versatile series of theatre in different mediums: a radio play, a Zoom play, a postcard drama, a Whatsapp drama, and a series of reimagined Christmas cards.
Theatre Uncut and the Traverse Theatre are releasing digital reimaginings of three plays from the Theatre Uncut archive that explore racism, censorship, power and identity.
Utopia Theatre has announced the full programme for its Creative Hub. Over 40 African Theatre professionals will be offering free online workshops and masterclasses to people of African origin aged 16 and above. The programme will feature a variety of performances that will be streamed live from Monday 29 June to December 2020.
Today is the last day to watch a special digital reading of Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning play, The Mountaintop, featuring actors Gbolahan Obisesan and Ronka?? Adékolua??jo.
The Mountaintop will be performed virtually on Wednesday, 10 June, at 7:30pm. The play is being performed to raise funds for legal costs of protestors incarcerated across the world.
An Open Letter has been written to Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Culture, from black, Asian, and ethnically diverse theatre artistic directors and cultural leaders. The letter was written to emphasize the importance of protecting representation in the sector.
Ovalhouse has announced its new Artistic Director, Gbolahan Obisesan, will start in April 2020. Gbolahan will be leading the theatre into its new venue in Brixton, South London and succeeds Deborah Bestwick who steps down after 20 years at the helm.
Young Vic Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah today announces director Jennifer Tang as the next Genesis Fellow at the Young Vic.
Nearly 500 arts organisations, human rights charities, schools, colleges and universities came together in June to present events and activities across the UK; whilst international partners and individuals also flew Ai Weiwei's flag to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
When I was first approached by Giles Foden to adapt his 1998 novel for the stage, I was unsure how to respond. I'd seen Kevin MacDonald's fine movie version in 2006 and wondered what a theatrical version could add to it. So I went back to Giles's novel and found myself gripped by his account of Ugandan history and the complexity of Idi Amin Dada, its nightmarishly charismatic President from 1971 to 1979. Giles constructed Nicholas Garrigan, Amin's physician, out of a number of real prototypes, ranging from rogue diplomats to mercenaries. What gripped me from the outset was the core psychological drama exploring friendship, charisma and denial in the face of atrocity.
New Perspectives' production arrives at The Marlowe Studio on Wednesday 16 October, straight from a run at Trafalgar Studios, London.
The Young Vic Directors Program announces the launch of a new, improved Genesis Network website. The website has been updated and developed to better facilitate the community and peer-support at the heart of the Young Vic Directors Program, the only scheme of its kind, which has been running for nearly twenty years. The program currently serves nearly 1,000 directors, designers and producers living in the UK at the early stages of their career.
This adaptation of Giles Foden's novel takes us into the heart of Idi Amin's regime
BAFTA and Olivier award-winning playwright debbie tucker green's drama about relationships, power and sex tourism will tour for the first time in a new production from East Midlands theatre company New Perspectives. trade is set on a Caribbean island and tells the story of three women, each distinct from the others. As the sun beats down, the drinks are poured for tourists and men flitter in and out of the picture, their three very different stories emerge. On the surface, they have little in common: the youngest is visiting for the first time, another lives here permanently and the last woman is a regular visitor. But despite their apparent differences, it gradually becomes clear their lives are all shaped by the same thing: transactions.
After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sold-out run at the Arcola at the end of last year, Gbolahan Obisesan's adaptation of Chigozie Obioma's novel The Fishermen is now at the Trafalgar Studios.
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