Guy de Lancey News

La MaMa presents the return of Series of One, a platform for provocative, challenging solo performances centered on storytelling and personal narratives. The four courageous artists this year are Blake Sugarman, John Jarboe, Marina Celander and Megan Metrikin. They exemplify La MaMa's mission of continuing to create adventurous and engaging art that allows audiences to experience the dynamism of a single performer no distractions.

United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, concluded its eighth season with a Gala at Theatre Row in New York. Throughout its ten-week run, the festival offered 120 stage productions, representing six continents, performed mostly in English, but also in Bulgarian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and in the category of physical theatre through body language. Nearly 60 shows sold out, and were presented several times due to popular demand. Fiona Show called United Solo 'the mecca of the solo shows in the world.' This past season, the festival presented productions created by new talents, as well as show business veterans, including Oscar winner Milton Justice and Emmy winner Bill Oberst Jr. This year's festival also offered Master Classes led by Pau Aran Gimeno, a performer at Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch; James Lecesne, an actor, activist, author of the screenplay for an Oscar-winning film; and Austin Pendleton, a renowned actor and director, and a recipient of the Drama Desk Special Award.

Lyle Courtney Productions announces that the world premiere of Ace, a beat-the-clock comedy written and performed by Emmy Award-winning Letterman writer Ted Greenberg, races into The Marjorie S. Deane Theater (10 West 64th Street). Elizabeth Margid (Alice Eve Cohen's What I Thought I Knew, Matthew Maguire's Wild Man in Rome) directs.

The 2017 United Solo festival includes the award-winning 'Finding Fellini' theater production in September and October this year.

The 2017 United Solo festival includes the award-winning 'Finding Fellini' theater production in September and October this year.

Theaterlab (Orietta Crispino, Artistic Director and Jolene Noelle, Program Director) will present Michelle Levy's Ruins of Achelach, Restaged as part of its ongoing Solo Sunday Series on Sunday, January 8th at 6:00 pm at its Midtown home (357 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor, between 8th and 9th Avenue).

WHITE ELEPHANT is a study of contemporary South African malaise, framed by the story of Issy and Ma: a mother and daughter who each seek, in their own peculiar way, to do the impossible and kindle a future from the dying embers of their past.

Written and performed by Megan Metrikin and directed by Guy De Lancey, Finding Fellini, centers around a Jewish woman's escape from the brutal realities of apartheid South Africa into a Fellini infused cinematic landscape.

Written and performed by Megan Metrikin and directed by Guy De Lancey, Finding Fellini centers around a Jewish woman's escape from the brutal realities of apartheid South Africa into a Fellini infused cinematic landscape.

Written and performed by Megan Metrikin and directed by Guy De Lancey, Finding Fellini, centers around a Jewish woman's escape from the brutal realities of apartheid South Africa into a Fellini infused cinematic landscape.

Written and performed by Megan Metrikin and directed by Guy De Lancey, Finding Fellini, centers around a Jewish woman's escape from the brutal realities of apartheid South Africa into a Fellini infused cinematic landscape. 

Following its critical acclaim and sold out performances on the main programme of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival earlier this year, Graham Weir's double Fleur du Cap Theatre Award-winning DEAD YELLOW SANDS comes to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio stage for a limited season.

Richard Kaplan's debut as a produced playwright with THE FINKELSTEINS ARE COMING FOR DINNER offers an evening of solid entertainment. For its pivotal love scene alone, it is worth going to see what is being cooked up for the Finkelsteins' visit.

Written and performed by Megan Metrikin and directed by Guy De Lancey, Finding Fellini centers around a Jewish woman's escape from the brutal realities of apartheid South Africa into a Fellini infused cinematic landscape.

An exibition of male nudes by artist Evan Oberholster is currently running in the parlour room at Alexander Bar, in tandem with the delightful new play premiering at the Cape Town Fringe, the comedy The Finkelsteins are Coming to Dinner, which will also be transferring to Alexander Upstairs after Fringe.

THE FINKELSTEINS ARE COMING TO DINNER, with Andrew Laubscher, David Viviers and Megan Furniss, written by Richard Kaplan, with lighting by Guy de Lancey and direction by Adrian Collins, will play the Alexander Upstairs as a part of the Cape Town Fringe.

A new drama from writer-director Louis Viljoen will open at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre tonight. THE EMISSARY will star Emily Child and Andrew Laubscher, with performances of the 55-minute play taking place through 16 July.

The 51st Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were presented at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town on Sunday night in a ceremony that highlighted the theme of 'new beginnings'. With the main event taking place in the newly refurbished Baxter Theatre, this year's winners all received a newly designed medallion. The evening also aimed to present to the audience of theatre-makers, performers, designers, critics and patrons a fusion of cultures.

The 51st annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards has announced its 2015 nominees, reflecting a rich realm of theatre talent seen on stages throughout the Western Cape. The glamorous awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, 20 March, at 18:00 at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town and will personify a fusion of cultures, food and Fleur du Cap win

Happy Holidays! It's the last week to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld South Africa Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31!