Tickets go on sale today for the Nuffield Southampton Theatres workshop production of Son of Rambow - The Musical, running at The Other Palace from 22 May - 2 June. Director of NST, Samuel Hodges, directs the musical adaptation of the hit cult film featuring an original 80s pop soundtrack by two of the UK's most successful pop writers Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler and with the book by Richard Marsh.
The annual festival of fearless storytelling returns to the Roundhouse for two weeks and a half week of bold performances from established and emerging spoken word artists. Internationally renowned American artist Saul Williams is a pioneer of slam poetry, and has worked with everyone from KRS_One to Allen Ginsberg, not to mention The Fugees, De La Soul and Nine Inch Nails. Drawn from his sixth album MartyrLoserKing, he headlines the festival with a story of a Burundi hacker who becomes an internet sensation when he hacks NASA. Written and recorded between Senegal, Reunion Island, Paris, Haiti, and New Orleans and New York, MartyrLoserKing is a multimedia project that engages the digital dialogue between the developed and developing worlds.
The programme is today announced for Almeida For Free - Summer & Smoke, the Almeida Theatre's free festival for anyone aged 25 and under taking place from Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 April.
Twenty-five of Southampton's residents are coming together to perform in the community chorus as part of the world premiere of Howard Brenton's new play The Shadow Factory which opens this week.
Ahead of the opening of their new venue - NST city, Nuffield Southampton Theatres today announces that Harriet Walter and Craig David will join the theatre as patrons, working alongside Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Tom Hiddleston and Celia Imrie. They also join the recently announced new associates, Inua Ellams and Drew McOnie adding to the breadth of ambassadors for the theatre.
FOREIGN BODY By Imogen Butler-Cole. A Play for the #MeToo Movement comes to VAULT Festival, London 7-11 March, 6pm. Including panel discussion, 90 mins. 1 in 3 of our women have survived sexual violence. We are all affected. We are all responsible.
Following two sell-out runs at the National Theatre in 2017 which saw Barber Shop Chronicles receive widespread critical acclaim, four new cast members have been announced for 2018's international dates in New Zealand and Australia. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops. Sometimes they have haircuts, sometimes they listen, more often than not they talk. This heart-warming, hilarious and insightful new play, set in Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos, Accra and London, explores the role of barber shops as confession boxes, political platforms, preacher-pulpits and football pitches... places to go for unofficial advice, and to keep in touch with the world.
Fuel today announces its 2018 season features a programme of work commissioned to imagine what kind of world might lie ahead. Fuel invites artists to illuminate the past, and reflect on where we are today, to help us imagine a future, considering some of the biggest questions we are faced with today - from gender to migration - both at scale and in intimate settings.
Inua Ellams' dynamic new play debuted last June, to critical acclaim. Following its successful run at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Barber Shop Chronicles returns to the National with a bang. The story takes its audience to barber shops in Peckham, Johannesburg, Lagos, Accra, Harare and Kampala.
Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Samuel Hodges, just announced the new season for 2018. This announcement also marked the opening of the brand new NST City, NST's newly built theatre in Southampton's city centre. Their 2018 season of work will be spread across both the new venue and their original home, NST Campus. Scroll down for photos from the announcement event!
Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Samuel Hodges, today announces their new season for 2018. This announcement also marks the opening of the brand new NST City, NST's newly built theatre in Southampton's city centre. Their 2018 season of work will be spread across both the new venue and their original home, NST Campus.
This summer, the 2018 Perth Festival invites you to see art in a different light and revel in a feast of captivating experiences to suit every taste and budget.
Dates and casting have announced for new National Theatre season!
The annual cultural celebration Sydney Festival returns to transform the city from 6-28 January 2018, delivering the highest quality art and big ideas.
A festival of fresh theatre for adventurous people by inspiring artists is headed for the South West this November as producers Fuel present a festival of performances in partnership with venues across the city of Exeter. FuelFest Exeter ranges from family-friendly nights out, to intimate experiences in the dark, and performances in community centres. There'll be puppetry, sea shanties, binaural soundscapes and conversations with the future.
The highly anticipated Midnight Run will take place in Brixton on Saturday 23 September and Saturday 7 October 6pm until 12am. The dusk to dawn interactive event takes strangers and local artists on a walking tour through urban spaces. This is a unique experience that informs, entertains and brings city dwellers together.
Following the success of their first festival last year, Ovalhouse presents BRIXTON CITY FESTIVAL 2017 from Thursday 21 - Sunday 24 September, in and around the streets of Brixton, South London. This staycation weekender will see theatre makers, musicians and spoken word artists performing at the venue and throughout Brixton. There will also be large scale roller skating and hula-hooping for family and friends.
Following the sell out run at the National Theatre this summer extra dates have now been added for the return of Inua Ellams' play Barber Shop Chronicles to the Dorfman this autumn, now opening on 20 November and in repertoire until the 9 January. Tickets go on sale at midday on Thursday 31 August.
The Bush Theatre is thrilled to share its production of NASSIM written by Nassim Soleimanpour (WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT) and directed by Bush Theatre Associate Director Omar Elerian (One Cold Dark Night, Islands) at the Traverse Theatre for a full run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer.
The puppeteers who brought War Horse to life and who co-designed the Lorax for the Old Vic production introduce Napoleon, the anarchic chimpanzee who is put on trial on suspicion of being a French spy.
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