Isango Ensemble News

No financial barriers to the best of the Festival - hundreds of 'Pay What You Can' tickets available for key Adelaide Festival shows

Adelaide Festival welcomes the return of the The Palais Long Lunch Series in 2019 and who better to take food and festival to the next level than one of Australia's most beloved journalists together with one of Australia's most admired politicians. Annabel Crabb and The Hon Julie Bishop MP will host the first of the Long Lunch series on Saturday 9 March.

The 2019 Adelaide Festival program to be launched on 30 October 2018 at the Adelaide Town Hall and on 31 October at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, demonstrates conclusively that the Adelaide Festival, Australia's pre-eminent arts festival, remains the dominant creative powerhouse of Southern-hemisphere celebrations.

Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) critically acclaimed co-production SS Mendi Dancing the Death Drill , which premiered at Southampton's new theatre NST City, will transfer to the London's Royal Opera House next Spring.

The Royal Opera House today opens the doors to its transformed new home, following an extensive three-year construction project.

BWW talks to Sarah Crabtree and Emma Southworth about the Royal Opera House's Open Up Project and the new season at the Linbury Theatre.

Premiering at Nuffield Southampton Theatres' City venue, SS Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill resurrects those lost at sea in a little-known wartime tragedy through a cultural feast of powerful theatre, music and song.

Nuffield Southampton Theatres present the world premiere of SS Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill by critically acclaimed Cape Town-based Isango Ensemble. Part of 14-18 NOW, the UK's official arts programme for the First World War centenary, the production commemorates an untold tragedy from WW1 that took place off the coast of Southampton. Prior to rehearsals beginning Samuel Hodges, Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres will visit Cape Town where the SS Mendi began its journey. Mark Dornford-May directs the production which opens at Nuffield Southampton Theatres on Wednesday 4 July with previews from Friday 29 June and performances until Saturday 14 July. Dubbed the 'Black Titanic', the sinking of SS Mendi was one of the worst maritime disasters in the 20th century in UK waters.

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance announced today the appointment of Clarie Middleton, currently Chief Executive of the Hackney Empire, as its new Principal and Chief Executive Officer.

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!

Wales Millennium Centre presents the brand new Tiger Bay the Musical, which has its world premiere tonight at the iconic venue, where it will run until 25 November. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

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.

Wales Millennium Centre has announced the full cast for brand new production Tiger Bay the Musical which has its world premiere at the iconic venue from 13 25 November with opening night for press on Wednesday 15 November.

In a co-production with the Young Vic-which partnered with Isango on 2014's Olivier Award-winning The Magic Flute-the company adapts for the stage South African native Jonny Steinberg's 2015 book about a Somali refugee's journey from Mogadishu to Johannesburg and finally to the US.

In a co-production with the Young Vic-which partnered with Isango on 2014's Olivier Award-winning The Magic Flute-the company adapts for the stage South African native Jonny Steinberg's 2015 book about a Somali refugee's journey from Mogadishu to Johannesburg and finally to the US.

Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, today announced programming for the 2017 Winter/Spring Season. The season runs from January 11 through June 10 and comprises theater, dance, music, and opera in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House and the BAM Harvey Theater.

The Young Vic is teaming up with the Royal Opera House, the Repons Foundation and the Isango Ensemble to bring a musical inspired by one refugee's true story to the Baxter Theatre Centre's Flipside venue this August. A MAN OF GOOD HOPE is based on the book by Jonny Steinberg and has been adapted for the stage by the Isango Ensemble under the direction of Mark Dornford-May.

LILY'S LAMENT is a theatrical reflection of mine workers' stories: an ode to the rigors of time, a meditation on fate, chance, luck and (mis)fortune. 

Magic, mischief and music collide to mesmerizing effect when Isango Ensemble's Off-Broadway premiere of A Midsummer Night's Dream: Iphupha lobusuku be-Ntwasahlobo comes to the stage at The New Victory Theater from October 30 - November 8. After a sold-out run of The Magic Flute: Impempe Yomlingo last season, Cape Town's acclaimed opera company returns to the New Vic for a limited engagement of their newest production with the generous support of official Presentation Partner South African Tourism.

Devoted to kids and families since 1995, The New Victory Theater embarks on its 20th Anniversary season as New York's premier destination for inventive, inspiring and international performing arts at affordable prices. Among its roster of 16 shows in the 2015-16 season, which begins October 2, 2015 and runs through May 22, 2016, The New Victory is thrilled to bring five American works of theater to New York's family audiences.