One year on from theatres being allowed to fully reopen, where is the new writing? This is a problem Darren Clark has set out to tackle with his project New UK Musicals. Set up during the pandemic, the project's website makes sheet music and backing tracks to new original musical theatre songs by British writers widely available.
Southwark Playhouse has announced the world premiere of Philip Ridley's one-woman show Tarantula which will be streamed live from The Little on 30 April and 1 May 2021.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary with a ceremony held in the iconic Grand Hall of Battersea Arts Centre on Sunday 8 March 2020, the Off West End Awards once again celebrated the best of independent, fringe and alternative theatres across London.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was 26 years old when his short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was first published in Collier's Magazine. It tells the tale of Benjamin, a man born in unusual circumstances. Instead of growing old, he becomes younger, trapped into a body he doesn't recognise as his own and forced to experience his life backwards.
The team behind one of the surprise hits from this year's Edinburgh Festival, Violet, a one-woman show by Bebe Sanders, is today announcing that they will be bringing the show to London for a total of 18 nights across three different venues.
The team behind one of the surprise hits from this year's Edinburgh Festival, Violet, a one-woman show by Bebe Sanders, is today announcing that they will be bringing the show to London for a total of 18 nights across three different venues.
The team behind one of the surprise hits from this year's Edinburgh Festival, Violet, a one-woman show by Bebe Sanders, is today announcing that they will be bringing the show to London for a total of 18 nights across three different venues.
As Canada celebrates 150 years since its confederation, stories of the countries untold natural history are starting to come to light, and White Fang is an example of this. Taking the themes of Jack London's popular novel, Jethro Compton has staged a production that is visually exciting, but performatively struggles to get on its feet.
The London premiere of White Fang, inspired by the classic novel by Jack London, concludes Park Theatre's 2017 season. Written and directed by Jethro Compton (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Park Theatre), the production features vivid puppetry and original music in this story of an outcast and her lone wolf. The official press night for White Fang takes place tonight 14th December and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Casting has been announced for the London premiere of White Fang, inspired by the classic novel by Jack London, which concludes Park Theatre's 2017 season.
LUCY LIGHT, written by Sarah Milton and presented by Theatre N16, tells the story of Jess and Lucy. Starting when they're fifteen, the play maps the journey of Lucy's decision to have a premature bilateral prophylactic mastectomy (removal of both breasts).
freeFall's 2017/18 season begins with an all-new adaptation of White Fang, written and directed by Jethro Compton. Based in the UK, Compton and his production company are well known for creating bold, narrative driven theatrical experiences that often present highly cinematic re-imaginings of classic stories for the stage. freeFall Theatre Company and Jethro Compton Productions are co-producing this new vision of a literary classic right here in St. Petersburg. Local audiences will be the first to experience this world premiere before it heads to London for a run at The Park Theatre in December 2017.
Stages Repertory Theatre opened their production of Jethro Compton's stage version of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on May 24, and will continue to enthrall Houston audiences with their riveting tale of good versus evil, love, and revenge in the Wild West through June 25.
Stages Repertory Theatre presents the regional premiere of award-winning playwright Rebecca Gilman's Luna Gale, a powerful family drama about a burned-out social worker who faces an increasingly complex moral dilemma as she tries to determine the best home for an at-risk infant.
???????Details of Park Theatre's 10th season for Autumn/Winter 2017 have been announced by Artistic Director Jez Bond. Featuring six world premieres, a very special one man show and a London premiere, the new season includes a plethora of new writing and acclaimed revivals across both spaces in the venue's fifth year.