Jo Tyabji News

Kali Theatre presents INTERNATIONAL PLAYS - a first look at five cutting-edge new plays with thought-provoking, global themes. During a week of staged script-in-hand performances, four UK playwrights and a writer from India explore what it means to be part of a wider landscape from the unique perspective of female and non-binary writers with a South Asian background.

Kiln Theatre has announced their upcoming Spring Creative Engagement programming, which runs alongside their main stage programming and the US transfer of Zadie Smith's The Wife of Willesden.

Nigerian born writer, Inua Ellams, originally turned down working on Antigone due to feeling “no distant kinship with the protagonist.” Five years of work later, how could Ellams have predicted that his modern adaptation would feel so responsive to the current socio-political climate.

Check out all new production photos  from Antigone at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre which opens on Friday this week.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced casting and the full creative team for Antigone. Written by Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles, Three Sisters), this contemporary retelling of Sophocles's epic story has been commissioned by the theatre in its 90th anniversary year.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today announced full casting for their forthcoming production of 101 Dalmatians (12 Jul – 28 Aug), a newly commissioned musical written by Douglas Hodge (music and lyrics) and Johnny McKnight (book), from a stage adaptation by Zinnie Harris.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today confirmed their 2022 summer season, the venue's 90th anniversary. The musical Legally Blonde (13 May – 2 July) is directed by Lucy Moss, co-writer and co-director of Six.

45North today announced virtual listening parties for the world première of Dessa’s new audio play On the Line. Attendees will have the opportunity to access the first listen to the new piece, an exclusive Q&A with Dessa and the creative team, and will receive signature cocktail recipes to try out at home.

Joining Aisling Loftus and Matthew Needham in THE TREATMENT will be Gary Beadle, Ian Gelder, Ben Onwukwe, Julian Ovenden, Ellora Torchia, Indira Varma, and Hara Yannas. The Treatment begins previews at the Almeida Theatre on Monday 24 April and runs until Saturday 10 June.