Josie Lawrence News

New Perspectives Presents DARE TO LOOK DOWN

Following their hugely successful postcard drama Love From Cleethorpes, which was mailed to 26 countries worldwide, New Perspectives return with a new spin on the format, taking the postcards out of the seaside town of Cleethorpes and into the wild and thrilling world of Alton Towers.

New Perspectives and The Brighton Festival Present HOUSE MOTHER NORMAL

New Perspectives and The Brighton Festival present House Mother Normal, a digital installation telling of the lives of eight characters in a nursing home under the watchful eye of House Mother. Directed by Tim Crouch, the production, which can be viewed online or at 6 Dukes Lane, Brighton, merges the individual chapters of B.S. Johnson’s novel.

New Perspectives and Stute Theatre Present LOVE DOWN THE LINE

In their latest series playing with form and experimenting how intimate theatre can exist in lockdown, New Perspectives are presenting a series of short telephone performances for Valentine’s weekend. The short, love-themed dramas have been created to be performed live to an audience of just one at a time. 

New Perspectives Announce BBC Radio 3 Adaptation and Download For Soho Theatre

For December and the new year, New Perspectives will be presenting a versatile series of theatre in different mediums: a radio play, a Zoom play, a postcard drama, a Whatsapp drama, and a series of reimagined Christmas cards. 

At Yours Presents BERKOFF'S WOMEN Starring Linda Marlowe, Directed By Josie Lawrence

An exciting programme of productions is being officially launched this autumn with a specially filmed version of the multi award-winning Berkoff's Women, compiled and performed by stage and screen actress Linda Marlowe and directed by Josie Lawrence.

New Perspectives Presents CHRISTMAS CARDS RESTAGED

In collaboration with six renowned UK theatre makers, New Perspectives are producing six limited edition Christmas cards, each reimagining traditional yuletide messages. The artists have each designed the front and inside of a card to create a handheld piece of artwork which can be kept as a curio or given as a gift. The cards can be bought singly, as a pack of three or a pack of six. 

STAY SAFE Halloween Show to Be Presented on Whatsapp

Stay Safe is part of Signal Fires a nationwide project inspired by one of the original forms of theatre – storytelling around the fire.

BWW Review: THE BOSS OF IT ALL, Soho Theatre

Based on the 2006 Danish film of the same name by Lars Von Trier, The Boss of It All was adapted into a play in 2013 by writer and director Jack McNamara for New Perspectives - an East Midlands based theatre company. Originally performed at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, the production has been updated for covid times. Using an ingenious concept featuring video calls and narration, The Boss of It All is streaming as a live production produced by Soho Theatre (co-produced by New Perspectives and in association with Derby QUAD). Last night saw the first of three days of performances.

Le Gateau Chocolat, Neil Hamburger and Gemma Whelan To Make Guest Appearances in THE BOSS OF IT ALL

Acclaimed comedians and performers from around the world have been confirmed to join the cast of Lars von Trier's The Boss of It All when it livestreams 18th a?" 20th

Josie Lawrence Will Lead Streaming Adaptation of THE BOSS OF IT ALL

The cult classic Lars von Trier film, The Boss of It All, has been adapted for a specially staged streamed version by theatre company New Perspectives, with Josie Lawrence playing the title character.

Toby Jones, Josie Lawrence, and Juliet Stevenson Lead Audio Series PLACEPRINTS

From a Celtic warrior imprisoned on the banks of Stratford Upon Avon, to a plague ravaged town in Derbyshire via a sacred pagan site in West Cornwall, this new audio series invokes the hidden stories imprinted on ten different locations around the UK.

Audible and DC Announce Cast for THE SANDMAN, Including James McAvoy, Taron Egerton, and More!

Audible Inc., the world's largest producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks, today announced the star-studded cast of the first-ever, exclusive audio adaptation of New York Times best-selling graphic novel series, The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC.

Christopher Biggins, Arlene Phillips & More Announced as Judges & for The Showstoppers' EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Celebrity judges, guest stars and the full line-up is today announced for The Showstoppers' Alternative Eurovision Song Contest.

Cast And Creative Team Announced For Tour of SHANDYLAND

Spanning twenty years, Shandyland is a story of life, love, death and drink at the heart of a small, northern, family-run pub, and a shout of frustration from an abandoned working class community. Shandyland opens at Northern Stage (12-23 May), and after its Newcastle premiere will tour to Everyman, Liverpool (27 May - 6 June)

BWW Review: OFF THE TOP WITH JASON KRAVITS AND SPECIAL GUESTS, Crazy Coqs

Jason Kravits brings his big voice and madcap improv skills to London's leading cabaret room and the result is just what January needs.

Josie Lawrence Completes Casting For The Everyman's OUR LADY OF BLUNDELLSANDS

The Everyman has announced full casting for the 2020 production of Jonathan Harvey's hilariously twisted comic drama Our Lady of Blundellsands.

Jason Kravits Will Return to Crazy Coqs for Week-Long Residency with OFF THE TOP

American TV regular and Broadway veteran Jason Kravits is to return to Crazy Coqs for a star-studded, week-long residency, of his critically acclaimed, jaw-dropping, completely improvised solo evening of music and comedy, 'Off The Top'

BWW Review: OKLAHOMA!, Chichester Festival Theatre

Oklahoma! stands at the very start of musical theatre's post-war re-invention on Broadway, Rodgers and Hammerstein's template for storytelling on show for two wonderful hours. However, this production raises some unexpected questions.

Additional Casting Announced for Festival 2019 At Chichester Festival Theatre

Haydn Gwynne will make her Chichester debut in the title role of HEDDA TESMAN by Cordelia Lynn, after Henrik Ibsen. Holly Race Roughan directs this co-production with Headlong and The Lowry, running at the Minerva Theatre from 30 August - 28 September.

Photo Flash: First Look At INTRA MUROS At Park Theatre

Intra Muros has its UK premiere at Park Theatre, London from 3 April - 4 May 2019. Alexis Michalik's latest play opened in Paris in 2017 and is still running at La Pepiniere Theatre.