Karen Anderson News

Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre is presenting this year’s fairest pantomime of them all, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Check out photos!

Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre has announced the full cast and released rehearsal photos for this year’s fairest pantomime of them all, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which opens on Saturday 9 December.

Get ready for a double dose of Charles Dickens at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend. Don't miss the hilarious shenanigans of 'What the Dickens?!' and the captivating one-man performance of 'Great Expectations.' Experience the humor, drama, and timeless storytelling of Dickens' works with these two premieres.

Known for throwing back pints of beer while fearlessly throwing themselves around on stage, all-female Australian troupe YUCK Circus have partnered with Edinburgh brewery Pilot Beer to raise money for SHE Scotland during this year’s Festival Fringe.  

In a landmark partnership, Pasadena Playhouse has been collaborating with all of the high schools of Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) over the past 6 months to realize the students’ vision of Into the Woods.

Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, has launched its Casting Guide for Deaf, Disabled & Neurodiverse Dancers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival today. 

It's time to explore the great outdoors! Indepen-dance 4, an award-winning inclusive dance company from Scotland, brings Four Go Wild in Wellies to 42nd Street. Featuring an inclusive cast of disabled and non-disabled dancers, Four Go Wild in Wellies will play at The Duke on 42nd Street in New 42nd Street Studios, as part of the New Victory season, from March 27 - April 5, 2020.

More than 650 young vocal artists will convene in the East Bay for the tenth triennial Golden Gate International Children's and Youth Choral Festival July 13-18 presented by Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, Artistic Director Robert Geary announced today. The young singers--who represent 21 choirs from eight countries on four continents—will come together to perform, compete and sing during a week of public concerts and workshops throughout the Bay Area culminating in the highly anticipated presentation of the 650 voice combined mega-chorus. The Festival opens with a Parade of Flags and Concert the evening of July 13 featuring all 21 choruses performing individually giving audiences a taste of the virtuosity and versatility to come during the week. The week features daily free public concerts and competitions, a special concert featuring the world-renowned Estonian Television Girls Choir, a new work, Pandora's Gift, by American composer Mark Winges and staged by choreographer Erika Chong Shuch, and culminates in a Grand Awards Concert featuring the winners of the competitions and all 21 choruses combined to perform collaborative repertoire learned during the Festival week. This year's Honorary Festival Chair is Vance George, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning former director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. Festival Passport Tickets may be purchased at Eventbrite  http://ggchoralfest.eventbrite.com/.  [EDITOR NOTE: A complete schedule of 2015 Festival concerts may be found at the end of this news release] For more information, visit www.goldengatefestival.org.

A determined couple must take the law into their own hands in 'Unlikely Allies' (published by AuthorHouse), the new novel by Kathe Arendt that's filled with twists and turns on every page.