Mike Bartlett News

Sure, this espionage thriller may be treading old ground, but that's just because nothing has changed.

Play-PerView has announced programming and casting for upcoming events through December 19th and concludes its 2020 season of online productions. On Saturday December 12th at 7:00pm EST, Play-PerView will live stream Cock by Mike Bartlett (King Charles III).

Today we rewind to 2015, when King Charles III arrived on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre, where it ran for 103 performances. Directed by Rupert Goold, the Mike Bartlett play was led by Tim Pigott-Smith, with Oliver Chris, Richard Goulding, Adam James, Margot Leicester and more. 

In October Watford Palace Theatre announced they had successfully received support from the Culture Recovery Fund. This will enable the venue to re-open their doors to the local community safely and start to bring their cultural offering back to the centre of Watford. After careful consideration and consultation, the venue has devised the Three Counties Freelancers Season as an ideal opportunity to serve local audiences and support local artists at the same time.

ETT (English Touring Theatre) today announces Phoenix, an audio drama written by Mike Bartlett and read by Bertie Carvel, Olivier Award winners, who previously collaborated on the BBC's Doctor Foster.

Almeida Theatre has announced a socially distanced season of three world premieres for Christmas 2020 and into 2021.

Practical guides for writers come a dime a dozen these days, but writer and producer Paul Kalburgi approaches the subject from a different path. As he taps into meditation and the ever-occurring battle with procrastination, he paints an honest and down-to-earth picture of the craft of scriptwriting and building a solid story.

Over forty of the UK's top touring theatre companies have today announced further details for Signal Fires, a collective touring initiative that will see new work staged UK-wide throughout October and November.

Studio Theatre is meeting the moment with a 2020-2021 season that is 'In the Moment,' with programming that translates the intimate theatre-going experience of its spaces into a variety of new formats.

Following the announcement from government that indoor theatre can return with social distancing, Defibrillator, in association with The Actors Centre, today announces the cast for the world première of Gemma Lawrence's new play Sunnymead Court.

Studio 180 Theatre has announced its 2020/21 season: five premieres of new Canadian works-in-progress as part of IN DEVELOPMENT and three readings of critically acclaimed, international plays in 180 READS, all of which engage with our mission to produce socially relevant theatre that provokes public discourse and promotes community engagement.

Mike Bartletta??s tragicomedy Albion returned to the Almeida stage in early 2020 and is now captured on film for the BBC. Set across the four seasons in a country garden, it teases out the disintegration of dreams and family alongside the upcoming spectre of the UKa??s exit from the European Union.

Mike Bartlett's production of Albion is being broadcast on BBC Four. Angel Coulby, who plays Anna in the show, explains why its themes are more relevant than ever before.

Today (August 10) in live streaming: BD Wong premieres Songs from an Unmade Bed, Liz Callaway sings with Seth Rudetsky, and so much more!

Michael Hsu Rosen starring in the leading role in Mike Bartlett's candid play, Cock. He will be joined by Ron Bohmer, Nick Rashad Bourroughs and Charnette Batey. The cast will be performing a reading of Cock on August 10 at 6 pm EST for one-night only to benefit The Trevor Project.

Hot on the heels of the re-ignition of outdoor performances, The Maltings Theatre will present a two-week open air festival of Shakespeare (and more) at the Roman Theatre of St Albans during August.

Nick Hern Books have announced they are now accepting applications for amateur online productions, with dozens of plays by leading contemporary writers available for amateur companies, schools, colleges, youth theatres and others to perform online via platforms such as Zoom, YouTube and Vimeo.

Theatre publishers Nick Hern Books (NHB) have announced five further writers to join The NHB Playgroup, their ongoing initiative throughout the current theatre shutdown which offers one free play each week to read and discuss, followed by a Q&A with the writer.

The BBC has reported that as a part of their new Lockdown Theatre Festival, they will be broadcasting plays on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 that had their runs cut short due to the health crisis.

Paines Plough, one of the most celebrated new writing theatre companies in the UK who put the playwright at the centre of their work, is launching a series of new digital projects to connect national and international playwrights and audiences in response to the current global crisis.