Wigan theatre company ThickSkin announced a new participation programme at its development venue, The Engine Room, including free Creative Movement Workshops for over-60s and a monthly Play Reading Group.
ThickSkin's ghost story IT WALKS AROUND THE HOUSE AT NIGHT will tour the UK this autumn, with George Naylor reprising his role as Joe in the comedy-horror production supported by Queen's Theatre Hornchurch.
In spite of being one of the most difficult genres to stage, horror theatre is having its moment. The Woman in Black might have closed at the Fortune three years ago (almost to the day!), but the success of Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors is proof that audiences are hungry for some spooky drama. The crowds demand, Thickskin Theatre provides. It Walks Around the House At Night is a deliciously spine-tingling triumph of stagecraft. Written by Tim Foley and directed by Neil Bettles, it’s as traditional as it is innovative.
The terror continues as the chilling ghost story It Walks Around The House At Night from award-winning theatre company ThickSkin creeps into Southwark Playhouse Borough in March for its London premiere.
Born from the need for a welcoming venue dedicated to developing new work in the North West, The Engine Room transforms an industrial landmark into a hub of imagination and expression.
Award-winning Wigan-based theatre company ThickSkin has announced a host of new staff appointments, including a Jerwood Associate Artist and Head of Marketing & Audiences.
Wigan’s award-winning theatre company ThickSkin will present an ambitious new season and reaffirms their mission to platform emerging talent alongside world-class creatives.
Leeds United legends join fans for special recording of 'Marching On Together' for world premiere theatre production. Former Leeds United stars Jermaine Beckford and Paul Reaney made a special appearance at the Leeds United Foundation's Corner Flag Café, joining fans and community members for a heartfelt recording of the club's iconic anthem, 'Marching On Together'.
Marianne Elliott, the Olivier and Tony Award-winning director of War Horse and Angels in America joins Michelle Terry and others on the Pentabus board.
Leeds Playhouse has announced a ‘Premiership' line up for the world premiere of Leeds playwright Chris O'Connor's Through it All Together, a love letter to Marcelo Bielsa.
ThickSkin and rural touring company Pentabus will team up to remount their 2023 co-production, Driftwood by Tim Foley. Originally conceived and produced for rural touring, Driftwood will be scaled up for a national tour in 2025. T
From dance to comedy, drama, music, and juggling… Lowry has announced its contemporary season for early 2025. Featuring shows from national and international companies the season includes array of new theatre to kick off the New Year.
Ever been seduced by a social media get-rich-quick scheme? Those #GirlBoss influencers that promise their brand-new business will make you a millionaire by the end of the week? I Really Do Think This Will Change Your Life dives beneath the surface to tell you what's really going on. This darkly comic spectacle is a cautionary tale about those IT-girls who promise to change your life.
ThickSkin announces new partners and Wigan dates for Peak Stuff 2024 UK tour, with new dates added in Wigan and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
BroadwayWorld spoke to Pentabus Artistic Director Elle While about new show Driftwood, collaborating with ThickSkin, one of the most exciting parts of the scriptwriting process and the importance of rural theatre.
The theatre is now introducing their new programme for Autumn-Winter 2023, and announces that it will be Artistic Director, Andy Arnold's last season at the venue as he stands down from the role after almost sixteen years at the artistic helm.
The full cast and creative team have been announced for Driftwood; an intoxicating and mystical new play by award-winning writer Tim Foley in a distinctive physical and cinematic production.
Pentabus has announced their 2023 Summer/Autumn Season which features one new commission, one new digital theatre online release, four new Associate Artists and the return of Pentabus Young Writers live production with seven new brilliant plays.
Audiences will be catapulted into the American political arena where music, folklore and show-business collide head-on with the American Dream, for the first major production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Assassins since the composer’s death in 2021.
In 2002, in the turmoil after the end of the Kosovan War, an 11-year-old was sent on the notoriously perilous journey across the Adriatic. He was accompanied by a gang of people smugglers to a new life in Europe - How Not to Drown is Dritan Kastrati's real-life story. Relying on young wit and charm on his journey to the UK, Dritan's fight for survival continues when he finds himself caught within the British care system, struggling to cling onto his identity and sense of self.
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