Nick Hern News

Leading theatre publishers Nick Hern Books will publish An Actor's Alphabet - an honest, and empowering look at the realities of life as an actor in today's industry, by award-winning TV and theatre star Julie Hesmondhalgh - on 17 November 2022.

San Jose Stage Company has announced the cast and creative team for the first production of its 40th Anniversary 2022-23 Season, Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason. Directed by Johnny Moreno, Sex with Strangers will run from October 12 – 30, 2022 at San Jose Stage Company.

Amidst the continuing Ukraine conflict and the epidemic of gun violence in the United States, Sisters Freehold brings this powerful international play to Baltimore with all proceeds to benefit the Children’s Emergency Fund of Save the Children. See photos from the production.

From modern day inequities to porn addiction, betting shops, spiritual and sexual liberation and an octopus taught to believe in God, 17 new plays have been longlisted for the 40th anniversary of Soho Theatre's Character 7 sponsored Verity Bargate Award.

Five months into the crisis in Ukraine, Sisters Freehold brings Carly Wijs' powerful play to Baltimore as a fundraiser for Save the Children's Children's Emergency Fund.

What did our critic think of 300 Thoughts For Theatremakers: A Manifesto For The Twenty-First Century Theatremaker?

Russell Lucas chats to BroadwayWorld about his unique perspective on theatre in the UK, his drive to write his new book, and the future of the term “theatremaker”.

Papatango announced that Clive Judd has won the 14th annual Papatango New Writing Prize for his debut full-length play, Here, from a record 1,553 entries. Also announced were the other shortlisted writers: Georgia Bruce for Time, Like The Sea; Jennifer Lunn for Core; Esme Mahoney for Wishbone, and Dilan Raithatha for Little India.

Today Pentabus announced their 2022 Season which features a new commission touring in the autumn, the return of Pentabus Young Writers live production and three new digital projects. 

Leading theatre publisher Nick Hern Books (NHB) has announced the release of the first-ever audiobook edition of The Empty Space – the hugely influential classic of theatre writing by Peter Brook  read by award-winning actor Adrian Lester.

​​Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theatre, announced that publisher Terry Nemeth will be retiring in the fall of 2022. For almost 40 years, Nemeth has led TCG’s publishing programs, including TCG Books and American Theatre magazine.

A new play from multi award-winning poet and playwright Caroline Bird, Red Ellen tells the remarkable story of Ellen Wilkinson, the revolutionary Labour MP who fought with an unstoppable, reckless energy for a better world.

Writers behind some of the most critically acclaimed works over the last two years were honoured at the 29th Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards ceremony, including Russell T Davies, Kevin Dyer, Emerald Fennell, Andrea Gibb, Chinonyerem Odimba, Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci and Jack Thorne

Charles Duff’s The Best of the West End: The Life and Work of Frith Banbury, will be published on 24 February 2022 by Zuleika Books. A wonderful mixture of scholarship and gossip, this biography will fascinate and amuse everyone who loves theatre.

Can you remember your first time? Nathaniel most certainly does... and he can't seem to forget it. To be fair, he has had it playing on repeat for 15 years. But now the party is over, the balloons have all burst and he's left living his best queer life: brunching on pills, watching daytime TV, and procrastinating on Google…

In the best-case scenario, by the end of the 21st century, the Earth will “only” become warmer by 1.5 degrees Celsius. Realistically, it will be much hotter. Severe heat waves and rising water levels are only two of the main symptoms of this; coral reefs will disappear almost entirely and animal species will go completely extinct. Seas will swallow cities whole. Polar bears will become a fever dream.

Papatango today announces that the fourteenth annual Papatango New Writing Prize will be open for submissions from Monday 13 December 2022 until 9pm on 30 January 2022.

Production photos have been released for the European première of Interruptions, written by Stephen Jeffreys performed by represent., a theatre company for actors from a lower socioeconomic background, that runs at Jacksons Lane Theatre 17 November - 4 December.

Leading theatre publishers Nick Hern Books (NHB) have announced their first-ever pop-up bookshop, the Big Bargain Bookshop at the Bush, which will run at acclaimed London new-writing venue the Bush Theatre later this month.

Go inside rehearsal for the European première of Interruptions, written by Stephen Jeffreys performed by represent., a theatre company for actors from a lower socioeconomic background, that runs at Jacksons Lane Theatre 17 November – 4 December.