Oscar Wilde News

The Shaw Festival announced the 60th anniversary season. Get the full list of shows and dates here. “We have a lot to celebrate as we look forward to our diamond anniversary season. In what might be our most ambitious programme ever, we intend to show off the range of experiences available at The Shaw,” revealed Artistic Director Tim Carroll.

Firehouse Theatre has launched its third limited collection of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) on OpenSea.com.

Following in the footsteps of the great salons of Paris, the opium dens of Victorian London, and the bedspread at a Red Roof Inn, comes The Peculiar Vulgarium of Arthur Greenleaf Holmes, an intimate evening with the world's preeminent poet of the perverse.

En el papel de Salomé, la soprano estadounidense Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs hizo gala de su técnica y poderío vocal. Asimismo, participaron el barítono francés Peter Castaldi, el tenor Chris Merritt e integrantes del Coro del Teatro de Bellas Artes, entre ellas y ellos Dolores Menéndez, Carlos Galván, Francisco Martínez, Luis Alberto Sánchez, Gilberto Amaro, Hugo Colín, Arturo López Castillo, José Luis Reynoso, Edgar Gutiérrez, Octavio Pérez, Pablo Atahualpa Hernández, Isaac Pérez y Juan Pablo Sandoval. 

Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group have announced a commercial ‘First Look’ agreement for all future works produced by the theatre company. STC’s productions will have the opportunity to be transferred or remounted as commercial productions to entertain audiences in new markets.

Irving Undead – a one-man play starring award-winning actor James Swanton (the demonic spirit in Host) – will be revived this October. The play, which tells the true story of the Victorian actor Henry Irving, is getting four showings at The Space, from 22 to 24 October, as part of the London Horror Festival.

Mark William returned to his home turf, The Green Room 42, on Saturday night for the first time in 18 months.

Verdi’s Il Trovatore can be seen live online on Sunday, October 3 at 2:00 pm or on Wednesday, October 6 at 7:30 pm live streamed directly from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Streamed live, they will not be able to be re-visited. Access to these performances is $30.00, available by clicking on the link below.   LINK https://www.laopera.org/performances/2122-season-page/il-trovatore-3/

Mark William will return to The Green Room 42 for the first time since the pandemic with his show Back With A Beat on Saturday September 25th at 7:00pm. BroadwayWorld caught up with Mark William just days before the big event.

Skylight Music Theatre today announced that Skylight's first virtual, full-length musical, Being Earnest by Paul Gordon and Jay Gruska, will be featured on the international platform Streaming Musicals. Skylight is Milwaukee's professional Equity music theatre.

OffFest Award winning, The Tragedy of Dorian Gray by Ross Dinwiddy - a tense and compelling, yet darkly humorous reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic tale which moves the action to the 1960s is opening at The Drayton Arms Theatre in October 2021.

First-time director Rose Linnell will bring Wilde's “Trivial Comedy for Serious People” to life with an abundance of satirical wit, skewering the façade of social propriety and aristocratic hypocrisy.

Both a celebration and a call to action, Expand the Canon demands space in the classical canon for more diverse playwrights, many of whom were underproduced or utterly un-produced in their lifetimes. Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre calls upon the national and international theater community to expand its definition of classical theater and include these brilliant writers and artists in their production seasons, publications, classrooms, and beyond.

The Importance of Being Earnest, due to its witty dialogue and fast-paced comedy, has withstood the passage of time, resulting in multiple revivals and adaptations. Audiences can catch The Importance of Being Earnest at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg (LTM) through September 19th. For those looking for a laugh, The Importance of Being Earnest at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg is just the ticket!

Irish Repertory Theatre announced today productions for their upcoming fall season, which will mark their return to in-person programming following the Covid-19 shutdown in March 2020.  

Rural Touring Dance Initiative brings dance back to rural venues with a programme of seven works from leading dance companies comprising new shows and returning favourites.

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics handed out its annual Dorian Awards last night, recognizing the best in film, television, and performance.

Committed to supporting the future of accessible digital theatre, the matinee performance will be streamed with live captioning at 3.30pm and the evening performance will be streamed at 8pm.

Door Shakespeare has announced the appointment of Judy Drew as chair of its board of directors, and the election of two new board members, Martha Scully Beller and Dr. Eric Ohlrogge.  

Tobacco Factory Theatres has announced many of its new season of inspiring and entertaining shows from September, including the biggie…..Christmas at Tobacco Factory Theatres! Follow the yellow brick road this Christmas with OZ – a brand new in-house production, created and co-produced with award-winning Bristol-based company Pins and Needles.