The Traverse announces its Spring/Summer 2017 season today, December 12. The work presented has been selected to directly address a mix of both long-existent and emergent social, political and technological challenges, and comes from some of the most exciting companies in the UK.
Maraike Bruening, who recently completed her studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, challenges the familiar recital experience with a hopeful, beautiful, multi-media insight into Alice Herz-Sommer's remarkable life and ethos, underscored by the live piano music of Chopin.
Maraike Bruening, who recently completed her studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, challenges the familiar recital experience with a hopeful, beautiful, multi-media insight into Alice Herz-Sommer's remarkable life and ethos, underscored by the live piano music of Chopin.
The Tron 100 Festival is a week of new short plays written, performed and directed by members of the Tron Theatre's professional development initiative, the Tron 100 Club. Spanning from new writing to devised work over five nights of performance, the Festival will celebrate the talent and creative collaborations established by the artistic community of the Tron 100.
JANIS JOPLIN: FULL TILT runs tonight 11th February through 5th March 2016 at Theatre Royal Stratford East. BroadwayWorld has a first look at star Angie Darcy onstage as 'Janis Joplin' below!
Opening Theatre Royal Stratford East's 2016 season is Peter Arnott's production about one of rock's greatest female icons, Janis Joplin. Blending theatre with the feel and atmosphere of a legendary rock gig it's no wonder Janis Joplin: Full Tilt has picked up multiple awards, and sold out its runs at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival. Janis Joplin: Full Tilt is running from Wednesday 10 February to Saturday 5 March, with press night on Thursday 11 February.
Theatre Royal Stratford East announces its programme of productions taking place from February - June 2016 and the 2016/17 pantomime. The year ahead sees the theatre staying true to its commitment to develop and produce new plays and musicals, as well as reviving one of its most successful runs of the last few years. Theatre Royal Stratford East achieved 86% capacity last year, with the most culturally diverse audience in the country.
The Tron Theatre is delighted to announce its Spring/Summer 2016 season, a strong programme of new work, including two new productions by Tron Theatre Company itself, as well as a number of high profile co-productions and work from some of the best producing companies in the country. Highlights will include:
As the Traverse Theatre enjoys an acclaimed Festival programme it launches its Autumn season today (17 August), featuring a programme of world-class productions, festivals and engagement events. Traverse Theatre Company production, Tracks of the Winter Bear by Rona Munro and Stephen Greenhorn, premieres on 9 December, bringing to a close a season of work that reinforces the Traverse's position as one of the UK's foremost new writing theatres.
Propaganda Swing is a co-production between the Belgrade Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company and is written by Peter Arnott. The writing is based upon a true story at the commencement of World War II in Berlin. Billy Constant, an American CBS journalist, narrates the proceedings and is heavily revolved around his love for German jazz singer, Lala Anderson. Lala is part of a jazz band whom are forced to conform to music approved by Hitler against their will.
In just under a month's time, the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry will play host to the premiere of Peter Arnott's thrilling new wartime drama Propaganda Swing.
'The best story is the most fantastical story.' But when such a story on Facebook ends up making Jamie feel manipulated and powerless, she decides that getting offline is the only way to get back in control. 2012 Fringe First winners Pepperdine Scotland return to the Fringe with another world premiere, FORGET FIRE, devised by the company with Scottish playwright J.C. Marshall. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!
2012 Fringe First winners Pepperdine Scotland return to the Fringe with another world premiere, FORGET FIRE, devised by the company with Scottish playwright J.C. Marshall.
The Belgrade theatre has announced the return of 'Unplugged' from Sat 19 - Sat 26 July 2014. First launched in 2013, the week-long performance programme taking place at venues throughout Coventry and Warwickshire will once again offer audiences the unique opportunity to preview rehearsed readings from the Belgrade's Autumn Season of home-produced drama.
The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry has announced casting for the UK premiere of Peter Arnott's gripping WWII drama Propaganda Swing, playing on the Belgrade Main Stage for two weeks this September.
The Belgrade Theatre has announced full details of its new Autumn 2014 Season which will see Hamish Glen direct a brand new co-production of Peter Arnott's gripping WWII drama Propaganda Swing, premiering at the Belgrade this September. This will be followed by the return of Bob Eaton's smash-hit 2 Tone musical Three Minute Heroes in October and the Belgrade's annual pantomime, which this year is Aladdin. The Belgrade will also be re-instating its popular B2 Xmas Show Oh No It Isn't.
The Pepperdine University Fine Arts Division Theatre Department presents the US premiere of Why Do You Stand There in the Rain?, Scottish playwright Peter Arnott's drama based on the Bonus Army March in Washington, DC, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, through Saturday, April 6, at the Malibu campus' Smothers Theatre.
The Traverse Theatre and ESRC Genomics Forum today announced the next exciting phase of Peter Arnott's engagement as Playwright in Residence - a commission by the Traverse Theatre Company to write a genomics-related play.
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