Evening Standard has reported that the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has penned a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, outlining eight steps that need to be taken in order to revive London business in the wake of the global health crisis.
Adam Spreadbury-Maher, Artistic Director of the King's Head Theatre, Islington will step down from his post this September after a decade of service.
The Stage has reported that restaurant owners are warning that central London is a 'ghost town' without theatres open in the UK, and that businesses are at risk of closing.
The WOW Foundation has today announced the full line up for the 2020 10th anniversary Festival in London. British Vogue will present 'Forces for Change' with Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful OBE. Forces for Change was launched in The September Issue of British Vogue guest edited by HRH The Duchess of Sussex. For this special WOW event, the editor-in-chief has invited artists, activists and fashion pioneers to join him for an evening of conversation exploring the publication's ongoing movement, sharing stories of female trailblazers setting the agenda across the globe.
Founder of Tara Arts, Jatinder Verma MBE, is to step down as Artistic Director, forty years after founding the ground-breaking company.
Kiln Theatre today announces their programme as part of Sadiq Khan's wider Brent London Borough of Culture 2020. The programme includes the world première of Zadie Smith's The Wife of Willesden directed by Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham, renewing their collaboration following the acclaimed world première stage adaptation of Smith's White Teeth in 2018, Footholds: NW Stories; a trilogy of short plays by Moira Buffini, Suhayla El-Bushra and Roy Williams, and the fourth annual Mapping Brent project, supported by the Brent 2020 Culture Fund. Kiln Theatre will also lead The Agency, a programme for young people in Brent to workshop and pitch unique business and social enterprise ideas for funding and support.
Suzi Ruffell, Seann Walsh and Rhys James headline Theatre Deli's comedy festival at The Old Library in Burgess Park, Camberwell and Theatre Deli Broadgate for its second year.
On Good Friday, Friday 19th April 2019, the renowned Wintershall Players return to the heart of London with their awe-inspiring full-scale re-enactment of The Passion of Jesus, performed for free in the shadow of the National Gallery. The open-air production was first produced in London in 2010 and The Passion has now become a highly anticipated Easter fixture.
Kicking off the first ever London Borough of Culture year in Waltham Forest, Mayor Sadiq Khan applauds the strong and warm sense of community togetherness, exemplified over this opening weekend, that lies at the heart of the borough.
See photos from the opening event, Welcome to the Forest, of the first ever May of London's Borough of Culture 2019, Waltham Forest. Running across the weekend (11 to 13 January, 6pm to 9.30pm), Welcome to the Forest is created in response to the themes of Waltham Forest's year celebrating Radicals, Makers and Fellowship. This unique event for all the family is designed to celebrate our shared past, present and future in this much loved corner of north east London that we've chosen to call home. The Mayor's London Borough of Culture programme is designed to put culture at the heart of the local community and inspire a new generation of creative talent.
Images are today released ahead of Welcome to the Forest, the opening event for the first ever Mayor of London's Borough of Culture, Waltham Forest. The opening event Welcome to the Forest (11 to 13 January, 6pm to 9.30pm) is created in response to the themes of Waltham Forest's year celebrating Radicals, Makers and Fellowship. It's a unique event for all the family designed to celebrate our shared past, present and future in this much loved corner of north east London that we've chosen to call home. The Mayor's London Borough of Culture programme is designed to put culture at the heart of the local community and inspire a new generation of creative talent.
Taking an unflinching look at the people behind the labels, this hard-hitting new play asks how responsible society is for creating the 'monsters' it fears. Three characters flee the shores of Libya; each on their own personal journey, whilst a tabloid reporter awaits them on the beaches of Greece, seeking stories to fit a cynical narrative about the Syrian refugee crisis. Of Our Own Making examines our judgement of perpetrators in light of complex circumstances.
Southwark Playhouse are pleased to announce the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today awarded the theatre a grant of £750,000. The award is part of the Mayor of London's £70 million Good Growth Fund, £30 million of which has been awarded to projects which put local communities at the heart of regeneration, enabling Londoners to actively participate in their local communities and give people a voice in shaping how the capital will grow. The theatre's grant will enable the development of its new flagship venue in the borough of Southwark.
The Inheritance, the 2018 Evening Standard Theatre Award-winning 'Best Play' by Matthew Lopez, must end its strictly limited engagement at the Noel Coward Theatre on Saturday 19th January. Sonia Friedman, Tom Kirdahy and Hunter Arnold present the Young Vic production which opened in the West End on Saturday 13th October to widespread critical acclaim, with reviews recognising it as a modern classic, and one of the most important plays for many years.
Madani Younis announces his departure from the Bush Theatre as he is appointed Creative Director of the Southbank Centre.
Polka Theatre today announce full casting for Shamser Sinha's Three Sat Under The Banyan Tree based on The Panchatantra - India's Aesop's Fables. Artistic Director of Tara Arts, Jatinder Verma directs Rose-Marie Christian (Jayaben - Crow story), Medhavi Patel (Yasmin - Leopard story) and Raj Swamy (Mahendra - Mongoose story). The production opens on 3 October, with previews from 28 September, and runs until 21 October.
Totally Thames' fantastic annual season of over 100 events celebrating the River Thames is back for the month of September.
Totally Thames' fantastic annual season of over 100 events celebrating the River Thames is back for the month of September.
Artistic Director of Polka Theatre, Peter Glanville today announces their new season for Autumn/ Winter 2018 comprising both new Polka productions and visiting work as well as classes and workshops, celebrating some of the greatest living writers for children.
TIME has just revealed the 2018 TIME 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The issue has six worldwide covers, each highlighting a member of the TIME 100: Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Roger Federer, Tarana Burke, Satya Nadella, and Tiffany Haddish. Also included in this year's list are stage and screen star Hugh Jackman and Broadway/West End producer Sonia Friedman.
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