Stanley Townsend News

National Theatre at Home, the National Theatre's streaming platform, announces the release of two powerful new productions: Alterations, available from 12 August, and Retrograde, releasing 9 September.

Olivier and Tony nominated actor, and 2025 BAFTA and Oscar nominee Colman Domingo  and Nica Burns announces a post-show Q&A with Colman Domingo and writer of Retrograde, Ryan Calais Cameron.

Ryan Calais Cameron’s tight knit three-hander cuts deeper than a meditation on money or morality.

All new rehearsal photos have been released for the West End transfer of the Kiln Theatre’s production of Retrograde by Ryan Calais Cameron. Check out the photos here!

Olivier and Tony nominated actor, and 2025 BAFTA and Oscar nominee, Colman Domingo will join Nica Burns as producer for the West End transfer of the Kiln Theatre's production of Retrograde by Ryan Calais Cameron.

The Kiln Theatre's production of Retrograde by Ryan Calais Cameron will transfer to the West End starring Ivanno Jeremiah. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Netflix has premiered the official trailer for the upcoming series KAOS, alongside the first looks of Billie Piper, Suzy Eddie Izzard, and Debi Mazar. KAOS stars Jeff Goldblum as Zeus alongside Janet McTeer, David Thewlis, Rakie Ayola, and more. Watch the trailer and take a look at the new photos here!

Netflix has dropped the teaser trailer for KAOS, the upcoming series starring Jeff Goldblum. From Charlie Covell KAOS is a bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology: exploring love, power, and life in the underworld. Watch the trailer now!

BroadwayWorld caught up with Sam Yates as he prepared to take the show to the West End to discuss the enduring appeal of Chekhov, having to rethink his method of directing and the joy of reuniting with Andrew Scott.

HBO has released the official teaser video for the limited series THE REGIME, Kate Winslet. Joining the previously announced cast of Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, and more.

The Everyman has announced an upcoming Autumn season packed with top-quality drama, music, and comedy, as the theatre celebrates an impressive 125 years as a home for culture in Cork.

For one year only, pantomime comes to the National Theatre. Jude Christian and Cariad Lloyd's hilarious and heartfelt version of Dick Whittington, first staged at Lyric Hammersmith in 2018 and freshly updated for 2020, will open in the socially distanced Olivier theatre on the 11 December.  

BWW is reviewing the BBC's epic adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays, The Hollow Crown, available for streaming on Britbox (free 30 days trial).

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of David Mamet. Today's play, Glengarry Glen Ross!

Over four nights (28 April - 1 May), audiences throughout Ireland and across the globe can watch the world premiere of Dear Ireland a?" a historic digital theatre project that brings together 50 brand new monologues, commissioned by the Abbey Theatre as a rapid response to the COVID-19 crisis. Each piece of work was written and created in self isolation by 100 participating artists.

The Abbey Theatre has commissioned writers from Ireland, with unique additional contributions from the USA, China and Italy, to each write a monologue, to be performed by 50 actors, and then streamed on the Abbey's digital platforms. Today, 15 April 2020, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, Directors of the Abbey Theatre, announce the lineup of artists taking part in the theatre's historic project, Dear Ireland.

After a strong critical & audience response, Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O'Reilly, Producing Director) announced today a one-week extension for Lady G: Plays and Whisperings of Lady Gregory. Lady G is written by Lady Augusta Gregory with additional material by Ciarán O'Reilly (Dublin Carol), and direction by O'Reilly. Originally set to close on March 22, 2020, Lady G will now play in the W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre through March 29, 2020.

Irish Repertory Theatre presents the US premiere of Incantata, which premiered to wide acclaim at the 2018 Galway International Arts Festival and was most recently staged at Dublin's famed Gate Theatre.

Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O'Reilly, Producing Director) has announced The Smuggler written by Ronán Noone (The Second Girl), directed by Nicola Murphy (Pumpgirl) and starring Michael Mellamphy (The O'Casey Cycle).

Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O'Reilly, Producing Director) has announced the cast & creative team for Lady G: Plays and Whisperings of Lady Gregory. Lady G is written by Lady Augusta Gregory with additional material by Ciarán O'Reilly (Dublin Carol), with direction by O'Reilly. Previews begin in the W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre on February 12, 2020, with opening night set for February 19, 2020, for a limited engagement through March 22, 2020.