The full cast is announced for the Theatr Clwyd and Menier Chocolate Factory co-production of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending. Theatr Clwyd's Artistic Director Tamara Harvey directs Catrin Aaron (Beulah Binnings), Michael Geary (Pee Wee Binnings), Valentine Hanson (Uncle Pleasant), Jenny Livsey (Eva Temple / Woman), Laura Jane Matthewson (Dolly Hamma), Mark Meadows (Jabe Torrance), Ifan Meredith (David Cutrere / Dog Hamma), Hattie Morahan (Lady Torrance), Seth Numrich (Val Xavier), Ian Porter (Sheriff Talbott), Jemima Rooper (Carol Cutrere), Carol Royle (Vee Talbott) and Carrie Quinlan (Sister / Nurse Porter). Public booking for the Menier Chocolate Factory dates opens at 9am today.
Tickets go on sale at 9am today for members of the Menier Chocolate Factory for the London dates for their co-production with Theatr Clwyd of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending. Public booking for the Menier Chocolate Factory dates opens on Monday 11 March at 9am.
Theatr Clwyd announce today a world renowned team of industry specialists to lead a major redevelopment of the Flintshire arts hub, one of Wales' major cultural assets and an award-winning centre of excellence. Since it opened 40 years ago it has had little investment in its structure and fabric and now requires urgent redevelopment to safeguard the unique benefits this cultural jewel provides for future generations.
The West End transfer of the National Theatre and Theatr Clwyd's critically acclaimed co-production of Home, I'm Darling, has just opened. This is a new play by Laura Wade, directed by Theatr Clwyd Artistic Director Tamara Harvey, featuring Katherine Parkinson, which begins performances at the Duke of York's Theatre on 26 January.
Beginning life at Theatr Clwyd last summer, Laura Wade's latest play Home, I'm Darling quickly transferred to the National's Dorfman Theatre and has now begun a limited engagement in the West End - following this run it will tour to Bath and Salford, before returning home to Theatr Clwyd at the end of April. Katherine Parkinson reprises the role of Judy in this Tamara Harvey-directed production.
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Winners of The Stage Awards 2019, in association with Integro Insurance Brokers Ltd, were announced at the Bridge Theatre, London on Friday, January 25, 2019.
As rehearsals begin, casting is announced for the West End transfer of the National Theatre and Theatr Clwyd's critically acclaimed co-production of Home, I'm Darling, a new play by Laura Wade, directed by Theatre Clwyd Artistic Director Tamara Harvey, featuring Katherine Parkinson, which begins performances at the Duke of York's Theatre on 26 January.
I'm genuinely blown away by the talent and commitment of everyone involved. Which is why I get so frustrated by the snobbery with which panto is sometimes greeted by colleagues in our industry.
Theatr Clwyd today announces new work for 2019. Following its previously announced West End transfer, Artistic Director Tamara Harvey's smash hit production of Laura Wade's Home, I'm Darling, will return home to Theatr Clwyd for the final week of April - in a co-production with the National Theatre and Fiery Angel. Also opening at the company's home base is a major revival of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending - in a first-time co-production with London's Menier Chocolate Factory. Following performances in Wales Tamara Harvey's production transfers to the Menier Chocolate Factory.
It's only a week to go until hundreds of top theatre organisations and industry experts descend on the Waldorf Hilton Hotel and surrounding venues for TheatreCraft 2018, the UK's biggest free off-stage careers event.
Following a sold-out run at the National Theatre, Laura Wade's new play transfers to the West End for 11 weeks only. Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, Humans) reprises her acclaimed role as Judy, in Wade's fizzing comedy about one woman's quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife. Book tickets here!
The National Theatre and Theatr Clwyd's critically acclaimed co-production of Home, I'm Darling, a new play by Laura Wade directed by Theatre Clwyd Artistic Director Tamara Harvey featuring Katherine Parkinson, will transfer to the West End, in a co-production with Fiery Angel.
TheatreCraft, the UK's largest free careers event for young people interested in off-stage theatre jobs, has announced four inspirational, industry-leading 2018 Ambassadors as part of an ambitious line-up of talks and workshops led by theatre professionals from across the UK - with extra places added today due to huge demand.
At a ceremony today at London's Guildhall, Theatr Clwyd's ground-breaking production of The Assassination of Katie Hopkins was named Best Musical Production at today's UK Theatre Awards, which celebrated outstanding achievements in regional theatre throughout the UK over the past year. Hosted by Tyrone Huntley, the Awards showcase the wealth of theatrical talent across the UK.
Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding's chilling dystopian text is given a contemporary reimagining as a group of schoolgirls find themselves stranded on a remote island following a crash landing.
Theatr Clwyd today announces full cast for its Christmas pantomime, Dick Whittington - The Purrrrrfect Rock 'N' Roll Panto. Zoe Waterman directs Royce Cronin (King Rhydian the Rat), Toby Falla (Tomos the Cat), Phylip Harries (Sarah the Cook), Daniel Lloyd (Wally Fitzwarren), Alice McKenna (Scratch/Harriet), Peter Mooney (Dick Whittington), Lynwen Haf Roberts (Sultana), Emmy Stonelake (Alice Fitzwarren), Luke Thornton (Sniff/Tom/Guard) and Anna Westlake (Fairy Betty Bowbells). The production opens at Theatr Clwyd on 27 November, with previews from 23 November, and runs until 19 January 2019.
Polly Frame and Siwan Morris have been cast in the roles of Gail and Karen in Thick as Thieves, a new play from Wales Drama Award winning playwright Katherine Chandler.
Tamara Harvey, Theatr Clwyd's Artistic Director and Executive Director Liam Evans-Ford, today announce Theatr Clwyd and Paperfinch Theatre's co-production of Hansel & Gretel: Fairytale Detectives, based on the Brothers Grimm tale, as an immersive Christmas adventure for families. This joins the previously announced Dick Whittington - The Purrrrrfect Rock 'N' Roll Panto, written by the award-winning Christian Patterson and directed by Zoe Waterman and Llew a'r Crydd, Theatr Clwyd and Pontio's first co-production written and directed by Emyr John.
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