Headlong has revealed initial casting and full creatives for their fresh new staging of A Raisin in the Sun by director Tinuke Craig. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Few directors are as comfortable helming a sparkly winter panto as they are a psychologically gruelling Sarah Kane play. But few directors have credits as varied as Tinuke Craig. A former Bayliss Associate at The Old Vic, she is now making her RSC directorial debut with Richard Sheridan’s The School for Scandal, a restoration comedy written in 1777. 247 years later – what can it tell us today?
When I first worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) back in 2017, I was seduced into thinking I had to change my approach to movement because I was working in the “sacred space” of Shakespeare.
Full casting has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of The School for Scandal. Directed by Tinuke Craig, the show runs in repertoire in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between Saturday 2 July – Friday 6 September.
Returning to Stratford East after two decades, the vibrant ska musical The Big Life mixes the plot of Love's Labour's Lost with the arrival of the Windrush generation to London. With a big heart and a sense of fun, it takes an original approach to highlighting the plight of the new migrants who see their dreams collapse.
The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced its new 2024/2025 season, featuring a revival of the Olivier Award-winning play Our Country’s Good. Learn more about the full season here!
Recently, we chatted with Rachel John and Ashley Samuels, who play Zulieka and Ferdy in The Big Life. We discussed the different paths they took to get into the theatre industry, the roles they play within the show and what it is like being a part of the revival twenty years after.
Newly appointed Co-Artistic Directors of the RSC, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey have announced their inaugural season for the Company.
Stratford East has announced the cast and creative team for its revival of hit Windrush Ska musical The Big Life, with book by Paul Sirett and Tameka Empson, lyrics by Paul Sirett, and music by Paul Joseph.
STRATFORD EAST has announced a lineup of new shows and events for 2024, including Lanre Malaolu's 'Now, I See,' a powerful exploration of the Black male experience in contemporary Britain. Don't miss this thought-provoking production.
The Young Vic Theatre and Genesis Foundation is excited to announce Andrea Ling as the 2023 Genesis Future Directors Award recipient.
A unique rediscovery marking the first professional UK production in more than 90 years of Birthright, the classic 1910 rural Irish tragedy by T. C. Murray, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 5 September 2023.
The Old Vic will release seven climate emergency-themed monologues online for free, showcasing the work of established writers alongside emerging artists from across their Education & Community projects.
Running from 22 April 2023, the V&A's Performance Festival will 'explore and deconstruct musical theatre, with a wide range of special events taking place throughout the museum.'
April has some truly exciting theatre in store. From Ryan Calais Cameron's new play about Sidney Poitier to a revival of Brian Friel's Olivier Award-winning play and one of Noël Coward's darkly comic masterpieces, BroadwayWorld has some brilliant recommendations for your theatrical delectation.
This April, the English National Opera (ENO) presents the UK premiere of Blue by American composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson.
Diana Nneka Atuona’s Liberian Girl was a hit at the Royal Court in 2015. In her second play, she shifts away from the African continent to 1940s Cardiff for her second play Trouble In Butetown.
All new production photos have been released from the world première production of Diana Nneka Atuona’s Trouble in Butetown, directed by Tinuke Craig, that is currently running at the Donmar Warehouse until 25 March.
February is the shortest month and there's an awful lot of amazing theatre to be fitted in. Head off the winter blues with some fantastic theatrical treats including the return of Sam Mendes' The Lehman Trilogy, the West End transfer of OKLAHOMA! and the very first show at Southwark Playhouse's new venue.
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