Popcorn Group have announced this year’s incredible judging committee along with their longlist of brave and imaginative new plays for the Popcorn Writing Award. Partnering for the first time with BBC Writersroom, Popcorn offers a prize fund of £6,000.
The trains are packed with line learners and gorgeous clowns and the reviewers are sharpening their pencils. BWW readers are choosing shows so, performers, help them! And QUICKLY!
The Sol Project, the national theater initiative dedicated to amplifying Latiné voices and building a body of work for the new American theater, announced full details for the fifth annual SolFest: A Latiné Theatre Festival, produced in partnership with (Pregones/PRTT). The four-day program runs August 7-10 with both online and in-person events.
With an eye to the future, MRT announced today five new commissioned playwrights: Vichet Chum, Kevin Kling, Melinda Lopez, Dael Orlandersmith, and Kalean Ung.
Performers... you're in a lift and you have 30-seconds to sell your show... GO, GO GO!
What are we willing to sacrifice in the name of art and success? PERSEPHONE PRODUCTIONS mark their return to theatre with POOL NO WATER, a contemporary reframing of the one-act dark comedy written by Mark Ravenhill. The play presents a diverse cast and crew.
BroadwayWorld gives performers an opportunity to rep their show. The catch? Keeping it snappy... ready, steady... go!
Husband and wife duo Stephanie Dodd and Justin Badger blog for Broadway Baby about debuting The Failure Cabaret in Edinburgh along with the benefits and pitfalls of writing a show with your partner about your most personal and sometimes sensitive subjects
Eve Pearson-Wright discusses how she came to write a piece about Margaret Hughes and Anne Marshall; the first women of the stage.
Briefs Sweatshop (Assembly George Square Gardens -22.05) star, Thomas Fonua (AKA Kween Kong) has been named as the South Australia contestant for RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under 2022.
TimeLine Theatre Company is presenting the world premiere of Campaigns, Inc. Campaigns, Inc. begins previews August 3, 2022. Press Night is Wednesday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m. Opening Night is August 11. Performances run through September 18 at TimeLine Theatre. Get a first look at the cast here!
Underbelly have announced the cast line up for fan favourite, critically acclaimed and genre-defining cabaret show, La Clique, as it returns to where it all began – at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Kathy Maniura and Derek Mitchell of ‘Horseplay’ blog for Broadway World about bringing Bareback to the Fringe, the way they create their absurdist sketches and the effect the pandemic had on their talking vagina character.
Underbelly makes a triumphant post-pandemic return to its spiritual home at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with 10 incredible shows spanning circus, cabaret, comedy, variety and more. Spanning two dazzling venues - The Lafayette and The Beauty – as well as a charming bar, Underbelly's Circus Hub provides the perfect antidote from the madness of the Mile with a raft of shows to dazzle, delight and inspire, including:
Eli Matthewson discusses what happened when he tried to write a show with no gay jokes.
THE ACACIA STRAIN — Vincent Bennett [vocals], Kevin Boutot [drums], Devin Shidaker [guitar], and Griffin Landa [bass] — have announced the 'You Can't Skip Lunch' Tour, which kicks off on September 9 in Philadelphia and runs through September 26 in Washington, DC. Check out the complete list of tour dates now!
beabadoobee has announced a nationwide U.S. headline tour with direct support from Dirty Hit labelmates Lowertown. Kicking off on October 25 in Washington, D.C., the 28-date run will see Bea come to major cities coast to coast including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and more.
The multi award-winning and critically acclaimed production of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB in London's West End has now extended booking until 7 January 2023 with 30,000 tickets released. The Christmas performance schedule is also announced with details below. Casting from 4 October 2022 to be announced soon.
What did our critic think of SANCTUARY CITY at Berkeley Repertory? 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living) paints a bleak, gritty and totally authentic portrayal of the effects of immigration inequalities on two young Dreamers fighting to establish a life for themselves in Berkeley Rep's new production of Sanctuary City. Fresh off a critically hailed run in NYC, Sanctuary City is set in 2006, a tense time post 9/11 when America war on terrorism had tragic effects on illegal aliens trapped in a web of inaction, helplessness, and fear.
Australian drag variety show Yummy: Iconic features of quintet of performers dishing out an upbeat blend of dance, circus, burlesque and as much as lipsyncing as they can cram in. Will this tasty mix of talents leave you satiated or craving something more substantial?
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