Manual Cinema, the Chicago-based interdisciplinary performance collective, will take on the most famous holiday tale of all time with Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol, a world premiere, live streaming adaption of Charles Dickens's holiday classic created specifically for the 2020 holiday season.
Award-winning writer/producer/director, Dax Phelan (Jasmine, The Other Side of the Wind) has acquired the rights to UK author Mark Turley’s internationally renowned, best-selling book and captivating high-octane adventure, “Journeymen.”
Jennifer Lunn has been awarded the The Popcorn Writing Award 2020 for her play 'Es and Flo', and receives a cash prize of £2,500. The other Finalists are Matilda Ibini (awarded £1,500) and Chris Thompson (£1,000) with Camilla Whitehill receiving a Special Mention (£500).
This year's final shortlist of eight from 133 eligible plays that were due to premiere at Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance, Summerhall, Traverse Theatre and Underbelly, includes work from all over the UK and champions marginalised communities, shining a light on people who's stories are just not heard or seen.
Last week Underbelly launched a fundraiser to support artists who were due to appear at Underbelly Fringe 2020. 100% of all donations received go straight to artists from this year's planned programme.
Among the hopeful shoots of returning theatre is a new concert version of Stephen Sondheima??s A Little Night Music, coming to Opera Holland Park on 15 August. West End leading lady Janie Dee is wearing two hats for this project: shea??s both starring as Desiree, and co-producing with Alex Parker. She talked to us about her lockdown experience and the pleasure of reprising a great role.
Small Truth Theatre are delighted to announce our DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE on Saturday 15th August 2020, with our first collection of audio plays by an extraordinary ensemble of award winning and acclaimed playwrights, Actors, Director and Sound Designer - all available to download for free to our wonderful audiences.
Baltimore Center Stage announced today The 19th: Whose Vote Is It Anyway?, a virtual event taking place at 7pm on Monday, August 17th, the eve of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Widely acknowledged as the amendment granting women the right to vote, this event will call attention to the fact that only white women were truly granted suffrage on August 18th, 1920. Featuring musical performances, poetry, theater, and more, this event will both celebrate and interrogate the 19th amendment and what it means for human rights and women, nationwide.
Burning Coal Theatre Company in partnership with The League of Women Voters of Wake County and thirteen other theatre and/or opera companies from across central North Carolina has announced that it will present The 19th Amendment Project.
Leading lady, Pippa Grandison, much loved star of Australian stage and screen, is about to make her long awaited debut at Claire's Kitchen - the hottest and yummiest Covid-19 friendly cabaret venue in town.
In an effort to continuously bring consumers thrilling, event television at a faster pace, TNT is moving up the season premiere of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness to Sunday, July 19 with two episodes airing back to back starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT, one week after Snowpiercer airs a two-hour finale on Sunday, July 12 starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Teatro Paraguas will produce a video version of a play that has been considered for production for several years: Red Bike, by prize-winning playwright Caridad Svich.
Starting as a street food venture in North London, Nanny Bill's now has restaurants across London including Boxpark Wembley and Vinegar Yard in London Bridge.
After premiering at the 2019 Scranton Fringe in Pennsylvania, NEXT ROUND will return to the UK to open the Onstage: Online Festival, in association with Durham's Gala Theatre and The Assembly Rooms.
Vintage rock and rock and roll / Ameripolitan rockabilly
outfit, Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen will release their debut LP, Come On Angels! on July 31st
TNT's Emmy Award®-winning and Golden Globe Award®-nominated psychological thriller The Alienist returns with a new season titled The Alienist: Angel of
Darkness premiering Sunday, July 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, one week following Snowpiercer's finale.