ANIMAL - 2023 - West End Articles Page 3

With compelling performances by Toronto theatre stalwarts, this tight, heartbreaking production might inspire you to call your grandparents and tell them that they matter.

Taylor Swift is marking the end of an era with a new 6-episode behind-the-scenes docuseries event chronicling the development, impact, and inner workings of The Eras Tour. Alongside a full concert film, the series debuts on December 12 on Disney+.

South Coast Repertory (Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Director Suzanne Appel) brings to life one of America’s most produced plays with the heartwarming comedy The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh.

Big Bear, written and directed by writer/performer Patrick McDonald is 'a visceral farce about a millennial friend group falling apart in real-time on the last day of a big group AirBnB.'

Bristol Old Vic has announced the full cast for its swashbuckling Christmas production Treasure Island: A New Musical Adventure, a new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Bristol-inspired tale of hidden treasure and daring deeds.

Artistic Director of Deafinitely Theatre Paula Garfield, MBE has announced the cast for the company's forthcoming touring production of Barrier(s) by Eloise Pennycott - Em Prendergast and Zoë McWhinney. 

Lolita Chakrabarti, in her stage adaptation of LIFE OF PI seems to wish for a more delicate balance between the veracity of Pi’s two different tales of his harrowing sea adventure. Yet all the Award-winning artifices of puppetry, lighting, and projection that accompany his more fantastical version make us want to believe Pi’s unrevised story more and more.

Following the success of last year's WEST END WOOFS (AND MEOWS), stage icons Dame Elaine Paige and Bernadette Peters will return to co-host their third annual live event at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden.

Global pop superstar Kesha has dropped her long-awaited new album, . (PERIOD), available everywhere now. Listen to the album and check out her tour dates here!

The Huntington will present a work-in-progress presentation of A Mongoose Speaks, written by Mahira Kakkar and directed by Danilo Gambini. Learn more.

Francesca Moody Productions and Bristol Old Vic has revealed the creative team for their new expanded co-production of hit Edinburgh Fringe musical How To Win Against History at Edinburgh Fringe. Learn more!

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través del Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ), con el apoyo del Municipio de Ciudad Juárez y la colaboración del Rubin Center for the Visual Arts de The University of Texas at El Paso, el Paso del Norte Community Foundation, el Fondo Transborder, la galería de arte Azul Arena, el Edificio de los Sueños y la Nueva Asociación Sudamericana de Artistas Locos (N.A.S.A.L), presentan tres exposiciones de artistas nacionales y fronterizos:

 Chicago Children’s Theatre turns 20 next season. To celebrate, the company has planned a 2025-26 season that’s a fond look back at some of its favorite live theater experiences for families over the past 20 years. 

Following her hit stand-up special Hijabs Off (Prime Video), and her first UK run with her sell-out and critically-acclaimed show at London's Soho Theatre last year, comedian, actor and writer Zainab Johnson makes her at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Per preliminary Nielsen data, with the launch of its second season, Poker Face is a top 5 original title across all of streaming based on minutes viewed for the week of May 5.

The cast and crew of LIFE OF PI, playing in the LA area through June 15, talk to the press about how the award-winning novel comes to life on stage.

On a recent visit to The Jennifer Hudson Show, Kesha revealed to the Dreamgirls star that she worked on a scene in the film as an extra. Watch the conversation now!

Asian American Arts Alliance has announced the selection of Hongbo Cai and Devi Majeske as the organization’s 2025 Van Lier Fellows in Music. This year’s awards were given to a fellow in one of two categories.

Artistic director D. Kimm will offer Montreal audiences the performance TRANSFIGURATION by French visual artist Olivier de Sagazan. Learn more about the performance here!

The Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival has revealed programming for its 2025 edition, Perseverance. Learn more and see how to attend.

A virtuoso, multi-skilled, bilingual cast pick away at issues too often comfortably swept under the carpet - by us Brits

Manhattan Theatre Source will present the 2025 EstroGenius Festival: ALL IN, a performance festival celebrating dynamo women, trans and gender non-conforming artists. Learn more!

Nottingham Playhouse has announced its new Autumn/Winter 2025/26 season. The new season includes the world premiere of a newly commissioned play, the UK regional premiere of a bitingly funny comedy and the return of a favourite literary adaptation.

The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the cast and creative team for its season-opening production of Into the Woods. Set to run June 27-July 6 in Culbreth Theatre at the University of Virginia.

South Coast Repertory will bring the singularly unique voice of Hawaiian playwright Noa Gardner to theatregoers with the world premiere of The Staircase. Learn more here!