Myth - 2018 - West End Articles Page 10

With two large scale performance pieces inspired by a Greek myth and pirate story, Isla Aguilar and Miguel Oyarzun have announced the programme of this year's BE FESTIVAL, which will be their final after 13 years at the helm.

Is the grass always greener on the other side? From April 19 to 30, this age-old question will be theatrically explored as London’s Grand Theatre presents the World Premiere of the Canadian musical comedy GROW. 

Matsena Productions and House of Absolute present their latest work for the first time in Sadler’s Wells Theatre on Friday 6 & Saturday 7 May in a double bill as part of the Well Seasoned Programme, a Sadler’s Wells initiative to platform and celebrate work by Black dancemakers. 

The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2022/2023 thematic season titled Myth & History. The OPERA awaits the public in the renovated Ybl Palace on Andrássy Avenue with numerous new functions and services.

New circus theatre company Oddly Moving is retelling the Greek myth of Atlas using circus, autobiographical storytelling, physical theatre, projections and object manipulation.  The show shines a light on the individual looking at the personal burden of what-ifs, joys, regrets and turning points.

The multi-Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater has announced that tickets are now on sale for One Night, a nine-hour theatrical event that concludes the company’s five-year exploration of The One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of classic Silk Road stories. 

New York City-based indie-pop singer-songwriter, Aubrey Haddard, announces her second LP, Awake And Talking, available for pre-order now, via Beverly Martel Records. 'Just A Wall,' arrives as the first single from the forthcoming LP, one that sets the tone for what's in store. Watch the music video for the new track now!

Firehouse Theatre and Rumput will premiere a collaborative shadow theatre performance based on the Minotaur myth, reimagined by Richmond playwright Chandler Hubbard.

The multi-Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater has announced details for One Night, a nine-hour theatrical event that concludes the company’s five-year exploration of The One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of classic Silk Road stories. 

WOW - Women of the World has announced the full daytime programme for its 2022 London Festival, which returns to the Southbank Centre from 11-13 March, supported by Bloomberg, to mark International Women's Day.

 Fault Line Theatre will continue the 2022 Season of Irons in the  Fire, the organization’s reading series of new plays in development, with God Save the Queer by Zackary Grady, directed by Portia Krieger and featuring Michael Urie (George), Mallory Portnoy (Charlotte), Keshav Moodliar (Tariq), Seth Clayton (Louis), and Mary McCann (Kate).

Today the Abbey Theatre and Lyric Theatre in Belfast announced a major new co-production of Brian Friel’s Translations. Friel’s modern classic excavates small town, rural Ireland to interrogate language, the impact of words and how we communicate.

Following the release of design plans for the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion by artist Theaster Gates, Therme Group announced today that it will be supporting the realization of the Pavilion, sponsored by Goldman Sacks. Marking the fourth consecutive year of partnership between Serpentine and Therme, the collaboration reflects the partners' shared commitment to exploring how art, architecture and design can encourage mental and physical wellbeing in innovative ways, such as their co-curated Wellbeing Culture Forum Talks program, launched in 2020.

WOW - Women of the World has announced headliners for its 2022 London Festival, which returns to the Southbank Centre from 11-13 March, supported by Bloomberg, to mark International Women's Day.

New circus theatre company Oddly Moving will retell the Greek myth of Atlas using circus, autobiographical storytelling, physical theatre, projections and object manipulation.  The show will shine a light on the individual looking at the personal burden of what-ifs, joys, regrets and turning points.

Performance Space New York today announced its Spring 2022 season, featuring Puppies Puppies (Jade Guarano Kuriki-Olivo) with ALANI, China Black, Dani Davis, Lexii Foxx, Kaiya, Kammy-Rae, and Alethia Rael (Award Ceremony: March 4; Group Exhibition: March 11-April 17); Storyboard P (April 7-8) and more.

Now in its final week, the 14th annual Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival, running through January 31,will host two in-person events, including the world premiere of a new play by John Kearns and an online curated Irish language theater salon. 

Theatre Communications Group has announced the publication of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Eurydice was originally published by TCG Books in The Clean House and Other Plays in 2006 and is now available as a stand-alone edition.

Ringing in a hopeful 2022, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, will kick off a full year of live performance and art. Through performances, screenings, and exhibitions, REDCAT will once again welcome in-person audiences—as well as online audiences around the world—from January through June 2022. 

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the tenth annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, a four-night event that includes nightly readings of new works written by emerging artists. The Reading Series will feature new works by Liz Appel, Noah Diaz, Daria Miyeko Marinelli and York Walker. The Roundabout Underground Reading Series is January 18 - 21, 2022 at 5:00PM at the Five Angels Theater (789 Tenth Avenue).

SAMSON, the South African theatrical work produced by Third World Bunfight, is one of 6 winners of the prestigious World Music Theatre NOW! competition. SAMSON was written, directed and designed by Brett Bailey, with music and musical direction by Shane Cooper, and choreography by Elvis Sibeko.

The Public Theater announced the full line-up today for the 18th annual UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL, running January 12-30, 2022. The innovative festival of The Public’s winter season returns to in-person performances at The Public Theater and partner venues Mabou Mines and PS21 with work by artists from across the U.S. and around the world.

The festival will feature over 600 shows of the best new theatre, comedy, immersive experiences, cabaret, live performance, and late-night events from the UK’s brightest and boldest independent artists.

Following a month-long run that featured several dozen one-person theatre productions from across the globe, United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, concluded its twelfth season at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in New York by presenting this year's awards at the United Solo Closing Gala.

The exhibition Painting in Excess: Kyiv's Art Revival, 1985–1993 explores the inventive new art styles by Ukrainian artists responding to a trying transitional period of perestroika (restructuring) during the collapse of the Soviet Union.