Laura Johnson

The St. Charles Singers' season finale concerts April 20-21, 2024, will mark the start of the internationally recognized chamber choir's 40th-anniversary celebration with a program featuring songs about nature, especially flowers, and romantic love.

The St. Charles Singers will launch a new community outreach initiative with a pair of 'Choral Connections' concerts, featuring vocal ensembles from six suburban Chicago high schools. The concerts will showcase the talent of the St. Charles Singers and the student choruses, culminating in a joint performance.

Get ready for an extraordinary season as the St. Charles Singers announce their 2023-2024 lineup. Experience world premieres, collaborations, and captivating performances that will leave you in awe. Don't miss out on this exceptional season of music-making.

The St. Charles Singers, led by founder and music director Jeffrey Hunt, will conclude its decade-long Mozart Journey project with concerts August 27 and 28, 2022, in St. Charles, Illinois, featuring two of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most beloved sacred choral works, a famous opera aria, and a dramatic early symphony.

Bringing to life the legendary hits of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf, the critically acclaimed production Bat Out of Hell – The Musical heads to Milton Keynes for two weeks from 14 June.

Award-winning Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical, featuring Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf's greatest hits, will be touring the UK and Ireland in 2021 and 2022, with performances beginning on 11 September 2021 at Manchester Opera House and running through to 5 November 2022.

The producers of the UK & Ireland Tour of Bat Out of Hell – The Musical, featuring Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf's greatest hits, have announced the return of Glenn Adamson as Strat, Martha Kirby as Raven and original leading cast members Rob Fowler  as Falco, Sharon Sexton as Sloane, and more!

The St. Charles Singers, led by founder and music director Jeffrey Hunt, will present their 2020 Candlelight Carols program as a free-to-view webcast on Sunday, December 6. The 45-minute concert will stream at 4 p.m., 7 p.m., and 9 p.m. CST.

With the announcement that Chico State would be primarily online for the fall semester,  the theatre department decided to do virtual performances streamed online.

If youa??re anything like me, Ia??m sure that you have heard at least one person question the value of the arts or a career in the arts.  Lately, many arts workers have made social media posts about the a?oeBe An Arts Heroa?? initiative.

I tend to see the first week of school as a preview of what the semester has to offer.  It is when you first get an idea of what your classes will be like and really sets the tone for what is to come.

The idea of starting my freshman year of college was very daunting.

Choosing a college was an overwhelming process for me.  It was probably one of the biggest decisions I had to make at that point in my life.

If you don't live in New York or you're on a tight budget (or both), being a theatre fan can be hard.

I'm not always perfect, but I have been better about finding what works for me and actually following through.

There is no question that this pandemic has disrupted people's everyday lives and created a new standard for normal.  This is especially true in the realm of education, as many people have been forced to adjust to online learning. 

This Spring, the acclaimed Watermill Theatre presents the World premiere of a captivating and powerful new folk-inspired musical. The Wicker Husband, by Rhys Jennings and Darren Clark, was the winner of the inaugural MTI Stiles + Drewe Mentorship Award in 2016 celebrating new British musical theatre writers and was included in the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 30th Annual Festival of New Musicals in New York.

Launching Chiswick Playhouse's inaugural season, from 30th October to 30th November, is the UK premiere of the revamped, brand-new version of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. After playing over 5,000 performances off-Broadway, this hilarious and poignant musical comedy was substantially re-written in 2018 to reflect the challenges facing the romantics of today. It is now presented for the first time in the UK with a stellar West End cast and direction from Charlotte Westenra (Kiss of the Spiderman, Donmar Warehouse; Frost/Nixon, Michael Grandage Company as Associate Director).

The Tabard Theatre has been rebranded as Chiswick Playhouse. If their opening production is anything to go by, it promises a highly exciting new chapter for this long standing West London venue.

Get a peek inside rehearsal for Chiswick Playhouse's inaugural production I Love, You, You're Perfect, Now Change.