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Aliya Al-Hassan

Aliya Al-Hassan is UK Managing Editor of BroadwayWorld. A London-based theatre critic and journalist, she has a life-long passion for the arts, with a focus on theatre. She is always keen to promote new work and smaller venues. Follow her on Twitter @aliyajaderosa






THE SOUND OF MUSIC and Sondheim's ASSASSINS Announced as Part of the New Chichester Festival Theatre Season
THE SOUND OF MUSIC and Sondheim's ASSASSINS Announced as Part of the New Chichester Festival Theatre Season
February 16, 2023

Chichester Festival Theatre’s Festival 2023 – the final season programmed by outgoing Artistic Director Daniel Evans – has been announced by Daniel and Executive Director Kathy Bourne.

Tickets from £18 for Akram Khan's CREATURE
Tickets from £18 for Akram Khan's CREATURE
February 16, 2023

Inspired by Woyzeck with shadows of Frankenstein, English National Ballet’s production of Creature by Akram Khan is an unearthly tale of exploitation and human frontiers, set in a derelict former Arctic research station.

Now on Sale: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 IN CONCERT
Now on Sale: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 IN CONCERT
February 15, 2023

It’s time to go hunting for Horcruxes once more: part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ in Concert is nearly here!

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Kate Prince's SYLVIA at The Old Vic?
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Kate Prince's SYLVIA at The Old Vic?
February 15, 2023

This revolutionary story celebrates the life of Sylvia Pankhurst – feminist, activist, pacifist, socialist, rebel – the lesser-known Pankhurst at the heart of the Suffragette movement, who changed the lives of working women and men across the world. So what did the critics think?

VAULT Festival Must Find a New Location From 2024
VAULT Festival Must Find a New Location From 2024
February 15, 2023

Following its triumphant return for the first time since the pandemic, VAULT Festival, the UK’s leading festival of live performance, has been advised by its venue-landlord, The Vaults, that it must find a new home for future festivals.

Kerry Ellis Joins Cast of Gatehouse Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Kerry Ellis Joins Cast of Gatehouse Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
February 15, 2023

Award-winning Kerry will play Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in the town’s prestigious annual Shakespeare production.

Review: SYLVIA, The Old Vic
Review: SYLVIA, The Old Vic
February 15, 2023

In Sylvia, the subject of the show is potentially fascinating, with much comparison to draw to the current day; echoes of recent police brutality against women, the challenges against the right to protest and the fight for equal pay rumble on 100 years later. The show has so much to say, but ends up muffled. Rose

Oldham Coliseum Proposes Permanent Closure
Oldham Coliseum Proposes Permanent Closure
February 14, 2023

Oldham Coliseum has proposed that it will permanently close on 31 March.

Aurora Orchestra Presents Beethoven Plugged and Unplugged at Printworks and Southbank Centre
Aurora Orchestra Presents Beethoven Plugged and Unplugged at Printworks and Southbank Centre
February 14, 2023

This March, Aurora Orchestra will illuminate one of classical music’s most recognisable works – Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 – presenting it in two radically contrasting ways, conceived for two of London’s best known venues – Printworks London and the Southbank Centre. Each event features a new music commission from one of the UK’s most exciting young composers. 

Tickets from just £24 for SHIRLEY VALENTINE
Tickets from just £24 for SHIRLEY VALENTINE
February 14, 2023

Tickets from just £24 for Shirley Valentine, starring Sheridan Smith

ATG Working to Change Show Marketing to Tackle Poor Audience Behaviour
ATG Working to Change Show Marketing to Tackle Poor Audience Behaviour
February 14, 2023

Ambassador Theatre Group, the largest theatre operator in the UK, is working with producers to tone down marketing that might encourage bad behaviour.

The Calder Bookshop & Theatre Presents SEPTEMBER
The Calder Bookshop & Theatre Presents SEPTEMBER
February 13, 2023

'September' is a new political play about love, betrayal, and murder that links General Pinochet's coup in Chile on September 11, 1973, and the attacks on New York City, on September 11, 2001.

FAMILY TREE Cast Announced
FAMILY TREE Cast Announced
February 13, 2023

Aminita Francis (Red Riding Hood, Liverpool EVERYMAN), Keziah Joseph (Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear, NATIONAL THEATRE), Mofetoluwa Akande (A Christmas Carol, BRISTOL OLD VIC), Aimée Powell (Nothello, BELGRADE THEATRE) and Alistair Hall (Safe, NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL) are cast in the World Premiere and National Tour of Mojisola Adebayo’s award-winning play Family Tree

Review: PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF), Richmond Theatre
Review: PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF), Richmond Theatre
February 14, 2023

Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) has the potential to be an unstructured mess, but has the joyous, slightly chaotic nature of an irreverent fringe production, with the wit and slick satire of a carefully crafted piece more than worthy of the West End.

Ukraine Turns its Back on Russian Culture
Ukraine Turns its Back on Russian Culture
February 13, 2023

Ukraine is undertaking a number of changes to get rid of elements of Russian culture in the country, according to The Times.

Show of the Week: Save up to 48% on DIRTY DANCING
Show of the Week: Save up to 48% on DIRTY DANCING
February 13, 2023

Dirty Dancing is back! Exploding with heart-pounding music, breathtaking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing.

Paul Mescal Talks With BBC Radio 4: 'Theatre, in its Essence, is Grueling'
Paul Mescal Talks With BBC Radio 4: 'Theatre, in its Essence, is Grueling'
February 10, 2023

In his first interview since his Oscar nomination Paul Mescal said he has always wanted to play the role of Stanley Kowalski.

Tickets from £18 for WINNER'S CURSE at the Park Theatre
Tickets from £18 for WINNER'S CURSE at the Park Theatre
February 10, 2023

Making war is a dirty business. So is making peace.

Staff “Scared” to Come to Work says Edinburgh Playhouse Director
Staff “Scared” to Come to Work says Edinburgh Playhouse Director
February 9, 2023

Staff at the Edinburgh Playhouse are 'nervous and scared' due to a rise in verbal and physical abuse from patrons, according to its theatre director.

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Make of Sam Mendes' THE LEHMAN TRILOGY?
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Make of Sam Mendes' THE LEHMAN TRILOGY?
February 9, 2023

The National Theatre and Neal Street Productions’ The Lehman Trilogy makes a triumphant return to London following an acclaimed season in Los Angeles and a highly lauded run on Broadway, winning 5 Tony Awards® including Best Play. Directed by Academy Award®, Tony Award® and Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy features a cast of three playing the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons, in an extraordinary feat of story-telling told in three parts on a single evening. Hailed by The New York Times as 'a genuinely epic production', The Lehman Trilogy is the story of a family and a company that changed the world.



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