BWW Review: THE NOISE WE MAKE, NST Young CompanyAugust 28, 2020Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) was one of the first UK theatres to suffer at the hands of coronavirus. After its fall into administration in May, and subsequent closure two months later, youa??d be forgiven for thinking that its days of influence and inspiration were over.
BWW Review: WORK_FROM_HOME, New Diorama Theatre onlineJune 27, 2020work_from_home is New Diorama Theatre's online theatrical experience. This production is a digital adaptation of Nathan Ellis's work.txt which should have been performed at the 'missing' 2020 Incoming Festival, and was nominated for an Innovation Award at VAULT Festival 2020.
We Can't Lose Nuffield Southampton Theatres - It's The Beating Heart of Our CityMay 9, 2020My relationship with Nuffield Southampton Theatres technically started at the end of my final year of university, in a completely untheatrical way, when I trod the boards during my graduation ceremony. I was soon back as a Master's student, however; I bagged a few tickets to see Headlong's 2012 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet as payment for flyering across the University of Southampton's campuses.
BWW Review: WHAT'S IN A NAME?, Nuffield Southampton TheatresNovember 20, 2019We all know that you should never judge a book by its cover a?' but should you ever judge a person by their name? This is the question posed to us in What's In A Name?, which has landed at Nuffield Southampton Theatres at the end of its first-ever UK tour.
BWW Review: FLEDGLINGS, Nuffield Southampton TheatresOctober 18, 2019Change can be tricky - not least when you're a teenage girl going through puberty, loss, and friendship trouble. Written by Tamsin Daisy Rees, directed by Emily Collins, and produced by Holly Mitchell, Fledglings is a touching tale of birds, best friendships and blossoming young women.
BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Nuffield Southampton TheatresSeptember 25, 2019There are possibly no four words more chilling to the avid theatre-goer than The Woman in Black. Having taken the West End by storm, Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's classic ghost story is now haunting theatres around the UK on its tour, after celebrating its thirtieth birthday this year.
BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, Nuffield Southampton TheatresSeptember 19, 2019It's Pittsburg, 1969, and the city's Hill District is far from the vibrant, bustling, jazz-soaked African-American neighbourhood it was in its prime. August Wilson's Two Trains Running brings a shabby diner in this threatened community to life, offering a window onto the lives of seven irregular regular customers and, ultimately, the state of America in the sixties.