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Lockdown takes viewers inside the closed world of three maximum-security U.S. prisons to observe violent clashes, covert rules and secret codes of justice.

Guest Blog: Lucy Garland On Creating For Audiences With Learning Disabilities and Fro Photo Guest Blog: Lucy Garland On Creating For Audiences With Learning Disabilities and Frozen Light's New Podcast
by Marianka Swain - July 31, 2020

Frozen Light create multi-sensory theatre for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). We tour extensively across the UK and, when on the road, we spend an awful lot of time with our audiences....


Tabula Rasa Theater Presents LIQUIDUS Photo Tabula Rasa Theater Presents LIQUIDUS
by A.A. Cristi - July 13, 2020

Tabula Rasa Theater Presents, July 25, 7 pm: Livestream on TabulaRasaDanceTheater.com ...


Aproxima Arts and SWG3 Present THE HARVEST Photo Aproxima Arts and SWG3 Present THE HARVEST
by Stephi Wild - September 18, 2020

Aproxima Arts and SWG3 have announced the date for The Harvest, a socially-distant free outdoor event which is the culmination to An Empty Gunny Bag Cannot Stand, the project masterminded by Glasgow artists Angus Farquhar and Rudy Kanhye. The event takes place outdoors at SWG3 on 30 September and is...


Relative Motion And The Barn Theatre Release A Virtual Reality Production Of Christop Photo Relative Motion And The Barn Theatre Release A Virtual Reality Production Of Christopher Marlowe's EDWARD II
by Stephi Wild - September 10, 2020

Virtual reality storytelling studio Relative Motion, in association with the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, have today released an eight-minute virtual reality experience of Scene 4 from Christopher Marlowe's historic LGBTQ+ drama Edward II....


Everything Everything Share New Single 'Violent Sun' Photo Everything Everything Share New Single 'Violent Sun'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 29, 2020

Today, Everything Everything share their new single 'Violent Sun'....


Grange Park Opera Will Present A FEAST IN THE TIME OF PLAGUE in September Photo Grange Park Opera Will Present A FEAST IN THE TIME OF PLAGUE in September
by Stephi Wild - July 27, 2020

With a libretto by opera-giant Sir David Pountney and music by Alex Woolf, A Feast in the Time of Plague is the only new opera to have been commissioned during lockdown....


Andrea Bocelli Says He Was 'Humiliated and Offended' By Lockdown Rules Photo Andrea Bocelli Says He Was 'Humiliated and Offended' By Lockdown Rules
by Stephi Wild - August 03, 2020

Andrea Bocelli recently spoke out against the lockdown rules set in place by the Italian government during the pandemic, saying he was “humiliated and offended.'...


VIDEO: Jacksons Lane Releases International Contemporary Circus Short Film CLOSER Photo VIDEO: Jacksons Lane Releases International Contemporary Circus Short Film CLOSER
by Stephi Wild - September 18, 2020

Jacksons Lane arts centre has released a contemporary circus short film, Closer, produced by an international collaboration during lockdown between circus companies from Germany, Finland and England....


BWW Review: THE SPACE BETWEEN, YouTube Photo BWW Review: THE SPACE BETWEEN, YouTube
by Ruth Deller - July 17, 2020

The new lockdown mini-musical from David Hunter and Caroline Kay is a well-realised piece about the impact of lockdown on an already strained relationship....


Phina Oruche Announces Second Children's Book on Racism Photo Phina Oruche Announces Second Children's Book on Racism
by Stephi Wild - July 16, 2020

Phina Oruche (Anthony and Taken Down, BBC; Footballers' Wives, ITV) has turned her hand to a different kind of storytelling during the Covid-19 lockdown.  The result is a series of children's books aimed at inspiring and educating her young son. ...


THE GOOD ENOUGH MUMS CLUB Launches Podcast About Motherhood While in Lockdown Photo THE GOOD ENOUGH MUMS CLUB Launches Podcast About Motherhood While in Lockdown
by Stephi Wild - July 16, 2020

While The Good Enough Mums Club, a poignant and hilarious musical romp, undergoes new development in lockdown, the team have announced a new podcast series to explore the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of motherhood during this especially challenging time....


Photo Flash: Northern Stage Brings Music to People's Doorsteps Photo Photo Flash: Northern Stage Brings Music to People's Doorsteps
by Stephi Wild - August 02, 2020

While the theatre remains closed, Northern Stage is taking the show on the road this summer with a pop up music programme for residents on the Byker estate in Newcastle....


The National Theatre's Mysterious Storyteller Madame Kalamazoo Delivers Daily Stories Photo The National Theatre's Mysterious Storyteller Madame Kalamazoo Delivers Daily Stories To Children Across The UK
by Stephi Wild - July 22, 2020

Starting from today, Madame Kalamazoo's Magical Mail  will now be available to children across the whole country; delivered via email by the National Theatre.  ...


BWW Interview: Rachel Tucker Chats SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD at the London Palladium Photo BWW Interview: Rachel Tucker Chats SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD at the London Palladium
by Bella Bevan - September 23, 2020

The live-streamed production of Jason Robert Brown's Songs For A New World that we enjoyed during lockdown is now coming to the stage, with two socially distanced shows at the London Palladium on 11 October. Rachel Tucker, who is known for Come From Away and Wicked amongst an impressive list of West...


Midge Ure Announces Backstage Lockdown Club Photo Midge Ure Announces Backstage Lockdown Club
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 03, 2020

Midge Ure announces his Backstage Lockdown Club launching on September 5th. ...


LISTEN: Opera Singers and University of Melbourne Students Discuss Performing Outdoo Photo LISTEN: Opera Singers and University of Melbourne Students Discuss Performing Outdoor Concerts on Their Balcony For Neighbors
by Stephi Wild - August 03, 2020

Opera singers Lisette Bolton and Teresa Ingrilli have been entertaining their neighbors by performing opera concerts from their balcony in Melbourne....


Paul Tabone of the West End's PHANTOM Prepares For Socially Distanced Concert, Talks Photo Paul Tabone of the West End's PHANTOM Prepares For Socially Distanced Concert, Talks the Importance of the Arts, and More
by Stephi Wild - July 11, 2020

Paul Tabone, who has played Ubaldo Piangi in Phantom of the Opera on the West End for four years, chatted recently with The Sydney Morning Herald about what he's been doing during the lockdown....


New Short Film On Living With Chronic Pain Comes to BBC iPlayer Photo New Short Film On Living With Chronic Pain Comes to BBC iPlayer
by Stephi Wild - August 18, 2020

Adapted from the award-winning The Shape of the Pain (Scotsman Fringe First), this new short film created in isolation is a powerful and intimate insight into living with a rare, synesthetic chronic pain condition. ...


Steve N Allen And Erich McElroy Are 'Comics Solving Problems' At The Online Free Frin Photo Steve N Allen And Erich McElroy Are 'Comics Solving Problems' At The Online Free Fringe Fest
by Stephi Wild - August 03, 2020

There are loads of problems in the world. The news is full of them. Our lives are full of them. Comedians Steve N Allen (The Mash Report) and Erich McElroy (GMB, Sky News, Newsnight) are here to help with Comics Solving Problems, the topical comedy show live from their spare rooms....


Open Presents the Premiere of LOVE SCREENS Photo Open Presents the Premiere of LOVE SCREENS
by Stephi Wild - September 08, 2020

Open will present a streaming premiere of LOVE SCREENS, three plays including BESTIES, TREES OF NATURE and FOUR SIDES OF A TRIANGLE, all by Nicolas Ridley....


Darlington Operatic Society Releases CD to Raise Money For the NHS Photo Darlington Operatic Society Releases CD to Raise Money For the NHS
by Stephi Wild - July 22, 2020

A successful musical theatre group has produced a compilation of lockdown classics to help support the National Health Service....


Queen + Adam Lambert to Release Episode 3 of 'Roadies in Lockdown' Rhapsody Tour Lock Photo Queen + Adam Lambert to Release Episode 3 of 'Roadies in Lockdown' Rhapsody Tour Lockumentary Series
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 09, 2020

Queen's Official YouTube channel's behind-the-scenes 'Lockumentary' series Roadies in Lockdown which explores the roles of various Queen + Adam Lambert crew members on the road and catches up with them in lockdown continues its weekly outing with episode 3 this Friday, July 10, available to view sta...


Steel Panther To Hold Another Virtual Concert Event Photo Steel Panther To Hold Another Virtual Concert Event
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 14, 2020

California rock legends, global philanthropists and stripper connoisseurs Steel Panther continue to set new career goals for themselves. After effectively saving the world (we are all reading this press release after all) with the very successful Concert To Save The World in June, the band is now ba...


First American Full-Length Play Written for Streaming, WAITING FOR THE HOST, to be Ma Photo First American Full-Length Play Written for Streaming, WAITING FOR THE HOST, to be Made Available for Viewing
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 23, 2020

On April 2, 2020, New York playwright Marc Palmieri was asked by a local Queens church to read the role of Jesus in a Zoom recording of the Passion, to stream during its pandemic-lockdown on-line Easter services. ...


Review Roundup: STAGED Starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen - What Did the Critic Photo Review Roundup: STAGED Starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen - What Did the Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - July 09, 2020

Starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, Staged (6x15) features the cast of a play - the cream of the crop of British acting talent - who are furloughed when their upcoming West End production is suddenly brought to a halt. The series follows the cast as they try their best to keep the rehearsals o...






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