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VIDEO: Royal Ballet Dancers Continue to Train in Lockdown Photo VIDEO: Royal Ballet Dancers Continue to Train in Lockdown
by Stephi Wild - November 22, 2020

CNN recently did a feature on the Royal Ballet dancers, who are continuing to train, even with their country re-entering into lockdown. Anna Stewart visited the iconic Royal Opera House which is trying to keep the culture alive despite the challenges. ...


British Pantomime Academy To Visit Schools Photo British Pantomime Academy To Visit Schools
by Stephi Wild - November 05, 2020

With trips to theatres hanging in the balance for many for this years panto season the British Pantomime Academy is working hard to take the show on the road and, providing lockdown restrictions allow, will be bringing some COVID safe Christmas magic to youngsters in schools across the UK....


BBC TWO To Broadcast Mozart's Requiem From English National Opera Photo BBC TWO To Broadcast Mozart's Requiem From English National Opera
by Stephi Wild - November 05, 2020

In what promises to be a poignant moment of remembrance, reflection and ultimately hope at a time of national crisis, BBC Two is to broadcast Mozart Requiem from English National Opera on Saturday 14 November at 7pm. It is presented by Danielle De Niese. ...


Photo Flash: First Look at HEDDA, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's Live-Streamed Prod Photo Photo Flash: First Look at HEDDA, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's Live-Streamed Production
by Stephi Wild - November 16, 2020

Production photography was released today for Hedda. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's latest graduates production taking place through lockdown. ...


SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL Converts Performances to Virtual Format Photo SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL Converts Performances to Virtual Format
by Stephi Wild - November 06, 2020

One of the last West End shows to be cancelled before lockdown in March, The Showstoppers turned their final performance at the Lyric Theatre into an impromptu online live stream event, which has since been viewed more than 112,000 times....


Bristol Old Vic's Lockdown Winter-Warmer Season Announced Photo Bristol Old Vic's Lockdown Winter-Warmer Season Announced
by Stephi Wild - November 05, 2020

Bristol Old Vic today launched the second season of its digital offer, Bristol Old Vic At Home. This online “virtual theatre” brings together a second season of hits and classic shows from our back catalogue (available to view via our website with a Season Pass) alongside live-streamed theatre event...


Greg Dulli Releases Video For 'Lockless' Photo Greg Dulli Releases Video For 'Lockless'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 01, 2020

Today “Lockless” the final single and video from Greg Dulli’s solo album Random Desire makes its debut....


West End Theatre Owner Nimax Announces Lockdown Closure Through December 2 Photo West End Theatre Owner Nimax Announces Lockdown Closure Through December 2
by A.A. Cristi - November 01, 2020

Today, West End theatre owner Nimax has announced that their venues will shut down through December 2 due to reinstated lockdown measures....


English National Opera Cancels Live Performances of Mozart's REQUIEM and John Adams E Photo English National Opera Cancels Live Performances of Mozart's REQUIEM and John Adams EL NINO Due to National Lockdown
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 31, 2020

English National Opera has announced that due to England entering its second national lockdown on Thursday, November 5 to stop the spread of coronavirus, they will be cancelling live performances of Mozart’s Requiem and John Adams El Niño. ...


OffWestEnd Announces 100th OnComm For THE POLTERGEIST Streamed Live From Southwark Pl Photo OffWestEnd Announces 100th OnComm For THE POLTERGEIST Streamed Live From Southwark Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 25, 2020

OffWestEnd has announced its 100th OnComm award to the production The Poltergeist by Philip Ridley, starring Joseph Potter and directed by Wiebke Green. Presented by Tramp and streamed live from Southwark Playhouse in November, The Poltergeist is a darkly comic new play about art, family, memory, an...


Theater For the New City Presents a Reading of LOCKDOWN 2020 (Love & Corona) by Frank Photo Theater For the New City Presents a Reading of LOCKDOWN 2020 (Love & Corona) by Frank J. Avella
by Stephi Wild - October 04, 2020

Theater for the New City presents a?' TNC a?oeOn The Air,a?? a live reading of Lockdown 2020 (Love & Corona) by Frank J. Avella (Vatican Falls, Lured, Consent, Orville Station) on Thursday, October 8th at 7PM. Frank's play, Orville Station inaugurated the Theater for the New City Facebook page's Liv...


Storyhouse Steps Up Its Save Storyhouse Campaign Photo Storyhouse Steps Up Its Save Storyhouse Campaign
by Stephi Wild - October 08, 2020

Chester's Storyhouse says its financial position is becoming a?oesteadily worsea?? as the region's various lockdowns start to bite following a successful summer, and as touring programmes from the cinema and theatre producers dries up. ...


Dance Stars From the UK, US, Europe and Australia Judge Creativity Competition To Hel Photo Dance Stars From the UK, US, Europe and Australia Judge Creativity Competition To Help Students Through Lockdown
by Stephi Wild - December 07, 2020

To counter the negative impact of lockdown on the psychological and emotional state of young people, dance stars from the UK, US, Europe, and Australia have come together to judge a creative competition....


Jenny Wynter's Audience Creates The Show At Qld Cabaret Festival Photo Jenny Wynter's Audience Creates The Show At Qld Cabaret Festival
by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2020

Award-winning comedian Jenny Wynter will bring some spontaneous-flavoured magic to this month's Queensland Cabaret Festival. ...


EUROPE Announce 'Friday Nights With Europe The Band' Photo EUROPE Announce 'Friday Nights With Europe The Band'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 14, 2020

EUROPE is pleased to announce the release of a special series of audio visual delights....


Curve Announces Community Day Line Up And Family Christmas Show Photo Curve Announces Community Day Line Up And Family Christmas Show
by Stephi Wild - October 28, 2020

Leicester's Curve theatre has revealed the full line-up for its Community Day taking place on Sat 14 Nov, as well as details of a Christmas show for families which will run as part of the theatre's reopening season. ...


Speed The Plough Founders Releasing New Track and Video Photo Speed The Plough Founders Releasing New Track and Video
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 02, 2020

John and Toni Baumgartner, founding members of New Jersey band Speed the Plough, were on a planned band hiatus last winter when they started working on some new music....


VIDEO: Shania Twain Plays AT HOME SECRETS on LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN Photo VIDEO: Shania Twain Plays AT HOME SECRETS on LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN
by Sarah Leiber - October 06, 2020

Shania Twain reveals what she did during lockdown when she plays '@ Home Secrets Revealed' with Kelly and Ryan. ...


Glyndebourne Announces Cancellation of Performances Between Thursday November 5 and W Photo Glyndebourne Announces Cancellation of Performances Between Thursday November 5 and Wednesday December 2
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 31, 2020

Glyndebourne has announced via Twitter, that due to England entering its second national lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, they will be cancelling performances between November 5 and December 2. ...


Royal Opera House and English National Opera to Close as Part of England's Lockdown Photo Royal Opera House and English National Opera to Close as Part of England's Lockdown
by Stephi Wild - November 02, 2020

The Royal Opera House and the English National Opera have both closed as a result of England's newly imposed lockdown....


Pavel Sporcl Launches 'Play With Pavel' YouTube Project Photo Pavel Sporcl Launches 'Play With Pavel' YouTube Project
by Stephi Wild - November 17, 2020

From lockdown, Pavel Sporcl launches 'Play With Pavel' YouTube project Designed to encourage people to take up their violins and bring the happiness of music into their homes, the platinum-selling Czech virtuoso is recording alternate parts of two-violin works so that violinists at home, of any leve...


Casting Announced For BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at The Malthouse Theatre Photo Casting Announced For BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at The Malthouse Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 05, 2020

Canterbury's 'Covid-Secure' production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will open, as planned, at the Malthouse Theatre in Canterbury for a strictly limited run from Friday 11 December 2020 providing the national lockdown restrictions are lifted. ...


Theatre Composer, Joe Evans, Releases New Album, 'The Ghost Light' Photo Theatre Composer, Joe Evans, Releases New Album, 'The Ghost Light'
by Stephi Wild - November 27, 2020

On the day of the official release of his album, London based theatre composer, Joe Evans, talks to BroadwayWorld about the effects of Lockdown and how it spurred him on to revisit the origins of his career as a songwriter. Reticent to discuss the personal damaging effects on his livelihood he is at...


What Does the Second Lockdown Mean For Theatre? Photo What Does the Second Lockdown Mean For Theatre?
by Marianka Swain - November 02, 2020

England is going into another lockdown, initially planned to last from Thursday, 4 November until Wednesday, 2 December - although the Government hasn't ruled out an extension into December if necessary. So, what does this mean for theatres?...


Lockdown Theatre Announces FOR ONE KNIGHT ONLY With Dame Judi Dench, Sir Derek Jacobi Photo Lockdown Theatre Announces FOR ONE KNIGHT ONLY With Dame Judi Dench, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Maggie Smith
by Stephi Wild - November 09, 2020

Lockdown Theatre, in association with Acting for Others today announces For One Knight Only, a special evening of intimate conversation with British acting legends Dame Judi Dench, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Maggie Smith hosted by Sir Kenneth Branagh....






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