Nigel Planer Joins CELEBRATING LIONEL BART at JW3
Nigel Planer will join a top West End line up, in a magical and nostalgic musical theatre evening celebrating the great music of songwriter Lionel Bart - Celebrating Lionel Bart, for one night only, 8pm on Sunday 7 July at JW3.
Review: CABLE STREET, Southwark Playhouse
To say Cable Street has been highly anticipated would be a gross understatement: it’s basically unheard of for a new, Off West End musical to completely sell out its run before a single review has been published. Nevertheless, this little show that could is absolutely deserving of its success, and seems to be destined for great things.
Puncture The Screen Festival Returns For 2023
Nottingham-based theatre company Chronic Insanity has announced the return of Puncture the Screen, a data driven arts and performance festival that will be taking place both online and in-person this year.
Review: CASTING THE RUNES, Pleasance Theatre
Following an acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe, Box Tail Soup’s puppet-based adaptation of James’ horror is now terrifying audience-goers across the UK, stopping at London’s The Pleasance Theatre.
Box Tale Soup Presents CASTING THE RUNES This Fall
Box Tale Soup presents Casting the Runes. A skeptic is haunted by mysterious happenings in an adaptation of M.R. James' classic ghost story told with puppetry. Written by Noel Byrne and Antonia Christophers and directed by Adam Lenson, touring 21 September – 25 November.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CASTING THE RUNES, Pleasance Courtyard
Box Tale Soup adapt MR James’s ghost story into a play that has the same dark feel of a Penny Dreadful episode. Elegantly directed by Adam Lenson and featuring impressive puppetry and stage tricks, it’s a production of outstanding craft and storytelling.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE, Summerhall
“How much time do you spend worrying about your decisions?” This is a show for anxious people. Theatre-director-who-was-nearly-a-doctor Adam Lenson steps on stage directed by Hannah Moss and delivers a life-affirming piece about the what-ifs we all come across.
SURFING THE HOLYLAND Comes to Brighton in June
Inspired by an incredible true story, Surfing the Holyland returns to the stage once more for Brighton Fringe 2023. Drawing on the universal experience of the outsider and the unique perspective of the Jewish convert, writer and performer Erin Hunter’s (Newsrevue, Canal Café Theatre; After the Tempest, Teatro Vivo) Popcorn/BBC New Writing Award-nominated Surfing the Holyland offers audiences a rare glimpse into Israeli culture and daily life.