Full Cast And Company Announced For LITTLE DEATHS At Summerhall
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 22, 2024
Nuthatch and Scissor Kick will present the World Premiere of Little Deaths. The cast has been announced for this playful, deep tale interrogating the bond of youth, growing apart and the power of platonic love and friendship to hurt and heal, directed by Claire O'Reilly (Talking about the Fire, Royal Court Theatre 2023)
Daniel Ward Announced as the Winner of the 51st George Devine Award
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 23, 2020
Daniel Ward has been announced as the winner of the 51st George Devine Award for his debut play The Canary and the Crow, picking up a prize of £15,000. The Canary and the Crow is the coming of age story of a working-class black kid accepted to a prestigious grammar school.
George Devine Award 2020 Shortlist Announced
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2020
The George Devine Award today announces its 2020 Shortlist of nine plays. Founded in 1966 in memory of the Royal Court's founding Artistic Director George Devine, the Award is recognised as one of the most prestigious in new writing and seeks to shine a light on a playwright of promise.
Photo Flash: First Look at Circle Theatre's THE CONDITION OF FEMME
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 7, 2018
THE CONDITION OF FEMME by Lauren Marie Powell follows the learning curve of Reagan, a compassionate young woman working for a sexual assault hotline. Over the course of a year, callers and confidantes share their stories -- some heartfelt, some humorous, some very painful.
Circle Theatre presents THE CONDITION OF FEMME, 3/7
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 14, 2018
Circle Theatre's 2017-18 season will begin with the world premiere of THE CONDITION OF FEMME, an exploration of rape culture based on actual events in the lives of sexual assault survivors interviewed by playwright Lauren Marie Powell. The drama includes monologues delivered by 11 characters created from Powell's interviewees, as well as a central character called Reagan, who is a counselor for a sexual assault hotline. Powell says, "Every character in the show is a fictionalized person based on those many testimonies, with verbatim quotes included throughout the piece. Most of the characters are an amalgamation of multiple testimonies around recurrent themes in their interviews. Reagan, based on a social worker and a rape-crisis hotline worker I interviewed, meets the 11 survivors through her work and ties their stories together."
Circle Theatre's World Premiere THE CONDITION OF FEMME to Explore the Many Facets of Rape Culture
by Julie Musbach - Jan 17, 2018
Circle Theatre's 2017-18 season will begin with the world premiere of THE CONDITION OF FEMME, an exploration of rape culture based on actual events in the lives of sexual assault survivors interviewed by playwright Lauren Marie Powell. The drama includes monologues delivered by 11 characters created from Powell's interviewees, as well as a central character called Reagan, who is a counselor for a sexual assault hotline.
Casting Announced For MY MUM'S A TWAT
by Stephi Wild - Dec 8, 2017
Patsy Ferran has been cast in My Mum's a Twat, the debut play by Anoushka Warden. It is directed by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone and Jude Christian. My Mum's a Twat runs in the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs 8 January 2018 20 January 2018.
EPIX Greenlights Third Season of Hit Spy Series BERLIN STATION
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 6, 2017
Premium TV network EPIX , an MGM company, announced today it has renewed its original spy drama BERLIN STATION for a third season. News of the renewal of the CIA-centric series comes on the heels of the second season finale, which aired Sunday, December 3 at 9 P.M. ET/PT on EPIX.
Brian Yorkey Signs Two-Year Development Deal with Paramount TV
by A.A. Cristi - May 8, 2017
Today, Netflix released the date announcement and key art for its anticipated adaption of the New York Times Best-Selling novel, 13 REASONS WHY. Announced by Selena Gomez via her Instagram page, the project debuts 3/31, globally on Netflix.
Paramount Television and Anonymous Content Acquire Rights to Hilde Lysiak's Forthcoming Four Book Series HILDE CRACKS THE CASE
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 25, 2016
Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 9 year-old reporter Hilde Lysiak's forthcoming book series “Hilde Cracks the Case” (Scholastic, Fall 2017). Inspired by true news stories that Hilde Lysiak has broken throughout her aspiring career as a journalist, the mystery series stars Hilde along with her older sister Izzy, her sidekick/newspaper photographer, as the two girls stop at nothing to uncover the truth. The deal also includes Lysiak's life story rights.