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Offies Finalists Revealed as Awards Mark 15 Years
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2025

The finalists for the OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) have been announced, as the UK’s foremost awards for independent theatre mark their 15th anniversary. Learn more here!

Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre Reveal 2025 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2025

Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre have announced their 2025 season – a programme that celebrates creativity, connection, and community. Audiences can look forward to a year of premieres, new creations, and returning favourites for all ages.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Comes To Jean's Playhouse In December
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2024

Experience a haunting adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Jean's Playhouse in Lincoln, NH. Running December 13-15, this musical ghost story offers a thrilling blend of original music and chilling visuals.

Full Cast Set for NO LOVE SONGS at Goodspeed Musicals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 4, 2024

Goodspeed Musicals has revealed the cast for No Love Songs, a new musical that takes a heartfelt look at early parenthood. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Cast Set For Dundee Rep's Production of NO LOVE SONGS
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2024

Dundee Rep has announced the cast for the upcoming UK dates of smash-hit gig theatre show, No Love Songs. Anna Russell Martin joins the cast as Lana, opposite John McLaron who is reprising the role of Jessie.

Martin Green Releases Three-Part Audio Drama KELI With Accompanying Album SPLIT THE AIR
by Stephi Wild - Dec 7, 2023

Lepus Productions has released audio drama KELI, written and composed by Martin Green (Lau) with co-creation and direction from Wils Wilson (The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart; Life is A Dream; I Want My Hat Back).

Photos: First Look Images for Wils Wilson's Production of MACBETH at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 23, 2023

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) have released first look images for Wils Wilson’s production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which is currently in previews at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, with press night on Wednesday 30 August.

RSC Announces Full Cast for MACBETH Playing This Summer
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 3, 2023

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced the full cast for Wils Wilson’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s gripping and brutal tragedy, Macbeth, which opens in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from Saturday 19 August – Saturday 14 October 2023.

Review: BLOODBANK, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 18, 2023

Priya and Caris have an arrangement, a somewhat risqué arrangement for a Tory MP and an NHS nurse to have. When picture-perfect, bottom-of-the-barrel Bonnie interrupts this unusual pair, Priya sinks her fangs into a tasty, new opportunity.

Reuben Joseph and Valene Kane Will Lead MACBETH at The Royal Shakespeare Company
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2023

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced that Reuben Joseph and Valene Kane will make their RSC debut playing the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth respectively in Wils Wilson’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s gripping and brutal tragedy.

Tron Theatre Company Presents WOLFIE
by Stephi Wild - Apr 6, 2023

Tron Theatre's Associate Director for 2022-24, Joanna Bowman, will direct the first play of her tenure this Spring in our Changing House studio. The work she's chosen to stage is Ross Willis's bold, fantastical fairytale, Wolfie (4-13 May, Press Performance: Fri 5 May, 7.45pm), a spiralling odyssey of dizzying theatricality.

A New Season of Shakespeare is Coming to the RSC In 2023
by Stephi Wild - Sep 27, 2022

Erica Whyman, Acting Artistic Director, has announced details of the Royal Shakespeare Company's artistic programme for 2023.

Review: EXODUS, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Sep 16, 2022

Bold, satirical and uncomfortably funny, Exodus explores systematic deception and the indifference to human suffering. In her bid to become the country’s leader, Home Secretary Asiya Rao prepares to make a major policy announcement that will establish her as the front-runner of the political race.

Ian Charleston Award Winner Announced
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 24, 2022

Gloria Obianyo has won the first prize of the 2022 Ian Charleson Awards for her role as Neoptolemus in Paradise by Kae Tempest at the National Theatre. A performance that the judges said 'never put a foot wrong'.

MIRRORS by Kaitlin Gould to Premiere at Teatro Latea
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 30, 2022

Following a successful workshop in Kansas City. MO at the KC Rep, Mirrors by Kailtin Gould will premiere Off-off Broadway at Teatro Latea. The production runs May 3rd through May 7th.

BWW Review: ME AND MY SISTER TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Mar 25, 2022

Jos and Murph are sisters. Jos and Murph don’t speak anymore. But Murph has done something only Jos will understand. An intricately woven story with songs featuring dollhouses, deodorants and the damage we carry.

Tron Theatre Company Presents ME AND MY SISTER TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 22, 2022

In April 2021, with the Tron Theatre still unable to programme live theatre, we embarked upon a short, development season where we offered up time and space to creatives to workshop potential future projects.

BWW Review: THE MOTHER LOAD, Sound Stage
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 23, 2021

The Fourth of our Sound Stage series, The Mother Load. Three first-time mothers meet at an ante natal class. Together they must confront their expectations of pregnancy in this funny and moving play about unlikely friendship and the messy realities of parenthood.

National Theatre Of Scotland Announces New Digital And Streamed Theatre Projects
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 1, 2020

The National Theatre of Scotland is set to continue its new work over the coming months, with an innovative mix of streamed theatre and digital projects, including two new productions from leading Scottish creatives Hannah Lavery and Adura Onashile, both addressing urgent contemporary and historical issues around race in Scotland today.

Traverse Theatre Launches Traverse 3 and Extension of Traverse Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2020

The Traverse Theatre was founded with the hope of carrying the spirit of Edinburgh's Festivals throughout the year- and in 2020 they have been inspired by their past to create a new future as they announce the launch of Traverse 3, their new online venue, and the extension of its Traverse Festival programme throughout the rest of the year.