Jamael Westman and Tom Moutchi Join WOLVES ON ROAD at the Bush Theatre
Bush Theatre has announced that Tom Moutchi and Jamael Westman will appear as guest actors in the world premiere of Wolves On Road, a fast, funny, and furious new play from Beru Tessema (House of Ife), directed by Bush Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director, Daniel Bailey (Red Pitch, August in England).
King Charles III and Queen Camilla Visit RADA
On Wednesday 29 May, RADA welcomed their new Patron of RADA His Majesty King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the academy. This follows the announcement earlier in the year that His Majesty would take up the Royal Patronage of the academy.
Cast and Creatives Set For SHIFTERS at Bush Theatre
Shifters opens at the Bush Theatre on 16 February 2024. This surprising and playful world premiere, a new Bush Theatre commission written by Benedict Lombe (Lava, winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Playwriting) and directed by Bush Theatre Artistic Director, Lynette Linton (August in England, Clyde's) will star Heather Agyepong (School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play) and Tosin Cole (Doctor Who).
2022 Year in Review: Aliya Al-Hassan's Best of 2022
2022 started with the UK fighting with Covid's Omicron variant, which was not really conducive to much theatrical mingling. However, much of the theatre world ralied, as it always does, to bring us some juicy shows and sparkling performances.
BWW Review: HOUSE OF IFE, Bush Theatre
Families are complex and the relationships between parents and children and siblings themselves is a rich basis for drama. Beru Tessema’s new play House of Ife is a tense and fascinating insight into the dynamics of a British-Ethiopean family, living in London, and navigating life and personal grief in the wake of the sudden death of the eldest son, Ife.
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Plays Shakespeare's Globe 7/12-9/20
Matthew Dunster will direct the Globe's first full-scale production of Troilus and Cressida this summer, featuring Olivier Award-winner Matthew Kelly as Pandarus, with Laura Pyper and Paul Stocker as the ill fated lovers Troilus and Cressida. Other casting includes Jamie Ballard as Ulysses and Paul Hunter as Thersites. Set during the latter years of the Trojan War, Shakespeare fills his ancient tale with savage comedy, great passion and vivid characters.
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Plays Shakespeare's Globe 7/12-9/20
Matthew Dunster will direct the Globe's first full-scale production of Troilus and Cressida this summer, featuring Olivier Award-winner Matthew Kelly as Pandarus, with Laura Pyper and Paul Stocker as the ill fated lovers Troilus and Cressida. Other casting includes Jamie Ballard as Ulysses and Paul Hunter as Thersites. Set during the latter years of the Trojan War, Shakespeare fills his ancient tale with savage comedy, great passion and vivid characters.