THE COMMOTION TIME Comes To Exeter Northcott Theatre
To coincide with their season announcement, today Exeter Northcott announces the World Premiere of The Commotion Time, the first play by South West based and highly sought after RSC and Globe dramaturg, Sarah Dickenson.
Black Theatre Live to Tour New Show BIG FOOT This Autumn
Black Theatre Live in co-production with Stratford Circus Arts Centre has announced that they will tour new show Big Foot, an autobiographical coming-of-age tale from emerging company HighRise Theatre, written by Joseph Barnes-Phillips and directed by Dominic Garfield.
Kerry Ellis and Matt Cardle in Concert at The Apex this Summer
This summer will see two of the most powerful and award-winning voices of this century appear in concert together for the very first time. Kerry Ellis and Matt Cardlewill take to the stage at The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds for an epic evening of entertainment, for one-night only.
Salon Sanctuary Concerts Presents FROM GHETTO TO CAPELLA, Today
Salon/Sanctuary Concerts is honored to partner with Carnegie Hall's La Serenissima Festival, the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, and NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo in presenting the third annual New York performance of From Ghetto to Cappella, conceived to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Venetian Ghetto. This will take place at The Chapel of Emanu-el, Today, February 16.
Salon Sanctuary Concerts Presents FROM GHETTO TO CAPELLA, 2/16
Salon/Sanctuary Concerts is honored to partner with Carnegie Hall's La Serenissima Festival, the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, and NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo in presenting the third annual New York performance of From Ghetto to Cappella, conceived to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Venetian Ghetto. This will take place at The Chapel of Emanu-el, Thursday, February 16.
King King Announce April/May 2017 UK Tour
King King are pleased to announce a raft of new UK tour dates in April and May 2017. The tour kicks off on Thursday 20th April at The Cube in Corby, Northants. All tickets are priced £20, are on sale on Monday 12th December from www.thegigcartel.com and the 24 Hour Box Office: 0844 478 0898.
Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Presents THE FLOOR OF HEAVEN: SCENES FROM A MERCHANT SONGS OF HIS VENICE
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is poised between two Empires - The Sceptered Isle and La Serenissima. In honor of the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare and the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Venetian ghetto, The Floor of Heaven interweaves moments from Shakespeare's complex and revolutionary text with the play's original music and songs from the English-Venetian soundscape that Shakespeare's characters would have played and heard.
Nigel Lindsay Joins Sarah Ridgeway in HighTide's Production of Al Smith's Debut Play: HARROGATE
Casting was announced today for the HighTide production of Al Smith's debut play Harrogate. Nigel Lindsay joins Sarah Ridgeway, who starred in the original production at HighTide Festival 2015, for the London premiere at the Royal Court Theatre from 20 - 29 October and UK Tour. Richard Twyman, the newly appointed Artistic Director of English Touring Theatre, returns to direct Harrogate, which had an acclaimed sell-out run at the influential annual HighTide Festival in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Britain's First All-Black HAMLET Comes To Watford Palace Theatre
Following the success of their first three productions, Macbeth, She Called Me Mother, and The Diary of a Hounslow Girl, Black Theatre Live in association with Watford Palace Theatre and Stratford Circus Arts Centre are touring Hamlet around the UK with an all-black cast and creative team. Inaugural winner of the Roland Rees Bursary Mark Norfolk's adaptation casts Hamlet as a studious young black man who's forced to face the realities of his social identity, and rages against the injustice of his position.
THE DIARY OF A HOUNSLOW GIRL to Hit the Road
An acerbic comedy told through the sharp, straight-talking voice of an aspirational 16-year-old British Muslim girl, this original work uncovers the typical life of a 'Hounslow Girl' - young Muslim women who wear big hooped earrings along with their headscarves. Ambreen Razia's witty debut THE DIARY OF A HOUNSLOW GIRL challenges stereotypes of young British Muslim women, exploring the demands of a traditional Muslim upbringing in the face of London's temptations.
Full Cast Announced for WAITING FOR GODOT UK Tour
Following a successful tour of Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends, today London Classic Theatre announces the cast for its production of Waiting for Godot, as part of the company's 15th anniversary season. London Classic Theatre Artistic Director Michael Cabot directs Jonathan Ashley (Pozzo), Peter Cadden (Vladimir), Richard Heap (Estragon), Michael Keane (Lucky) and Sonja Zobel (A Boy). The production tours to 37 venues around the UK this autumn, starting at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury on 9 September.