Review: FANNY, Watermill Theatre
With a captivating performance from Charlie Russell leading a fantastic ensemble and a well crafted script by Calum Finlay, this should mark your next visit to the Watermill Theatre in its amazing summer season.
FANNY Company Invites Women Musicians to Take Part in 'A Noble Call'
The company of the world premiere production of FANNY - a new comedy by Calum Finlay centring on the life of Fanny Mendelssohn - have issued an invitation to women musicians to take part in the Irish tradition of the Noble Call, which is derived from the tradition of calling on guests at a party to share a song, a poem or to respond to the mood of the day.
BWW Review: BLOODY DIFFICULT WOMEN, Riverside Studios
Let’s rewind to 2016. The fires of Brexit are being stoked left and right and the discourse is rife everywhere, the news swarm with opinions and facts. Theresa May is about to go from Home Secretary to Prime Minister. Kenneth Clarke is being interviewed by Sky and he’s passing judgement on the candidates for the job. He smirks through his opinion of May and ends it with “Theresa’s a bloody difficult woman, but you and I [Michael Rifkind, whom he was talking to] worked for Margaret Thatcher”. This is the anecdote that titles Tim Walker’s new play about the sparring between May and Gina Miller, who took the government to court over their authority to trigger Article 50 without any approval from Parliament after the Brexit referendum.
Kevin McNally to Appear on Playbox Theatre's CHATTERBOX
On 17th April, 16.00 (BST), Playbox Theatre launched the first in an ongoing series of online interviews with renowned performers and artists from across the world. Hosted via ZOOM Webinar, 100 participants, predominantly members of Playbox Theatre, can take part in the interviews via a live Q&A with the panellists. The interviews are also streamed
PIANO_PLAY Comes To Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Charlie Russell Productions today announce the world premiere of Calum Finlay's Piano_Play. The production directed by Matt Hassall, stars Ed Zanders as Tom. It opens at Underbelly on Saturday 3 August, with previews from 31 July and runs until 29 August.