Full Cast And Company Announced For LITTLE DEATHS At Summerhall
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)
Review: FRANKIE THOMPSON & LIV ELLO: BODY SHOW, Soho Theatre
Body Show is an apocalyptic, gender-bending, drag-infused spectacular tackling dysphoria and eating disorders head-on. Fresh from their hit Fringe run, individual performance artists Frankie Thompson (Catts) and Liv Ello (Swarm) bring their collaborative show to London, presenting something both thought-provoking and a whole lot of fun.
The REcreate Agency and Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo Present BLUEPRINTS, 12 - 17 June
Blueprints is the debut full-length play from Brummie writer Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo, opening at the Pleasance, London this June. This Afro-futurist play is a Black love story, where one couple's relationship sees the personal, political and historical collide in a not-too-distant UK, where knowledge is at your fingertips and knowledge is power.
Review: THE MISANDRIST, Arcola Theatre
Playwright Lisa Carroll explores how the contemporary search for intimacy is marred by millennial malaise and trauma cycles in a witty dramedy that’s unexplainably ideologically ambiguous.
Review: SLEEPOVA, Bush Theatre
Sleepova is a lovingly told story of female friendship, and one that’s specifically - and proudly - Black and queer. Writer Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini introduces us to four best friends: Rey, Elle, Shan and Funmi.
Review: THE BEACH HOUSE, Park Theatre
In a landscape dominated by a dearth of lesbian stories, it’s refreshing to find one that doesn’t deal with sexuality at all, but focuses on the negotiations of parenthood and the complications of personal connections.
BRIGHT HALF LIFE Will Make UK Premiere at The King's Head Theatre in September
What if life came with a rewind button? Jumping across time, Bright Half Life, by award-winning American playwright Tanya Barfield, tells the four-and-a-half-decade story of Vicky and Erica, who meet, fall in love, start a family, and traverse the highs, lows, joys, and fears that come from sharing your life with someone else.
JMK Trust Announces Shortlist For The 2022 JMK Award
The JMK Trust announces the shortlisted directors, and the designers they are partnered with, for this year's JMK Award – Emily Aboud, Joanna Bowman, Emerald Crankson, Leo Doulton, Dale Edwards, Masha Kevinovna, Indiana Lown-Collins and Elsie Yager.
National Youth Theatre Announces 10 New Associate Companies
National Youth Theatre has announced the appointment of 10 new Associate Companies, which it will collaborate with over the next two years to champion their work and create more opportunities for the charity's national network of 14,000 young creative people.
BWW Review: JUNIPER AND JULES, Soho Theatre
It must have been said at some point in history that the course of lesbian love never did run smooth. Jules is vivacious and unconventional, whereas Juniper is thoughtful and quiet. Lustful glances across a noisy bar leads the pair to embark on a fiery relationship, learning to love and trust each other even when they don’t want to.
BWW Review: INSTRUCTIONS FOR A TEENAGE ARMAGEDDON, Southwark Playhouse
“Thirteen is young for an existential crisis”. Eileen has barely entered her teens when her older sister, Olive, dies of anorexia. It was sudden, during their family Sunday roast. Eileen had made the Yorkshire puddings, so it must be her fault. Rosie Day writes an intense rollercoaster of a play built on pitch-black humour and abrasive prose. The story of Eileen and her broken relations leads to an intelligent reflection on grief and mental health in a society where girls die trying to make themselves look smaller.
Photos: SIRENS Begins Previews at Mercury Theatre
Mercury Theatre is presenting Sirens by award-winning playwright Kenny Emson, launching the Mercury Originals programme showcasing ground-breaking new plays by local writers. Bethany Pitts directs Jesse Akele (Isla), Simon Darwen (Rory) and Tanya-Loretta Dee (Gemma).
Mercury Theatre Announces Full Cast For SIRENS
Mercury Theatre today announces full cast for Sirens by award-winning playwright Kenny Emson, which launches the Mercury Originals programme showcasing ground-breaking new plays by local writers. Bethany Pitts directs Jesse Akele (Isla), Simon Darwen (Rory) and Tanya-Loretta Dee (Gemma).
Cast Announced For Edition 2 Of LIVING NEWSPAPER
Moronkẹ Akinola, Hammed Animashaun, Ayesha Antoine,Alex Austin, Lisa Hammond, Mariam Haque, Zachary Hing, Siu-see Hung, Wendy Kweh, Tasha Lim, Ntonga Mwanza, Rochelle Rose and Liza Sadovy have been cast in Edition 2 of the Royal Court Theatre's Living Newspaper: A Counter Narrative.