Stratford East Will Host Free Open Day as Part of 140th Anniversary Celebrations
Stratford East has announced that it will open up the whole theatre to the public on Saturday 26th October 2024 to host a special day packed full of completely free entertainment, workshops and talks from top industry professionals, arts and crafts, facepainting, theatre tours and many other exciting activities suitable for all ages.
Southwark Playhouse Announces #SouthwarkStayhouse
Southwark Stayhouse is a brand new online streaming service where we'll be sharing shows and exclusive video content until our doors are able to open again on Newington Causeway. All shows are free, so you can watch them whenever you want.
Deaf Accessible Show Deemed Not Accessible Enough By Edinburgh Fringe
Hot Coals Theatre, specialists in d/Deaf theatre for seven years and with a deaf theatremaker at the helm, have been told that their d/Deaf accessible show (the latest in a long line of d/Deaf accessible shows) falls outside of the Edinburgh Fringe Access Team's requirements for listing the show as accessible, as the show does not provide BSL interpretation or closed captioning.
Free Mini-Festival A BIT OF A DO Comes To Stanley Halls
Now in its third year, the pioneering free mini-festival A Bit Of A Do from Drunken Chorus returns championing the work of artists with and without disabilities. Working with some amazing partners including BSL consultants, a visually impaired theatre company, local apprentices with learning disabilities, disability charities, artists and audiences, their aim is to empower artists to create and access theatre and dance.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Southwark Playhouse
Following Macbeth in 2016 and The Tempest in 2017, Southwark Playhouse presents Twelfth Night as part of their Shakespeare For Schools programme. The aim of their annual project is to bring top-notch professional Shakespeare productions targeted to younger audiences, some of whom might be experiencing theatre for the first time in their lives.
Deafinitely Theatre Announces The Hub's Spring And Summer Acting Workshops
Deafinitely Theatre today announces the Spring and Summer 2019 acting workshops for their theatre training course for deaf artists, The Hub. The workshops include Visual Vernacular, Comedy, Movement and Stage Combat and aim to equip participants for mainstream arts employment through structured, accessible and professional theatre training.
Ramps On The Moon Announces Casting for OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD
In 2018, Nottingham Playhouse will become the lead producing partner for the acclaimed Ramps on The Moon co-production of Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Following their critically praised staging of Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector and the award winning recent production of The Who's Tommy, this is the third co-production with Ramps on The Moon, a consortium of seven theatre companies dedicated to putting D/deaf and disabled artists and audiences at the centre of their work.