VAULT Festival Announces 2019 Award Winners
In its most successful year to date, VAULT Festival has brought together more than 79,000 people in 2019 with over 2,000 artists performing across the eight weeks in seventeen venues throughout Waterloo. There were 3,137 different performances of 428 different shows with an almost 15% reduction in cost bringing the average ticket price down to £11.59.
BWW Review: Upholstering and Redecorating The FURNITURE
'Furniture is not sentimental,' offers George, despairing at his difficulty in bequeathing his beloved chaise longue to a willing beneficiary, near the close of Sonya Kelly's scintillating new play Furniture. 'You can love it, but it won't remember who you are.'
Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal for TRESTLE at Southwark Playhouse
Papatango presents the world premiere of Stewart Pringle's debut play Trestle. JMK Award-winner Cathal Cleary directs the two-hander starring Connie Walker as Denise and Gary Lilburn as Harry. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!
Andrew Maddock's THE ME PLAYS to Play Old Red Lion Theatre, 2 - 20 September
Exciting young writer Andrew Maddock's The Me Plays present a semi-autobiographical look at growing up in Wembley, complete with discussions of male body image, internet pornography, Roman Catholic schools, rap music and God. In the first play, Junkie, 'Me' confronts how dating has changed in the digital age, while Hi Life, I Win reflects nostalgically on being a teenager.
Disco Pigs Play The Young Vic Sept 2-24
The JMK Award comes to the Young Vic for the first time as 2011 winner Cathal Cleary directs rising stars Charlie Murphy (Pygmalion, Abbey Theatre Dublin) and Rory Fleck-Byrne (Cause Célèbre, Old Vic) in Enda Walsh's sensational modern classic.