2024 George Devine Award Shortlist Revealed
Artificial Intelligence, erasure, coercion, faith, unrequited love and social housing amongst subjects explored within the five shortlisted plays announced as contenders for the 2024 George Devine Award.
BWW Review: ALL THIS INTIMACY IS A Brilliant, Must-See at Desert Ensemble Theatre
The latest extraordinary piece of theatre -- another must-see -- that I have had the privilege to attend is Desert Ensemble Theatre's production of Rajiv Joseph's ALL THIS INTIMACY, playing for one more weekend (April 1st to 3rd). The play has plenty of laughs, but it is not a comedy. It tells the story of a college professor who has impregnated three different women, and the fallout from this unintended happening.
BWW Review: TUMULUS, Soho Theatre
The corpse of a young man is found dead on the Tumulus on Hampstead Heath. Then, another one. Both are immediately linked to the city's chemsex scene but Anthony thinks something else is going on, so he sets off on a personal investigation that spans parties and intimacy in Christopher Adams' play.
Harry Lister Smith Joins the Cast of TUMULUS
Harry Lister Smith (acclaimed UK breakthrough film God's Own Country and A Woman of No Importance in the West End) is today announced as final casting in TUMULUS, a fast-paced thriller transferring to Soho Theatre from 16 April to 4 May.
Ian Hallard And Ciaran Owens Will Lead TUMULUS at Soho Theatre
Ian Hallard (The Boys in the Band, Vaudeville and Park Theatre) and Ciaran Owens (Candide, RSC) are to star in the transfer to Soho Theatre of Christopher Adams's play, TUMULUS, a fast-paced noir-style murder mystery thriller set against the backdrop of London's gay scene.
BWW Review: OPEN, VAULT Festival
Christopher Adams and Timothy Allsop draw on their real-life experience to paint a vivid picture of an open couple. They tell their tale aided by the audience, who are called on multiple times to read transcripts from their conversations, Grindr messages, and personal texts from the pair.
OVERHEARD Comes to the RADA Festival
New writing with a difference: it's all been overheard in London. Your commute will never be the same again. Returning after two sell-out shows, Overheard comes to the RADA Festival with brand new verbatim conversations recorded out and about in London. Not your private whisperings, but when it's impossible not to listen.
ODETTA And Garvey|Simon Present FLOWER POWER
Ellen Hackl Fagan, of ODETTA gallery, Bushwick, and Elizabeth Garvey, of Garvey|Simon gallery are pleased to present Flower Power, featuring work by six contemporary artists exploring flora in a wide range of media. The two gallerists share a common aesthetic and are co-curating this exhibition. Artists include: Christopher Adams, Jackie Battenfield, Daisy Craddock, Sally Gil, Mel Prest, and Sung Won Yun.
BWW Interview: Ian Hallard Talks TUMULUS & VAULT Festival 2018
The VAULT Festival 2018 opens next week, running from 24 January through to 18 March. During the three months, three hundred shows will be staged, including new thriller and queer noir play Tumulus. Actor Ian Hallard fills us in on rehearsals so far, looks back on a busy year, and even further back to a performance of his we will (sadly) never see: King Kong!