Ellie Piercy

Oscar-Qualifying THE STUPID BOY Taking Festival Season By Storm

THE STUPID BOY, an Oscar®-Qualified Live Action short, explores the intense encounter between an autistic teenager and a white supremacist. Winner of over 32 awards, this powerful film continues to make waves in the festival circuit.

BWW Review: LAST EASTER, Orange Tree Theatre

Inspired by a trip to Lourdes and the illness and death of a member of her cabaret group, Bryony Lavery’s play Last Easter is a funny and engaging exploration of life, death and friendship. After June, a theatrical lighting designer, is diagnosed with cancer, her three friends decide that an Easter road trip to France, which just happens to include a pilgrimage to Lourdes, is in order.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For LAST EASTER at the Orange Tree Theatre

Even when June, the lighting designer, is diagnosed with a devastating illness, the jokes don’t stop coming as a quartet of theatre friends career across France. They glug red wine and hope to find a miracle at Lourdes for June, a non-believer who thinks the only good thing about religion is the lighting. They’ll soon discover that miracles come in many different forms.

Orange Tree Theatre Announce Full Cast For LAST EASTER

Orange Tree Theatre today announce full cast for the London première of Bryony Lavery's Last Easter. Tinuke Craig directs Naana Agyei-Ampadu (June), Peter Caulfield (Gash), Jodie Jacobs (Leah), and Ellie Piercy (Joy).

BWW Review: SOFT ANIMALS, Soho Theatre

Following on from a traumatic incident that occurred months ago, two individuals become the best of friends, despite the unlikeliest of circumstances. Rocked by tragedy, soft animals is an in depth investigation into the many stages of grief, questioning culpability and the wider implications of our actions.

BWW Review: SIDEWAYS, St James Theatre, May 31 2016

Many will remember Sideways as the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning 2004 film based on Rex Pickett's novel. The production now at the St James Theatre is directed by David Grindley and written by Pickett. Sideways is about a pair of middle-aged men drinking their way through California's wine country on a bachelor trip before one of them gets married.

Photo Flash: SIDEWAYS Opens Tonight at St James Theatre

The European premiere of Rex Pickett's acclaimed comedy SIDEWAYS opens tonight at St James Theatre, directed by David Grindley, for a limited run until July 9. The cast features Daniel Weyman (Miles), Simon Harrison (Jack), Ellie Piercy (Maya), Beth Cordingly (Terra), Anne Kavanagh(Phyllis/Evelyn), Kirsten Hazel Smith (Rosie/Victoria) and Daniel Barry (Chris/Daryl).

Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with the Cast of SIDEWAYS, Opening This Month at St. James Theatre

Daniel Weyman (Miles), Simon Harrison (Jack), Ellie Piercy (Maya), Beth Cordingly (Terra), Anne Kavanagh (Phyllis/Evelyn), Kirsten Hazel Smith (Rosie/Victoria) and Daniel Barry (Chris/Daryl) form the cast for the brand new production of Rex Pickett's critically acclaimed and much loved novel and play Sideways. Sideways opens at the St. James Theatre for its European premiere, directed by David Grindley (Daytona, Journey's End, The American Plan) for a limited run from 26 May until 9 July, with press night on 31 May. 

Richard Madden and Lily James's ROMEO AND JULIET Leads May's Top 10 New London Shows

London is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From two buzzy Shakespeare productions and satirical opera to dance at the Old Vic, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews…