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5* Production THE LAST SHOW BEFORE WE DIE By Hotter Project Announces A Triumphant Return To The Yard
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 28, 2024

The Yard Theatre's HOTTER Project makes a triumphant return with a new trailer for their 5* production. Explore the latest updates here.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsal for SAMUEL TAKES A BREAK… at The Yard Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 30, 2024

Samuel Takes A Break …in Male Dungeon No. 5 After A Long But Generally Successful Day of Tours Rhianna Ilube’s debut play, directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike previews at The Yard Theatre from 9 February (press night 15 February). Go inside rehearsal with new photos here. 

Cast And Creative Team Announced For SAMUEL TAKES A BREAK At The Yard
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 11, 2024

'Get the scoop on the cast and creative team for 'Samuel Takes a Break' at The Yard Theatre. This genre-bending play explores the legacy of slavery in Ghana and beyond, written by Rhianna Ilube and directed by Olivier award winner Anthony-Simpson Pike.'

Review: MACBETH, Shakespeare's Globe
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 3, 2023

“In thunder, lighting or in rain” rarely may have been a more appropriate Shakespearean line for the UK’s current weather. Yet after a stormy day, the skies cleared for opening night of the Globe’s latest production of Macbeth.

Cast Revealed For MACBETH at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - Jun 19, 2023

Shakespeare's Globe has announced the cast of Macbeth, directed by Abigail Graham (The Merchant of Venice, 2022).

Cast Revealed For UNDER THE KUNDE TREE at Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2023

The cast has been announced for the world premiere of Under the Kundè Tree, an empowering production set during the ‘Hidden War’ of Cameroonian Independence in the 1950s, coming to Southwark Playhouse. 

Guest Blog: Actress Polly Frame On SOLARIS at Lyric Hammersmith
by Marianka Swain - Oct 7, 2019

I GET TO WEAR A SPACE SUIT.  Let's start with that… I get to wear a space suit and travel, every night (who knows exactly how many light years), to a space station overlooking a planet called Solaris. A planet that is completely covered in ocean and orbits two suns. A planet that - those on this space station think - might be conscious. Not a bad day in the office.

BWW Review: PRINCESS AND THE HUSTLER, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - Mar 20, 2019

BWW Review: PRINCESS & THE HUSTLER, Bristol Old Vic
by Leah Tozer - Feb 23, 2019

Beauty pageants and bus boycotts seldom belong on the same page, but in Chinonyerem Odimba's joyously playful and beautifully played Princess & the Hustler, they're brought together by Princess James, a flamboyant young girl who is black, beautiful, and brilliantly funny.

YOUNG MARX Opens Tonight at the Bridge Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Oct 26, 2017

Nancy Carroll (Jenny von Westphalen), Laura Elphinstone (Nym), Eben Figueiredo (Schramm), Nicholas Burns (Willich), Tony Jayawardena (Gert 'Doc' Schmidt), Miltos Yerolemou (Barthelemy), Duncan Wisbey (Fleece/Darwin), Scott Karim (Grabiner/ Singe), Alana Ramsey (Mrs Mullett), Sophie Russell (Librarian), Fode Simbo (Peter), William Troughton (Constable Crimp) and Joseph Wilkins (Sergeant Savage) join the previously announced Rory Kinnear (Marx) and Oliver Chris (Engels) in the world premiere of Young Marx, a new comedy by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Photo Flash: Meet a Familiar Historical Face in the New Comedy YOUNG MARX
by Julie Musbach - Oct 17, 2017

1850, and Europe's most feared terrorist is hiding in Dean Street, Soho. Broke, restless and horny, the thirty-two-year-old revolutionary is a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance, invective, satiric wit, and child-like emotional illiteracy.

Full Cast Announced for YOUNG MARX at the Bridge Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Aug 17, 2017

Nancy Carroll (Jenny von Westphalen), Laura Elphinstone (Nym), Eben Figueiredo (Schramm), Nicholas Burns (Willich), Tony Jayawardena (Gert 'Doc' Schmidt), Miltos Yerolemou (Barthelemy), Duncan Wisbey (Fleece/Darwin), Scott Karim (Grabiner/ Singe), Alana Ramsey (Mrs Mullett), Sophie Russell (Librarian), Fode Simbo (Peter), William Troughton (Constable Crimp) and Joseph Wilkins (Sergeant Savage) join the previously announced Rory Kinnear (Marx) and Oliver Chris (Engels) in the world premiere of Young Marx, a new comedy by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, directed by Nicholas Hytner.