Jacoba Williams

Cast and Creative Team Set For PINOCCHIO At The Watermill

Discover the cast and creative team for the Watermill Theatre's festive production of MICHAEL MORPURGO'S PINOCCHIO, featuring a blend of storytelling and music. Performances begin November 16.

Pentabus Reveals New Board Members, Including Shakespeare's Globe Artistic Director Michelle Terry

Pentabus has announced a new Chair of the Board, Nuala O'Kane, and six new board members.

Review: THE FROGS, Kiln Theatre

Considering their recent losses, physical theatre giants Spymonkey would have been justified to adapt a Greek tragedy rather than a comedy. The death of Stephan Kreiss in 2021 and the departure of Petra Massey to Las Vegas now leaves only Toby Park and Aitor Bassauri remaining.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For Spymonkey's THE FROGS

Rehearsal photos have been released of leading physical comedy ensemble company Spymonkey for their latest Made in Northampton co-production, The Frogs, which premieres on the Royal stage from Friday 19 January to Saturday 3 February. 

Squint to Present Work from Emerging Playwrights From Low-Income Backgrounds at Theatre Royal Stratford East

The Squint Playwriting Award Showcase will present the work of nine emerging playwrights from low-income backgrounds. The showcase features ten minutes of each writer's work from a full-length play they are developing, performed by a professional cast. Get all the details here!

Royal & Derngate Reveal Two Upcoming Shows For 2024

Following the announcement of the re-opening timelines for both Royal & Derngate theatres and the Filmhouse, after the recent temporary closure for RAAC investigations, the organisation has announced two new productions for the next year as part of their produced work. Learn more about the upcoming shows here!

Paul Chahidi and Paul Ready Join TWELFTH NIGHT: FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY at Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced further casting for Twelfth Night: For One Night Only. Learn more about the production and find out who is starring in it here!

BWW Review: BEFORE I WAS A BEAR, Soho Theatre

Cally's life is turned upside down when she embarks on an affair with her childhood crush

Photos: First Look at Unicorn Theatre's GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

Jaz Woodcock-Stewart directs Leah Brotherhead (Netflix’s Bridgerton/ITV’s Zomboat), Mae Munuo (the Unicorn’s The Bolds/ Complicite’s I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole), Sam Swann (Skellig/ITV’s Mr Selfridge) and Jacoba Williams (Globe’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream/ VAULT Festival When The Sea Swallows Us Whole) in Lulu Raczka’s radical re-imagining of Jonathan Swift’s surreal masterpiece, Gulliver’s Travels for all the family this Easter.

LOVE DANCE at Chiswick Playhouse Extended

The heartfelt and upbeat rom-com Love Dance has been extended until 4th December due to popular demand. Audiences now have an extra week to see the hilarious Jacoba Williams and Derek Murphy star in this dynamic two-hander at Chiswick Playhouse about the two most unlikely characters finding love.

BWW Review: LOVE DANCE, Chiswick Playhouse

Gentle rom-com that breaks no new ground but is easy on the eye and ear and has its fair share of laughs and 'ahhsss'.

Photos: In Rehearsal for LOVE DANCE at Chiswick Playhouse

Go inside rehearsal for the hilarious and uplifting rom-com Love Dance, which will run at Chiswick Playhouse from 10th – 27th November.

Jacoba Williams and Derek Murphy Join the Cast of LOVE DANCE at Chiswick Playhouse

Jacoba Williams (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Globe) will bring to life the witty and career-driven Rose, an accomplished surgeon who is desperate to have a baby, but not a long-term relationship. Joining her on stage is Derek Murphy (Sequins, Organised Chaos; Dial M For Murder, Michael Friend Productions) as lazy and immature musician Adam.

Photos: TWELFTH NIGHT Prepares to Take the Stage at Shakespeare's Globe

Go inside rehearsals of Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe. Directed by Associate Artistic Director of the Globe, Sean Holmes, this production see’s the return of the cast from A Midsummer Night’s Dream in addition to Artistic Director of the Globe Michelle Terry who will be playing Viola.

BBC Radio 4 and Talawa Showcase Three New Audio Dramas

Radio 4, Talawa Theatre Company - the UK's leading Black British theatre company, and producers feral inc, will come together to showcase original audio dramas by three promising young writers.

Shakespeare's Globe Reopens Outdoor Theatre From 19 May

Shakespeare's Globe is preparing to reopen its outdoor theatre on 19 May 2021. Provided the conditions are met for Step 3 of the Government's roadmap for cultural reopening, the Globe will be welcoming audiences in for socially distanced performances, having closed on 18 March 2020.

THE SNOW QUEEN Comes to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre

A brand new adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic The Snow Queen will weave some sparkling festive magic live on stage at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre this Christmas.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre Closes For Second Lockdown

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre will be closing its doors to the public again from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December, re-opening on Thursday 3 December.

Unicorn Theatre Announces Casting For GULLIVER'S TRAVELS and WILD

The Unicorn Theatre Announces Casting for Gulliver's Travels and Wild.

BWW Review: I WILL STILL BE WHOLE (WHEN YOU RIP ME IN HALF)/BEFORE I WAS A BEAR, The Bunker

Though the Bunker will be closing early 2020, it has rightly garnered a reputation for providing a platform for new voices. The same is true for the two new pieces being performed there currently: not only are i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) and Before I Was A Bearthe respective debut plays of Ava Wong Davies and Eleanor Tindall, but they also proclaim their authors as confident new voices.