First Shows Set For 2024 Assembly Festival
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2024
The countdown to the summer has begun as Assembly Festival has announced the first shows for its 2024 season. Learn more about the lineup here!
Second Series Of Soho Theatre Live On Amazon Prime Video UK Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 19, 2021
Soho Theatre has announced the second series of 'Soho Theatre Live' with Amazon Prime Video. It will comprise of ten critically-acclaimed and award-winning comedy shows filmed at Soho Theatre over the course of July 2021. It is part of Soho Theatre's three-series deal with Amazon, joining the first series of 11 comedy films released in December 2020 on the platform, featuring Aditi Mittal, Dane Baptiste, Jen Brister, Jessie Cave, Joel Dommett and more.
Shedinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 Programme Announced and Tickets Onsale
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2021
Tickets will be available on a Pay What You Can system, starting at just £6. A minimum of 25% of every ticket bought for SHEDINBURGH 2021 will go into the SHED LOAD OF FUTURE FUND a fund to support the next generation of artists get to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Learn more about how to purchase tickets here!
The State of the London Stage: What's Coming in June 2021
by Matt Wolf - Jun 1, 2021
And they're off! London theatres have been open for several weeks now, and the reviews once again are coming hard and fast as a glance at this very site will confirm. Quick off the mark have been the smaller-sized shows: solo plays like Cruise or Harm or a three-person West End entry like Amy Berryman's Walden (though that title was beset by pre-opening dramas of its own, more of which below). But as the big musicals prepare their own re-emergence on to a scene marked out already by the producer Sonia Friedman's RE:EMERGE season (of which Walden is the first of three to open), excitement is in the air. The question now remains as to who, precisely, the audience is likely to be for these shows, given the difficulty for many in travelling to the UK.
BWW Review: JESSIE CAVE: SUNRISE, Soho Theatre Online
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 28, 2021
Intimately confessional stand-up shows are not new for Jessie Cave. Her 2015 show, I Loved Her, detailed her relationship with fellow comic Alfie Brown after she became pregnant after their one-night stand. In 2018 she returned with Sunrise, about the aftermath of their breakup. Filmed in an empty Soho Theatre during the pandemic, this emotionally intelligent and bittersweet show is now available to stream.
Jez Butterworth, Chris Bush & More Join The NHB Playgroup
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 15, 2020
Theatre publishers Nick Hern Books (NHB) have announced five further writers to join The NHB Playgroup, their ongoing initiative throughout the current theatre shutdown which offers one free play each week to read and discuss, followed by a Q&A with the writer.
New York's Leading LGBTQ Film Festival 'Newfest' Announces Full Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 19, 2019
New York's leading LGBTQ film festival, NewFest, has announced the full lineup of their 31st annual celebration of the year's best LGBTQ films from around the world. As announced earlier this week, the festival will kick off the festival's 31st edition with the New York premiere of Mike Doyle's Manhattan-set ensemble rom-com SELL BY, featuring an eclectic cast including Scott Evans (Netflix's “Grace and Frankie”), Kate Walsh (ABC's “Grey's Anatomy”), Academy Award-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Buteau (Netflix's “Tales of the City”) and Augustus Prew (HIGH-RISE), and will close the festival with the New York premiere of Rodrigo Bellott's award-winning film TU ME MANQUES, which was recently announced as Bolivia's submission for Best International Feature Film selection for the 2019 Academy Awards.
Assembly Festival Announces Comedy Line-up
by Stephi Wild - Jun 27, 2019
Assembly Festival, 31 July - 26 Aug, has a stellar selection of stand up with over 80 shows lined up for audiences, including the star of Netflix's Comedians of the World Aditi Mittal; Indian stand-up Anuvab Pal taking on the British Empire in Democracy and Disco Dancing; the feisty and hilarious Cally Beaton (Best of the Fringe 2017) with her show Invisible; Chris Parker; host of Whose Line Is It Anyway Clive Anderson; Ed Byrne, Frank Skinner, George Egg, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Jason Byrne, Jena Friedman, Joanne McNally, the young and extremely talented impressionist Josh Berry, Larry Dean, Milton Jones in Milton Impossible; Nath Valvo; star of Parks and Recreation comedian Nick Offerman; Nish Kumar; Fringe first-timer & US stand-up star Phoebe Robinson; legends Simon Evans, Russell Howard; Pinder-prize winner Sam Taunton;Shane Todd, Guy Montgomery, Stewart Francis with a new show Into the Punset; Scottish festival favourite Susie McCabe; and Timandra Harkness with her new solo comedy show Take A Risk.
SON OF DYKE Comes To Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Stephi Wild - Jun 21, 2019
Ellie Keel Productions today announce the world premiere of Jordan Wallers' Son of Dyke. The production, directed by Anna Fox, runs at the Edinburgh Festival from 1 to 11 August, following a short run at The Vaults under the title The D Word earlier this year.
The Patrick Studio Announces Exciting New Season
by Julie Musbach - Feb 4, 2019
Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio is gearing up for a jam-packed season of sensational performance where audiences can experience world-class shows in an intimate setting.
Selladoor Worldwide Presents Selladoor Creation
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2018
Selladoor Worldwide has announced the launch of Selladoor Creation - a brand new platform for new writers to showcase and develop their work with the backing of one of the UK's leading theatre producers. With this new company, Selladoor will continue to support diverse and challenging work from talented artists, and bring innovative new work to the national and international stage, making it accessible for all audiences.