News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Joel MacCormack Headshot

Joel MacCormack

Get Joel MacCormack Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

News


AND BREATHE..., Ivano Turco, Lucy St Louis, and More Take Home Black British Theatre Awards
by Stephi Wild - Nov 22, 2021

The Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs), the UK's first award show to celebrate the excellence and influence of Black performers and creatives in the theatre industry, were held last night.
BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 26, 2021

“Two households, both alike in dignity”, and so begins arguably Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy. In 424 years since its premiere it’s safe to say not all productions have been alike in status - unlike the famous Capulet and Montague houses of Verona. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet might as well be the most beloved and regarded couple of the past five centuries. But is Romeo and Juliet a love story? In short, no, not really. It’s a political tragedy that features immature teenage infatuation.
Photo Flash: First Look at ROMEO & JULIET at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2021

Today, ahead of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre's opening night for the new season, production images are released for Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. Kimberley Sykes directs Shakespeare’s timeless story of two young people torn apart by a divided society and forbidden love.
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Confirms Full Casting and Creative Team For ROMEO & JULIET
by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2021

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today confirmed full casting for Romeo and Juliet, which opens the 2021 season on Thursday 17 June.
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Announces Casting For ROMEO AND JULIET
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2021

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today confirmed the casting for the title roles in Romeo and Juliet, which opens the 2021 season on Thursday 17 June.
Theatre503 Launches The 503 Studio With Its Autumn Writers Programme
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2020

Theatre503 today announces an online Autumn Writers Programme to launch the new 503Studio, including masterclasses from Anna Jordan, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Simon Stephens and other leading playwrights.
Theatre503 Announces 2020 Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2019

Artistic Director Lisa Spirling today announces an entire year of programming for 2020 at the home of new writers, including the news that all four remaining finalists of the 2018 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award will be staged at the venue by November 2020. This follows on from the success of Award winner Out of Sorts by Danusia Samal premiering in October 2019. In February, the search for the best debut and emerging writers in the world will begin again as the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award opens for submissions.
Danusia Samal Wins The Theatre503 International Playwriting Award
by Marianka Swain - Nov 22, 2018

Danusia Samal is announced as the winner of the third biennial Theatre503 International Playwriting Award at an event at The Bridge Theatre hosted by 503 Chair Erica Whymanand Artistic Director Lisa Spirling on Thursday 22 November.
Theatre503's 2018 Playwriting Award Finalists Announced
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2018

Five extraordinary new voices make up the finalists of Theatre503's 2018 International Playwriting Award. Mathilde Dratwa, Gillian Greer, Joel MacCormack, Philana Imade Omorotionmwan and Danusia Samal have been chosen from 2,055 scripts sent in from 49 countries.
BWW Review: DESCRIBE THE NIGHT, Hampstead Theatre
by Marianka Swain - May 10, 2018

American playwright Rajiv Joseph's latest certainly doesn't lack for ambition, spanning 90 years, three countries, and mixing history and fiction in its form to make a point about, well, mixing history and fiction. Storytelling through to the pertinent “fake news” abounds, but this near-three-hour show is ultimately more compelling in its ideas than in its drama.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with DESCRIBE THE NIGHT
by Julie Musbach - Apr 11, 2018

Hampstead Theatre presents the UK premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Describe the Night.
Hampstead Theatre Announces casting for DESCRIBE THE NIGHT on the Main Stage and THE PHLEBOTOMIST Downstairs
by Stephi Wild - Mar 19, 2018

In 1920, the Russian writer Isaac Babel reports on a Red Cavalry campaign in Poland. In 1936, Stalin's NKVD chief Nicolai Yezhov unleashes the Great Purge. In 1989, a mysterious KGB agent spying on a woman in Dresden falls in love. In 2010, an aircraft carrying most of the Polish government crashes near the Russian city of Smolensk…
Shakespeare's Globe Coming to U.S. Stages, Screens This Year with THE MERCHANT OF VENICE & More
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 8, 2016

London's critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe, under the artistic direction of Emma Rice, will light up US stages and screens this summer and fall, with a three-city limited engagement of The Merchant of Venice, the return of the popular Globe on Screen cinema series and a special two-night concert collaboration with The Los Angeles Philharmonic at the historic Hollywood Bowl.
Photo Coverage: Kinnear and Syal at Ian Charleson Awards
by Carrie Dunn - Jun 25, 2016

To commemorate and celebrate the life of Ian Charleson, The Sunday Times and the National Theatre collaborate annually to present these awards for outstanding performances anywhere in the UK by actors under the age of thirty in a classical role - defined as one in a play written before 1918.
Imelda Staunton & GYPSY Win Big at the UK Theatre Awards!
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 18, 2015

UK Theatre has announced the winners of the UK Theatre Awards 2015 - the only awards to honour outstanding achievement in performing, producing and management in theatres throughout the United Kingdom.
Imelda Staunton, Laura Pitt-Pulford & More Pick Up Nominations for UK Theatre Awards!
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 17, 2015

The nominations for the UK Theatre Awards 2015 have now been announced. The Awards will be presented on Sunday 18 October, and details of the compere for the event and other special guests will be announced in due course.
Clare Holman and Susannah Harker Star in EACH IS OWN WILDERNESS, Beginning Tonight at Orange Tree
by BWW News Desk - Apr 15, 2015

Clare Holman and Susannah Harker star in Doris Lessing's EACH HIS OWN WILDERNESS at the Orange Tree Theatre in Surrey, running today, April 15 to May 16, 2015. Orange Tree's Paul Miller will direct.
Clare Holman and Susannah Harker to Star in EACH IS OWN WILDERNESS at Orange Tree This Spring
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2015

Clare Holman and Susannah Harker will star in Doris Lessing's EACH HIS OWN WILDERNESS at the Orange Tree Theatre in Surrey, running April 15 until May 16, 2015.

Get Joel MacCormack Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos