John Retallack

Bristol Old Vic Releases Digital Version of PINK MIST for Limited Run

From 22 March, for a limited four-week release, the original 2015 Bristol Old Vic production of Pink Mist will be available on demand. The prodution was co-by George Mann and John Retallack and brought Owen Sheers’ visceral poem about the impact of war on servicemen and their families searingly to life on stage.

Bristol Old Vic Launches Full Season Of Digital Theatre For Spring 2021

Bristol Old Vic today announced an ambitious range of digital work running Feb-May to keep people entertained through the Spring and beyond, allowing stories to be shared and creativity to flourish in new ways once again.

Actors Touring Company Announces National Tour Of AMSTERDAM

Following its top selling run at the Orange Tree Theatre this autumn, Maya Arad Yassur's strikingly original and audacious play Amsterdam will take to the road in early 2020. The three-way co-production, between Actors Touring Company, the Orange Tree Theatre and Theatre Royal Plymouth embarks on a tour that opens in Plymouth in February and stretches across the UK. Amsterdam is directed by Matthew Xia as his inaugural production as artistic director of ATC.

BWW Review: UNICORNS, ALMOST, Bristol Old Vic

This week marks 80 years since Britain declared war on Germany and the Second World War began. Yet the story of a young poet caught in conflict, torn between his desire to be on the front line and the safety of his desk job, is still as relevant and poignant as ever.

Actors Touring Company Announces Matthew Xia's Inaugural Production AMSTERDAM at Orange Tree

This autumn will see Matthew Xia's inaugural production as artistic director of Actors Touring Company. The UK premiere of Amsterdam by Maya Arad Yasur will open the Orange Tree Theatre's Autumn season before embarking on a tour beginning at Theatre Royal Plymouth in February 2020.

New Shows Announced As Part Of Bristol Old Vic's Jun 2019 �" Jan 2020 Season

Bristol Old Vic's Jun 2019 - Jan 2020 season brochure was launched today, revealing some new additions to the tantalising list of productions already on sale.

Actors Touring Company Announces Matthew Xia as New Artistic Director

Internationally acclaimed Actors Touring Company has today announced the appointment of Matthew Xia as its new Artistic Director. Matthew will take up the position part-time in December 2018 and will be in place full-time from March 2019. He will lead alongside ATC's Executive DirectorAndrew Smaje.

HANNAH AND HANNA IN DREAMLAND Makes UK Premiere This Autumn

Summer 1999. Margate's beaches are packed with day-trippers.... and its hotels filled with Kosovan asylum seekers - including Hanna (played by Celia Meiras), a survivor of Europe's most recent genocide. Hannah (Lisa Payne) is from Margate and bored with life in the rundown seaside town - hanging out with her boyfriend Bull and his prejudiced mates. The only things the two sixteen year olds have in common are their names and their love of singing along to their favourite pop songs....

Vibrant Festival Returns For its Tenth Year

Now in its tenth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre presents Vibrant 2018 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, running between 7-25 October 2018.

HANNAH & HANNA IN DREAMLAND, A Story About Friendship, Migration And Karaoke, Opens Its Tour In Canterbury Next Month

This new play by award-winning writer/director John Retallack builds on the success of his 2001 piece Hannah & Hanna, which has been performed nationally and internationally.

Alice Malin to Direct UK premiere of BIG AFTERMATH OF A SMALL DISCLOSURE

Louise and Jon are part of a tight friendship group along with Sjon and Johan. But Jon's fed up. He wants out. First he has to tell the others. It is this simple act that starts a cycle of misinformation, rumour and suspicion. Friendship sours to enmity and old rivalries come to the surface forcing Louise to make a choice. Should she take her chance and leave too, or stick with what she knows? Not only does she have to decide how she actually feels ... she then has to say it out loud. 

Photo Flash: First Look at CultureClash Theatre's VOICES IN THE DARK

On Tuesday 24 April at Greenwich Theatre, CultureClash Theatre presented their first new writing night, Voices In The Dark, with 8 new short plays selected from over 100 submissions from around the world.

Northern Broadsides Executive Director Sue Andrews To Receive Prestigious Award and to Step Down After 25 Years

Northern Broadsides is delighted to announce that their Executive Director Sue Andrews has won the prestigious WGGB OLWEN WYMARK THEATRE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS 2017.

EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Q&A- Under My Thumb

BWW speaks to the team bringing Under My Thumb to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Print Room Reveals More Details on Karen Blixen Double Bill

Print Room at the Coronet has today announced further details for Out of Blixen and Babette's Feast, two productions that will run consecutively, putting a spotlight on the fascinating life and writing of Karen Blixen.

Casting Announced for PINK MIST Return to Bristol Old Vic and National Tour

Casting was today confirmed for the return of Bristol Old Vic's acclaimed production, Pink Mist, which kicks off a national tour from Bristol Old Vic on 23 January.  

Bristol Old Vic's Searing Production Of Owen Sheer's Afghan War Play PINK MIST To Tour The UK

Three school-mates, three boys on the verge of adulthood, three lads with dreams bigger than the prospects that staying where they are can offer.  The army - a career, opportunity, adventure, skills and excitement. 

Bush Theatre Sets PINK MIST Cast

Casting has been announced for award-winning writer Owen Sheers' acclaimed play Pink Mist, about the mental and physical scars of war, which opens at the Bush Theatre in January 2016 before a run at the Bristol Old Vic.

Theatre Ad Infinitum's Lauded Production LIGHT Comes to Battersea Arts Centre, Feb 1-13

With state surveillance once more on the political agenda, LIGHT comes to Battersea Arts Centre following sell-out shows at the Barbican as part of the London International Mime Festival in 2015 and the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe, where it was nominated for a Total Theatre Award. Inspired by Edward Snowden's revelations and science fiction films, Theatre Ad Infinitum conjures an Orwellian future where a totalitarian regime monitors the thoughts of its citizens through implants. The production will play Birmingham Old Rep on 28 Jan and Battersea Arts Centre 1-13 Feb 2016.

PINK MIST to Open at Bush Theatre in 2016

Award-winning writer Owen Sheers' acclaimed play Pink Mist, about the mental and physical scars of war, will open at the Bush Theatre in January 2016, before a run at the Bristol Old Vic.