Photos: First Look at the Set of PEAKY BLINDERS: THE RISE at the Camden Garrison
by Stephi Wild - Jun 27, 2022
Rebecca Brower, set and costume designer, has beautifully and meticulously recreated the world of Peaky Blinders. This living set features several original items from the television series including the safe, The Garrison Bar sign, Polly’s office furniture and much more. Take a first look at photos of the set!
PEAKY BLINDERS: THE RISE Announces Full Casting
by Stephi Wild - May 23, 2022
Producers Immersive Everywhere, in association with Caryn Mandabach Productions and Steven Knight, announce the full cast for PEAKY BLINDERS: THE RISE, at the Camden Garrison opening on Friday 24 June 2022.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Announces O! Readings Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 26, 2021
Oregon Shakespeare Festival has announced the month-long, five-play O! Reading Series. For this new initiative, five directors who are part of OSF’s artistic staff have each chosen a play to be performed as a live digital staged reading by some of OSF’s favorite actors.
TRYING IT ON Will Embark on Autumn Tour
by Stephi Wild - Sep 23, 2019
Prolific playwright David Edgar is directed in his professional performance debut by triple Fringe First Award-winner Christopher Haydon in a solo show considering the legacy of the events of 1968. In 1968, playwright David Edgar was 20 years old. It was also the year of some of the most important and formative events in modern history, including the Paris student revolt, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Enoch Powell's a?oerivers of blooda?? speech, and the ongoing war in Vietnam. Trying It On is a new play written and performed by David Edgar, which reflects on the legacy of this momentous year, drawing on first-person interviews with some of the leading political figures of the time, as well as contemporary activists. The performance also marks David's first professional stage performance in this autobiographical one-man play.
TRYING IT ON Comes to Traverse 1
by Stephi Wild - Jun 7, 2019
Prolific playwright David Edgar is directed in his professional performance debut by triple Fringe First Award-winner Christopher Haydon in a solo show considering the legacy of the events of 1968. In 1968, playwright David Edgar was 20 years old. It was also the year of some of the most important and formative events in modern history, including the Paris student revolt, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Enoch Powell's "rivers of blood" speech, and the ongoing war in Vietnam. Trying It On is a new play written and performed by David Edgar, which reflects on the legacy of this momentous year, drawing on first-person interviews with some of the leading political figures of the time, as well as contemporary activists. The performance also marks David's first professional stage performance in this autobiographical one-man play.
Chris Thorpe Brings STATUS Across the UK
by Stephi Wild - Jun 7, 2019
When Chris Thorpe performed his one-man show Status at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe, he claimed, provocatively, it wasn't about Brexit. Now, as the withdrawal date fluctuates, the Fringe First-winning, globe-spanning show about how we acquire our national identity, and what happens when we try to escape it, confronts head on the guilt, alienation and identity crisis experienced in response to the biggest political upheaval of the Century.
Chris Thorpe's Status To Tour The UK
by Stephi Wild - Feb 12, 2019
When Chris Thorpe performed his one-man show Status at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe, he claimed, provocatively, it wasn't about Brexit. Now, as the withdrawal date draws ever nearer, the Fringe First-winning, globe-spanning show about how we acquire our national identity, and what happens when we try to escape it, confronts head on the guilt, alienation and identity crisis experienced in response to the biggest political upheaval of the Century.
Contender Charlie and China Plate Present ROMEO AND JULIET - MAD BLOOD STIRRING
by Stephi Wild - Jan 11, 2019
Independent theatre producers China Plate and foremost theatre education company Contender Charlie will be touring theatres with a new adaptation of Romeo and Juliet for upper KS2 and lower KS3 pupils, their teachers and their families. Narrated by the Friar speaking in modern English, Romeo and Juliet - Mad Blood Stirring will include striking visual effects and live music.
Rachel Chavkin Directed STATUS His the Fringe
by Julie Musbach - Jul 3, 2018
Everybody has a nationality: most are inherited, and some are given to us. In the midst of a cultural and political climate dominated by Brexit, the Windrush scandal and debates about who has the right to belong, Chris Thorpe questions how we acquire these narratives and the internal and political conflicts that arise when people choose not to accept their nationality.