Kelly Hunter

SF Shakespeare Festival Launches Campaign For Shakespeare's Hearbeat Program
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 9, 2024

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival's 'Shakespeare's Heartbeat' program uses the heartbeat rhythm (iambic pentameter) of Shakespeare's words and the physicality of his characters to engage with students on the autism spectrum.

Flute Theatre Returns to Orange Tree Theatre With TWELFTH NIGHT for 10th Anniversary Season
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2024

Flute Theatre returns to Orange Tree Theatre (OT) with a new production of Twelfth Night to mark their 10th anniversary season.

Riverside Studios Hosts International Programme of Theatre, Film, Cabaret And Visual Arts for Winter Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 17, 2023

Details have been announced for events at Riverside Studios happening across October, November, and December, including theatre, cinema, exhibitions, and cabaret.

Lucas Hnath, Trevor Nunn, Noel Coward, and More Set For The Orange Tree Theatre's Upcoming Season
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2023

The Orange Tree (OT) has announced its first full year of programming under new Artistic Director Tom Littler. It features world and European premieres by Zoe Cooper and Lucas Hnath; revivals from Mustapha Matura, Noël Coward and Oliver Goldsmith; directors including Trevor Nunn and Matthew Dunster; and Niamh Cusack headlining the first major London revival of Polly Stenham's breakout hit That Face.

Flute Theatre Presents PERICLES and PERICLES FOR AUTISTIC INDIVIDUALS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 23, 2022

Flute Theatre changes the lives of autistic individuals and their families through ground-breaking Shakespeare productions. The company performs Pericles in two productions to include all possible audiences.

Flute Theatre Presents THE TEMPEST For Autistic Individuals and Their Families at Riverside Studios in August
by Stephi Wild - Jul 29, 2022

Flute Theatre has announced The Tempest for autistic individuals and their families, runs at Riverside Studios, 15 - 19 August 2022. Adapted by Flute Theatre's Artistic Director Kelly Hunter MBE using the award-winning Hunter Heartbeat method, a series of sensory drama games, which allow autistic individuals to share how it feels to be alive and celebrate their identity, created by autistic individuals and Hunter over the last twenty years.

Riverside Studios Announces Full Line-up For The Return Of Bitesize Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 16, 2022

Riverside Studios today announces the full line-up of shows for the return of its innovative Bitesize Festival. This follows the success of the launch of this initiative in January, that saw 9 shows take to Riverside's stage, showcasing work from new and emerging theatre makers.

Riverside Studios Announces The Return Of Bitesize Festival
by Stephi Wild - May 31, 2022

Riverside Studios today announces the return of its innovative Bitesize Festival, following the success of the launch of this initiative in January that saw 9 shows take to Riverside's stage showcasing work from new and emerging theatre makers.

Flute Theatre Will Present Shakespeare Festival For Autistic Individuals and Their Families
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2021

Flute Theatre, who since March 2020 and the onset of the pandemic have made over 700 online performances for autistic individuals and their families, will present three productions from Monday 7th June for 6 weeks.

Riverside Studios Announces Appointment Of Community Arts Partnership Scheme
by Stephi Wild - Oct 5, 2020

Today, Riverside Studios announces their community Associates Programme, a partnership scheme which will provide exclusive opportunities for individuals, organisations and charities to develop creative, collaborative relationships with the iconic community arts venue.

Flute Theatre Returns With New Online Interactive Performance Of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Sep 28, 2020

Flute Theatre, who push the boundaries of Shakespeare performance for audiences with autism and their families across the world, return with a new series of online interactive performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream from 12 October a?" 12 December 2020.

Online Interactive Performance Of PERICLES Launched For Autistic Individuals And Their Families
by Stephi Wild - Jun 9, 2020

Flute Theatre, a company who push the boundaries of Shakespeare performance for audiences with autism and their families across the world, will run a series of online interactive performances of Shakespeare's Pericles from 22 June a?" 18 July 2020.

Olivia Colman, Simon Russell Beale, Cush Jumbo & More in Queen's Birthday Honours List
by Marianka Swain - Jun 10, 2019

Olivia Colman, who won an Oscar earlier this year for The Favourite, has been made a CBE for services to drama in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Eleven Performances Join the Performance Lab Series at UCL's Bloomsbury Theatre and Grant Museum of Zoology
by Stephi Wild - Mar 25, 2019

Experience eleven energetic live performances created from eleven experiments in science and the arts, as they explode onto the Bloomsbury Theatre's stage and the Grant Museum of Zoology in the first exciting PERFORMANCE LAB season from Monday 29 April 2019 - Thursday 20 June 2019.

BWW CLOSE UP: Adiós a Gillian Lynne
by Jose German Martinez Paneque - Jul 2, 2018

Ayer domingo 1 de julio fallecia a los 92 años la bailarina y coreografa DameGillian Lynne, responsable de las coreografias de algunos de los musicales mas iconicos de la historia y una gran leyenda del Teatro Musical a nivel mundial.

Photo Flash: OLD FOOLS Opens Tonight at Southwark Playhouse
by Julie Musbach - Mar 15, 2018

Tonight marks the opening of the world premiere of Old Fools by Tristan Bernays, a surprising, touching and often humorous tale about a couple, one of whom is living with Alzheimer's, and their enduring efforts to hold their relationship together through the years.

Casting Announced For The World Premiere Of OLD FOOLS
by Stephi Wild - Jan 25, 2018

Casting is announced for the world premiere of Old Fools by Tristan Bernays, a surprising, touching and often humorous tale about a couple, one of whom is living with Alzheimer's, and their enduring efforts to hold their relationship together through the years.

Flute Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Orange Tree Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 18, 2017

Immersive theatre is a popular and fashionable way of presenting work where the audience are not passive observers, but are involved and become part of the production. After last year's inspiring performances of The Tempest, Flute Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is their latest show, designed specifically as an immersive theatrical experience for autistic children and their families.

BWW Review: HAMLET, Trafalgar Studios
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 8, 2016

The famous story of the Prince of Denmark follows Hamlet on his murderous quest to avenge the death of his father. The enduring appeal of Shakespeare's tragedy is the writer's skill in retaining mystery about the eponymous protagonist. He is an enigma and audiences' perceptions of him always vary.

THE TEMPEST, Orange Tree Theatre, 27 October 2016
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 28, 2016

Kelly Hunter, a Royal Shakespeare Company actress, began working with autistic children in 2002. Through this work and a desire to bring Shakepeare to children who do not have access to it, she developed the Hunter Heartbeat Method. Through this technique, autistic children are introduced to Shakespeare through the use of games and the rhythm of the iambic pentameter.