Leah Brotherhead

Review: SOME DEMON, Arcola Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 20, 2024

Laura Waldren lifts the veil off an eating disorder unit. While the characters try hard to cope with an alienating structure that fails many of its patients, Waldren examines institutional callousness and human failure. Chosen from a staggering 1,468 scripts, Some Demon it’s an excellent pick. Though far away from an easy watch, it’s rife with urgent necessity.

Guest Blog: Writer Laura Waldren on Connections, Sensitivity and Humour in Her Papatango Prize-Winning Play SOME DEMON
by Guest Author - Jun 11, 2024

There are hardly any plays about eating disorders, and when I started writing this one I realised why. They are incredibly difficult illnesses to explain, let alone dramatise. They tend to go on for years – they are not linear – they often involve many cycles of relapse and recovery.

Full Cast Set For SOME DEMON at the Arcola Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2024

Papatango has announced the full cast for the world première of the 2023 Prize-winning play Some Demon by Laura Waldren – a play focusing on the relationships fostered and fractured when a group of strangers are thrown together in an eating disorder unit.

Wise Children Presents WUTHERING HEIGHTS Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Dec 9, 2022

Chicago Shakespeare Theater's WorldStage Series returns with groundbreaking theatermaker Emma Rice's exuberant reimagining of Emily Brontë's gothic masterpiece, Wuthering Heights. 

Review: WUTHERING HEIGHTS at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by Steve Murray - Nov 24, 2022

What did our critic think of WUTHERING HEIGHTS at Berkeley Repertory Theatre?

Photos: First Look At The West Coast Premiere of Wise Children's WUTHERING HEIGHTS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 23, 2022

See brand-new production photos from the West Coast premiere of Wise Children's Wuthering Heights, now playing at Berkeley Repertory Theatre through Sunday, January 1, 2023.

VIDEO: First Look at Wise Children's WUTHERING HEIGHTS at Berkeley Rep
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 14, 2022

Watch a sneak peek at Wise Children's WUTHERING HEIGHTS playing Nov 18, 2022-Jan 1, 2023 at Berkeley Rep.

Full Cast & Creative Team Announced for WUTHERING HEIGHTS West Coast Premiere at Berkeley Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2022

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the West Coast premiere of Emma Rice’s critically acclaimed Wuthering Heights, a reimagined version of Emily Brontë’s gothic masterpiece. Performances begin Friday, November 18 and continue through Sunday, January 1, 2023.

Wise Children Announces Cast For the USA Première of Emma Rice's WUTHERING HEIGHTS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2022

The co-production with the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal, in association with Berkeley Repertory Theater, makes its US première at St Ann's Warehouse, New York, on 14 October, before touring to Berkeley Repertory Theater, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Chicago Shakespeare Theater, with more dates to be announced.

Photos: First Look at Unicorn Theatre's GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 15, 2022

Jaz Woodcock-Stewart directs Leah Brotherhead (Netflix’s Bridgerton/ITV’s Zomboat), Mae Munuo (the Unicorn’s The Bolds/ Complicite’s I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole), Sam Swann (Skellig/ITV’s Mr Selfridge) and Jacoba Williams (Globe’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream/ VAULT Festival When The Sea Swallows Us Whole) in Lulu Raczka’s radical re-imagining of Jonathan Swift’s surreal masterpiece, Gulliver’s Travels for all the family this Easter.

Unicorn Theatre Announces Casting For GULLIVER'S TRAVELS and WILD
by Stephi Wild - Feb 26, 2020

The Unicorn Theatre Announces Casting for Gulliver's Travels and Wild.

William Hartley Brings His One Man Comedy Western GUN To The Edinburgh Fringe
by Marianka Swain - Jul 3, 2019

BWW Review: LANDS, Bush Theatre
by Charlie Wilks - Nov 9, 2018

Bush Associate Artist company Antler arrive with their Edinburgh hit Lands, a high-spirited, tender investigation into a relationship that's on its way to its end.

BWW Flashback: A Royal Farewell... WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2 Closes on Broadway Today
by BWW Special Coverage - Jul 5, 2015

The Broadway runs of WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2 officially come to an end this weekend. Based on the novels by Booker Prize-winner Hilary Mantel, WOLF HALL ends its 15-week engagement today, July 5, 2015, at the Winter Garden Theatre. At the time of closing, the run will have included 66 performances of Part 1 and 58 performances of Part 2. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you back to WOLF HALL's beginning on Broadway!

WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2 End Limited Broadway Engagements This Weekend
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 29, 2015

The Broadway runs of WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2's will officially come to an end this weekend.

WOLF HALL Partnering with Shakespeare Society for Reading at Players Club Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 15, 2015

Members of the Broadway company of WOLF HALL will partner with the Shakespeare Society for a reading and discussion at the Players Club tomorrow, June 16th at 7pm.

Peter Eyre Replaces Paul Jesson as 'Cardinal Wolsey' in WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2
by BWW News Desk - Jun 9, 2015

Broadway veteran Peter Eyre steps into papal shoes of Cardinal Wolsey in the eight-time Tony Nominated production of Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2.

Beneath Every History, Another History! Meet the Full Cast of WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2, Opening Tonight on Broadway
by Meet the Cast - Apr 9, 2015

The Broadway transfer of The Royal Shakespeare Company's Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2 began previews on March 20, 2015 at the Winter Garden Theatre, with an opening set for tonight, April 9, 2015. Scroll down to learn more about the cast, plus watch interviews with the company!

Photo Flash: Welcome to Court- First Look at WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2 on Broadway!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 7, 2015

After critically acclaimed and sold out engagements at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Aldwych Theatre in London, the theatrical event WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2 began performances on Broadway on Friday, March 20, 2015, at the Winter Garden Theatre. Opening day will be held on April 9, 2015. The production is directed by Olivier Award nominee Jeremy Herrin, who makes his New York City directing debut. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action below!

Hilary Mantel Signs Books at Broadway's WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2 This Month
by BWW News Desk - Apr 1, 2015

Dame Hilary Mantel, the double Man Booker Prize winner for her acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, as well as the author of the Broadway production Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2, is thrilled to say she will be signing books at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway, between 50th and 51st Streets) prior to each performance and at intermission, April 1-10.