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Review: PERFECT SHOW FOR RACHEL, Barbican Pit
by Louise Penn - May 25, 2024

Produced by Zoo Co and Improbable, this is not your show, or like any show you might have seen before. Perfect Show for Rachel is just what it says, a perfect show directed by Rachel O'Mahony, who is learning disabled, living in a care home, and exploring her creativity. So anything can happen, and no two shows are the same.

Guest Blog: 'I Have a Lot More to Learn From Her': Theatre Maker Flo O'Mahony on Ableism, Joy and Creating A PERFECT SHOW FOR RACHEL
by Guest Author - May 24, 2024

Perfect Show for Rachel was developed with my sister Rachel, to create a show on her own terms. It explores who defines artistic taste, and questions who that currently excludes.

The Comedy Store Players Reveal First New Member In Almost 30 Years
by Stephi Wild - Feb 22, 2024

The Comedy Store Players have announced that they will be joined by a new core member for the first time in almost thirty years. Ruth Bratt will join the World famous team from Sunday, 3rd March for their weekly show at London’s iconic Comedy Store.

Devoted & Disgruntled From Improbable Theatre Returns for 2024
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2024

Devoted & Disgruntled (D&D), Improbable Theatre’s annual nationwide three-day event where challenges in theatre and the arts are discussed, will take place this March in Leeds. 

TAO OF GLASS Makes New York City Premiere Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2023

NYU Skirball will present the NYC premiere of Tao of Glass, a semi-autobiographical play written and performed by Phelim McDermott with music by Philip Glass, running March 30 – April 8, 2023 at NYU Skirball. Tao of Glass is co-presented with the U.K.'s Improbable theatre company and the Manchester International Festival. 

Award-Winning Theatre Company Zoo Co Presents World Premiere Of PERFECT SHOW FOR RACHEL
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 15, 2022

The Barbican presents the world premiere of Perfect Show for Rachel by Zoo Co in The Pit this November. In this experimental show Rachel, a learning disabled artist, has the power to lead the creation of her 'perfect show'. Zoo Co are joint winners of The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award with HighRise Entertainment

Cast and Creative Team Announced For AN IMPROBABLE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2022

Improbable have announced the full cast and creative team for An Improbable Musical, a Royal and Derngate Northampton and Improbable production. Following its critically acclaimed premiere in Northampton this February, An Improbable Musical will open at the Exeter Northcott on 27 September before a limited London run at Hackney Empire from 21 October. It will then tour the UK in spring 2023, including Gulbenkian Theatre (13 – 15 April), with further tour dates to be announced.

Improbable Presents AN IMPROBABLE MUSICAL, Launching UK Tour and Limited London Run at Hackney Empire This Autumn
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2022

Improbable is presenting An Improbable Musical, a Royal and Derngate Northampton and Improbable production. Following its critically acclaimed premiere in Northampton this February, An Improbable Musical will open at the Exeter Northcott on 26 September before a limited London run at Hackney Empire from 21 October. It will then tour the UK in spring 2023, including Gulbenkian Theatre (13 – 15 April), with further tour dates to be announced.

AN IMPROBABLE MUSICAL Comes to Royal & Derngate Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2022

Royal & Derngate will present An Improbable Musical as part of its Made in Northampton 2021/22 season. With a brand-new show created at each performance, An Improbable Musical sees world renowned theatre company Improbable take to the Royal stage in Northampton from Friday 25 February to Saturday 5 March, ahead of an autumn tour. 

Royal & Derngate Announces Further Productions For Its 2021/22 Made In Northampton Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2021

Royal & Derngate today announced four further productions to complete its 2021/22 Made in Northampton season. A new production of Joe Penhall's biting contemporary satire Blue/Orange is brought to the stage this autumn by the producing team behind Ralph Fiennes' hugely successful Four Quartets which is soon to transfer to the West End.

Royal & Derngate Announces Four New Musicals for 2021
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2020

Royal & Derngate Northampton today announces that it will premiere a season of original musical theatre as part of its upcoming Made in Northampton 2021 season.

ArtsEd Welcomes Staff to Schools of Acting & Musical Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 3, 2020

ArtsEd has announced new appointments to its staff. In September, the School of Acting will welcome Steven Kavuma as Foundation Acting Course Leader and Gabrielle Nimo as Head of Movement.

Improbable Announces First Ever International Institute Of Improvisation Summer Academy
by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2020

A rare chance to study with two great improvisers and theatre-makers: specialists in the art of not knowing what is going to happen next...

Tickets For Paul Merton, NewsRevue, Wizard Presents, and More Now on Sale at the Pleasance
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2020

A new batch of Fringe favourites, including Paul Merton, NewsRevue and Wizard Presents, are now on-sale as they get ready to take to Pleasance's stages this summer.

Traverse Theatre Announces Autumn Winter 2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jul 19, 2019

With Traverse Festival 2019 presenting a total of seven Traverse Theatre Company productions - more than any recent year documented - we are thrilled to look ahead to our autumn/winter season, which is similarly abundant with fresh and provocative Traverse Theatre Company new work. We have a total of three world premiere productions - The Monstrous Heart, Strange Tales, and I Can Go Anywhere - as well as a new writing showcase (First Stages Festival) and the return of our long-running flagship education project Class Act.

Bunny Announces UK Tour of STILL NO IDEA
by Marianka Swain - Jul 4, 2019

BWW Review: THE PAPER MAN, Soho Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Feb 19, 2019

The Paper Man starts off with the story of Austria's 1930s football hero Matthias Sindelar but swiftly dummies the Nazis and nutmegs for a narrative about the construction of narratives - and becomes rather dull as a consequence.

Photo Flash: First Look at the 12th Annual London 50-Hour Improvathon, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE FIFTY
by Stephi Wild - Feb 17, 2019

Get a first look at the 12th Annual London 50-Hour Improvathon, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE FIFTY.

The Pleasance Announces First Five Shows To Go On Sale As They Launch Their #EdFringe2019 Progamme
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2019

After a record year in 2018 in which the Pleasance artists won two Fringe Firsts, two Herald Angels, one Herald Archangel award and the Holden Street Theatres Award, and Pleasance acts won both Best Newcomer and Best Show at the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Pleasance are back with another fantastic programme. Kicking things off the Pleasance Theatre Trust have put five shows on sale for those keen to start their planning early.

BWW Review: STILL NO IDEA, Royal Court
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Nov 4, 2018

In 2010, Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence created a show called No Idea based entirely on what the general public said they should make a piece of theatre about. The result was an uncomfortable and comic take on how often disabled people are written out of the main narrative, becoming relegated to the sidelines as the main action happens without them.