Playwright Louise Page Has Passed Away
The Guardian has reported that playwright Louise Page, best known for her work at the Royal Court and the Royal Shakespeare Company passed from cancer on May 30 at the age of 65.
THE BIG IDEA Discussion Series, Based on New Play HOPE, to Be Held, Dec. 13
The Big Idea - a series of events at the Royal Court inspired by Jack Thorne's new play Hope - will offer audiences the opportunity to engage further with the political issues on stage through provocative discussion and radical thinking. Hope is an urgent, responsive play about where we are right now politically. Directed by John Tiffany, the play attacks the squeeze on local government, examines our disillusionment with the current political parties and asks where we go from here.
Nikolai Foster Appointed Artistic Director At The Curve!
Curve today announces the appointment of Nikolai Foster as the company's new Artistic Director. Foster takes up the position in January 2015, succeeding Paul Kerryson who steps down as Artistic Director at the end of this year, after 22 years in post.