Nick Payne

Review: CONSTELLATIONS at West End Players Guild is a Bittersweet Nugget of Relationship Reality
by James Lindhorst - Feb 15, 2025

West End Players Guild’s production of CONSTELLATIONS is a bittersweet dose of reality. It is a relationship story more than a love story. Payne examines how we react to two things in life, our partner’s behaviors and what the fates hand us. No one can predict when, or if, life will bring happiness, heartbreak, pain, or loss. Life must be lived and be experienced.  

Review: CONSTELLATIONS at Constellation Theatre
by Brian Bochicchio - Feb 12, 2025

The title is not a typo.  Hey, what are the odds?  Could it be kismet, a prearranged theatrical landing spot, or totally happenstance? And if we cosmically reset the situation, would it happen again in the same way? Would we want it to happen the same way?

Photos: Inside Paines Plough’s 50th Anniversary Gala
by Stephi Wild - Feb 11, 2025

Photos have been released from Paines Plough’s star-studded 50th Anniversary Gala which took place last night at the Criterion Theatre. Check out the photos below!

CONSTELLATIONS by Nick Payne Set for Rubicon Theatre Company Beginning This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 8, 2025

Rubicon Theatre will continue its 2024/2025 Dare to Dream Season with the Central Coast premiere of CONSTELLATIONS, a romantic drama by Award-winning playwright Nick Payne.

Peggy Ramsay Reveals Announces Recipients Of 2025 Playwrights '73 Award
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025

The Peggy Ramsay Foundation will take primary responsibility for funding the Playwrights ‘73 Award, which places 4 playwrights with 4 theatres around the UK for 18 months and funds them to write a new play.

Cassie Bradley and Barney White Join ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG at the Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2025

Cassie Bradley and Barney White have been announced as the cast of Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young, presented by Greenwich Theatre in association with Park Theatre. 

WE LIVE IN TIME Starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh Sets Max Premiere Date
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 14, 2025

A24’s We Live In Time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will make its streaming debut on Max on Friday, February 7. The film will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, February 8 At 8:00 P.M. ET. 

Review: A-Class Act in Teater Pandora’s Constellations
by Rakaputra Paputungan - Jan 9, 2025

I had my first experience of watching Nick Payne’s Constellations on the National Theatre website. The production I watched was produced by DONMAR, directed by Michael Longhurst, and performed by Peter Capaldi and Zoë Wanamaker. Although the stage was empty, the use of colour and empty space enhanced by the blue and white balloons surrounding them made the play feel spectacularly otherworldly. I was instantly in love.

Feature: Broadwayworld Indonesia's Writers' Top Picks of 2024
by Rakaputra Paputungan - Jan 3, 2025

Discover the best shows 2024 had to offer and the 2025 shows we're most looking forward to!

MURDER BALLAD And More To Be Presented At Greenwich Theatre In 2025
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 19, 2024

Greenwich Theatre’s 2025 season is packed with theatre, musicals, live music, children’s shows and a magical pantomime. In autumn 2025, the venue will stage Murder Ballad, their first in-house musical in two decades.

ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Comes to the Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2024

From the Tony Award-nominated writer of Constellations and BBC/Netflix drama Wanderlust, Nick Payne’s timeless play One Day When We Were Young is returning to the stage over a decade since it was first performed. 

2024 George Devine Award Shortlist Revealed
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2024

Artificial Intelligence, erasure, coercion, faith, unrequited love and social housing amongst subjects explored within the five shortlisted plays announced as contenders for the 2024 George Devine Award. 

Joe Murphy Appointed Artistic Director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2024

Joe Murphy has been announced as the new Artistic Director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Learn more about Joe Murphy and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre here!

Photos: CONSTELLATIONS At Riverfront Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2024

Riverfront Theater Company has released production photos of their upcoming production of 'Constellations,' opening November 14.

Photos: Collaborative Artists Ensemble Presents CONSTELLATIONS By Nick Payne
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 7, 2024

Collaborative Artists Ensemble closes its 15th season with a fresh take on the popular Constellations by Nick Payne. See photos from the company.

Riverfront Theater Company to Present CONSTELLATIONS by Nick Payne
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 1, 2024

Riverfront Theater Company in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, will present CONSTELLATIONS by Nick Payne. The play delves into String Theory and parallel universes, exploring themes of grief and choice. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Asa Butterfield Will Make His Stage Debut in One-Man Comedy Play, SECOND BEST
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2024

Asa Butterfield, star of Netflix’s Sex Education will make his stage debut in the one-man play, Second Best – a fictional story about the boy who came second to play Harry Potter. 

Collaborative Artists Presents Nick Payne's CONSTELLATIONS
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 20, 2024

Collaborative Artists Ensemble has announced a fresh take on Nick Payne's CONSTELLATIONS, exploring love, connection, and mortality through the multiverse.

Review: 'CONSTELLATIONS' at Chalk Circle Collective
by ErinMarie Reiter - Sep 19, 2024

'Constellations' is touching, smart, funny, and heartbreaking. It is extraordinarily performed with clear, and compelling performances that go straight to the heart. “Constellations” plays through September 29th at Liberty Station.

Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of The West End Transfer of SHIFTERS?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 22, 2024

Written by Benedict Lombe and directed by Lynette Linton, Shifters has now opened at thr Duke of York's Theatre after playing at the Bush Theatre earlier this year.