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BROWN GIRLS TO IT TOO Returns To Soho Theatre This Spring

BBC Sounds' Brown Girls Do It Too the award-winning podcast from Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani explores the messy realities, fantasies and sexpectations of British Asian women, navigating life and relationships along the way.  
BROWN GIRLS DO IT TOO Comes to the Soho Theatre

BBC Sounds’ Brown Girls Do It Too the award-winning podcast from Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani explores the messy realities, fantasies and sexpectations of British Asian women, navigating life and relationships along the way. Following their incredible autumn 2022 world premiere, Tilted and Soho Theatre revive the hit show for an extended run at Soho Theatre from Tuesday 23 May to Saturday 10 June 2023.
BROWN GIRLS DO IT TOO Podcast Announces World Premiere of Live Show and UK Tour Dates

BBC Sounds' Brown Girls Do It Too is the award-winning podcast from Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani that explores the messy realities, fantasies, sexpectations and navigating life and relationships as British Asian women.
BWW Review: CONSENSUAL, Soho Theatre

Opening this year's National Youth Theatre REP Season is the return of Evan Placey's Consensual, originally written for the company back in 2015 when it premiered at the Ambassadors Theatre. It's been given a major facelift as Pia Furtado's production, featuring a brand new cast, moves to the Soho Theatre - a space that seems perfectly suited to the intimate nature of the piece.
National Youth Theatre Announces Full 2018 Season

Paul Roseby OBE, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) has today announced the summer and autumn season of work for 2018.
COMBUSTION, LABELS, OCTOPUS and More Set for Summer 2017 at Tara Arts

As Tara Arts celebrates its 40th anniversary throughout 2017, the company continues to put the experiences of the UK's diverse communities centre stage.
BWW Review: DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY, Arts Theatre

Gary Naylor sees an award-winning show get a deserved transfer to the West End where it bubbles with laughs and some hard edged observations of how we live today.
Photo Flash: Go Inside Rehearsals for DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY at Arts Theatre

Felix Scott (The Angry Brigade, Paines Plough; The Archers, BBC Radio 4; Inception) and Ayesha Antoine (Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre; Holby City; Doctor Who) have been cast in the highly acclaimed, Fringe First Award winning Dirty Great Love Story which will be making its anticipated West End debut at the Arts Theatre in 2017.
Cast Announced for DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY

Felix Scott (The Angry Brigade, Paines Plough; The Archers, BBC Radio 4; Inception) and Ayesha Antoine (Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre; Holby City; Grange Hill) have been cast in the highly acclaimed, Fringe First Award winning Dirty Great Love Story which will be making its anticipated West End debut at the Arts Theatre in 2017.
Made in Colchester Announces their Casting for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Mercury Theatre Colchester has announced the casting line-up for their Made in Colchester production of Shakespeare's comic battle of the sexes, Much Ado About Nothing. This saucy new production of the romantic comedy will be set in a modern-day garrison town and plays from Friday 30 September until Saturday 15 October.  
Post Brexit Punk Satire OCTOPUS Scores London Transfer Following Edinburgh Fringe Success

Having wowed audiences in Edinburgh, Afsaneh Gray's first full-length play Octopus is set to follow this success at Theatre503 from 11 to 15 October. Staged against the backdrop of Brexit and the refugee crisis, Octopus is set in a dystopian world of bureaucratic box ticking. It explores what it's like to be treated as a foreigner in your own land...and the power of punk.
National Youth Theatre's West End Rep Closes Today

Having been seen by over 10,000 people the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's West End Season at the Ambassadors Theatre London, must end today, 4 December 2015.
National Youth Theatre's West End Rep to Close, Dec. 4

Having been seen by over 10,000 people the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's West End Season at the Ambassadors Theatre London, must end on 4 December 2015.
Photo Flash: First Look at National Youth Theatre's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) begin their autumn season in the West End this week. Following the huge success of the REP seasons in 2013 and 2014, the company returns to the Ambassadors Theatre with three new productions from September to December exploring themes of sex education, relationships, class and heritage. The 10-week rep season began on 18 September 2015, with press performances on 6 and 7 October 2015. Scroll down for a first look at THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, abridged by Tom Stoppard!
National Youth Theatre to Present WUTHERING HEIGHTS, CONSENSUAL and More!

The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) begin their autumn season in the West End this week. Following the huge success of the REP seasons in 2013 and 2014, the company returns to the Ambassadors Theatre with three new productions from September to December exploring themes of sex education, relationships, class and heritage. NYT will also present 'An Audience with David Suchet' in October, a unique opportunity to hear the magnificent Hercule Poirot and NYT alumnus in conversation with NYT Artistic Director Paul Roseby. The 10-week rep season will start on 18 September 2015, with press performances on 6 and 7 October 2015. An Audience with David Suchet will take place on 15 October 2015.
National Youth Theatre Sets 2015 Season

Paul Roseby, artistic director of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) has today announced a new season of work for the company including the world premiere of site-specific Homegrown - a response to recent events at Bethnal Green Academy and two brand new shows at the Arcola.
Simon Stephens' CARMEN DISRUPTION Opens Tonight at the Almeida

The UK Premiere of CARMEN DISRUPTION opens tonight 17 April at the Almeida Theatre. Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Birdland, Three Kingdoms) makes his Almeida debut with this dramatic reimagining of Bizet's Carmen. Michael Longhurst directs his first production at the Almeida following great acclaim in New York and London for Constellations by Nick Payne.
Noma Dumezweni, John Light & More to Star in CARMEN DISRUPTION at the Almeida Theatre

Casting is today announced for the UK Premiere of Carmen Disruption. Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Birdland, Three Kingdoms) makes his Almeida debut with this dramatic reimagining of Bizet's Carmen. Michael Longhurst directs his first production at the Almeida following great acclaim in New York and London for Constellations by Nick Payne.
Site Specific TITUS ANDRONICUS to Open 31 August in Bold Tendencies' Multi Storey Car Park Peckham

Pia Furtado directs Titus Andronicus, an exhilarating new staging of Shakespeare's infamous revenge tragedy, performed in the atmospheric urban surroundings of Bold Tendencies' multi-storey car park in Peckham.

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