Review: ALMA MATER, Almeida Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jul 4, 2024
Alma Mater is the byproduct of fourth-wave feminism, with faint echoes of David Mamet’s Oleanna flipped on its head and delivered with a sleight of hand. Polly Findlay is back at the Almeida to direct Kendall Feaver’s world premiere, which finally officially opens after a troubled start. The withdrawal of Lia Williams, who was initially due to take on Jo, doesn’t seem to hinder this unforgiving production, with Justine Mitchell taking over with an assured stance.
Full Cast Set For ALMA MATER at the Almeida Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2024
The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast for Polly Findlay's production of Kendall Feaver's Alma Mater. The full cast includes Nathalie Armin, Phoebe Campbell, Liv Hill, Liam Lau-Fernandez, Nathaniel Parker, Lia Williams and Susannah Wise.
EDINBURGH 2023: Pick of the Programme - Musicals
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 12, 2023
BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue has selected her top ten picks across the festival programme to highlight the shows you really don't want to miss this year!
Lucas Hnath, Trevor Nunn, Noel Coward, and More Set For The Orange Tree Theatre's Upcoming Season
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2023
The Orange Tree (OT) has announced its first full year of programming under new Artistic Director Tom Littler. It features world and European premieres by Zoe Cooper and Lucas Hnath; revivals from Mustapha Matura, Noël Coward and Oliver Goldsmith; directors including Trevor Nunn and Matthew Dunster; and Niamh Cusack headlining the first major London revival of Polly Stenham's breakout hit That Face.
Full Company Announced for ASSASSINS at Chichester Festival Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Apr 25, 2023
Audiences will be catapulted into the American political arena where music, folklore and show-business collide head-on with the American Dream, for the first major production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Assassins since the composer’s death in 2021.
Cast Announced For Shakespeare's Globe's SHAKESPEARE IN THE ABBEY
by Stephi Wild - Mar 29, 2023
As celebrations continue for the 400th Anniversary of the First Folio across 2023, Shakespeare’s Globe will return to Westminster Abbey for the hugely popular Shakespeare in the Abbey for six special performances beginning this evening and running until Friday 31 March.
JMK Trust Announces Shortlist For The 2022 JMK Award
by Stephi Wild - Jul 7, 2022
The JMK Trust announces the shortlisted directors, and the designers they are partnered with, for this year's JMK Award – Emily Aboud, Joanna Bowman, Emerald Crankson, Leo Doulton, Dale Edwards, Masha Kevinovna, Indiana Lown-Collins and Elsie Yager.
Feature: Transatlantic Team Revives Powerful One-Man Musical
by Robert Encila-Celdran - Jun 16, 2022
'I see THE LION very much about what it was like for me to turn thirty, about how I became myself. When I began writing the show, in 2012, I was very much the-son-to-the-father. As of now, in London 2022, my wife and I are expecting our second child, a son. When I performed THE LION one last time (Southwark Playhouse, May 2022), it was the first and only time I've performed the show as a father. During that performance, I understood the character of 'Dad' in a very different way. I also realized that young-writer-me wrote Dad and Cancer as very similar characters; quasi-mythical external forces that controlled Ben and couldn't be reasoned with.'
BWW Review: MIDDLE, National Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - May 5, 2022
David Eldridge thrusts the agony and the ecstasy of middle class struggles into the limelight in his new play at the National Theatre's Dorfman stage. Let's see what BWW's critic had to say...