Photos: First look at Gallery Players' THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
by Jerri Shafer - Apr 5, 2024
Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief.
Review: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, Hampstead Theatre
by Mica Blackwell - Nov 7, 2023
Riddled with cliched dialogue and unfunny gags, much of the play is spent watching a dysfunctional family bicker through meandering conversations with little structure or purpose.
Photos: First Look at Original Productions Theatre's 40 ACRES
by Jerri Shafer - Jun 17, 2023
A World Premiere! 40 Acres is a romantic drama that tells the tale of two people facing the dangers of interracial marriage in Tuskegee, Alabama, 1899. Armed with nothing but an unshakable conviction that their happiness is just beyond the impenetrable horizon, perhaps the answer lies in the outcome of their fate.
Sheffield Theatres Announces The Newly Named Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Aug 10, 2022
Robert Hastie, Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, has announced that the venue previously known as the Studio theatre will now be named the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse in honour of the hugely influential theatre designer that had an essential role in the creation of the Crucible complex.
Fringe Announces 2022 Dates & Show Submission Dates
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2022
The Rochester Fringe Festival announces today that the 11th Fringe will take place Tuesday, September 13 through Saturday, September 24, 2022. Show submissions for the 12-day festival will open Wednesday, March 30 at noon ET via its website at rochesterfringe.com, closing five weeks later on Wednesday, May 4 at noon ET.
GHOSTS OF THE TITANIC Comes to the Park Theatre in March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2022
Blending fact and fiction together, this new drama set in the days after the sinking of the Titanic charts the swirling of rumours, political distraction tactics and fake news that followed. A bereaved woman trying to find out the truth about her fiancé's death gets sucked into a maelstrom of questions.
Digital Theatre Adds PRIMO to its Streaming Platform
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2022
Digital Theatre – the original and largest digital platform for the arts, specialising in world-class theatre productions, is delighted to announce that, the 2004 National Theatre/Heritage Theatre performance of Primo is now available to all its subscribers.
Photos: First Look at PEGGY FOR YOU at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2021
Tamsin Greig is joined by Josh Finan (The Responder, BBC One; Shook, Papatango Theatre Co - Southwark Playhouse/UK tour), Trevor Fox (My Brilliant Friend, National Theatre; The Jungle, New York/San Francisco/Playhouse Theatre/Young Vic), Danusia Samal (Maryland, Royal Court; The Great, Hula) and Jos Vantyler (King Lear, Old Vic; Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare's Globe).
Hampstead Theatre Announces Full Cast and Creative Team For The World Premiere Of THE FOREST
by Stephi Wild - Dec 15, 2021
Hampstead Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the world premiere of Florian Zeller's new play, The Forest. Running from 5 February until 12 March 2022, The Forest is translated by Zeller's long-time collaborator Christopher Hampton, and directed by Jonathan Kent, who re-unites with Zeller after his critically acclaimed production of The Height of the Storm.
Hampstead Theatre Announces Full Cast and Creative Team For Alan Plater's PEGGY FOR YOU
by Stephi Wild - Nov 4, 2021
Tamsin Greig will be joined in the cast by Josh Finan (The Responder, BBC One; Shook, Papatango Theatre Co - Southwark Playhouse/UK tour), Trevor Fox (My Brilliant Friend, National Theatre; The Jungle, New York/San Francisco/Playhouse Theatre/Young Vic), Danusia Samal (Maryland, Royal Court; The Great, Hula) and Jos Vantyler (King Lear, Old Vic; Love's Labour's Lost, Shakespeare's Globe).
Stockard Channing and Rebecca Night Will Star in 'NIGHT, MOTHER at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2021
Stockard Channing and Rebecca Night will perform in the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman. This astonishing play, which had its UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre in 1985, will be directed by the theatre's Artistic Director, Roxana Silbert. 'night, Mother will run from 22 October until 4 December 2021.
Nominations Announced for the CDG Casting Awards 2021
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Dec 16, 2020
The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG) in partnership with Spotlight is pleased to announce nominations for the 2021 CDG Casting Awards, which will take place during an online ceremony on Tuesday 16 February 2021.