Roger McGough

Cast Set For SENSORY CINDERS at @sohoplace
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2024

Sensory Cinders; the West End’s first production for audiences labelled with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), has announced its full casting. 

Steven Berkoff and Kerry Ellis Among Special Events Lineup at the Greenwich Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2024

Greenwich Theatre has announced its line-up of special guest events, launching on 13 May with An Audience with Steven Berkoff. Check out the full lineup here!

Sheffield Theatres Reveals Lineup of New Crucible and Playhouse Shows For 2024
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2023

Sheffield Theatres has announced new Crucible and Playhouse shows for 2024. Learn more about the lineup here!

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ROGER MCGOUGH'S MONEY-GO-ROUND, Assembly Rooms
by Christiana Rose - Aug 16, 2023

Money-Go-Round is based on the classic story of The Wind in the Willows, with the added dimension of being centred around the perils of a gold coin- which is representative of cyclical wealth.

Nica Burns Officially Launches The 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2023

Nica Burns, the longstanding Director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, has officially launched the biggest awards in live comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  

EDINBURGH 2023: BroadwayWorld's Edfringe Reviews
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Aug 4, 2023

A compilation of all of BroadwayWorld's coverage of the world's biggest arts festival.

Cast Revealed For THE HYPOCHONDRIAC at Sheffield Theatres
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2023

Sheffield Theatres has announced the cast for The Hypochondriac, Roger McGough’s celebrated adaptation of Molière’s witty satire. Learn more about the show and who is starring here!

Vinny Peculiar to Release 'How I Learned to Love the Freaks' Album in September
by Michael Major - Jul 17, 2023

The record is inspired by Hippy culture, the summer of love and the socio-political awakenings of the late 1960s. In part it’s  tribute to an emerging free-thinking youth culture, the risks they took, the values they espoused, the sacrifices they made, with the failings and ultimate implosion culminating in “Death of the Counterculture”.

EDINBURGH 2023: Pick of the Programme - Children's Shows
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 16, 2023

With nearly 3000 shows now on sale for the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, trying to narrow down what to see can be a bit of a task. 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!

Assembly Festival Extends its Wings for Fringe 2023
by Stephi Wild - May 3, 2023

Assembly Festival has today (Wednesday 03 May) announced a further 80 shows for its Fringe 2023 programme. This year, the festival is extending its wings across Edinburgh, beyond its festival hubs at Assembly George Square and Assembly Rooms to two new venues, with a co-curated programme at Assembly @ Dance Base and a residency at Murrayfield Ice Rink. 

Riverside Studios Announces Spring 2023 Season Featuring DAVID COPPERFIELD, SPY FOR SPY & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 12, 2023

Riverside Studios has announced final details for the full spring season, including theatre, cinema, exhibitions and spoken word, alongside a full programme of community events.

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Announces The First Season By Suba Das
by Stephi Wild - Jul 22, 2022

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse announces its new programme of work, the first under Creative Director Suba Das. It confirms the venues' commitment to artistic innovation, talent development, and social change, whilst reflecting and entertaining the people of Liverpool and beyond.

Everyman, Liverpool To Host CHERRY JEZEBEL World Premiere
by Stephi Wild - Nov 17, 2021

Jonathan Larkin's Cherry Jezebel will make its full stage debut at the Everyman from 8-26 March 2022, following the production's sold out run of rehearsed readings in 2021. A frank and hilarious piece of new writing from regular Hollyoaks writer and long-time Everyman collaborator, the production is directed by James Baker (Jerry Springer – The Opera, YANK! The Musical).

Chester Literature Festival 2021 Opens This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2021

Chester Literature Festival opens at Storyhouse this weekend, and there is a packed two-week programme of book events, performances, discussions and workshops to enjoy. 

Benjamin Zephania Announced As Storyhouse's Artist In Residence
by Stephi Wild - Oct 5, 2021

Award-winning performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah has been revealed as Storyhouse's artist in residence for 2021/22.

Chester Literature Festival Announces 2021 Programme
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 2021

This year's festival, which is one of the longest-running annual literature events in the country, takes place from 6-20 November with a packed programme of visiting poets, writers, broadcasters, wordsmiths and actors. 

Guest Blog: Director Joanna Vymeris On Combining Poetry and Circus in SKY IN THE PIE
by Marianka Swain - Jan 20, 2020

It's pretty impossible not to fall in love with the wonderfully wacky words of Roger McGough and his totally bonkers but reliably relatable poems. Their wit, wisdom and silliness in equal measure pleases adults and children alike and is what drew me to his work. Roger has a way with words and themes that truly makes him a people's poet and Sky in the Pie sets out to celebrate his craft in the art form I personally know best: circus.

SKY IN THE PIE Comes to OSO Arts Centre and VAULT Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jan 6, 2020

The poetry of national treasure Roger McGough will be brought to life in the exciting new production, Sky in the Pie, from Feathers of Daedalus. This fantastical circus and puppetry spectacular will also feature new poems by McGough, premiering across two London venues in 2020.

Imtiaz Dharker is Artist in Residence for Chester Literature Festival
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2019

Chester Literature Festival kicked off at the weekend, over 120 events will be staged at the award-winning arts centre until 30 November.

Chester Literature Festival 2019 Announced
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2019

Authors Armistead Maupin and Michael Morpurgo, poets Imtiaz Dharker, Benjamin Zephaniah and Lemn Sissay and writer and TV presenter Nadiya Hussain top the bill alongside a raft of writers, storytellers, musicians and spoken word artists.