Vital Xposure Reveals Stephen Bailey as New Artistic Lead
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2024
Leading national and international disabled-led theatre company Vital Xposure has announced the appointment of award-winning neurodivergent director and producer, Stephen Bailey as its new Artistic Lead.
Nottingham Playhouse Announces Autumn Season Programming
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2023
Nottingham Playhouse has announced its autumn 2023 season, which includes the European premiere of an acclaimed new play, the return of a popular seasonal classic, more summer Shakespeare outdoors and, of course, the legendary Nottingham Playhouse pantomime.
Review: SURFACING, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - Feb 17, 2023
Ultimately, Powell is asking who helps the people whose job is to help others. He correlates the ideas of protective isolation and arbitrary family connections, blame and regret, death and survival. The play is thought-provoking in all the right spots, but somehow the text has an unfinished feel to it. Powell has proved himself an accomplished writer. We wonder what happened this time.
Get Off Live Comedy Fundraiser Comes To The Stand In Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jan 26, 2023
Get Off Live Comedy is an industry born and funded independent HR that aims to eradicate sexual harassment in the industry we love. This fundraising gala is part of a number of incredible benefits that have taken place this year to support the initiative.
SURFACING Comes to the VAULT Festival Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 3, 2023
At VAULT Festival 2023, neurodiverse production company ASYLUM and their creative team present an enticing exploration of reality and mental health in SURFACING. Applying new technology to visualise the journey of a young therapist with a repressed past, this production offers a beautiful and thrilling blend of theatre and immersive technology with motion sensors, responsive video design, and dialogue portraying the several realities we navigate through.
Barbican Open Lab Announces Artists For 2023
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2022
Designed to support mid-career artists and companies working in theatre and dance, the Barbican Theatre Open Lab programme gives artists the opportunity to develop a new project, idea or performance as well as taking part in a year-long programme of support.
Photos: Inside the VIP Celebrity Night For MAGIC MIKE LIVE!
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2021
Magic Mike Live is a complete evening of unparalleled entertainment for guests aged 18 and up. Audience members enter Magic Mike’s mythical club and marvel as a group of extraordinary artists from around the world perform a 360-degree dance and acrobatic spectacular in front of, behind, and above them.
Sharon D. Clarke Stars in Play 3 of CRIPS WITHOUT CONSTRAINTS Series
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2021
In Spring 2020, at the height of the first Covid-19 lockdown, the UK’s leading disabled led theatre company, Graeae launched a weekly series of new works to be streamed online. Crips Without Constraints played for eleven weeks to critical acclaim.