Sam Wanamaker

JAB Comes to the Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 18, 2025

Inspired by true events from the Covid pandemic, Jab is an uncomfortably familiar black comedy drama about an NHS worker who is forced to isolate with her sexist husband of 29 years as the country goes into lockdown. 

Interview: 'Everyone Is Aware of Bringing Chekov Into a Shakespeare Building": Actor Shannon Tarbet On THREE SISTERS at The Globe
by Gary Naylor - Feb 17, 2025

With a starry The Seagull opening soon at The Barbican, the peerless playwright is in vogue right now, his unstable worlds of uneasy transition chiming with the nervous times. On the banks of the Thames, the third of the fab four tragedies, Three Sisters, (or should that be comedies?) is receiving rave reviews. BroadwayWorld's Gary Naylor sat down with Shannon Tarbet, who plays Masha, to talk about the great Russian's debut in the home of the great Englishman.  

ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS Cast Recording is Available Now
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2025

Wise Children and Plush Theatricals have announced the release of the live cast album for the hit musical ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS. The recording, captured during its 2020 run at Bristol Old Vic, is now available on all streaming platforms.

Review: THREE SISTERS, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Feb 13, 2025

The Prozorov sisters are desperate for entertainment. Plagued by their dreary provincial life, they yearn for the lights and excitement of Moscow, but have to make do with the visiting soldiers. When their only brother marries, their sister-in-law isn’t exactly what they dreamed of. Her lacking sense of fashion and initial insecurity builds up to a sharp bossiness upon becoming Mrs Prozorov, leaving Olga, Masha, and Irina at the mercy of the new lady of the house. If you had to choose one work that represented what Chekhov brings to the table, it would be this.

THE CRUCIBLE and More Set For Shakespeare's Globe Summer Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its Summer Season, running from April – October 2025.  Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!

Emma Rice's ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS Cast Album Released
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 31, 2025

Wise Children and Plush Theatricals have announced the release of the live cast album for the hit musical ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS. The recording, captured during its 2020 run at Bristol Old Vic, is now available on all streaming platforms.

Emma Rice's ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS Will Release Live Cast Album
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2025

A live cast album will be released for the musical ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS. The recording, captured during its 2020 run at Bristol Old Vic, will be available on all streaming platforms starting on Valentine's Day, February 14th.

Review: CYMBELINE, Shakespeare's Globe
by Alexander Cohen - Jan 23, 2025

Shifting identities and hierarchies interweave like a spider’s web in Cymbeline. A pinch of added complication can’t hurt?

Hightide's Writers Group Will Return For 2025
by Stephi Wild - Jan 8, 2025

HighTide has announced the return of the Hightide Writers Group in 2025 following the success of the inaugural Writers Group in 2024. Learn more about the group here!

Cast Set For THE WINTER'S TALE at Tobacco Factory Theatres
by Stephi Wild - Jan 2, 2025

Heidi Vaughan has announced the cast and production team for Tobacco Factory Theatres' upcoming production of The Winter's Tale, featuring a 21-strong company, all based within 25-miles of Bristol,.

Video: In Rehearsal For CYMBELINE at Shakespeare's Globe
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 28, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has released video from inside rehearsal for Cymbeline, directed by Jennifer Tang. Cymbeline runs from 10 January – 20 April.

Video: Watch Ruby Bentall & Kit Young In ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Scene
by Michael Major - Dec 17, 2024

Watch a scene from All's Well That Ends Well at Shakespeare's Globe. In this video, Paroles presses Helen about her virgin status. See the company including Ruby Bentall (Helen) and Kit Young (Bertram).

Video: Watch a Scene from ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at Shakespeare's Globe
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 14, 2024

Watch a clip from Act II Scene 3 of All's Well That Ends Well, starring Ruby Bentall, William Robinson, and Kit Young, currently running at the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in the video here.

Video: Preview of ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
by Michael Major - Dec 10, 2024

Watch a video of Chelsea Walker's production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, performed in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse this winter. Ruby Bentall (Helen), William Robinson (Paroles) and Kit Young (Bertram) star.

AS LONG AS WE ARE BREATHING Comes to the Arcola Theatre in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 6, 2024

As Long As We Are Breathing combines physical theatre and music with audio and video to depict the extraordinary journey of Miriam Freedman who, after surviving the Holocaust, managed to find her way to forgiveness.

Cast Set For UK Tour of GHOST STORIES
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2024

Casting has been announced for Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s worldwide cult phenomenon Ghost Stories, which is set to embark on its first full UK national tour opening at Churchill Theatre, Bromley.

Casts Set For CYMBELINE and THREE SISTERS at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Sam Wanamaker Playhouse productions opening in the new year, Cymbeline and Three Sisters. Learn more about the upcoming productions here!

Review: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, Shakespeare's Globe
by Alexander Cohen - Nov 22, 2024

If, like me, you shrug bah humbug to Panto season and its saccharine cavalcade of festive frivolous fluff then you would do well to seek refuge at the Globe and its intelligently calibrated Winter offering of All's Well That Ends Well.

Interview: Jamie Ballard in MACBETH at The Curtain in Jersey City
by Marina Kennedy - Oct 19, 2024

The Curtain, Jersey City’s premier classical theatre, is now presenting an all-new production of William Shakespeare’s classic 'Macbeth' set in a haunting, candlelight environment this Halloween season.  It will be performed at the Nimbus Arts Center located at 329 Warren Street, Jersey City, just steps from the PATH train. 

Kit Young and Ruby Bentall Will Lead ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announcedthe cast of All’s Well That Ends Well, directed by Chelsea Walker (Visit from an Unknown Woman, Hampstead Theatre) in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.