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Music Director James Conlon To Depart LA Opera After 20 Years; 40th Anniversary Season Lineup Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2025

LA Opera has announced details for the company's 40th anniversary season, which will launch on September 20, 2025. In his 20th season with the company—his final season as Music Director before becoming Conductor Laureate—James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Dalia Stasevska.
Review: HEKA, The Place
by Franco Milazzo - Feb 2, 2025

After Gandini Jugglers went all retro on us last year by bringing back their classic outing Smashed, the sine qua non of British circus return with a brand new show Heka.
Corn Exchange Newbury Reveals Upcoming Circus Performances
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2025

The Corn Exchange Newbury has announced two evenings of circus this spring that promises to redefine imagination and storytelling for their audience. Learn more here!
The Lowry Reveals New Year 2025 Contemporary Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2024

From dance to comedy, drama, music, and juggling… Lowry has announced its contemporary season for early 2025. Featuring shows from national and international companies the season includes array of new theatre to kick off the New Year.
Review: GANDINI JUGGLING'S SMASHED, Peacock Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Jun 4, 2024

Juggling not only apples but comedy, dance and socio-sexual commentary, the troupe co-founded by Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala in 1992 bring back their signature production to London.
Gandini Juggling's SMASHED Returns to London at the Peacock Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 18, 2024

Juggling supremos Gandini Juggling bring the spirit of Pina Bausch and the heady scent of apples to the Peacock Theatre on 31 May and 1 June with their signature work Smashed – the first time the show will have been seen in London for seven years.
Gandini Juggling Performs Two Virtuoso Shows in London and Edinburgh This Spring and Summer
by Stephi Wild - Mar 12, 2024

Gandini Juggling will perform two major shows in spring and summer. Learn more about both upcoming shows here!
ESCALATE Takes The Art Of Juggling To New Heights At This Year's Edinburgh Fringe
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 8, 2023

ESCALATE takes the art of juggling to new heights at this year's Edinburgh Fringe at Underbelly George Square - Udderbelly (Venue 300), 2-28 August (except 14, 21) at 16:00. 1 hour.
Review: AKHNATEN, London Coliseum
by Franco Milazzo - Mar 19, 2023

Who’s up for a three-hour long opera about the relatively unknown pharaoh Akhnaten? With the singing in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian? With no surtitles? Based on the music of minimalist composer Phillip Glass? And with an entire troupe of jugglers? Us, that's who.
AKHNATEN Returns to the ENO With Anthony Roth Costanzo in the Title Role
by Stephi Wild - Feb 7, 2023

This spring, the Phelim McDermott production of Philip Glass's Akhnaten returns to the London Coliseum for its second English National Opera (ENO) revival since its premiere in 2016.
PEAK Performances to Release Films of Five Premieres Directed by Alla Kovgan
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2023

On January 19, PEAK Performances will release Alla Kovgan’s innovative films of five works premiered at the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University in the 2021-22 season.
The Place Launches First Half of its Spring 2023 Season
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2022

London's leading centre for dance performance and creation The Place launches its spring 2023 season, with highlights including Sadiq Ali's critically acclaimed show The Chosen Haram, National Dance Company Wales' electric new double bill PULSE and an unmissable event celebrating the legacy of Sir Robert Cohan CBE.
London International Mime Festival Opens in January 2023
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2022

London International Mime Festival (LIMF), the UK's annual festival of contemporary visual theatre, opens on Monday 16 January and runs until Sunday 5 February 2023 with 15 productions including 8 international works in 8 London venues: Barbican Theatre & The Pit, Jacksons Lane, Little AngelTheatre, Shoreditch Town Hall, Peacock Theatre, The Place and Wilton's Music Hall. 
BWW Review: AKHNATEN at the Met Opera
by George Weinhouse - May 26, 2022

One of the greatest successes of recent Met seasons is Philip Glass's AKHNATEN, first seen in 2019.I saw it three times that year and fell under its spell each time.It is being revived this season.
Philip Glass's AKHNATEN to Return to the Metropolitan Opera
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2022

Philip Glass’s Akhnaten will return to the Metropolitan Opera for six performances, May 19–June 10, 2022.
National Sawdust Gala Series to Present JUGGLING & SONG: NECESSARY MOVEMENT and More
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 15, 2022

National Sawdust brings the celebration home to its intimate performance space with a Gala Series celebrating the National Sawdust belief that artistic and musical expression helps us all create a more joyful and just world. The National Sawdust Gala Series raises needed financial support specifically designated for its professional development and mentorship work including its Artist-In-Residence program and the Hildegard Competition, our mentorship initiative highlighting outstanding female and nonbinary composers in the early stages of their careers.
PEAK Performances to Present US Premiere of SMASHED2
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 7, 2022

In Gandini Juggling’s hit Smashed, which made its US Premiere at PEAK Performances, the manipulation of forbidden fruit shrewdly explored the strained relations between seven men and two women—and kindly flayed traditions of juggling and circus.
PEAK Performances Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 2, 2021

PEAK Performances at Montclair State University today announced its 2021-2022 season, presenting a slate of gripping new works on film via the organization’s PEAK Plus streaming platform, free of charge, and then welcoming audiences back into the Alexander Kasser Theater for a robust lineup of exhilarating on-stage premieres.
Zachary James Welcomes Jackie Hoffman, Kevin Chamberlain, Carolee Carmello, Sara Mearns & More On New Online Talk Show
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 9, 2021

Broadway and opera star Zachary James (THE ADDAMS FAMILY, SOUTH PACIFIC, AKHNATEN at Metropolitan Opera) will host the best of Broadway and beyond in his new weekly online talk show, WHAT HAPPENED WAS...
London International Mime Festival 2021 Adjusted For Covid Constraints
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2020

Adjusted for Covid constraints, next year's festival will concentrate on live and online workshops led by top industry professionals, a series of specially commissioned short films to be shown online, a collection of rarely shown physical comedy and slapstick movies at Barbican Cinema 1, plus Zoom talks by various distinguished mime festival participants from recent years.

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