Full Creative Team Set For HEAVY With Talawa Young Peoples' Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2024
Olivier award nominated director Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy; Rumble in the Jungle; 2022 Black British Theatre Award for Best Director) will lead a company of young artists aged 18-25 and amazing professional creatives in HEAVY.
Theatre503 Reveals New 503Five Resident Writers
by Stephi Wild - Nov 16, 2023
Asa Haynes, Joe Kerridge, Melis Aker, Rachel-Mae Brady and Shona Bukola Babayemi are announced as the 503Five, Theatre503's pioneering programme for early career playwrights. Established in 2009, the 503Five is a scheme for UK-based writers who have developed their craft to a high standard but are not yet professionally produced.
Cast Set For BURNT AT THE STAKE at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2023
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the casting of Burnt at the Stake, or the Whole of the Truth, a celebration of bold new writing in the Globe Theatre on 13 October. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Leads our Top Ten Shows for February
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 1, 2023
February is the shortest month and there's an awful lot of amazing theatre to be fitted in.
Head off the winter blues with some fantastic theatrical treats including the return of Sam Mendes' The Lehman Trilogy, the West End transfer of OKLAHOMA! and the very first show at Southwark Playhouse's new venue.
Tabby Lamb's HAPPY MEAL Comes to Brixton House in February 2023
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2022
Following a successful premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 at the Traverse Theatre, with a subsequent UK tour and hot on the heels of runs at Sydney and Perth Festivals, Happy Meal is heading to London for a three week run at Brixton House from February 21st to 10th March 2023.
Darlinghurst Theatre Company Announces First Programme of 2023
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2022
Darlinghurst Theatre Company has announced its 2023 program for all who delight in stimulating storytelling and electric entertainment. Expect blockbuster musicals, award-winning plays, form-defying festivals and thought-provoking new work.
Six Nights Of Queer Theatre Come to Liverpool's Homotopia Festival
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2022
Homotopia, the UK's longest running LGBTQIA arts and culture festival returns to Liverpool this November. With a packed programme of music, performance, visual art, spoken word, literature and more, the festival theme is Queer Joy is a Protest and showcases some of the finest queer talent in the country.
BROWN BOYS SWIM by Karim Khan Wins Popcorn Writing Award 2022
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 25, 2022
Brown Boys Swim is the winner of the Popcorn Writing Award 2022. Written by Karim Khan (a recipient of Riz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films and Pillars Fund inaugural fellowship and an alumnus of the The North Wall’s ArtsLab programme), this lyrical coming-of-age tale looks at the pressures that surround young Muslim men today.
BRIDGERTON Cast Member to Judge New Writing Award at Edinburgh Fringe
by Stephi Wild - Aug 4, 2022
Popcorn Group have announced this year’s incredible judging committee along with their longlist of brave and imaginative new plays for the Popcorn Writing Award. Partnering for the first time with BBC Writersroom, Popcorn offers a prize fund of £6,000.
EDINBURGH 2022: Pick of the Programme- Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 10, 2022
BWW reviewer Natalie O’Donoghue has selected her top ten theatres picks across the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme to highlight the shows you really don’t want to miss this year!
Traverse Celebrates Full Reopening With Announcement Of Its Travfest22 Programme
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2022
The Traverse today announces the TravFest22 programme, celebrating a return to full strength across our performance spaces, Traverse 1 and Traverse 2. The theatre will welcome audiences back to a full-scale TravFest through a programme of vibrant and brilliant new work spanning a spectrum of stories and perspectives, from queer rom-coms to the dark heart of show business.
BWW Review: TRANSPOSE JOY: PIT PARTY, Barbican
by Isobel Pankhurst - Apr 3, 2022
Go down to the very bottom floor of the Barbican theatre and you'll find the Pit, where performers Mzz Kimberley, Felix Mufti and Ebony Rose Dark are celebrating the creativity of trans artists using dance, rap and theatre.