RSC Cancels THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Dates Due to Covid Cases in the Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2021
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that upcoming performances of The Comedy of Errors have been cancelled due to Covid-19 cases in the company. Performances are cancelled from Wednesday, December 15 through Wednesday December 22. They hope to reopen on Thursday, December 23.
Naomi Sheldon Will Join Company Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS on Tour and at The Barbican 2021
by Stephi Wild - Sep 27, 2021
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) today announced that Naomi Sheldon will join The Comedy of Errors company to play the role of Adrianna on tour and at the Barbican this winter. Hedydd Dylan, who currently plays the role of Adrianna, will share the role with Naomi whilst the production is on tour, before leaving the company at the end of November to have her baby, when Naomi will take over permanently for the show's run at the Barbican.
BWW Review: FESTIVE TALES, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Fiona Scott - Dec 20, 2020
Broadcasted mere hours after the change in Christmas COVID restrictions in the UK, the RSC’s Festive Tales brings some much-needed escapism. We are met with an empty theatre dotted with candles in lanterns and a lone voice singing a carol. It really magnifies the emptiness of our performance spaces at the moment.
Casting Announced For The RSC's 2020 Production Of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
by Stephi Wild - Feb 6, 2020
Casting details are announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) 2020 Summer production of The Comedy of Errors, which plays in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 25 April 2020. Joining the previously announced Miles Jupp, who will make his RSC debut as Antipholus of Syracuse, is Jonathan Broadbent (Dromio of Syracuse), Justin Edwards (Antipholus of Ephesus), Greg Haiste (Dromio of Ephesus), Georgia Landers (Luciana) and Annette McLaughlin (Adrianna). Directed by Phillip Breen, the production will be cross-cast with The Winter's Tale (from 28 March 2020) and Pericles (from 15 August 2020). All three plays are sponsored by Darwin Escapes.
Joseph Kloska, Kemi-Bo Jacobs and More to Star in RSC's THE WINTER'S TALE; Full Casting Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2020
Casting details have been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) 2020 Summer production of The Winter's Tale, which plays in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 28 March 2020. Directed by RSC Deputy Artistic Director, Erica Whyman, the production will be cross-cast with The Comedy of Errors (from 25 April 2020) and Pericles (from 15 August 2020). All three plays are sponsored by Darwin Escapes.
Baz Productions Announce THE PROCESS At The Bunker Theatre, Told In English and BSL
by Stephi Wild - Nov 8, 2019
BAZ Productions has announced its new show, The Process, opening 11 January 2020 at The Bunker. Having recently announced its forthcoming closure, The Process will be the final month-long run at the theatre. Exploring an alt-right alternative present using spoken English and BSL, The Process stars Catherine Bailey, Ralph Bogard, George Eggay, William Grint, Erin Hutching, and Jean St Clair.
Photo Flash: First Look at 4.48 PSYCHOSIS at New Diorama
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2019
Deafinitely Theatre presents Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis UK tour. Artistic Director of Deafinitely Theatre, Paula Garfield, directs William Grint, Erin Hutchings, Esther McAuley and Jamie Rea. Opening at New Diorama Theatre on 31 October, with previews from 29 October and running until 6 November; the production then tours to Derby Theatre from 8– 10 November, before concluding its run at Wales Millennium Centre from 20 – 23 November.
Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For 4.48 PSYCHOSIS at New Diorama Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 22, 2019
Deafinitely Theatre presents Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis UK tour. Artistic Director of Deafinitely Theatre, Paula Garfield, directs William Grint, Erin Hutchings, Esther McAuley and Jamie Rea. Opening at New Diorama Theatre on 31 October, with previews from 29 October and running until 6 November; the production then tours to Derby Theatre from 8– 10 November, before concluding its run at Wales Millennium Centre from 20 – 23 November.
Deafinitely Theatre Announce Full Cast For Sarah Kane's 4.48 PSYCHOSIS UK Tour
by Julie Musbach - Jul 24, 2019
Deafinitely Theatre today announce the full cast of Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis UK tour. Artistic Director of Deafinitely Theatre, Paula Garfield, directs William Grint, Erin Hutchings, Esther McAuley and Jamie Rea. Opening at New Diorama Theatre on 31 October, with previews from 29 October and running until 6 November; the production then tours to Derby Theatre from 8a?" 10 November, before concluding its run at Wales Millennium Centre from 20 a?" 23 November.
BWW Review: TOMMY, Theatre Royal Stratford East
by Debbie Gilpin - Jun 13, 2017
Following a successful national tour, Ramps on the Moon's co-production of The Who's Tommy continues its journey with a run at Theatre Royal Stratford East this month. Ramps on the Moon is a budding consortium that is associating closely with several UK theatres and theatre companies as they work on new projects over the course of the next few years. One of their partners, Graeae Theatre Company, will be at Stratford East later this year with their production of Reasons To Be Cheerful.
Pete Townshend Writes New Songs for The Who's TOMMY
by BWW News Desk - Mar 15, 2017
Lead songwriter of The Who Pete Townshend has written two new songs exclusively for the touring production of Tommy, produced by the New Wolsey Theatre in co-production with Ramps on the Moon and directed by Kerry Michael. A new version of 'Amazing Journey' will open the show, and after her iconic Act One song Acid Queen, played by original cast member Peter Straker, will make a return in Act Two with a new torch song.
BWW Review: IMOGEN, Shakespeare's Globe, 23 September 2016
by Marianka Swain - Sep 26, 2016
The Globe is breaking bad. Cymbeline comes to us as Imogen - subtitled Renamed and Reclaimed, properly recognising that Imogen has far more to say than her royal father - but that's just the start of Matthew Dunster's bold, urban revamp. The king runs a coke empire. The exiles have a weed greenhouse. The court dresses in Adidas tracksuits, Cloten is a football hooligan, while Skepta and Sicario soundtrack each strip lighting-illuminated tableau, revealed by the parting of slaughterhouse plastic curtains.