The day is finally here – it seems like we’ve been made to wait an inordinately long time for this announcement, but it was definitely worth it as far as I’m concerned. In the words of Artistic Director, Michelle Terry: “The world beyond may be uncertain, but these plays are sure to guide us through […]
Read More Globe 2022: “Pomp, pageantry, politics & power”To celebrate their first birthday, The Show Must Go Online held the inaugural Groundlings’ Choice Awards last night. It’s hard to believe that it has been a year since that kiss in The Two Gentlemen of Verona – and most of us were probably convinced that things would go back to some semblance of normality before the […]
Read More The Show Must Go Online: Groundlings’ Choice Awards 2021In times of adversity, creativity doesn’t grind to a complete halt – how else do you think theatre has survived since its birth in Ancient Greece over 2,500 years ago? Instead it adapts to the conditions in which it finds itself, making the most of the options available. In the case of the coronavirus crisis, […]
Read More Isolation Ensemble: “Your sense of connection to your fellow actors is still very much present”With Theatreland still no clearer about how, when or if it will return, performers and creatives are continuing to find ways to engage with audiences – utilising technology whilst adhering to the latest social distancing guidelines. The latest idea comes from Alice Fearn (Come From Away, Wicked); Intermissions will take place every Friday evening for […]
Read More Intermissions: The Summer Edition announcedWe can’t be 100% certain, but it is widely accepted that William Shakespeare was born on 23 April 1564 – and died on the same date in 1616. Though the theatres are closed, that doesn’t mean we can’t mark Shakespeare Day in alternative ways… News The RSC has closed the Swan Theatre until the autumn, […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… Here’s Shakespeare Day 2020Not the usual way we’d all like to be spending World Theatre Day, but if you do want to mark it in some form then there are plenty of creative options available. News The National Theatre is due to begin a series of NT Live streaming events on YouTube; they will take place every […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… Here’s World Theatre Day 2020I really enjoyed the last summer season overall (despite now being almost completely sworn off returning to the groundling life – people are just too rude & inconsiderate for me to countenance it as a viable option), and the 2019/20 winter season has just gone above and beyond so far. The Wars of the Roses […]
Read More Globe 2020: “This wooden O”Headlines Voting has opened for the 2019 BroadwayWorld UK Awards! Vote for anything from Most Accessible Theatre and Theatrical Event of the Year to Best Musical Direction of a New Production of a Play or Musical and Best Regional or Touring Production. Come From Away last week celebrated its 300th performance (& 300,000th visitor) by […]
Read More Tuesday Newsday: 22 October 2019Earlier this year, the Shakespeare Project announced that they would be tackling the Scottish Play as their inaugural production. Their establishment would mean a new professional Shakespeare company for Kent, and the chance to perform at a unique and beautiful venue; Macbeth will run in the original Victorian theatre at Salomans Estate in Tunbridge Wells. […]
Read More The Shakespeare Project’s Macbeth: casting announcedAfter wowing audiences in America, premièring at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre in March 2018 and transferring to Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre, Pretty Woman: The Musical is now confirmed to head across the Pond. It will make its European debut in Germany at Hamburg’s Stage Theater an der Elbe at the end of the month, before coming to […]
Read More Pretty Woman: West End run confirmed for February 2020
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