Down the stairs, out the doors and onto the sidewalk, a Broadway show hits the street. Here’s how they pull it off.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31AMAs hundreds of personal effects belonging to playwright John Osborne go up for sale, Hare laments that the V&A is not bidding The vital memorabilia and personal effects of our greatest p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMInaugural season to include adaptation of James Baldwin novel and an immersive rave An immersive rave, voguing and an adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel Giovanni’s Room are all part of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMFifty drawings of displaced people will be exhibited in a London church, in collaboration with UN refugee agency Providing safe routes for asylum seekers should be the focus of the UK govern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMIn Poland, the war is no longer just the national memory and has been present in our everyday life for more than two years now. Its impact on everyday life and the shape of many seemingly st…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:07AMIntroduction Gdzie Jest Tata? (Where is Daddy?) as seen at the Review of New Theatre for Children in Wrocław is a show produced by Everest Foundation, written by Jan Naturski, directed by J…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:07AMTinuke Craig says current black British theatre talent was developed when schemes to improve access were common The lack of investment in arts schemes aimed at working-class children will cr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMThe play Drapando, czyli Atak Zamszałego Starucha (Drapando, or the attack of the mossy old man) was presented at the 7th Review of New Theatre for Children. It was directed by Zofia Pinkie…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:07PMGlaswegian, 44, says angioplasty was ‘shot across the bows’ and she will now swap Red Bull for hummus A car breaking down when you’re hours away from an important Edinburgh fringe warm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PMAgeism standing in way of older writers breaking into the industry, playwrights claim The phrase “emerging playwright” should not be restricted to those under the age of 40, leading UK t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMManager ‘was everything we didn’t have in our politics’, insists James Graham as he rewrites ending of play The playwright James Graham has paid tribute to the outgoing England footbal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMChildren’s experiences form basis of play that weaves 150 years of care system history into narrative When theatre-makers Matt Woodhead and Helen Monks gathered with a small group of child…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMWithin the rich landscape of Romanian theatre festivals, TESZT has carved out a niche as an inclusive and regionally oriented forum, initially aimed at bringing together creatives from the g…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:04AMAs Benedict Lombe’s play Shifters transfers to West End, she is only third black British woman to have play staged there Theatre audiences are “thirsty” for romance stories told from a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMTrio of plays co-created by Roy Williams explores British identity in the era of Brexit, Covid and Black Lives Matter The co-creator of the Death of England series of plays has said the deca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMExclusive: Audience had ‘vitriolic reaction’ to European tone of musical, forced to close early Rufus Wainwright has defended his musical Opening Night, which was forced to close early a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMSpeaking at launch for West End adaptation, Cleese complains about literal-minded viewers ‘not playing with a full deck’ John Cleese said that he decided to cut the N-word from a scene i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMDavid Byrne calls for urgent state support for young playwrights, particularly those from minority or working-class backgrounds David Byrne, the artistic director of the Royal Court theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMWriter of Make Good: the Post Office Scandal says postal workers’ interviews helped describe ‘the power of the state coming down on you’ The creators of a new musical about the Post Of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMWomen in Theatre Lab will act as incubator for playwriting and acting talent and address gender inequality Gemma Arterton, Joanna Scanlan and Stella Kanu are some of the figures backing an i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMOur theater critics and a reporter discuss the big winner — “Sunset Boulevard” — and the rest of the honorees at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32AMCampaigners call for ‘outdated structures’ that undermine progress and encourage inequality to be dismantled Cultural organisations and equality campaigners have called on high-profile f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMGayli, a dance night at a Brooklyn bar, provides a welcoming atmosphere for Irish social dancing, an exacting art form known for high-pressure competition.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AMACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on ‘reputational risk’ Arts Council England (ACE) has released new guidance confirming it will not penalise organi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMExclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not ‘make it the Jon Snow Experience’ The writer of Slave Play, the controversial Broadway production about race and sexuality t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMNapalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move Birmingham’s cultural figures from Carl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMTeam behind Little Amal puppet hope to create ‘visceral engagement’ with issues caused by climate emergency The production team behind the Little Amal puppet, which raised awareness abou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMExclusive: Director says he is interested to see response of new audiences at a time of growing instability The global theatrical phenomenon War Horse is returning to British stages for the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AMCouncil has found one-off funding pot after announcing 100% cut, but people in county say sector is being destroyed As a chant of “Stop the cuts! Stop the cuts! Stop the cuts!” echoes of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PMWritten by Magda Romanska and Kasia Lech All theatre is local. All theatre is global. Both statements are true: theatre has always been and continues to be a vehicle for national identity f…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:44PMTheatre dedicated to new writing says it is ‘reassessing staff teams’ after sharp rise in production costs The Royal Court is considering making redundancies as part of a restructuring p…
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