Theatre 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMRoyal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience The Royal Shakespeare Company is attempting to attract new audienc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMOpen letter signed by top playwrights, actors and directors demands Israel free members of Freedom theatre Israel-Gaza war – live updates Some of Britain’s most heralded playwrights, act…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMThe acclaimed writer and poet for children and adults has died aged 65. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute • A sandy place, a recipe for a nation and a Christmas plea: three poems by…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMIn the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed Richard Marsh has clearly see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMPaulien Geerlings is the head dramaturg at Amsterdam’s The Toneelmakerij, a theatre company devoted to children and teens. Currently, she serves as the artistic lead of Young Europe IV. …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:19AMOlga Voronkova is a London-based, Belarusian video editor, scriptwriter, copywriter, and producer working with Belarus Free Theatre and Young Vic. Her work focuses on the intersection of act…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 07:49AM“Bob Fosse’s Dancin’,” revived by the director Wayne Cilento, is back on Broadway. Its stars? An eclectic cast of dancers who are anything but machines.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AMOnce the butt of others’ standup routines, comics from the lowest social strata are turning the tables, with humour as their weapon On a wooden chair on a makeshift stage at Cat Café Stud…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMIn the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we’ve already reviewed – including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry This searing, sweaty disco is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMYou don’t have to shell out to enjoy the best in music, film, theatre, art and comedy – from a Francis Bacon in Aberdeen to Notting Hill’s unique and spectacular carnival Music Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMClaudia Rankine, whose latest play, The White Card, is to tour the UK, warns of negative effect on mental health Footage of violent racist incidents such as the murder of George Floyd is tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMComedians such as Nish Kumar say they have noticed a change since crowds have returned to clubs It was halfway through a show in Shrewsbury when Nish Kumar noticed an audience member being d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMThe Family Sex Show organisers receive abuse over UK production aimed at children as young as five A theatre show that promised to reimagine sex education by discussing the issue in a frank …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMTheatre’s chief hopes production gives younger people understanding of the price paid by radicals in the past The world premiere of a musical about the “young, sexy, radical” early lif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMNew albums, new TV series, and actual live shows – the culture taps might have run dry during the pandemic, but this autumn they are switching on again at last. Our critics give their pick…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMThis is PART 3 of the interview. To read PART 1 and PART 2, click the links. Tomasz Wiśniewski: There is a strong representation of the Romanian theatre. Professor Maria Zărnescu from Buch…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:18PMThis is Part 2 of the interview. To read Part 1 and Part 3, click the links. Tomasz Wiśniewski: Perhaps, at this moment we may ask Professor Octavian Saiu from Romania – who by the way is…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:03PMA zoom conversation conducted on 13th May 2021 as part of the Twelfth Between.Pomiędzy Festival. Tomasz Wiśniewski: The session that we are beginning now is pivotal for all activities cond…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:03PMDay four of the Between.Pomiedzy festival featured Virtual Beckett, the third seminar by the Beckett Research Group of Gdańsk. This session opened with a presentation by the artistic direct…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:07AMThis is PART 2 of the interview. To read PART 1, click here. Wiśniewski: When I watched your adaptation of Waiting for Godot, I was struck by how mundane activities were globalized in the o…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:35PMGodot in Wuhan was a special session at the Twelfth Between.Pomiędzy Festival conducted within the framework of the Beckett seminar in Gdańsk. The University of Gdańsk Samuel Beckett Se…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:13PMBarbican denies Sir Nicholas Kenyon’s departure was prompted by claims organisation was ‘insidiously’ racist Sir Nicholas Kenyon, the Barbican’s managing director for 14 years, is to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMWritten by Yvvette Edwards and Irenosen Okojie, the ‘timely and clear-eyed’ play will be live-streamed in July The publishing industry’s lack of diversity is to be the focus of a new c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMBook details more than 100 instances of alleged prejudicial behaviour at the arts organisation The Barbican has been described as “institutionally racist” by its own staff, who have comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMMawa Theatre Company hope to make classic works accessible to diverse audiences The team behind the UK’s first all-black, all-female Shakespearean theatre company say it is planning to re-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMTrans casting statement signatories pledge to cast trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming performers Several of the biggest theatres in the UK have pledged to only cast trans, non-bina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMPlaywright mulls mass appeal of Osborne, who is being honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British theatre must tak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMArtists and musicians speak out against proposal by education secretary and Office for Students Artists and musicians have accused the government of neglecting the country’s “cultural n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMChimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay on grief adapted for theatre among lineup for mostly outdoor event A 42-metre sculpture of Big Ben made out of political books, a new film featuring Cillia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMA dust-up in Dallas and a 2,500-person petition signal that many performers believe their representatives are keeping them from getting work.
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