Watermill theatre, NewburyPam Gems’s play with music sacrifices depth as its small cast play multiple characters – and musical instruments – but its star brings it all together Pam Gems’s Piaf premiered…

An anniversary show for the pride of Disney, a secret meeting of wartime leaders and a very modern Antigone are among this month’s highlights Talk about the circle of life: past stars of the leonine juggernau…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonTwo American strategists compete to influence an eastern European election in a nuanced new play that suffers from tackling too many subjects In the 21st century, strategists…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonTwo strategists from the US and New Labour are recruited to help win a ruthless election in a former Russian colony The New Real is bookended by scenes where an onstage chara…

Gielgud theatre; Lyttelton theatre, LondonMark Rylance goes to fabulous extremes in an enjoyable if unbalanced revival of O’Casey’s Irish civil war drama. And a grieving family confronts its past in Alexand…

Lyttelton theatre, LondonEvery performance is compelling in this rivetingly naturalistic modern-day reworking of Antigone, written by Alexander Zeldin This modern family psychodrama bills itself “after Antigo…

Sent from my iPad ZELDIN AGAIN I sometimes feel real sympathy (possibly unwanted) for actors who, trained and motivated to channel and express extreme and painful emotions, do their absolute and skilful best bu…

Emma D’Arcy and Tobias Menzies lock horns in twisted and triumphant take on ‘Antigone’ Contemporary reworkings of Greek tragedy run a very particular risk, that out of context the heightened actions of t…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonThe RSC’s European premiere of Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer prize-winning play tailors its intriguing characters a little too neatly Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey’s opening…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonFour students in Iran are under pressure to pass their foreign language exams in Sanaz Toossi’s gentle comedy that puts discussion above drama and ideas above emotion The i…

The show: “Pictures from Home” by Sharr White (“The Other Place.,” “The Snow Geese” and the Netflix limited series “Halston.” What is it?: A new Broadway play inspired by Larry Sultan’s landm…

Pictures From Home, based on the photo memoir of the same name by Larry Sultan, officially opens at Broadway's Studio 54 on February 9. The show, which stars Danny Burstein as Sultan and Nathan Lane and Zoë W…

Playwright Sharr White on his starry adaptation of Larry Sultan's photo memoir Pictures From Home When Sharr White attended a retrospective of Larry Sultan's photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art …

The cast and creative team of Broadway's upcoming Pictures From Home met the press December 7. Tony winners Nathan Lane and Danny Burstein and Tony nominee Zoë Wanamaker will star in the new play from Sharr Wh…

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker, three of the theater’s most acclaimed artists, will return to the New York stage this January in the Broadway premiere of Pictures From Home, based on the photo…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonIvy Tiller: Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer by Bea Roberts and Nina Segal’s O, Island! offer cartoonish satire that lacks sting The RSC has been sitting on these two ab…

The Royal Shakespeare Company will focus its programming in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon over the coming year, with the Swan Theatre and The Other Place remaining closed until 2022

RSC aims to open its biggest Stratford theatre in December, but two other venues will remain closed until 2022 The Royal Shakespeare Company is to keep two of its theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon closed until 20…

Earlier this week, we continued our Best of the Decade series with the first twelve Up and Comers of Broadway who came to our attention over the past ten seasons. Today, we give you the other thirteen of thes…

I have been collecting these for at least 35 years and now have a nearly complete set of post-war programmes from the Stratford theatres (if anyone has a hoard of uber-rare, early programmes from The Other Plac…

A world premiere by award-winning playwright Christopher Bryant, The Other Place is a genre-defying work performed by an all-female-identifying cast at Theatre Works until 8 September 2019. Carlton, 1967. Scho…

Rain falls, wolves howl in the woods, and a pianist plays an obscure, discordant composition by Erik Satie. Fully embracing an offbeat

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonRobin French’s new play mixes music, folklore and contemporary ideas to intriguing, if overlong effect Into a house in a forest go a boy and a girl. Wolves howl. Inside, th…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon A melancholic exploration of music and love changes key to explore astrology and the occult The first half of Robin French’s Crooked Dances is a love letter to live perfor…

A biological researcher-inventor-entrepreneur is giving a lecture and sales pitch in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) and says she suddenly notices a woman in a yellow bikini amid all the men … Click to Continue �…

BroadwayWorld UK reporters Jamie Body and Debbie Gilpin went along to the Royal Albert Hall to cover the 2019 Olivier Awards.

When: 25th April 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Where: The Other Place Studio, 22 Southern Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BH Two days after Shakespeare’s birthday (23 April), I’ll still be c…

Name: Jennifer PiechHometown: Cinnaminson, New JerseyEducation: BA in Theatre from the College of William and MarySelect Credits: originated the role of Kate McGowan, Titanic, Broadway (Friends of NY Theatre Aw…

Maydays blitzes through more than 30 years of political revolutions, turmoil, demonstrations and dissent. Moving from the Fall of Berlin in the spring of 1945 to Callaghan’s 1978-9 so-called Winter of Discont…

Sprawling, cerebral, and at times unflinching in its dissection of radicalism at both ends of the political spectrum, Maydays tells an epic,

Don Stephenson has directed numerous productions in New York City and Nationally. Highlights include Titanic at Lincoln Center, Broadway Classics at Carnegie Hall, Of Mice and Manhattan for the Millennium …

Karen Archer plays Juliana in The Other Place, a scientist in pharmaceuticals who is trying to arrange a meeting with her estranged daughter and divorcing her philandering husband Ian (Neil McCaul). She also ca…

If these characters sound familiar, they are based on real people who populated Albany politics four decades ago. "The True," a world premiere play by Sharr White ("The Other Place," "The Snow Goose") gives fou…

Conrad Lynch has stepped down as Artistic Director of Theatre by the Lake after opening THE OTHER PLACE at Park Theatre the final show in his acclaimed second summer season, as the Board refocus the artistic of…

Following a successful off-Broadway and Broadway run in 2011 and 2013 respectively, and Tony Award nominations, Sharr White's The Other Place has transferred to London's Park Theatre for its UK Premiere.

In Sharr White’s The Other Place, Juliana Smithton (Karen Archer) tells the story of her life: she loves spending time with her

Park theatre, LondonKaren Archer gives a fine performance as a woman experiencing cognitive difficulties in Sharr White’s playHow do you dramatise dementia? Not easily. But Sharr White, in a play first staged…

Park Theatre is currently hosting the UK Premiere of psychological thriller, The Other Place, in which a brilliant neurologist descends into disorientation. Directed by Claire van Kampen and written by Sharr Wh…

Karen Archer has been seen in The Mousetrap and many RSC productions. She speaks to BWW about her latest role as a dementia researcher in The Other Place, written by Sharr White and directed by Claire van Kampe…

Get a first look below at the UK Premiere of psychological thriller, The Other Place, in which a brilliant neurologist descends into disorientation. Directed by Claire van Kampen and written by Sharr White, the…

As part of Barbican’s Afternoon Arts segment, Sergey Zhenovach’s adaptation of Nikolai Erdman’s Russian comedy play will be screened at the venue with English subtitles on September 13.The story is about …

Tony nominee Sally Field and stage veteran Bill Pullman have signed on to lead a new London production of Arthur Miller's Tony-winning drama All My Sons. Directed by Tony nominee Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Ha…

Tony nominee Sally Field and stage veteran Bill Pullman have signed on to lead a new London production of Arthur Miller's Tony-winning drama All My Sons. Directed by Tony nominee Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Ha…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof, Featuring Jackie Hoffman as Yente, Extends Off-Broadway Run The acclaimed new Yiddish-language production of Fid…

A new stage musical adaptation of the fan-favorite flick Clueless will make its world premiere as part of the 2018-2019 season of off-Broadway's The New Group. The company's new lineup of productions wi…

Laurie Metcalf has won her second Tony Award! The stage-and-screen star triumphed in the Featured Actress in a Play category for her turn in the Broadway-premiere production of Edward Albee's Three Tal…

★★★★☆/★★☆☆☆The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon Can Dündar’s jail memoir inspires an audacious drama while the presumed murder of 43 students in Mexico drives an uneven playNewspaper edit…

A provocative double bill takes in an account of imprisonment in Turkey and the disappearance of Mexican students

Metcalf most recently won a Tony Award for her unforgettable performance in last season's A Doll's House, Part 2, and received three Emmy Awards for her portrayal ofJackie Harrisin the hit television series 'Ro…

The entire star-studded cast of Broadway's The Boys in the Band has signed on to host the upcoming special midnight Actors Fund benefit performance of Three Tall Women at the Golden Theatre. The previously …

by Kelly KohlmanItalian chanteuse Monica Salvi brings an evening of delightful musical madness to Theatre Row as part of the 2017 United Solo Theatre Festival. Her one-woman show, Mad Women in my Attic!, featur…

Emmy winner Marg Helgenberger and Broadway vet Damian Young have joined the cast of Theresa Rebeck's What We're Up Against, scheduled for a new production with off-Broadway's WP Theater. Adrienne Campbe…

Congratulations to GATZ and SLEEP NO MORE for their 2011 Obie Awards Presented by the Village Voice The 56th Annual Obie Awards ceremony was held at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village and emceed by "Law and Orde…

I thought you used to teach postmodernism? Geoff Mills provides the second instalment in his Stratford-upon-Avon play/reviews. The post Review: Kingdom Come at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon appeared firs…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonWalking the audience through the struggle between the monarchy and the people during the English civil war, this show chimes with our own timesGemma Brockis and Wendy Hubbard…

A devised piece of theatre that explores the English civil war

Gemma Brockis and Wendy Hubbard’s devised show, Kingdom Come – programmed as part of the Mischief Festival – is set before, during

Millennial Notes  Sharr White Conjures Competing Consciousnesses by Tyler Jeffreys “The Other Place” shows us how to empathize with a dementia patient. We follow a scientist, her family, and caregivers as …

I’m Not Famous:  A Musical Journey with Barbara MinkusReviewed by Paul Birchall Santa Monica Playhouse/The Other Place Through July 22In the overburdened genre of solo shows, perhaps the rarest and most appe…

Laurie Metcalf has won her first Tony Award! She takes home the prize in the Best Leading Actress in a Play category for her performance as Nora in Lucas Hnath's A Doll's House, Part 2. The win was anno…

We're cutting it a little close on the Tony forecast this year, but can you blame us? We've all been super busy reading the news, watching hearings, and calling our representatives all the time--and to top it o…

Oil starts to drip from the ceiling... Geoff Mills writes a short play in response to the Mischief Festival double bill. The post Review: The Earthworks and Myth at The Other Place, RSC appeared first on Exeun…

A thought-provoking RSC double bill explores science fact and fiction

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Spring Mischief festival is aptly named: the two short plays which make up the bulk of the festival

The RSC's Mischief Festival returns with a play about the Large Hadron Collider, and a dinner party comedy

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonA funny encounter in the shadow of the Large Hadron Collider and a fractious dinner party feature in a double bill at the RSC’s Mischief festivalThe ground on which we walk…

Three-time Emmy winner and current Tony nominee Laurie Metcalf will star alongside two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson in the Broadway premiere of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Three…

   Bruce Guthrie’s production of Jonathan Larson's heart rending multiple award winning rock musical RENT is set to run at The Other Place (former the St. James Theatre) over Christmas, 8 De…

Life as THE OTHER PLACE: An interview with Jane Ridley, actor and theater professor. Background: UK and US Childhood Henrik: You were born in the UK and were briefly transplanted to the US as a child. Jane: Yes…

The Other Place seems at first like a straightforward drama: Juliana, a brilliant and highly esteemed 59-year-old scientist, is beginning to suffer from memory loss. This brings her into conflict with her husba…

Emmy winner and Tony nominee Laurie Metcalf and Oscar winner Chris Cooper will star in A Doll’s House, Part 2 on Broadway. Lucas Hnath’s revisiting of the Ibsen classic, which will mark the playwrig…

Notes on the musical 'Catch Me If You Can' and the rich performance from Julie-Ann Elliott in 'The Other Place'

Joseph W. Ritsch, Director of Rep Stage’s fearless production of “The Other Place” by Sharr White says that “What you witness may not be as it seems. Characters may lie to you. Images ma…

How fitting in this season of remembrance to see a play about the nature of memory. Sharr White’s The Other Place, currently receiving a haunting, heartbreaking production under the intelligent direction of J…

Today’s playgoers are used to solving puzzles in the theater. So perhaps Playwright Sharr White spends a bit longer than necessary to get us to The Other Place promised by the title of his 2011 drama. But don…

Abi Zakarian is an exciting new playwright with previous works such as This Is Not An Exit produced for the RSC for The Other Place with transfer to the Royal Court and Swifter, Higher, Stronger produced a…

What is unsayable in the 21st century? If you’ve been watching Donald Trump on the other side of the Atlantic, you might think ‘not much’. But in a celebration of new writing by the Royal Shakespeare Comp…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonPages fall from the sky in Fraser Grace’s passionate play which links library closures to the razing of a city much like LondonA decade ago, Fraser Grace had a hit at the R…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonThe RSC’s sparky production of Somalia Seaton’s fearless new play gets to the core of our fractured society, where divisions lurk beneath a polite veneerWhat is unsayable…

The Father, Florian Zeller's very good play (in very good translation by Christopher Hampton) is worth seeing both for the tricks it plays on the audience and for Frank Langella's riveting, pitch-perfect p…