Abbi Greenland, one half of RashDash, thinks the theatre company “works best when we feel like we’re rogue agents”. The duo’s work
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMHow to solve the problem of touring is a question the theatre sector has been grappling with for years. One initiative is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe artistic director of Boundless Theatre – formerly known as Company of Angels – speaks to Catherine Love about dramaturgy, telling stories
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMA new play spotlights the era when female players were sidelined by the FA and shows they are still kicking against prejudice todayIn 1921, the Football Association ruled the sport “quite …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMPoet, playwright and performer Inua Ellams is touring An Evening With an Immigrant while working on Barber Shop Chronicles, his third show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMSophie Melville’s laughter is coloured with disbelief. “I can’t get my head around it,” she admits. She is fresh from being nominated
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMPalace theatre, Manchester Smith is never less than astonishing as she kicks off a UK tour of the musical based on Fanny Brice’s rollercoaster vaudeville life“That’s where I live, on s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMVideo technology has been influencing theatre for decades, but never has it been easier or cheaper to incorporate into productions. Today, video
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMAdaptation and revival are two of theatre’s mainstays. The staging of old stories for new audiences is something at which theatre-makers are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:03AMHis plays examine parenthood (Lungs), depression (Every Brilliant Thing) and climate change (2071). The motivation, says Duncan Macmillan, is to say something that isn’t being said“There…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06AMWriter and director Alexander Zeldin is best known for Beyond Caring, his play about a group of cleaners working on zero-hours contracts.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMIt’s the time of year that brings people together – whether they like it or not. Three playwrights explain why this is the season for tales of regret and despair‘Christmas is ripe for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMHer debut, Wink, looked at modern masculinity. Now Phoebe Eclair-Powell is celebrating womanhood with her play-cum-gig Torch. She talks about her trio of new shows and why she couldn’t be …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AMThere’s more than a hint of the fairytale to Kneehigh. Ask people about the company and they use words such as “magic”
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWill Adamsdale describes himself, with very British modesty, as “an enthusiastic amateur”. The writer, performer and theatremaker has certainly been eager to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMArtist development is a little too sedate, suggests the New Diorama Theatre’s artistic and executive director David Byrne. “We should be the most
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMFevered Sleep’s show features men dancing tenderly with young girls. Its creators explain how they convinced parents it wasn’t creepy, but a celebration of a relationship tainted by the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AMIn her new show, Made Visible, Deborah Pearson questions racial and cultural stereotypes. Theatre’s lack of diversity, she says, is an issue for everyone to tackle. Staying silent is not a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:22PMIf there’s one thing that defines Told by an Idiot, it is collaboration. “I still hold with the notion that theatre is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMJack Thorne’s The Solid Life of Sugar Water and a revival of Gogol’s The Government Inspector are among new accessible productions enriching the experience for audiences through design a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:57AMArriving at Jerwood Space to interview John Heffernan, I’m nervous about using the ‘M’ word. The actor is rehearsing to play Macbeth
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMPenelope Skinner asks me: “Do we believe that women in general are hungry for stories about them?” The writer, whose plays have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTobacco Factory, BristolThe messiness is part of the joy in this knowingly shambolic take on George MacDonald’s story about a princess cursed to float in the airThe Light Princess is havin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AMBristol Old VicSally Cookson’s production is a playful retelling of the classic tale that blends WI fairy godmothers with bewigged panto baddiesFairytales have long been fair game for tran…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMBristol Old Vic Little Bulb’s motley cast of rabbits, badgers, frogs and a unicorn bring silliness and wonder to the festive seasonIf you go down to the woods today, Little Bulb have a big…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMCamden People’s theatre, LondonThis colourful account of the rappers’ rise to the heights of pop stardom brims with hyperactive enthusiasmWhen the Beastie Boys’ album Licensed to Ill w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMThe Pit at the Barbican, LondonNigel Barrett and Louise Mari ask what really makes us human in an age of artificial intelligence with a show that engages of your sensesTheatre rarely engages…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:15AMTemporary theatre, LondonWils Wilson turns Jon Klassen’s laconic picture book into a boisterous delight of a show that keeps no secrets about the land of make-believe from its audience The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMShakespeare’s Globe, LondonGugu Mbatha-Raw’s joyful performance is at the centre of this rowdy comedy, which celebrates the artifice of theatre and makes some neat political jabsThe firs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AM“I’m bad at being told what to do,” says Rory Mullarkey with a grin. The playwright, raised in a military family, quickly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMPaul Barritt, animator and co-artistic director of theatre company 1927, is frank about the challenges of using projection onstage. “Ask anyone who’s
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