Thursday, July 7, 2016
Her 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 a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AM[SHARE]Friday, June 10, 2016
There'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 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2016
Will 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 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 13, 2016
Artist 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 05:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 7, 2016
Fevered 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 medi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 13, 2016
In 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 an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:22PM[SHARE]Friday, March 4, 2016
If 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 12:21PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 25, 2016
Jack 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 and c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:57AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 10, 2015
Arriving 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 11:32AM[SHARE]Monday, December 7, 2015
Penelope 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 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 4, 2015
Tobacco 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 having …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 3, 2015
Bristol 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 transf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AM[SHARE]Bristol 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 s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Camden 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 was rel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 22, 2015
The 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 09:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Temporary 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 k…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AM[SHARE]Monday, September 28, 2015
Shakespeare'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 first ti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 5, 2015
"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 05:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Paul Barritt, animator and co-artistic director of theatre company 1927, is frank about the challenges of using projection onstage. "Ask anyone who's
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 18, 2015
Felbrigg Hall, NorwichNature is the real star in Bill Mitchell's WildWorks production, in which a murder of crows tells the tale of a young girl's journey in the wild Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 17, 2015
Britain and Germany have never felt closer. At least, British and German theatre cultures " often defined as polar opposites " are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2015
Olivia Poulet has a good line in peddling the unpalatable. The actor and writer is best known for her role as pragmatic,Â
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 7, 2015
Beamed by news channels and available at the click of a mouse, brutality is all around us " and playwrights are exploring audiences' disgust and titillation Greg Wohead's theatre show about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:23AM[SHARE]Friday, May 1, 2015
Nature plays a leading role in a number of productions this month at the Brighton festival and the Norfolk & Norwich festivalAcross the South Downs, on Brighton beach and deep in the woo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The ordinary and the extraordinary are combined in a show that tells the real-life stories of six people who stood up for what they believe inOxford's residents have a history of taking a st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Binaural sound technology is nothing new. The technique of binaural recording, which creates the sensation of 3D sound for those listening through
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 20, 2014
A mother finds out she has two sets of DNA " and her son is really her nephew " in a new play about genetics and motherhood by Deborah Stein and Suli Holum Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AM[SHARE]Monday, October 13, 2014
Part polemic and part love letter, the monologue Spine responds to library closures. Its about the freedom of learning, says its playwright, but its also a personal narrative of the austerit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 23, 2014
His plays examine parenthood (Lungs), depression (Every Brilliant Thing) and climate change (2071). The motivation, says Duncan Macmillan, is to say something that isnt being said Continue r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 26, 2014
For 60 years, shoemaker Ab Solomons drew pictures of his wife Celie on his wage slips. The performance Wot? No Fish!! gives voice to the ups and downs of their livesIt's hard to imagine a mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 8, 2014
(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon, curated by Caridad Svich.) Increasingly, works of contemporary art an…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:39PM[SHARE] 
