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Sunday, June 11, 2023

Tony Awards 2023 – live: British nominees set to shine at Broadway’s biggest night by Nicole Vassell

British exports ‘Prima Facie’, ‘Leopoldstadt’ and ‘& Juliet’ are nominated at 2023 ceremony

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:13PM

Phoebe Waller-Bridge shares the explicit technique she learnt to cure stage fright by Nicole Vassell

Actor looked back on a time when she needed a quick way to get rid of stage fright

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:55AM
Thursday, June 8, 2023

Sarah Jessica Parker to make West End debut alongside husband Matthew Broderick by Nicole Vassell

Married actors will portray three different couples in the London transfer of ‘Plaza Suite’

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:13AM
Saturday, May 27, 2023

Outrage at performances for all-Black audiences ignores the whiteness of theatre by Nicole Vassell

A special performance for Black audiences at Stratford East has been mischaracterised by those trying to shut down the real issues, writes Nicole Vassell

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:06AM
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Black Superhero review: A funny and unflinching exploration of Black masculinity by Nicole Vassell

Danny Lee Wynter’s ambitious play is witty and biting, with intense stand-out moments that force its audience to pay attention

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:24PM

Spitting Image musical coming to West End with puppets of Meghan Markle, Tom Cruise and King Charles by Nicole Vassell

Puppet versions of some of the country’s most familiar faces will take to the stage

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:06AM
Monday, March 20, 2023

Brokeback Mountain to be adapted as West End musical starring Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges by Nicole Vassell

Stage production will run for a limited season in London between May and August 2023

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:53AM
Friday, March 17, 2023

Graham Linehan claims he was offered £200k to remove name from Father Ted musical by Nicole Vassell

Comedy writer claims he was offered a payout to step away from a stage version of Ireland-based sitcom, amid controversy surrounding his remarks about the trans community

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:27AM
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Sunday, February 19, 2023

Beverley Knight calls Suella Braverman a ‘risible character’ after ‘disgusting’ Windrush reform reversal by Nicole Vassell

Singer and actor expressed her disgust at recent governemental decisions about Windrush reform

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:22AM
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Vault Festival told to exit London Waterloo base by Nicole Vassell

London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has taken place in Waterloo since 2012

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:27AM
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

‘265 days to learn to read!’ Lea Michele pokes fun at her ‘illiteracy’ in response to Barbra Streisand memoir by Nicole Vassell

‘Funny Girl’ star referred to an internet joke about her reading skills on Wednesday (8 February)

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:29PM
Friday, February 3, 2023

Vicky Featherstone to step down as Royal Court artistic director after 10 years by Nicole Vassell

Featherstone will leave her position later this year

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:39AM
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Wendell Pierce praised for response after audience member disrupts Broadway show by Nicole Vassell

‘I’ve waited too long for this,’ actor declared as a heckler stopped the performance

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:12AM
Monday, December 19, 2022

Jodie Comer, a gen-Z Elle Woods and a giant swimming pool: The best theatre of 2022, ranked by Jessie Thompson,isobel Lewis,nicole Vassell and Annabel Nugent

The Independent’s theatre critics have chosen their top stage shows of 2022, a year in which fresh new writing and charming musicals reigned supreme

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AM
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

German citizens to be offered €200 voucher to experience culture as 18th birthday gift by Nicole Vassell

Similar programmes are in place in other EU countries, including France, Italy and Spain

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:24AM
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Black child actor heckled and booed during Royal Opera House performance of Alcina by Nicole Vassell

Venue has ‘taken steps’ to ensure that the disruptive audience member will not return

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AM
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Texas church apologises after unauthorised Hamilton musical goes viral by Nicole Vassell

Lyrics and dialogue were rewritten to include ‘Christian themes’

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:07AM
Thursday, August 11, 2022

Laura Whitmore: Love Island host to make West End debut alongside Busted singer Matt Willis by Nicole Vassell

‘Love Island’ presenter is ‘so excited’ to perform on a West End stage for the first time

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:33AM
Friday, June 24, 2022

Claudia Rankine: ‘The culture hasn’t wanted us to sit in a room together and talk’ by Nicole Vassell

Claudia Rankine’s ‘Citizen: An American Lyric’ has been one of the most influential works of poetry of the 21st century. She tells Nicole Vassell about how one reader’s question abou…

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:48AM
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Jitney director Tinuke Craig: ‘I’m from Brixton, so I know the feeling in this play intimately’ by Nicole Vassell

August Wilson’s tale of a cab office in Pittsburgh threatened by ‘regeneration’ struck a chord with the 34-year-old director. She tells Nicole Vassell why she’d like Black people to …

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:54AM
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Legally Blonde review: A seriously fabulous revival of the bubbly hit musical by Nicole Vassell

This production of the film-turned-musical favourite thinks outside the box and is so much better for it, writes Nicole Vassell

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:33AM
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Gemma Collins quits Chicago musical tour due to injury by Nicole Vassell

A knee injury has forced former The Only Way is Essex star to leave the production

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:48AM
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Recording Jesse Williams’ nude scene in Take Me Out is a huge violation by Nicole Vassell

Sharing footage of Jesse Williams’ nude Broadway debut is a serious breach of theatre trust, writes Nicole Vassell

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:06PM
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Beanie Feldstein’s Funny Girl receives mixed reviews from Broadway critics: ‘Awkward and silly’ by Nicole Vassell

Feldstein stars as Fanny Brice in the musical comedy, now open on Broadway

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:48AM
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

How playwright Chinonyerem Odimba turned a traumatic memory into musical Black Love by Nicole Vassell

The playwright and director of acclaimed play ‘Black Love’ tells Nicole Vassell about its hurtful origins, the importance of representation in theatre and how sibling love can inform our…

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:33AM
Friday, January 30, 2015

Kenneth Branagh to bring The Winter's Tale to West End by Nicole Vassell

The award-winning actor will begin a residency at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:51PM

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