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Friday, September 1, 2017

Suranne Jones and Jason Watkins to star in revival of serial killer play by Tim Bano

Suranne Jones and Jason Watkins are to star in a revival of Bryony Lavery’s play Frozen. The psychological thriller, which runs at

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Tobacco Factory and Glasgow Citizens among recipients of Theatres Trust maintenance grants by Tim Bano

Six theatres have each received a share of almost £30,000 in the latest round of the UK Theatres Small Grants Scheme. Administered

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Hamlet review at Park Theatre, London – ‘peculiar and pointless’ by Tim Bano

There’s vanity, and then there’s the Brandreth family Hamlet. Mercifully condensed to 90 minutes and incomprehensibly to three performers, the production takes

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Riz Ahmed, Emilia Clarke and Woody Harrelson back free drama school audition scheme by Tim Bano

A new scheme has launched aimed at helping people from low-income backgrounds get into drama school. David Morrissey, Amanda Redman, Emilia Clarke,

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Girl from the North Country announces cast recording by Tim Bano

A cast recording of Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson musical Girl from the North Country will be released on September 29. The

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Petition launched to revive Plymouth’s ‘crumbling’ Palace Theatre by Tim Bano

A new petition urging Plymouth City Council to save the derelict Palace Theatre has attracted almost 3,500 supporters. It has been launched

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Saturday, August 26, 2017

Hannah Gadsby and John Robins named joint winners of Edinburgh Comedy Awards by Tim Bano

Hannah Gadsby and John Robins have jointly been awarded the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award for best comedy show. This is the first

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Welsh Assembly opens inquiry into alternative income for the arts by Tim Bano

The Welsh Assembly has launched an inquiry to investigate how the arts sector in Wales can increase non-public funding. Currently, £31.2 million

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Selina Thompson, Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava win in the final round of The Stage Edinburgh Awards 2017 by Tim Bano

Selina Thompson’s Salt and Mouthpiece by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava have been recognised by The Stage Edinburgh Awards 2017 in the

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Designs for £31m creative district in Woolwich unveiled by Tim Bano

Architecture firm Bennetts Associates has been appointed to design a new £31 million creative district in London. The company has released initial

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Mobile app launched to help actors self-tape auditions by Tim Bano

A new app has been developed to help actors record and submit self-taped video auditions. Shoot Me! takes users through the process

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Ticket buyers receive £112,000 in refunds following North Devon theatres’ closure by Tim Bano

More than 1,500 people who bought tickets for shows at two theatres in North Devon that closed suddenly have been repaid a

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Actor and writer Rosalind Blessed: ‘I don’t try to be the next Beckett, I just write what I know’ by Tim Bano

Growing up in a family of actors, Rosalind Blessed was never a stranger to the theatre world. Now she has written and

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Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist announced by Tim Bano

Spencer Jones, Mae Martin and John Robins are among the nominees for this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. They have been nominated for

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New fringe theatre to open in central Liverpool by Tim Bano

A new 130-seat theatre is to be built in Liverpool city centre focusing on early-career companies and performers. The Hope Street Theatre

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Knives in Hens review at the Donmar Warehouse, London – ‘beautiful and brutal’ by Tim Bano

It looks like a Yael Farber production. It sounds like one too. It evens smells like one, all earthy and damp. And

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David Ireland’s Cyprus Avenue wins 2017 James Tait Black Prize for Drama by Tim Bano

Cyprus Avenue, David Ireland’s play exploring sectarianism in Northern Ireland, has won the £10,000 James Tait Black Prize for Drama. The play

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof actor withdraws from West End performances after appendectomy by Tim Bano

Lisa Palfrey has pulled out of performances of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof after undergoing an emergency appendectomy. The actor was

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Monday, August 21, 2017

York Theatre Royal invites non-theatregoers to decide programme by Tim Bano

York’s Theatre Royal has launched a programme for people who do not go to the theatre to have a say in the

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Lucy Roslyn: ‘We built my chimpanzee character from scratch, observing mannerisms and movement’ by Tim Bano

In Lucy Roslyn’s first play, The State vs John Hayes, she played a death-row inmate. Now, in Goody, she plays a chimpanzee.

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The Wardrobe Ensemble, Nilaja Sun and Milly Thomas win The Stage Edinburgh Awards by Tim Bano

Bristol-based theatre company the Wardrobe Ensemble has won The Stage Edinburgh Award for the second time, following its success for its 2015

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Friday, August 18, 2017

Against review at the Almeida Theatre, London – ‘Ben Whishaw is near perfect’ by Tim Bano

Violence, at the beginning of American writer Christopher Shinn’s play, is implicit. A police tent covers a body, the vestige of some

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Summerhall takes home three Fringe Firsts in second week of awards by Tim Bano

Summerhall has dominated the second week of the Scotsman’s Fringe First award winners. The venue was the recipient of three out of

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Bruce Forsyth dies aged 89 by Tim Bano

Veteran entertainer and television presenter Bruce Forsyth has died aged 89, his family has confirmed. Earlier this year Forsyth was admitted to

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Performing and expressive arts students drop 10 per cent at A level by Tim Bano

  The number of students taking performing and expressive arts subjects at A level has dropped more than 10 per cent this

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Sutton’s Secombe Theatre could reopen as community-run business by Tim Bano

A year after it was forced to close, Sutton’s Secombe Theatre could reopen as a community-run venture if a local campaign group

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Former nudist bathing area in Plymouth is site of new pop-up theatre by Tim Bano

A former male-only nudist area in Plymouth has been transformed into a 70-seat pop-up theatre. The Lion’s Den on Plymouth Hoe is

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King Lear review at Shakespeare’s Globe, London – ‘a solid and subtle performance’ by Tim Bano

The Emma Rice era is winding down. You can feel its enriching, invigorating ichor already seeping out here, in the fairly traditional

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Greenwich Theatre offers free tech rehearsals to support small companies by Tim Bano

Greenwich Theatre in south London is to allow three companies to hold technical rehearsals in its space free of charge. Stolen by

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Poet/performer Jemima Foxtrot: ‘Dramatising things find difficult to talk about makes me feel better’ by Tim Bano

One half of theatre company Unholy Mess, alongside Lucy Allan, poet Jemima Foxtrot is taking her new production Above the Mealy-Mouthed Sea

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Andrew Scott Hamlet to be broadcast on BBC2 by Tim Bano

BBC2 will broadcast Robert Icke’s production of Hamlet, which is currently playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End. The

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