185 stories by "Nick Awde"
Since setting up the Underbelly venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2001, founders Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood have steadily expanded
The trends in international theatre were in many ways mirrored throughout the UK during 2015. It has certainly been a year that
Pretoria appointments SOUTH AFRICA/PRETORIA Pretoria's South African State Theatre artistic director Aubrey Sekhabi has announced two major new appointments. The new chief
Parkour, also known as PK, freerunning and as l'art du deplacement, is the discipline of overcoming obstacles with safe, efficient and fluid
Arts to be profiled SOUTH AFRICA/JOHANNESBURG The Market Theatre Foundation has joined forces with national agency Brand South Africa to profile South
It's a bold playwright, perhaps, who comes up with titles such as How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients
Lack of joy in Mainz GERMANY/MAINZ Staff of the Staatstheatr in Mainz are being taken to court for singing in order to
Stretching from London to Tokyo, Dallas to Baden-Wurttemberg, at last count there's a total of 14 'Globe theatres' across the world, all
Zee Theatre launched INDIA/MUMBAI Mumbai-based Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd has launched Zee Theatre, becoming the first Indian media and entertainment company to
Belarus Free Theatre is celebrating 10 years' work with Staging a Revolution, a London showcase of the brand of underground theatre that
Divorce Papers is the latest comedy from Jamaica to hit our shores, notable not only for a year of sell-out performances in
Anglo-Polish company POLAND/KRAKOW The Krakow King's Players is a new English-language theatre company based in Poland's second city. Set up by British
Cry-Baby to go global USA/NEW YORK Seven years after its Tony-nominated short run on Broadway, musical Cry-Baby is looking to go global.
Design school to shut BRAZIL/SAO PAULO Top Brazilian designer JC Serroni is on the brink of closing his design school in Sao
Happy Birthday ruling USA/LOS ANGELES A US federal court has ruled that Warner/Chappell Music, rights holder to the song Happy Birthday, written
The writing appears to be on the wall, literally, for France's historic resistance to English as a global language. In culture, as
Sirenos festival LITHUANIA/VILNIUS The 15th Sirenos festival in Vilnius has a strong international flavour. It started on September 24 with a showcase
Wuzhen festival CHINA/WUZHEN The third Wuzhen Theatre Festival will feature Peter Brook as its honorary president. Brook will also stage his latest
While Iranian cinema has been in the international spotlight for the past few decades, Iranian theatre appears to have taken something of
Migrant message GERMANY/BOCHUM The Schauspielhaus in Bochum has taken to the streets to highlight the plight of refugees trafficked into Europe. The
Church on the move AUSTRALIA/SYDNEY Jonathan Church, artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, is moving to Sydney Theatre Company. He will
Anti-TPP appeal JAPAN The Japan Playwrights Association, the Japan Theatrical Producers Association and the Japan Theatre Arts Association have issued a joint
On the other side of the Atlantic every August, you'll find another fringe taking place " the New York International Fringe Festival,
Next week, the British Council Edinburgh Showcase comes to the festival fringe, where for one week in August, UK theatre and dance
Oistat funding renewal TAIWAN/TAIPEI Oistat, the International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, has renewed its funding to maintain its headquarters
