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Burnley Mechanics is planning a £3 million redevelopment to create new performance spaces and improve disabled access to the venue. Under the
In many ways, this one-woman play by Nicola Wren fulfils many of the stereotypes of low-budget, solo theatre at the Edinburgh Festival
There's a lot of fan-love out there for Kate Bush. The eclectic singer-songwriter who emerged in the 1970s with her debut single
Jessica Phillippi's Illegal offers two stories in one, both based on true stories. The first is a semi-autobiographical account of Phillipi's battle
Fatty Fat Fat is Katie Greenall's debut full-length production. It recounts the creator and performer's history as a woman whose body is
Theatre company Wonderbox's debut show is a coming-of-age and a coming-out story in which a young woman at university gets pregnant after
Tabard is a firm believer that it's never too late to follow your dreams. Cabaret star Lynn Ruth Miller is a prime
August 17, 1944: As Britain approached the final 12 months of the Second World War, our editorial discussed the role that theatre
As many people are already aware, the Mercury Theatre, Colchester is currently in the midst of a two-year £9.7 million capital project.
The Australian actor Ningali Lawford-Wolf, who starred in The Secret River at this year's Edinburgh International Festival, has died aged 52 in
The short life of 19th-century Edinburgh urchin Robert Kirkwood or "Bobby Awl" has long been a subject of fascination for the Scottish
The story behind this American musical is fascinating, but the way it's told is less so. Henry Brown was a slave who
It's been almost three decades since The Jerry Springer Show first graced " or rather, disgraced " our TV screens and 16
Emma Thompson, Mark Rylance and Simon McBurney are among the figures contributing to an anthology of letters responding to the global climate
@westendproducer " how has your first week at Edinburgh festival fringe gone? #dear " westendproducer (@westendproducer) August 7, 2019 What a good
I finished studying at drama school last year but didn't get an agent offer following the showcase. I haven't let that hold
Hippolyte et Aricie, a take on the Phaedra story first seen in 1733, is a landmark opera by a supreme French composer,
In 1994, avant-garde electronica band The KLF burned one million pounds. And no one, including its members, really knows why. Now, it's
Bryony Kimmings has been announced as the winner of an award celebrating new writing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Kimmings won the
Charlotte Josephine's new play, Pops, hits you like a train. It's a poleaxing, two-handed depiction of a dysfunctional father-daughter relationship, driven by
Patricia Hodge is to join the cast of the West End revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. She
Five years ago, the Oliviers faced calls to introduce an award for musical directors; today, there are demands for a casting director
Much has been said about improving the visibility of disabled actors. Should there be quotas? Should roles be restricted to disabled actors?
Organisers of the Olivier Awards are facing renewed pressure to recognise casting directors, after it was announced that BAFTA will introduce a
