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Edinburgh Fringe venue operator Assembly has been accused of racial profiling after an actor was refused entry to a show because staff
Multi-disciplinary Belgian theatre-maker Marieke Dermul wants to enter Eurovision 2019 with her European Citizen Popsong " an anthem combining musical influences from
Organisations including the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as leading casting directors have committed to giving every actor
Inspired by the story of William Freeman, the first defendant to plead insanity in a US court, Camilla Whitehill and Strictly Arts'
Libby McArthur draws on a true story from her own past, when she was arrested and sentenced to prison for non-payment of
I have no idea what goes on in The Extinction Event. Not a clue. Simon Evans and David Aula " theatre directors
You won't come across many shows like The Hit, a solo hour of storytelling performed entirely by a puppet. Strangeface's play takes
Anna May Wong was one of a kind. Widely considered Hollywood's first Chinese-American movie star, she had a prolific career and starred
When Benny Hill died in 1992, his body lay undiscovered for two days. His career as a comedian had been over for
The Flabbergast Theatre members are the regular fringe creatives behind the puppet creations Boris and Sergey. This year, the creative team has
Pteronarcophobia. That's the fear of flies. And it's what drives this intelligently staged co-production between master storytellers Les Enfants Terribles and family-focused
Last week, the National Theatre committed to giving every actor it auditions at least a yes or no response. The move comes
Tightly wound and shot through with an utterly surprising melancholy, Keir McAllister’s tale of two men feuding over their right to relax
This Don Giovanni, presented in a neo-classical stone amphitheatre, inaugurates the Waterperry Opera Festival in rural Oxfordshire. It shares the programme with
Two works from the early years of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership are presented together and in contrasting manner. Festival founder Ian
Sparks is one of those shows that makes you want to call the people in your life that you love and hear
Katie Mitchell and Alice Birch's adaptation of The Malady of Death, the 1982 novella by Marguerite Duras, is technically audacious. Using a
It’s evidence of the ongoing popularity of Gilbert and Sullivan that this year alone the UK has seen three professional productions of
Alex Wood's ambitious debut science-fiction play envisions a world in which women suddenly start to grow. Overnight their bodies expand and their
It's a winner, this combination of Hijinx and Spymonkey. Hijinx works brilliantly with actors who have learning disabilities, while masters of daftness
Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely's new musical Closets opens up an important discussion with great charm and sensitivity. It's 1988 and 16
Tracy-Ann Oberman and Alasdair Harvey are joining the cast of Pack of Lies at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. They join
Limbik Theatre's adaptation of George Saunders' short story, The Semplica Girl Diaries, has a nightmarish premise. Set in a near future, the
Based on Karel Capek's 1936 sci-fi novel of the same name, Knaive Theatre's War with the Newts immerses you in an apocalyptic
Purportedly a comedy, purportedly a dark one, there's no evidence of that in Christopher Reid's verse piece about a middle-aged man meeting
