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New Young Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah has claimed he wants to "mess" with that notion that the UK only imports American
Kwame Kwei-Armah’s first season as artistic director of the Young Vic will open with a musical adaptation of Twelfth Night and see
Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Albert
My first job came about because in my final year at drama school I wrote a play called Fishing. I hadn't set
How did you first get involved in theatre? I did an MA in playwriting and found myself becoming very interested in outreach.
The release of Black Panther recently on the silver screen has made me wonder whether a work of a similar impact in
Here's a question I ask myself from time to time: is there actually just one audience? Are the people with whom we
Whether you think you care about lighting or not, it is vital that you pay attention right now. Please. Otherwise, in just
Curve is to stage the world premiere of Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual, based on the book by Riaz Khan. The
Olivier award-winning Kinky Boots actor Matt Henry has been cast in The Two Noble Kinsmen at Shakespeare's Globe. Barrie Rutter's production of
One of the West End's most in-demand musical directors, Nicholas Skilbeck's recent work includes Follies and the new show based on the life
Clare Foster, Lee Ingleby and Thusitha Jayasundera are to join the cast of Consent in the West End. Thy join the previously
Elaine Paige, Charlie Stemp and Al Murray have been announced as winners at the Great British Pantomime Awards. Paige and Stemp, who
Saga has awarded the contract to supply onboard entertainment on two of its new cruise ships to Cumbria-based Explosive Productions. Explosive will
Natasha Marshall trained as a writer on Soho Theatre Young Company's Writers' Lab and the Talawa Firsts new-writing scheme. She tells Giverny
Plays that explore life from the point of view of women of colour are few and far between. It’s a shame, then,
For the final triple bill of the Royal Ballet season, the only connection between the pieces is that their makers have been
The success of musical revivals of Hair and Pippin has seen the director's star rise, but he is equally comfortable taking on
When the original production of Twang!! closed in January 1966, it was the most expensive flop in the West End to date.
Sope Dirisu, Ellie Bamber and Tamara Lawrence are among the actors nominated for this year’s Ian Charleson Awards. The awards are named
Less than a fifth of employees working in music, performing and visual arts are from a working-class background, a new report claims.
Actor Leo Wringer has accused critic Quentin Letts of an “unforgivable racial slur” against him. The actor, appearing in the Royal Shakespeare
Cowpuncher is a collaborative project with pulling power. In addition to costumes by Vivienne Westwood’s partner Andreas Kronthaler, it’s scored by celebrated
Last week, it was announced that the Tricycle Theatre in north London has been renamed the Kiln Theatre. Artistic director Indhu Rubasingham told
Streetwise Opera is a charity that provides singing lessons and performance opportunities for people that have experienced homelessness. A co-production with Northern
