NEWS: Emma Rice follows Wise Children with Enid Blyton's Malory Towers adaptation
Following the success of Wise Children, Emma Rice will adapt and direct Malory Towers, based on Enid Blyton's classic children's novels.
Following the success of Wise Children, Emma Rice will adapt and direct Malory Towers, based on Enid Blyton's classic children's novels.
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Emma Rice's Wise Children has announced it will adapt the Enid Blyton book Malory Towers for its second production. The company, which
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Since it's often hard to explain a good piece of theater " as Milo Rau's Five Easy Pieces, which had its all-too-brief North American premier two weeks ago at the Skirball Center, certainly …
University of Michigan researchers found that "reading print books together generated more verbalizations about the story from parents and from toddlers, more back and forth 'dialogic' colla…
"Fantastic", "Spectacular", "Glorious" - critics have run out of superlatives with which to describe Emma Rice's touring production of Wise Children. We've collected together some of the bes…
"Campaigners have hailed a 'seismic shift' in US children's publishing after statistics showed that the number of kids' books featuring African-American characters has more than doubled over…
Imaginate artistic director Noel Jordan has hit out at commercial theatre's "McDonald's Happy Meal" approach to work for children. Speaking at the
Opera Colorado's Artists in Residence present Hansel and Gretel during Family Day at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on March 23, 2019 in Denver. This interactive performance where the audien…
"Pure unadulterated theatre", so says Broadway World's review of Emma Rice's Wise Children. This trailer gives a hint of exactly what they mean. Have a watch, then book tickets for the final…
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Productions created by Emma Rice have a reputation for glorious theatricality. It's a reputation that, judging from these production images, Wise Children more than lives up to. Take a look,…
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Well, for one thing, it could encourage actors (stage managers, lighting crew members, etc.) to job-share. Also, with professionals, idea: "We need to make sure we are not rehearsing into th…
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The national tour of Wise Children, the inaugural show by Emma Rice's company, also named Wise Children, will end its UK tour at the Belgrade Theatre. The stage adaptation of Angela Carter's…
9 Story Media Group in Canada has announced to have partnered with the UK's King Bert Productions to develop and co-produce an animated series based on David Walliams' children's books "The …
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Milo Rau, called "the world's most controversial director," asks a cast of young people to relate the story of a notorious Belgian pedophile.
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