The Joffrey Ballet has announced its open auditions for the children's cast of "The Nutcracker" this holiday season, an annual invitation that takes on a little extra poignancy this time. Th…
Yes, it's that time of year again.
Former Doctor Who actor slams 'bland culture' of white, middle-class males filling classical rolesActor Christopher Eccleston, known for his portrayal of Doctor Who, has criticised the lack …
A new scheme has been launched that will provide free Edinburgh Fringe tickets to more than 1,400 children living in care in
American play Hand to God is playing. The raunchy dark comedy began performances April 7th of this year and has been shocking audiences ever since.
A few years ago, when Becka Nazario Wright suggested introducing second-graders to "Macbeth," Wendell McConnaha feared it was too bloody.
Ceri Ashcroft trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and specialises in children's theatre, puppetry, physical theatre and clowning. She
By Stephen Collins It is difficult to remember a recent production of a drama where the design elements played so profoundly important a role in the understanding of the production that it i…
This intimate three-hander centres around Mr M, played by Anthony Ofoegbu, a passionate teacher at the all-black school in 'the location', one of the segregated black areas in South Africa. …
Athol Fugard's play was premiered in Johannesburg in 1989 before the release of Nelson Mandela and it is set five years previous to that, ending amidst the unrest of a renewed schools boycot…
Fine performances lift this thought-provoking examination of South African resistance to apartheid
Working in the theatre and being a parent often appear to be life goals that contradict each other — or even prevent each other from happening. Veteran actors, writers and producer…
At All Edinburgh Theatre, we are covering as many shows made in Edinburgh being staged during the fringe as we can. Here is our alphabetical listing of the children's shows which are made b…
Operación ​Pedro Pan was a migration of unaccompanied children from Cuba during the 1960’s when Cuban parents feared indoctrination and the Cuban government…
Unless your show is called “Seven BJs for Seven Brothers,” (someone get on that), or unless you’re specifically doing TYA, people will contact your theatre and ask question…
“Identity-based representation practices that reinforce constructions of child/adult will generally limit the meanings of cultural codes, exploit children's performative labors, promot…
By Teresa Simone. In the second installment of Teresa Simone's Why I Hate Children's Theatre series, the author discusses the problems with binary constructions of "child" and "adult."
Bernadette Petersreleasesher third children's book this summer. Titled STELLA AND CHARLIE, FRIENDS FOREVER, it will hit the shelves today,August 4, 2015.
The producers of The Sound of Music are on the hunt for 18 incredibly talented children to participate in the Sydney season of this exciting new revival starring Cameron Daddo and A…
A condensed "Jr." production of Children of Eden, Stephen Schwartz's epic musical based on the Book of Genesis, premiered last month in New Jersey, and Schwartz attended the sh…
Murder at the Howard Johnson’s, written by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick, is a laugh-out-loud riot featuring a woman, her husband and her lover hatching hilarious murder schemes in the cla…
While two playful, and adoptable, puppies rough house on the TODAY show set, Tony award winner Bernadette Peters spoke to hosts Kathie Lee and Hoda about her new children's book 'Stella and …