Cast announced for UK Tour of Singing in the Rain
Leading this glorious production are Sam Lips as Don Lockwood, Charlotte Gooch as aspiring actress Kathy Selden, Ross McLaren as Don’s slapstick sidekick Cosmo Brown and Jenny Gayner as the strangulated silver-screen siren, Lina Lamont. They will be joined on tour by Faye Tozer who will reprise her role as Lina Lamont … Continue reading Cast announced for UK Tour of Singing in the Rain
Rebecca Lucy Taylor to join the creative team for Prima Facie and Jodie Comer to make her west end debut
Jodie Comer, the Emmy and Bafta Award-winning star of BBC’s Killing Eve, will make her stage debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award winning play, Prima Facie. She will play Tessa in this gripping, one-person play which takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game. Tessa is a thoroughbred. A young, brilliant barrister who loves to win. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and lighting up the shadows of doubt in any case. An unexpected event forces … Continue reading Rebecca Lucy Taylor to join the creative team for Prima Facie and Jodie Comer to make her west end debut
Birmingham Royal Ballet announces 2022/23 Season
Birmingham Royal Ballet today announces its programme plans from May 2022 – March 2023. In a big year for the city, the season includes several highlights in Birmingham during the year that it hosts the Commonwealth Games, as well as … Continue reading Birmingham Royal Ballet announces 2022/23 Season
Birmingham Rep’s The Park Bench Plays to be Broadcast on Sky Arts
The Park Bench Plays will be broadcast on Sky Arts (Freeview Channel 11) on Monday 7 February 2022 at 11pm. Brainchild of The Rep’s Artistic Director, Sean Foley, The Park Bench Plays is a series of short Plays commissioned by The Rep during lockdown. Filmed on location out and about in Birmingham, each of the five micro plays is set on the most common of lockdown meeting places, the park bench, and reflects, in a different way, on life amidst the pandemic. The Park Bench Plays are written by five of country’s best playwrights; Tanika Gupta (Lions and Tigers/The Empress), Bryony Lavery (Frozen/The Lovely Bones), Robin French (Cuckoo/Rebel Music), David Edgar (Nicholas Nickleby/Pentecost) and Janice Connolly (Mrs Barbara … Continue reading Birmingham Rep’s The Park Bench Plays to be Broadcast on Sky Arts
Frantic Assembly announces plans for 2022 including a production of Othello
The upcoming season of Frantic Assembly will include a revisited production of Othello and a thrilling new take on Kafka’s Metamorphosis. They will also launch the Frantic Assembly STUDIO, a innovative new digital ressource platform for teaching drama in secondary schools. … Continue reading Frantic Assembly announces plans for 2022 including a production of Othello
World Premiere of Soul Sisters to tour the UK this Spring
Leading the cast of this gripping new musical is ex Sugababe Amelle Berrabah. She will be joined on stage by Emmerdale’s star Nicole Faraday and Wendi Harriott. She previously shot to fame when she appeared on ITV’s The Voice. Soul Sisters tells the story of Dionne, Monique, & Rachael, who have known each other for 30 years yet nothing can prepare them for the revelations that unfold during a reunion at a Soul Weekender. Together, they face the real, honest truth and express themselves in the only way they know how – through the very music that brought them together. Soul Sisters is an exhilarating new … Continue reading World Premiere of Soul Sisters to tour the UK this Spring
Headlong announces first season with Holly Race Roughan as Artistic Director
This season, Headlong will present a provocative mix of innovative new writing with reimagined classics and influential 20th Century plays to audiences across the UK. New Artistic Director, Holly Race Roughan, will direct two of the upcoming productions this year. … Continue reading Headlong announces first season with Holly Race Roughan as Artistic Director
Akram Khan’s Jungle Book ReImagined to premiere at Leiceister Curve in April
Akram Khan Company will present the world premiere of Jungle Book reimagined – a deeply personal interpretation based on the original story of Rudyard Kipling’s much-loved family classic – at Leicester’s Curve Theatre, 2 – 9 April 2022. The show will then embark on a … Continue reading Akram Khan’s Jungle Book ReImagined to premiere at Leiceister Curve in April
Niamh Dowling appointed as new principal of RADA
Today RADA’s Council announces that Niamh Dowling will become the new Principal of RADA. Niamh Dowling is currently Head of Postgraduate School of Performance, Design and Technical Arts at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in London, prior to which she was Head of School of Theatre at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her extensive career as a teacher has been international, including partnerships with arthaus.berlin, National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Centre in Connecticut, with Song of the Goat in Wroclaw, Poland, as well as extensive work with the British Council. Following her training in Wales, London, Paris and … Continue reading Niamh Dowling appointed as new principal of RADA
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