In Conversation with Yamato – the Drummers of Japan
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor our upcoming shows in London, YAMATO presents The Wings of Phoenix. The powerful and warm booming sound of the Taiko drums, likened to a heartbeat, awaits you.
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In Conversation with: Rosie Ward
Reading Time: 3 minutesEast London Shakespeare Festival was founded by Ursula Early and Rosie Ward. They met while doing outdoor Shakespeare and now 'the wheel is come full circle' ... it is their shared enthusiasm for creating fun, accessible events in beautiful local spaces, which sparked the idea behind the birth of the East London Shakespeare Festival.
In Conversation with: Maureen Lennon
Reading Time: 4 minutesA brand-new production from Hull-based Silent Uproar, Dead Girls Rising is an angry, joyous, punk protest that doesn’t pull any punches. Written by Maureen Lennon, with music and lyrics from Anya Pearson (international punk artist featured on BBC Radio 6 Introducing ), Dead Girls Rising is an explosive exploration of what it takes to live and survive within a violent patriarchy.
In Conversation with: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Reading Time: 2 minutesNazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh presents Scotland with a brand-new feminist, queer re-examining of the epic Greek tragedy, on the Òran Mór stage from Monday 10th - Saturday 15th Jun. The world famous A Play, A Pie and A Pint presents MEDEA ON THE MIC - Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh after Euripedes, but funnier.
FEATURE: Should theatres offer a partial refund when an understudy is performing?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ve all been there: having been to the bathroom and nabbed your favourite drink at the bar you’re all set to slink into the auditorium, only to be met with a sign declaring: “Tonight, XXX will be played by YYY”.
In Conversation with Krysia Mansfield
Reading Time: 2 minutesDelving into the compelling life of Joe Carstairs, a renowned power boat-racer known for being the ‘fastest woman on water’, who was also a war-hero and one of 20th century’s boldest queer figures, Joe Carstairs is a new drama set across two timelines, the 1920s and the 2020s, exploring themes of gender, identity, and societal norms over a century apart, and offers a thought-provoking reflection on a historical queer icon.
FEATURE: Nine groups selected for national showcase of major choreographic initiative, Making Moves
Reading Time: 2 minutesSince September 2023, Sadler’s Wells’ Making Moves programme has engaged nearly 800 young people from 48 youth and school groups across the country, inspiring them to develop their own choreographic works. The programme provides participating groups with digital toolkits produced by professional dance artists connected with Sadler’s Wells. For its inaugural year these dance artists were Alesandra Seutin, Dannielle “Rhimes” Lecointe, Jordan Douglas and Oona Doherty.
In Conversation with: Cathrine Frost
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn overnight smash-hit success in Norway with an ever-growing cult following and Finalist for the Hedda Award 2023 as Best Theatre Play, award-winning Det Andre Teatret brings their hilarious and existential theatre show Good Luck, Cathrine Frost! to the Festival Fringe 2024 to talk philosophy, birth, and public health.
In Conversation with Greg Mosse
Reading Time: 5 minutesGreg Mosse’s debut novel The Coming Darkness, was a Sunday Times Thriller of 2022, and a Waterstones Thriller of the Month 2022. Mosse’s second novel The Coming Storm, sees the return of his anti-hero the French special agent Alex Lamarque.
In Conversation with Kailey Marshall
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Kailey Marshall the New York-based composer and lyricist behind Songs for Slutty Girls.