Reading Time: 4 minutesFrances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved and radical story about the magic of nature and the nature of magic is adapted in a new version by Holly Robinson (soft animals, Soho Theatre) and Anna Himali Howard (Graceland, Royal Court; Orpheus, Opera North).
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Kim Pearce, director of Candace Chong Mui Ngam's May 35th. A celebration of resistance to authoritarianism and commemoration of those who died in the pro-democracy protest at Tiananmen Square based on real life stories.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Abey Bradbury, writer and composer of JULIE: The Musical.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.