Category New writing

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Teddy Oyediran and Joseph Munroe-Robinson

Reading Time: 2 minutesTalawa, the UK’s leading Black British theatre company and the historic Liverpool Playhouse have come together to co-commission Syncopated, a brand-new play that brings a little-known piece of Black British history to life through music, memory and storytelling. We sat down with Teddy Oyediran and Joseph Munroe-Robinson to discuss their upcoming performances.

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Ben Kidd, Bush Moukarzel, and Zoë McWhinney

Reading Time: 5 minutesWorld-renowned theatre company Dead Centre make their Royal Court debut, collaborating with Sign Language poet Zoë McWhinney. Told through a mix of spoken English, British Sign Language (BSL), creative captioning and silence, Deaf Republic brings together an ensemble of deaf and hearing actors, aerial performers, puppetry, live cinema and poetry.

REVIEW: Figures In Extinction

Reading Time: 2 minutes"Every once in a while, a work of art humbly steps onstage, regards its audience with all the grief in the world, and then utterly stretches what anyone thought theatre could be or do."