Arts of the UK 2020: Acclaimed actress Debbie Bird takes her one woman show Buzzing online

LONDON – Lockdown has been particularly brutal for actors, performers and the teams of theatre & venue staff and technicians. As a freelance actor, Debbie Bird has been directly impacted by Lockdown, with her 12 date UK Tour cut short, after just 4 well received & well-selling shows.  All her other acting and professional work has been discontinued.  Yet, the need to speak out for the … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Acclaimed actress Debbie Bird takes her one woman show Buzzing online

Arts of the UK 2020: Total Insight provides mental health support and creative platforms for young people

LONDON – Total Insight Theatre is continuing to provide theatre and support for young people with two new projects that provide platforms for young voices and support their mental health and wellbeing. My Mind Matters will allow young people to explore their creativity through filmmaking and to reflect on and share their experiences of the pandemic. In It Together is a free support scheme launching in … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Total Insight provides mental health support and creative platforms for young people

Arts of the UK 2020: Talawa Theatre expands Unconscious Bias, Diversity and Anti-Racism training

LONDON – Talawa, the UK’s primary Black theatre company, is expanding its bespoke Unconscious Bias and Diversity training offer for the arts industry and beyond. As companies look to employ more Black, Asian, ethnically diverse staff and decision makers, many are also realising that they need to address engrained and discriminatory assumptions and structures to expand and sustain their ambition. Drawing on 35 years of experience … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Talawa Theatre expands Unconscious Bias, Diversity and Anti-Racism training

Television Time: An Interview with Tom Hollander, star of David Nicholls’ ‘Us’ on BBC

A screenwriter by profession, it makes sense that author David Nicholls would be the one to adapt his own novel for the screen, something he’d previously done with the film One Day in 2011. Now, he’s back again with an adaptation of his Man Booker longlisted novel Us as a television miniseries for the BBC. But where One Day was about the beginning ‘will they, won’t they’ of a budding … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with Tom Hollander, star of David Nicholls’ ‘Us’ on BBC

Television Time: StarHub and Bundesliga International bring German football to Singapore with multi-year broadcast deal

Homegrown communications company StarHub and Bundesliga International, a subsidiary of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, have agreed to a new multi-year deal to air Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 matches in Singapore. Football fans can now look forward to the full Bundesliga experience, with the German Supercup and crucial end-of-season promotion/relegation play-off matches, also being broadcast in addition to the league matches, only on StarHub. StarHub is … Continue reading Television Time: StarHub and Bundesliga International bring German football to Singapore with multi-year broadcast deal

Arts of the UK 2021: Revolutionary production Mr. Adam to make its UK premiere at The O2 in 2021

LONDON – Coming to the O2 this March for its UK premiere, Mr. Adam is a dynamically modern multi-arts cross-media extravaganza. The work of Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins has been transformed into a narrative piece by Kairat Kulbaev, Marat Bisengaliev, Vasily Barkhatov, and The Almaty Symphony Orchestra, who have combined digital design with powerful performance for a classical concert like no other! The production integrates … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Revolutionary production Mr. Adam to make its UK premiere at The O2 in 2021

Arts of the UK 2020: Elephant’s Graveyard by The Production Exchange (Preview)

LONDON – A circus longing to be famous meets a tiny town in Tennessee that wants something to break the monotony – in the end both get what they wish for with deadly results. The true tale of the only known lynching of an elephant, the award-winning Elephant’s Graveyard will be available to stream from Thursday 17th September. Set in September of 1914, the play combines … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Elephant’s Graveyard by The Production Exchange (Preview)

Arts of the UK 2020: Golden Toad Theatre launch West End led music video for Errol’s Garden

LONDON – Following their recent collaboration with West End stars, Courtney Stapleton (Six) and Joe Griffiths-Brown (Hamilton), Golden Toad Theatre are thrilled to reveal their finished music video, starring green-fingered children from across the country. Encouraged to sing along and share photos and drawings of their garden creations, children have mucked in to bring the musical of Gillian Hibbs’ award-winning book, Errol’s Garden, to life during … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Golden Toad Theatre launch West End led music video for Errol’s Garden

Arts of the UK 2020: Dovecot Studios to create major Leon Kossoff tapestry exploring war, peace, and the artist’s legacy

EDINBURGH – Dovecot Studios, an internationally renowned art studio in Edinburgh, will create a new tapestry inspired by Leon Kossoff’s painting Study from Minerva Protects Pax from Mars by Rubens (1981). This unique tapestry has only recently started on the loom and is being woven in Dovecot’s tapestry studio, which can be viewed by the public via their exclusive Viewing Balcony. The commission, which will … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Dovecot Studios to create major Leon Kossoff tapestry exploring war, peace, and the artist’s legacy

Television Time: David Rocco’s Dolce Southeast Asia on National Geographic

Canadian executive producer, best-selling author and celebrity chef David Rocco is back with a brand new edition of his beloved Dolce Vita TV series, where he goes around from country to country, meeting locals, finding out about their unique culture, and listening to their stories, all while sampling the best cuisine from the region. This time around, he’s taking Southeast Asia by storm, as he … Continue reading Television Time: David Rocco’s Dolce Southeast Asia on National Geographic