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Arts of the UK 2020: Star cast announced for A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre

LONDON – A star cast will join Brian Conley in the new, musical staged concert of Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent’s A Christmas Carol, which is set to play a strictly limited season at the Dominion Theatre in London. I’m A Celebrity…2019 winner Jacqueline Jossa will join the cast as Emily/Ghost of Christmas Future. Jacqueline is an award-winning actress who played Lauren Branning in BBC1’s Eastenders from 2010-2018. Matt Jay-Willis will play Bob Cratchit. Matt’s band Busted were … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Star cast announced for A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre

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Arts of the UK 2020: Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta streaming for free this November

LONDON – A bridge between reality and fiction, Edith Alibec’s award-winning adaptation of Aglaja Veteranyi’s autobiographical book, Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta, will be made available digitally this November through the Romanian Cultural Institute. A fascinating and endlessly imaginative show, it follows a family of circus artists who flee the Communist regime in Romania during the 1960s in search of fame, glory and … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta streaming for free this November

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★★★★☆ Review: Tuesdays with Morrie by Singapore Repertory Theatre

A lesson on learning to keep hope alive in the face of death. There’s a point in the play Tuesdays with Morrie where Morrie Schwartz, Mitch Albom’s former professor, poses him two questions: “are you as human as you can be”, and “are you at peace with yourself?” These are questions that’ve been sitting at the back of our minds for some time now, brought to the … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Tuesdays with Morrie by Singapore Repertory Theatre

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Arts of the UK 2021: Beauty and the Beast 2021 UK Tour

LONDON – Disney’s Olivier Award-winning stage musical Beauty and the Beast is to be re-imagined and re-designed in a completely new production staged by the original award-winning creative team, and will open a UK & Ireland Tour in May 2021. Spectacularly reimagined in startling new designs which will use the latest theatrical innovations, this timeless romantic tale will be brought to life on stage like never before, … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Beauty and the Beast 2021 UK Tour

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Arts of the UK 2020: The Understudy at the Palace Theatre

LONDON – A cast of 14, including Lee Mack and James Norton, will celebrate the re-opening of the West End in an exclusive semi-staged rehearsed reading of The Understudy which was presented as an animated online play in May to raise funds for the theatre industry. The play will once again be raising much needed funds for the UK’s theatre industry, and proceeds from the play will be split … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: The Understudy at the Palace Theatre

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Arts of the UK 2020: In Search of a White Identity

LONDON – New digital show In Search of a White Identity interrogates race, class and masculinity as part of the new season of on demand theatre from The Actors Centre. Patrick and Mickey grew up together, but now find themselves on opposing sides. Detained in the same police cell having been arrested at the same protest, two men are forced to face the complexity of … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: In Search of a White Identity

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Preview: FIVE by Intercultural Theatre Institute

As theatre begins to reopen, the graduating students of Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) will finally get an opportunity to perform to a live audience this November. Playing at the Esplanade Theatre Studio and livestreamed on Zoom, this year’s graduating batch of students will be performing FIVE, an intimate and evocative hybrid piece about isolation that was designed to cater to both online and on-site audiences. Directed by Drama … Continue reading Preview: FIVE by Intercultural Theatre Institute

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Review: Where Are You? (Digital) by Sim Yan Ying

Grief is an inevitability. But few people would ever have imagined the sheer amount of grief to have emerged in 2020, going far beyond the individual level to affect the entire world thanks to the looming sense of doom and constant loss experienced from the pandemic, and countless other disasters all over the world. How then does one position and manage personal grief in the … Continue reading Review: Where Are You? (Digital) by Sim Yan Ying

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The Banter: It takes a village, as Wild Rice prepares to reopen

It’s been about seven months since performing arts came to a grinding halt, thanks to the safety restrictions implemented for the pandemic. But this November, following several rounds of live performance pilots, companies are more than ready to return to theatres, with several live shows slated in the weeks to come. And if it’s one company that anyone should be looking forward to seeing again, … Continue reading The Banter: It takes a village, as Wild Rice prepares to reopen

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Arts of the UK 2020: ‘Unfamiliar at Home’ embarks on online tour

LONDON – Unfamiliar at Home embraces the new digital landscape to break down traditional performance boundaries as Victor Esses and Yorgos Petrou share their autobiographical piece from their home direct to audiences’ own. This intimate and moving production combines Victor’s theatre and performance making techniques with Yorgos’ background as a visual artist. Unfamiliar is a product of them working together, to explore how they can … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: ‘Unfamiliar at Home’ embarks on online tour

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