Arts of the UK 2020: Eye Say, Eye Say, Eye Say! for Bloomsbury Festival 2020

LONDON – More than a dozen visually impaired comedians are coming together this October to create a spectacle for Eye Say, Eye Say, Eye Say! Offering 20/20 insights on their diverse experiences living in the capital, the covert congregation will be livestreamed on Zoom as part of the Bloomsbury Festival. Eye Say, Eye Say, Eye Say! from Extant is a night of gut-achingly funny comedy … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Eye Say, Eye Say, Eye Say! for Bloomsbury Festival 2020

Arts of the UK 2020: All-star cast unite for digital revival of Steven Carl McCasland’s Little Wars

LONDON – Multi award-winning stage and screen actress Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply; The Doctor, Almeida; Blindness, Donmar Warehouse) leads an all-star female cast in the online revival of Steven Carl McCasland’s dinner party drama, Little Wars. Joining Stevenson will be Linda Bassett (Call The Midwife; East is East), Debbie Chazen (The Smoking Room; The Girls, West End), Natasha Karp (Rags, Park Theatre; The Kite … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: All-star cast unite for digital revival of Steven Carl McCasland’s Little Wars

Arts of the UK 2021: Rocks of Ages opens at Portsmouth Kings Theatre in May 2021

Photo Credit: Richard Davenport LONDON – Following a sell-out tour in 2018/19, Dan Looney, Adam Paulden, Jason Haigh-Ellery and Richard Klin for DLAP Entertainment are delighted to announce that the award-winning smash-hit musical Rock of Ages will return to tour the UK opening at Portsmouth Kings Theatre on 2nd May 2021. Rock of Ages is an LA love story lavished with over 25 classic rock anthems. Lose yourself … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Rocks of Ages opens at Portsmouth Kings Theatre in May 2021

Arts of the UK 2020: Bush Theatre celebrates Black History Month 2020

LONDON – The Bush Theatre celebrates Black History Month 2020 with new programmes honouring and showcasing black artists, including a series of videos titled Advice to my Younger Self, an online interview with Julie Spencer, Director of the School of Acting at Arts Ed, and an online and in-person Q&A with Mika Johnson, writer of Pink Lemonade. “For generations, countless people from the African diaspora have … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Bush Theatre celebrates Black History Month 2020

M1 Peer Pleasure Festival 2020: If These Wheels Could Speak and The Other People – Dramatised Readings (Review)

Secondary school students tackle disabilities through Zoom-mediated drama. It’s not often that secondary school students take centrestage and get a chance to perform as part of a national festival. But that is precisely why ArtsWork Collaborative’s focus on giving students a chance to work with arts professionals and devise their own show as part of the annual M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival is so … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure Festival 2020: If These Wheels Could Speak and The Other People – Dramatised Readings (Review)

Arts of Hong Kong 2020: Hong Kong Arts Festival announces HKartsFestival@TaiKwun [go online] this October

HONG KONG – Despite the many setbacks brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF) will be proceeding with HKartsFestival@TaiKwun, originally scheduled to run earlier this year. Now, the festival will take place over two days, completely online from 10th to 11th October 2020, and the first of the 48th HKAF programmes to be relaunched, with interactive performances, installations and creative workshops broadcast … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2020: Hong Kong Arts Festival announces HKartsFestival@TaiKwun [go online] this October

Arts of Hong Kong 2020: HKRep shifts restaging of Principle to October

HONG KONG – Originally slated to be presented at the end of September, the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre’s restaging of their acclaimed production Principle will now instead be taking place in October, supported by Panasonic.  Soon after she starts her job, a new principal establishes a host of new rules, upsetting both staff and students. Gossip swirls that the new principal and vice principal are at loggerheads, … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2020: HKRep shifts restaging of Principle to October

Arts of the UK 2020: The New Tomorrow at the Young Vic (Preview)

LONDON – Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, has announced the cast of The New Tomorrow, a weekend of pop-up performances celebrating the Young Vic’s 50th birthday. The New Tomorrow – the first piece of live theatre at the Young Vic since the pandemic closed UK theatres in March – will interrogate the change that has come and is coming, and what the next 50 years might hold. Directed … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: The New Tomorrow at the Young Vic (Preview)

Arts of the UK 2020: Talawa Theatre Company announces enhanced senior leadership team

LONDON –Talawa Theatre Company announces an enhanced senior leadership team as the company gears up plans for its 2021 season, and 35th anniversary year. Carolyn ML Forsyth joins Talawa Theatre Company as Executive Director and Joint CEO, while Elaine Banton is announced as Chair of Trustees, having joined the company earlier this year. Michael Buffong comments: “I have been working with Elaine for a few … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Talawa Theatre Company announces enhanced senior leadership team

Arts of the UK 2020: Luke Westlake Scholarship 2020 now open for submissions

LONDON – The Luke Westlake Scholarship, formerly known as the JAM Scholarship, is an award designed to provide an actor with artistic and financial support worth over £3,000 in their final year and as they graduate from university or drama school, and begin to navigate their way into the industry. The scholarship was established when the team behind JAM realised many actors were being priced … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Luke Westlake Scholarship 2020 now open for submissions