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

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: The Bridge Theatre presents twelve one-person plays as London’s theatres re-open

LONDON – After months of restrictions thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the British theatre scene is slowly but surely beginning to open up again, as various companies and venues present brand new works with live theatre allowed to resume. Following the free NT Live presentation of their acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on YouTube, London’s Bridge Theatre is back in action, with a repertoire … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: The Bridge Theatre presents twelve one-person plays as London’s theatres re-open

Arts of the UK 2020: Squad Goals to have world premiere at Dagenham and Redbridge FC

LONDON – Squad Goals is a brand-new immersive show from Caspa Productions, opening for its world premiere at Dagenham & Redbridge Football Ground. After all, where better than to launch a show about football than in a football stadium as a socially distanced outdoor experience? This lively and inspiring play tells of the lives, ambitions and relationships among a diverse group of young female school … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Squad Goals to have world premiere at Dagenham and Redbridge FC

Arts of the UK 2020: Truth to Power Café ‘No Borders World Tour’ launches with events in USA, London and Singapore

LONDON – This October, Truth to Power Café opens its No Borders World Tour 2020/21, with live and streamed events across USA, London and Singapore, offering people of all ages, experiences and backgrounds the chance to speak their truth to power before a global audience. This internationally acclaimed performance event and digital platform is inspired by the political and philosophical beliefs of Harold Pinter and … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Truth to Power Café ‘No Borders World Tour’ launches with events in USA, London and Singapore

Arts of the UK 2020: Old Royal Naval College uncovers the history of Black British mariners this October

LONDON – This October the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, is delving into its rich and complex past, shining a light on the Black mariners that played a crucial role in its history. Their new exhibition Black Greenwich Pensioners explores the hidden histories of the Black Royal Navy personnel who formed one of Britain’s earliest Black communities when they became pensioners at the Royal Hospital … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Old Royal Naval College uncovers the history of Black British mariners this October

Arts of the UK 2020: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Blackeyed Theatre (Preview)

LONDON – Blackeyed Theatre have announced that their highly acclaimed production of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella by Nick Lane, will be performed to a socially-distanced audience at the Wilde Theatre in Bracknell, Berkshire, on Friday 18 September and be available to watch LIVE online and on demand. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde will be the first … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Blackeyed Theatre (Preview)