The rare time more news is good news. Rishi Budhrani has established himself as a comedian with the Midas touch. But rather than turning objects into gold, he turns bad news into comedy. With the second live edition of The Rishi Report, we found ourselves back again at Gateway Theatre to witness his news coverage show, now armed with new reports and events from the … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: The Rishi Report Live (April 2021)
Calling all budding playwrights – the Esplanade’s annual Pathey Nimidam festival returns from 27th to 29th August 2021, and they’re looking for participants. Comprising a series of new 10-minute Tamil plays, Pathey Nimidam will involve the participation of numerous Tamil and non-Tamil theatre practitioners, from directors, to playwrights, to actors. This particular open call is looking for new playwrights and provide them with a platform to … Continue reading Open Call: Pathey Nimidam 2021 by Esplanade – Theatres on The Bay
LONDON – Wizard Presents is creating 2,000 special Secret Garden boxes filled with surprises, activities and the well-loved story of 10 year old Mary Lennox leaving India and coming to the UK to live with her uncle on the Yorkshire moors. The experience incorporates serialised audio episodes telling the story, with soundscape and original music composed by Arun Ghosh, digital content on the websites including … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: The Secret Garden Experience by Wizard Presents
LONDON – Actor Tori Allen-Martin and director Phoebe Barran have been named as the new Associate Artists at Chiswick Playhouse. These two incredible talents will work in partnership with the theatre supporting its dynamic work post-Covid. This exciting collaboration will seek to champion new and adventurous work, helping to further highlight Chiswick as a creative hub in the industry. Tori Allen-Martin (Pandemonium, BBC; London Kills, … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Chiswick Playhouse announce new Associate Artists Tori Allen-Martin and Phoebe Barran
LONDON – One of the great pioneers of abstraction, Sonia Delaunay was a key figure in the Parisian avant-garde. Delaunay, no doubt one of the most influential female artists of her time, is known for her sense of depth and movement and her bold approach to colour. BASTIAN’s forthcoming exhibition brings together a number of works from Delaunay’s Rythmes-Couleurs series that epitomise the bold yet … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Sonia Delaunay – Rhythm and Colour at BASTIAN
Haunted by the fear of modern living. Horror has always been one of the hardest things to introduce in a theatre setting, possibly because of how difficult it is to create jump scares, or create a truly terrifying enough monster to instil fear in audiences. So perhaps the most effective types of scares these days come from the most innocuous of sources – the creeping, … Continue reading Review: Gash Theatre Gets Ghosted by Gash Theatre
LONDON – Bringing together a trio of short and unforgettable plays from one of the country’s most prominent playwrights, Caryl Churchill (Top Girls; A Number; Drunk Enough To Say I Love You), Greenwich Theatre are reopening once again with their first in-house production since December. Led by acclaimed actor Paul McGann (Withnail and I; Doctor Who), Churchill’s earlier works will be brought to life for … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Bad Nights and Odd Days by Greenwich Theatre
Photo Credit: Helen Maybanks LONDON – Cameron Mackintosh has announced full touring dates for the UK and Ireland tour of his acclaimed production of the Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Miserables. The musical will open at Glasgow Theatre Royal on 24th November 2021 where it will run until 1st January 2022, before playing Liverpool Empire and other venues. As previously announced, the cast will include Dean Chisnall as ‘Jean Valjean’, Nic Greenshields as ‘Javert’ and Katie Hall as … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: New dates announced for UK tour of ‘Les Miserables’
If it’s one industry that’s seen spikes in consumption since the pandemic, it’s television. After all, it’s all we can do to indulge in a little escapism to forget the chaos of the world, something that period dramas do especially well, with their big, glamorous costumes, the posh accents, and really, just the sense that it’s somewhere far away from the here and now. The … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with Lily James and Emily Beecham, stars of BBC’s The Pursuit of Love
Doom is inevitable, but perhaps we can learn how to make things less crappy. When you think of a theatre course’s graduating show, forum theatre isn’t the first medium you might think of. But as far as showcases go, it’s a medium that provides a surprisingly large number of ways by which to challenge graduates, from quick-witted improv skills to the ability to immediately embody … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: RevoLOOtion by Intercultural Theatre Institute
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