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In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Surviving the lockdown through Improv, Hoopla Improv Festival Takes to Zoom

LONDON – It’s often said that laughter is the best medicine and, Hoopla, the UK’s first improv theatre, are injecting comedy into the current crisis with online improv classes for those on lockdown. Following the cancellation of their normal workshops and the delay to their annual improv festival, the company have created online drop-in sessions, bringing improvisation to one’s living room-turned-home-office. Packed with 100s of improv … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Surviving the lockdown through Improv, Hoopla Improv Festival Takes to Zoom

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London’s VAULT Festival 2020: VAULT Festival 2020 closes a week early

LONDON –  Following the announcement by the Prime Minister urging the general public not to visit ‘pubs, clubs, or theatres’, VAULT Festival has announced that it will not be opening its doors for its final week (Tuesday 17th – Sunday 22nd March) and will be closing with immediate effect. All participating artists, staff and collaborators have been contacted and a public statement was released across … Continue reading London’s VAULT Festival 2020: VAULT Festival 2020 closes a week early

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In London’s (Off) West End 2020: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Antic Disposition (Preview)

LONDON – Award-winning site-specific theatre company Antic Disposition celebrate their fifteenth  anniversary this summer with a restaging of one of their most popular productions, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed in London’s historic Gray’s Inn Hall. Renowned for their innovative staging of classic plays in unconventional spaces, Antic Disposition will bring Shakespeare’s quintessential comedy to life in a riot of madcap comedy, lyrical poetry, evocative … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Antic Disposition (Preview)

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Television Time: An Interview with Laura Fraser, Star of BBC’s Forensic Drama ‘Traces’

Laura Fraser is probably best known for her role as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in AMC’s Breaking Bad. But even before that break-out role, the Scottish actress has already has had a swathe of fascinating characters she’s played on her resume, including female protagonist Door in the 1996 TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, and as Kate in A Knight’s Tale. Now, her star is rising more than ever, as she … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with Laura Fraser, Star of BBC’s Forensic Drama ‘Traces’

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Television Time: Cosmos – Possible Worlds on National Geographic

Beloved science franchise Cosmos returns for a third season with Cosmos: Possible Worlds, featuring a two-hour world premiere on 10th March 2020. The series will be released in Southeast Asia at the same time as the United States with two back-to-back episodes every Tuesday (8am Singapore) Forty years after introducing a young Carl Sagan’s dreams of Space Age and interstellar exploration through the hit 1980 … Continue reading Television Time: Cosmos – Possible Worlds on National Geographic

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In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Rumah Fest at Rich Mix (Preview)

LONDON – Singaporean theatremaker Nur Khairiyah has come a long way since her postgraduate studies began in London. From co-founding FK Co-Lab to her eventual graduation, she’s also gone on to produce Same Same Collective’s Drop Dead Gorgeous and Martha Watson Allpress’s Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her) for VAULT Festival 2020, amongst other events. Now, under her Rumah … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Rumah Fest at Rich Mix (Preview)

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London’s VAULT Festival 2020: VAULT Festival 2020 supports the brightest emerging artists and exciting new work

LONDON –  VAULT Festival is more than ever before a launch pad for some of the most exciting new works and artists in the industry today. This year sees eight weeks with over 600 innovative live performances with over a third of the programme given over to brand new work in its very first incarnation. Championing early career artists, over 230 shows have never been … Continue reading London’s VAULT Festival 2020: VAULT Festival 2020 supports the brightest emerging artists and exciting new work

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In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Second Woman at the Young Vic (Preview)

LONDON – One woman. 100 men. 24 hours. The Young Vic and LIFT Festival have announced that two-time Olivier award-winner, Golden Globe winner, and Tony and BAFTA nominated actress Ruth Wilson will star in the UK Premiere of The Second Woman. Nat Randall and Anna Breckon’s internationally acclaimed show sits at the intersection of performance, video and film, as 100 different men are invited to appear opposite Ruth Wilson as ‘Virginia’ who … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Second Woman at the Young Vic (Preview)

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Touring The UK 2020/21: Singin’ In The Rain transfers to Sadler’s Wells in 2020 and embarks on UK tour in 2021 (Preview)

LONDON –  Michael Harrison and Jonathan Church have announced that Chichester Festival Theatre’s Olivier Award-nominated production of Singin’ in the Rain will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour in 2021, following a strictly limited five-week season at Sadler’s Wells this summer. Singin’ in the Rain also reunites the original director Jonathan Church with choreographer Andrew Wright. This production of Singin’ in the Rain opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and extended due to … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020/21: Singin’ In The Rain transfers to Sadler’s Wells in 2020 and embarks on UK tour in 2021 (Preview)

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Touring The UK 2021: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock – The Musical (Preview)

LONDON –  School of Rock – The Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit, award-winning West End show, will go on a major UK Tour in 2021, opening at the Birmingham Alexandra Theatre on in February 2021. Based on the hilarious hit movie of the same name, this new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by … Continue reading Touring The UK 2021: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock – The Musical (Preview)

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