PENANG, MALAYSIA – Back for its 10th edition this weekend, the annual George Town Festival returns with a promise to deliver an entirely new way of experiencing arts to everyone. This year, the Festival embodies the idea of making arts accessible to all, regardless of age or background, with a range of programmes that take place all around the historic city. From traditional auditoriums to halls, shophouse … Continue reading Preview: George Town Festival 2019
LONDON – This autumn, Blackeyed Theatre brings to the stage a thrilling new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece Jane Eyre. Adapted by Nick Lane, this world premiere embarks on a major eight-month tour across the UK and beyond. A Gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Jane Eyre tells the thrilling story of an orphan and her journey from a childhood of loneliness and cruelty … Continue reading Touring The UK 2019/20: Jane Eyre by Blackeyed Theatre
LONDON – Theatre Centre, the UK’s foremost producer and champion of new writing for young audiences, has launched a Writer’s Fellowship to enable four pioneering writers to create radical, challenging and provocative work for young audiences. Known for bringing world-class theatre straight into the heart of schools, for 66 years, Theatre Centre has worked with exceptional writers at all stages of their career, supporting them through a … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Theatre Centre announces exciting Writer’s Fellowship and two esteemed patrons
The body swap trope is not an uncommon one in film and television, but has it ever been done onstage? With Taiwan’s Godot Theatre Company, not only have they done that with 2017 musical Love Ya Mom!, but did so with roaring success, becoming the fastest-selling show at the 2017 Taiwan International Festival of Arts. Now, come see the hit show yourself as Godot Theatre Company returns … Continue reading Godot Theatre Company’s Love Ya Mom!: An Interview with the Cast and Creatives
“In a story, someone had a dream. In that Dream, someone told a story.” HONG KONG – Considered one of the most celebrated pieces of modern Chinese theatre, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (HKRep) is set to restage Stan Lai’s A Dream Like a Dream this July. In 2002, HKRep was the first professional company to stage A Dream Like a Dream, winning Best Overall Performance, Best Costume Design and … Continue reading Hong Kong 2019: A Dream Like A Dream by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)
LONDON – A brand new UK production of smash hit musical Sister Act has been announced by producers Jamie Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg (yes, THE Whoopi Goldberg of from the original film). Opening at Curve, Leicester on 21st April 2020, ahead of further UK venues and a London season, more details and full creative team are to be announced soon. Says producer Jamie Wilson: “I am thrilled to be collaborating again with … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: Sister Act UK Tour 2020
LONDON – Following international acclaim and an award-winning run at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Build A Rocket, about a young mother from Scarborough, returns to embark on an extensive UK tour. Winner of the Holden Street Theatres’ Edinburgh Fringe Award 2018, Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre Weekly Award 2019 and named The Sunday Mail’s Best Female Solo Show (Adelaide), Build a Rocket will see critically-acclaimed actress Serena … Continue reading Touring The UK 2019: Build a Rocket by Tara Finney Productions
LONDON – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh have announce a brand new 2020 UK and Ireland tour of world famous The Phantom of the Opera, with stops at The Curve, Leicester, Manchester Palace Theatre, Bord Gais Energy Theatre Dublin, Birmingham Hippodrome and Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Now in its 33rd year in the West End, The Phantom of the Opera is often considered one of the most beautiful and spectacular productions in history, filled with … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: The Phantom of the Opera UK/Ireland Tour 2020
When the 2019 Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) programme line-up was announced in February this year, expectations ran high and hype was abound. With the impending arrival of some of the greatest living artists today and exciting new work from local artists, SIFA 2019 promised a season of arts that would establish May as Singapore’s month of arts, building on what Festival Director Gaurav … Continue reading Review: Singapore International Festival of Arts 2019
Theatre academia distilled into a metatheatrical production by way of Macbeth. Edith Podesta is one of our local theatre scene’s most exciting directors. Never one to simply present a straightforward work, a production by Podesta is almost always surprising, subverting audience expectations as she pushes theatrical boundaries both visually and conceptually. And so it is that as director of W!ld Rice’s latest batch of Young … Continue reading Review: Anything Can Happen/Something Must Happen by Young & W!ld
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