Arts of the UK 2020: Stage adaptation of ‘Looking Good Dead’ to premiere in Glasgow next March

LONDON – Following the news that his latest Roy Grace novel, Find Them Dead, has gone straight to No.1 in the UK Book charts, Peter James and producer Joshua Andrews are delighted to announce the World Premiere stage production of the Peter James novel LOOKING GOOD DEAD. The production will open at the Glasgow Theatre Royal on 17 March 2021 ahead of a major UK tour. Peter James said today “I can scarcely believe this is the … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Stage adaptation of ‘Looking Good Dead’ to premiere in Glasgow next March

Arts of the UK 2020: Actress Phina Oruche named in cast of BBC’s Anthony as she announces second children’s book tackling racism

LONDON – Phina Oruche (Anthony and Taken Down, BBC; Footballers’ Wives, ITV) has turned her hand to a different kind of storytelling during the Covid-19 lockdown. The result is a series of children’s books aimed at inspiring and educating her young son. The second book in the series, Jacopo Jacopo on Lockdown, explores the difficult and timely issues around racism in the UK that have … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Actress Phina Oruche named in cast of BBC’s Anthony as she announces second children’s book tackling racism

Arts of the UK 2020: The Good Enough Mums Club launches new podcast about motherhood while undergoing lockdown R&D

LONDON – While The Good Enough Mums Club, a poignant and hilarious musical romp, undergoes new development in lockdown, the team have announced a new podcast series to explore the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of motherhood during this especially challenging time. What began life as a musical has evolved into a movement of mothers spreading the message that you don’t have to be perfect, … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: The Good Enough Mums Club launches new podcast about motherhood while undergoing lockdown R&D

Arts of the UK 2020: Carbon Theatre’s Mothers Who Make comes to Northamptonshire

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE – A new hub for Mothers Who Make will come to Northamptonshire led by Carbon Theatre’s Courtenay Johnson and storyteller Jo Blake, with the support of Royal & Derngate and The Core at Corby Cube with start-up funding from the Avon Fund, Northamptonshire Community Foundation. Mothers Who Make is a growing national initiative which offers a monthly peer support group for mothers who are artists … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Carbon Theatre’s Mothers Who Make comes to Northamptonshire

Arts of the UK 2020: My Darling Christopher by Hot Coals Theatre

LONDON – Created as part of a wider theatre project in association with RADA, the short film My Darling Christopher will be shared as part of HOME Manchester’s Homemakers Festival. My Darling Christopher has been written, cast, shot and edited all during lockdown by Hot Coals Theatre, who create visual theatre accessible to both hearing and d/Deaf audiences in a shared experience. My Darling Christopher … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: My Darling Christopher by Hot Coals Theatre

Arts of the UK 2020: Theatre Support Fund + Raises £250,000 For Charities

LONDON – After phenomenal public demand for ‘The Show Must Go On!’ t-shirts, Theatre Support Fund + has reached an incredible milestone by raising a huge quarter of a million pounds for Acting For Others, The Fleabag Support Fund and NHS COVID-19 Urgent Appeal. Theatre Support Fund + was set up eight weeks ago by theatre industry workers Chris Marcus and Damien Stanton who wanted to form an initiative … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Theatre Support Fund + Raises £250,000 For Charities

Arts of the UK 2020: Bard In The Yard by Will & Co

LONDON – What if Shakespeare had undergone a quarantine back in the 1600s? Award-winning company Will & Co is here to do just that, as they imagine the Bard himself stuck at home during a plague in London in Bard In The Yard. Presented as a 40-minute long socially distanced one-person show across private gardens, courtyards, parks and outdoor spaces of London, Bard in the Yard sees Shakespeare … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Bard In The Yard by Will & Co

In London’s West End 2020: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella To World Premiere In London In April 2021

LONDON – Producers The Really Useful Group announced today that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderella will now world premiere at The Gillian Lynne Theatre in London on Wednesday 7 April 2021, with previews from Friday 19 March 2021. Andrew Lloyd Webber said “Whilst I continue to impress on the government that theatres can reopen safely based on The London Palladium model, it has become clear that we need to … Continue reading In London’s West End 2020: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella To World Premiere In London In April 2021

Hong Kong 2020: HKIFF44 to showcase the latest of world cinema

HONG KONG – The 44th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF44) is proud to present a dazzling selection of new works from celebrated filmmakers around the world. Initially scheduled for March, HKIFF44 will now take place from 18th to 31st August for 14 days.  Films already confirmed for this year’s Masters and Auteurs section will include some of the latest and most diversed and original … Continue reading Hong Kong 2020: HKIFF44 to showcase the latest of world cinema

Arts of the UK 2020: World’s longest running play The Mousetrap’s West End re-opening delayed

LONDON – Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap – the longest running show in the world, which had been due to resume performances at The St Martin’s Theatre on Friday 23rd October – is to have its reopening postponed. Adam Spiegel, the producer of The Mousetrap, said: “In view of the current uncertainty and with greater restrictions looming for London, I have had to make the difficult … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: World’s longest running play The Mousetrap’s West End re-opening delayed