Preview: Twelfth Night by Young Vic

LONDON – The Young Vic gets Shakespearean once more this fall, with a restaging of Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub interpretation of the Bard’s Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night was originally performed at The Public Theater in New York as part of their Public Works program in 2016, and revisited this summer as part of their free Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte season. In this version, co-directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah and … Continue reading Preview: Twelfth Night by Young Vic

Preview: Swan Lake by New Adventures and Julie’s Bicycle (UK Tour)

LONDON – Iconic British dance company New Adventures and green charity Julie’s Bicycle have got a good thing going; they’ve managed to create the first Creative Green Certified Tour with their new tour of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. The companies were also conferred the Creative Green Pioneer Award in the second annual Creative Green Awards which celebrates the many outstanding organisations taking action on climate and the environment. Julie’s Bicycle … Continue reading Preview: Swan Lake by New Adventures and Julie’s Bicycle (UK Tour)

Preview: discover.film @ Somerset House

LONDON – London’s Somerset House is being taken over this August! Organisers of one of the world’s biggest short film festivals, discover.film will occupy Somerset House’s East Wing to showcase some of best award-winning short films from around the world. For one week, strap yourselves in to discover some of the world’s absolute best shorts. discover.film knows best, after all, they’ve spent plenty of time investing … Continue reading Preview: discover.film @ Somerset House

Preview: To Kill A Mockingbird At Curve Leicester

LONDON – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of To Kill A Mockingbird makes a welcome return for a UK tour in 2019, opening at Curve Leicester on 7th February! Based off Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the American Deep South, and explores themes of racial injustice when a black man is wrongfully accused of a crime he … Continue reading Preview: To Kill A Mockingbird At Curve Leicester

Preview: Tall Stories Goes Wilde at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

LONDON – The 1997 Edinburgh Fringe saw the premiere of Tall Stories’ first ever show, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s fairytales titled The Happy Prince and Other Stories.  Now, 21 years later, the company has grown to become an international success, with hugely popular family friendly productions such as The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom to their name. It seems only appropriate that the company will be returning to … Continue reading Preview: Tall Stories Goes Wilde at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Preview: Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber (UK Tour 2018)

LONDON – From the producers of the award-winning West End production The Scottsboro Boys comes an all new UK tour of Jane Austen’s Persusasion, opening this September at the Theatre Royal Winchester Produced by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber, Persusasion is based off Austen’s very first novel of the same name, and this new production is set to be a world premiere featuring original live music by Maria Haïk Escudero. Adapted for the stage … Continue reading Preview: Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber (UK Tour 2018)

Preview: Rock of Ages 2018 UK Tour

LONDON – Are you ready to relive the good old days, let your hair down and rock? Chris D’Arienzo and Ethan Popp’s beloved jukebox musical Rock of Ages is going on a new tour of the UK starting this September! Beginning its tour in Bromley’s Churchill Theatre, Rock of Ages tells a tale of chasing dreams set against a backdrop of everyone’s favourite rock songs, with a repertoire of … Continue reading Preview: Rock of Ages 2018 UK Tour

Preview: West End Bares 2018

LONDON – Following six spectacular years at the legendary Café de Paris and two years of sold out performances at the Novello Theatre, London’s hottest annual fundraiser West End Bares will be moving to its new venue at the Shaftesbury Theatre for its ninth edition this October! Based off the American concept Broadway Bares by legendary Broadway/West End director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell, West End Bares follows in the same vein as a … Continue reading Preview: West End Bares 2018

Preview: Wasteland Experience by Zed Events

LONDON – Halloween comes early this year for UK residents; following the runaway success of their previous Zombie Shopping Mall Experience, (which ran for 6 years), Zed Events presents the all new Wasteland Experience this July, the world’s first true post-apocalyptic combat scare attraction. In this two hour immersive experience, guests will head down to an abandoned mall in Reading, as they fight for survival while being … Continue reading Preview: Wasteland Experience by Zed Events

Television Time: BBC’s The Split

There’s both tenderness amidst blood in the water as cutthroat divorce lawyers battle it out in court and at home.  Just as Alan Ball did with a family funeral business in Six Feet Under, Abi Morgan’s (Shame, The Iron Lady, Suffragette) new BBC series does with a family law firm, mining high drama as the professional meets the personal. In The Split, we follow divorce lawyer Hannah Defoe (Nicola Walker, best known … Continue reading Television Time: BBC’s The Split