New Perspectives on Jane Upton's (the) Woman
Playwright Jane Upton has taken her experiences of motherhood and included them in a new play, (the) Woman. Nottinghamshire company New Perspectives is touring the play which will also have a five-wee...
27 Feb 202527min
Pilot brings Mary Wollstonecraft back to East Yorkshire
Mary Wollstonecraft, famous for her work A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, was born in London in 1759 but spent some of her early life in Beverley near Hull in Yorkshire. Playwright Maureen Lennon...
26 Jan 202537min
Mama G takes the panto dame from stage to picture book
Mama G is an award-winning year-round storyteller whose work is driven by the magic of pantomime. She has appeared in professional pantomimes across the UK for almost twenty years and this year stars ...
9 Des 202442min
20 years of Evolution pantos
Leading pantomime company Evolution Productions will this year celebrate its 20th anniversary with ten productions at theatres right across England. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the conpany's ...
22 Nov 202437min
Fierce Festival Birmingham 2024
Fierce Festival is a "youthful and joy-filled festival of international theatre, performance and experiences" which takes place in and around Birmingham every two years. Midlands editor Steve Orme s...
14 Okt 202419min
JB Shorts celebrates 15 years and 25 selections of new plays in Manchester
In 2009, TV writers Trevor Suthers and John Chambers put together a night of short, brand new plays written by established TV writers which took its name from its original venue, the Joshua Brooks pub...
9 Okt 202446min
Derby Theatre takes a miners' trip to Skegness
Derby Theatre is to present a new play, Welfare, by local playwright Abi Zakarian, that will take audiences to The Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Camp in Skegness, where miners went initially to convalesc...
17 Sep 202420min
Ishiguro comes to the stage at Rose Theatre, Kingston
The next production to open at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, London is a new adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, adapted for the stage by Suzanne Heathcote and directed by Christopher Hayd...
6 Sep 202428min
