Ghost stories and gritty realism from Paradise Heights to Blaine Manor
Joe O'Byrne has been producing his own work for stage around the North West, often to great acclaim, for some years, but recently, he has been taking more work further afield than ever. This year, he ...
9 Feb 202335min
Stage Door Jonny, a love letter to the stage
Jonathan Cake is an actor who has worked extensively on stage, film and television in the UK and the US, but his first love has always been theatre, and many of his friends in the business feel the sa...
5 Feb 202348min
Ex-Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan takes panto online
During the pandemic, Peter Duncan kept the panto magic alive with his online pantomimes Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella. This year, he has created his third streamed pantomime: Pantoland. BTG's...
23 Dec 202233min
Return to the VAULTS: London festival is back in 2023
London's VAULT Festival was founded in 2012 by Andy George and Mat Burtcher in the tunnels under Waterloo Station. The lockdown due to the COVID pandemic came during the 2020 festival and resulted in ...
16 Dec 202235min
Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022 winners
Since 2005, Manchester-based property company Bruntwood has worked with the Royal Exchange Theatre to present the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. The 2022 ceremony was held at the Royal Exchange on 1...
15 Nov 202228min
Not Too Tame opening for Shakespeare North's Midsummer
The new Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Merseyside is an Elizabethan-style theatre which opened in July 2022. However, its first production of a play by Shakespeare came later with A Midsummer...
17 Okt 202242min
MIF announces Factory opening for October 2023
On 29 September 2022, Manchester International Festival officially announced its plans for the opening of its new permanent performance venue, to be called Factory International, in the St John's area...
6 Okt 202252min
Jekyll and Hyde divided between Derby and Hornchurch
Derby Theatre and Queen's Theatre Hornchurch are to stage a co-production of a new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde. Neil Bartlett has brought the story up to date and introduced...
20 Sep 202222min
