Much Ado About Benedick at Northern Broadsides
Conrad Nelson's production of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing for Northern Broadsides Theatre Company had a cast change on the first day of rehearsals when Reece Dinsdale had to drop out o...
1 Feb 201923min
New consortium for theatre for young people stages Blackman's Noughts and Crosses
A new consortium has been formed to produce new theatre for young audiences, including Pilot Theatre, Derby Theatre, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Mercury Theatre Colchester and York Theatre Royal. The f...
27 Jan 201925min
Three years of actors' honesty with Jonathan Harden
The Honest Actors' Podcast was founded by Belfast-born actor Jonathan Harden in 2015 and is currently launching its third and final series, featuring long, frank discussions with experienced actors ab...
23 Dec 201851min
Christmas Crimes in Lichfield
Lichfield Garrick is presenting an alternative show as well as its panto this Christmas as New Old Friends will be staging the latest in its "Crimes of..." series: Crimes of the Christmas Pudding. BTG...
8 Dec 201815min
"Follow your dream"—to the Marlowe's Cinderella
2018 marks the second time Evolution Productions has produced Cinderella at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury after the venue re-opened in 2011. Simon Sladen speaks to the theatre's resident Dame Ben Ro...
2 Dec 201814min
Hansel and Gretel follow the trail to Derby for Christmas
Derby Theatre's Christmas show for 2018 is Mike Kenny's adaptation of Hansel and Gretel from the tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme talks about the show to Derby The...
24 Nov 201816min
Enter pantoland with Imagine Theatre at 14 UK venues
BTG panto editor Simon Sladen speaks to pantomime company Imagine Theatre's Managing Director Steve Boden and Robert Marsden, director of the Victoria Theatre, Halifax's pantomime and associate profes...
13 Nov 201833min
Director Lily Sykes on bringing Genet's Maids to Manchester Home
The first in-house production in HOME Manchester's autumn and winter season for 2018 is a new production of French writer Jean Genet's 1947 play The Maids, in an English version by Martin Crimp. The p...
3 Nov 201835min
