SBC Theatre considers Where We Began with migrant stories
Where We Began is a new piece of theatre devised by a multicultural cast and instigated by Stand and Be Counted Theatre. This company works extensively with asylum seekers, migrants and others seeking...
15 Sep 201825min
Jude Christian directs othellomacbeth at HOME Manchester
For its first production of the autumn 2018 season, HOME in Manchester has again teamed up with Lyric Hammersmith for a pairing of two of Shakespeare's plays, Othello and Macbeth, assembled into one p...
7 Sep 201827min
Stella Duffy: bringing Joan Littlewood's idea of fun to a palace near to you
The Fun Palace was an idea conceived originally by influential theatre maker Joan Littlewood with architect Cedric Price in the early 1960s. Their building-based idea was never built, but writer and a...
12 Aug 201857min
Edinburgh 2018: Rick Conte on The Time Machine and Guy Masterson's 25th Fringe
In our first podcast episode on the 2018 Edinburgh Festivals, we speak to two people who are now veteran Fringe producers and performers. Rick Conte will return to the Fringe this year as Dog in the m...
2 Aug 20181h 6min
Bringing the thrills back to the Royal in Nottingham
The Theatre Royal in Nottingham is preparing for its annual Classic Thrillers Season featuring four different plays over four weeks: Peter Gordon's Sleighed to Death, A Touch of Danger by Francis Durb...
26 Juli 201814min
Hopkins and Middleton are The One in Soho
Philip Fisher talks to John Hopkins and Tuppence Middleton about the differences between working on stage and screen and most particularly their upcoming engagement in Vicky Jones's award-winning The ...
24 Juni 201819min
Take a bus to a Summer Holiday in Bolton
As it prepares to leave its building in the hands of developers for refurbishment, Bolton's Octagon Theatre takes its audiences on the road, literally, for its seasonal musical Summer Holiday, based o...
29 Maj 201824min
Filament Theatre brings Space Rabbit down to Earth
Filament Theatre's latest production is Rufus Longbottom and the Space Rabbit, which was created after the production team collaborated with more than 600 schoolchildren on ideas for characters for th...
22 Maj 201821min
