Esohe Uwadiae brings a daring, exploratory new show to this year’s Vault Festival with her debut play She Is A Place Called Home (playing 3rd - 8th March - tickets here). Delving into the universal ground of family, relationships, love and perseverance, her play also seeks to enlighten audiences when it comes to cultures and... Continue Reading →
Award-winning writer and director Dictynna Hood has seen great success with her film work, most recently ‘Us Among The Stones’, and is now returning her attention to the stage. She’s set to bring a rehearsed reading of her debut stage play, Medea of the Islands, to the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh on the 28th November... Continue Reading →
Finborough Theatre’s Christmas season opener may be a surprise to some but in staging The Wind of Heaven, the Finborough is bringing back this work of Emlyn Williams after a 75 year absence from the London stage. It’s a play certain to find resonance with our troubled times and as it looks at the role... Continue Reading →
Strangeface Theatre Company’s latest work, The Hit, is set to play at the University if York this Friday (November 8th) and the Leeds Carriageworks this Saturday (9th - tickets here). The award-winning company produce a broad range of shows which seek to make accessibility and the exploration of complex ideas their core. I caught up... Continue Reading →
Lemon House Theatre are heading to The Bunker Theatre with a double bill of thought-provoking shows boasting pretty impressive creative teams. Different Sand and Willow will play from 8th to 16th September 2019 (tickets here) so I caught up with Co-Artistic Directors Samia Djilli & Jennifer Cerys to talk all things Lemon House Theatre and... Continue Reading →
Emma Rice’s Wise Children are set to return to York Theatre Royal with their second show this September - a musical adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers. Here Rice talks favourite characters, the worrying status of the arts in schools... and her own time in uniform! Which Malory Towers character were you in your schooldays?... Continue Reading →
Sarah Waters has seen her work successfully adapted for both stage and screen over the years. The love affair between creatives and her best-selling novels continues with the latest adaptation being the upcoming York Theatre Royal & Original Theatre Company production of The Night Watch. Here Waters talks The Night Watch, her love of theatre and... Continue Reading →
Burnt Orange Theatre Company are heading to the Camden Fringe with Fast, a political piece which centres on the voices of the young and the passionate. The show plays at the Etcetera Theatre 10-11 (tickets here) August so I caught up with artistic directors Rosie and Ella to talk all things Fast... To begin, tell... Continue Reading →
In Limbo is the work of Seven Arc Productions and it’s heading to the Camden Fringe to raise awareness about male mental health. The show plays the Tristan Bates Theatre 31 July - 3 August 2019 (tickets here) so I caught up with Beatrice Hyde, Anna MacArthur, Shaun Amos and Catherine Boyle to talk all... Continue Reading →
