Myriddin Pharo has been appointed as the new artistic director of Wildworks, 3 years after the passing of its co-founder Bill Mitchell
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#scenechange / designers launch #MissingLiveTheatre
#scenechange launched #MissingLiveTheatre and wrapped theatre buildings in a positive message of hope and visibility to the industry.
Theatre Royal Plymouth joins Covid-19 Time Capsule project
Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Young Company joins worldwide Covid-19 Time Capsule project to record teenagers during the coronavirus pandemic
Holes: fulfilling, thrilling off-beat comedy
Holes is a thrilling and off-beat comedy that has been gaining loads of praise for its interpretation and production. It’s on tour
Timely arrival: An Inspector Calls into Plymouth
Stephen Daldry’s production of An Inspector Calls has been the National Theatre’s most successful internationally lauded
Audience Makers: Exeter delves into theatre history
Audience Makers is a new project at the Exeter Northcott Theatre to explore and engage the community in the theatre’s rich history
Art improves lives: new theatre skills project in Scotland
A theatre skills project in Scotland improves confidence, health and opportunities for young people. Here’s more on the Scandi arts programme
Cracking | play supports men to talk about mental health
Cracking is a play by Cally Hayes that helps men talk opening about mental health and the pressures they are under.
Priyanka Khandelwal to play Amrita Pritam in Prankur Chaturvedi’s next theatre piece, Azaad Rooh
Azaad Rooh is the new theatre piece by writer Prankur Chaturvedi, where Priyanka Khandelwal plays legendary poet Amrita Pritam
Malory Towers: the epitome of optimism
Malory Towers, a theatre production on tour of the famous stories, is a Busby Berkely-stype production but in an earthy, feminist way
Rotterdam: ‘Trans stories told by trans people are vital’
Trans non-binary actor Lucy Jane Parkinson is starring as Fiona/Adrian in the tour of Jon Brittain’s Olivier award-winning production Rotterdam. Lucy is playing opposite Bethan Cullinane as Alice.
Escaping the Storm: complex sex campaigner Marie Stopes
Controversial sex campaigner Marie Stopes fled to Portland in an attempt to escape the limelight from her contretemps with the Catholic Church. AsOne Theatre’s play Escaping the Storm shines a light on the complexity, brilliance and other sides of the famous (infamous) Stopes. As Escaping the Storm goes on tour, we talk to Jane McKell […]
Ian McKellen tour for 80th birthday includes Exeter
It starts with Gandalf, and could end up with you on stage with him! Ian McKellen is going on tour to celebrate his 80th and raise funds for theatre
One dish to satisfy a thousand different mouths | The Conductor and creating work for an international audience
The Conductor is a play about art persisting in the face of massive challenges. Director Jared McNeill talks about the concert-play and theatre
3 performers, 3 perspectives, 1 international crisis: join Summit at Dartington
Audience invited to be delegates at Summit on international disaster at Dartington Live in a new piece by Dartington alumni Andy Smith