//Tuning In//, a new co-production between Theatre by the Lake, Miles-Wildin and Ng and Graeae, comes to Keswick next month. It explores the destructive nature of disability prejudice, the damage caused by trying to fit in, and the risk involved in being who you are. All performances of the show have creative captioning and creative… Continue reading Tuning In to Lakeland
Month: May 2023
Re-Member Me
”Remember me,” growls the ghost of Hamlet’s father exiting through the cellarage as dawn sends him back to torment. Bur what of the Hamlet; will he (or she) be remembered? Live theatre performance is ephemeral, that night’s performance survives only in the memory of those who saw or performed it, though film and sound technology… Continue reading Re-Member Me
Three new outdoor shows for Heartbreak
Warwickshire-based Heartbreak Productions is presenting three new plays as part of its 31st year of taking outdoor theatre experiences to audiences across the UK. The plays are Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, MacHamLear by Michael Davies which pits Shakespearean tragedies against one another in a battle of the Bard, and David Walliams’s Bad Dad. Maddy Kerr, executive director of Heartbreak Productions,… Continue reading Three new outdoor shows for Heartbreak
Ghosthunter
I don’t think I have been quite as excited to go and see a theatrical “event” as I was this night. Partly due to the fact that I am a complete scaredy cat, I wondered how I might find an event that was designed to scare you. I can report that I survived. I can… Continue reading Ghosthunter
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Emma Jordan’s meticulous revival of Martin McDonagh’s darkly discomforting The Beauty Queen of Leenane, co-produced by Belfast’s Prime Cut Productions and Lyric Theatre, is a masterly display of Irish theatre at its best. Last seen at the Lyric in 2009, its return comes fortuitously in the wake of McDonagh’s recent film success, The Banshees of Inisherin, with… Continue reading The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Old Rep to stage women-led theatre festival
Birmingham venue the Old Rep is to stage Hysteria, a women-led theatre and arts festival “celebrating the diverse and powerful voices of female-identifying playwrights, directors, actors, creatives and designers”. The festival will showcase new works by creatives from all over the UK and further afield. It aims to highlight the contributions of women to the theatre industry and… Continue reading Old Rep to stage women-led theatre festival
The Invisible Man
This Invisible Man has nothing to do with H G Wells’s science fiction story or any of its cinematic spin-offs. It is the original creation of Dutch company Theatre Artemis which specialises in making work to stimulate young children and their imagination. It doesn’t present an invisible man but can make anything invisible—even the audience.… Continue reading The Invisible Man
Oduba and Peters lead Northampton Snow White cast
Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore Oduba and actress Wendi Peters will head the cast of Northampton Royal and Derngate’s 2023 panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Oduba was crowned Strictly champion in 2016. His musical theatre career has included roles in Grease and the West End production of The Rocky Horror Show. He will play Prince Charming in Snow White. Peters, who… Continue reading Oduba and Peters lead Northampton Snow White cast
Eddie Izzard Performs Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations
Charles Dickens always had a passion for theatre and performance and, had he not become a popular writer, he could well have been a popular actor. His literary success began in 1836 with the publication of the Pickwick Papers and the creation of the character Sam Weller. Dickens’s highly auditory prose, emotional and comic, makes… Continue reading Eddie Izzard Performs Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations
Aerial festival returns to Birmingham
“One of the UK’s largest aerial and physical theatre festivals”, TILT23 will bring together “some of the world’s most renowned artists presenting jaw-dropping, breathtaking physical theatre and aerial performances”. Celebrating its eighth year in Birmingham, TILT23 is produced by physical theatre company RoguePlay. Artists already announced for TILT23 include its producer Kim Wildborne, a specialist… Continue reading Aerial festival returns to Birmingham