Richard Chappell Dance will tour Infinite Ways Home to Swansea, Ormskirk and Milton Keynes alongside Home Revisited, an evening celebrating dance talent in South West England. Following two previous tours, Chappell’s first full-length production for a mid-scale stage, Infinite Ways Home, returns with performances at Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea (19 October), Edge Hill University, Ormskirk (26 October) and Venue MK,… Continue reading Richard Chappell revisits Home
Month: August 2023
Raising Kane
Orson Welles, self-proclaimed genius, a larger-than-life figure and a star who bloomed so early he never quite managed to make sense of himself. What was his story, and what does it mean to be born into greatness? David Shopland picks up the heavy mantle of Kane, bedecked in grey greasepaint and monochromatic clothes, to cast… Continue reading Raising Kane
New York’s Welcome to Campfire sci-fi danceplay
Making their London debut, New York-based dance theatre duo Welcome to Campfire. will present The Pigeon & The Mouse at The Space Theatre 9–11 September 2023. The sci-fi dance-play is set in the aftermath of a civil war that has forced the city into quarantine, where two lovers shelter together in an abandoned church. An evacuation order… Continue reading New York’s Welcome to Campfire sci-fi danceplay
MEAT
Wearing little more than a reddish meat-coloured leotard, Ellie Dillon-Reams sets out to talk about being a woman, and feeling like a piece of meat. It’s not exactly a subtle metaphor, although this performance is teeming with metaphorical allusions, especially towards the animal kingdom. It’s also largely performed in verse, as she measures out her… Continue reading MEAT
Secret Summer outings in Oldham
Stand and Be Counted and Oldham Coliseum theatres jointly stage Secret Summer—a free, immersive audio adventure for families. The events take place in Oldham’s Alexandra Park and Shaw’s Dunwood Park on the August bank holiday weekend and run every half an hour each day from 12–3PM. The parks become immersive adventure trails, in a project originally… Continue reading Secret Summer outings in Oldham
Young Love
Previous productions from Dare to Know Theatre have been modest in scale but high in quality. With an original score composed by Chloe Greenfield, choreography by Jayne Sladen, not to mention a cast totalling 17 performers and breaking the single-act barrier, Young Love is a swaggeringly confident show, not characterised by a lack of ambition.… Continue reading Young Love
Perfect casting for Sheffield debut play
We Could All Be Perfect is the debut play by Doncaster writer and actor Hannah Morley, commissioned, developed and produced by Sheffield Theatres and performed in its intimate and flexible Playhouse. The cast includes Anshula Bain, Heather Forster, Rosa Hesmondhalgh, Alice Walker and Jada-Li Warrican, all making their Sheffield Theatres debuts. A teenage girl steps… Continue reading Perfect casting for Sheffield debut play
Andalucia
Classical music meets flamenco. One may ask, how can classical music go with flamenco? Well, see this show and you will know that in the right hands, they can complement each other. The show premièred this year and is based on the music of the eight cities of Andalucia. Daniel Martinez, director of the company,… Continue reading Andalucia
Winnie and friends take seaside break
Disney’s Winnie the Pooh takes a Grand trip to the seaside. Winnie and friends bounce into The Grand Theatre August 14–16. Deep in Hundred Acre Wood, an exciting new adventure is about to happen… This musical adaptation is told through the eyes of characters that have played roles in the lives of children for generations. Created by… Continue reading Winnie and friends take seaside break
My Last Two Brain Cells
Brain Cell 64,928,460,784 (Joe Pike) welcomes us, the hormones, for a rare tour of Gary’s brain, which can’t start until we’ve had the full health and safety briefing. Brain Cell 12 (Tom Hazelden) wants to bring some much-needed excitement to the tour; after all, why go through all that, when there hasn’t been a single… Continue reading My Last Two Brain Cells