//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 2024
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
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
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
Tosca
It takes a lot to upstage Anna Netrebko in full flight, but director Davide Livermore comes pretty close to it in this constantly shifting, shape-changing production. The huge walls of Sant’ Andrea slide into each other, the chapel rotates, tombs and statues come and go. It’s a bit like watching a show at a theatre… Continue reading Tosca
Elmhurst and Michelin-starred Purnell join forces
Birmingham dance and culinary talents will unite for a fundraising event on 11 July 2023 as Elmhurst Ballet School presents its Centenary Summer Ball and Birmingham-born Michelin star chef Glynn Purnell curates the evening’s menu. Purnell received Birmingham’s first Michelin star in 2005. He has taken part in The Great British Menu, winning twice and appearing… Continue reading Elmhurst and Michelin-starred Purnell join forces
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Newcastle Theatre Royal has a strong and varied programme this year with musicals, ballets and plays, and this week (June 6–10), it presents a deeply moving and beautifully human dramatisation of the novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo, created by the same production team behind The Kite Runner, seen in Newcastle in 2018. Many people will have read… Continue reading The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Much Ado about free shows in Notts and Stratford
Nottingham Shakespeare Company is to stage free, open-air productions of Much Ado About Nothing around Nottinghamshire and will also take the play to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s open-air venue The Dell in Stratford. Emma Carlton and Christopher Collins, familiar to audiences from NSC’s 2022 production of The Comedy of Errors, will play Beatrice and Benedick. Newcomer Grace Deavall and… Continue reading Much Ado about free shows in Notts and Stratford
National Dance Awards 2023
The winners of the 2023 National Dance Awards were announced at a ceremony at The Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill Gate, the first time the event has been held there. The awards—voted by the 60 dance critics of the Critics’ Circle—are for performances seen during 2022. The winners came from a list of 70 nominations… Continue reading National Dance Awards 2023