Leicester theatre Curve is to stage Indigo, an “uplifting and heart-warming” new musical, in its studio theatre in summer 2025. Produced by Sing Out, Louise! Productions in association with Curve, Indigo is a story of three generations of women navigating their need to reach one another. Exploring themes of living with Alzheimer’s, autism and synaesthesia, the musical’s run… Continue reading Musical to have UK première at Curve
Month: February 2025
James Graham play to punch its weight on Broadway
James Graham’s play Punch which had its première at Nottingham Playhouse in 2024 will go to Broadway in autumn 2025. The Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) will present the Broadway première at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre. It will be directed by Nottingham Playhouse artistic director Adam Penford who will make his Broadway and American directorial debut. Penford… Continue reading James Graham play to punch its weight on Broadway
The Valley of Queens
Curl Girl Productions is a West Midlands-based theatre company, led by artistic director Kiren Jogi, which focusses on South East Asian culture. The Valley of Queens is a piece of verbatim theatre performed by a cast of five women. It was created out of a project funded by Creative Black Country in which women aged fifty and… Continue reading The Valley of Queens
Aladdin
For the fourth year running, Paul Hendy and Emily Wood’s Evolution Productions has teamed up with York Theatre Royal’s Juliet Forster to present a family-oriented and feel-good take on a traditional Christmas panto. Sticking closely to the conventional plot, Sario Solomon’s Aladdin (but you can call him Al) goes from rags to riches in his… Continue reading Aladdin
The Housetrap
Secrets and lies abound in The Housetrap,but will the audience ever correctly guess whodunnit? For the finale of their 18th birthday celebrations, Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) is on the road again, and instead of taking a flight of fantasy on a Boeing 747, they are instead in residence at the magnificent West Horsley Place. Star of BBC’s Ghosts and… Continue reading The Housetrap