The Game of Love at Liverpool’s Casa Theatre September 28–30 stars Beth McShane as Carol and Sab Muthusamy as Tony. It’s directed by Phil Halfpenny. Set in the late ’60s, it’s a drama about the night a sex worker and her client reveal more about their lives than they intended and both look back at the… Continue reading Playing The Game of Love again
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Thrown
Thrown follows a group of highly motivated women who come together to play in and perhaps win the Highland Games. Initially, they are a group well mixed, excited to be involved. But the flaws in each of the women and in their relationship become the crack that could cost them the competition. But outside is… Continue reading Thrown
Last orders for the English Pub
Farewell Theatre Company will stage a second showing of their new play after a sold-out run. The Death of the English Pub will be at the Talleyrand in Levenshulme, Manchester August 17. Written and performed by Reece Hallam (Me & Thee) alongside Ross Thompson (The Bench) and Ward J Harries (Nobody Loves You & You… Continue reading Last orders for the English Pub
Best Man
Best Man is a solo show that fits snuggly between stand-up and theatre, perhaps leaning a little more towards the ad lib style of performance. There is always one person at wedding that, embarrassingly, stands out for not fitting in. Too often, it is the Best Man. What would a wedding be without the Best… Continue reading Best Man
Richard Chappell revisits Home
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
God Catcher
God Catcher is a musical reworking of the Ovidian version of the Greek myth of Arachne. Eschewing the traditional story of the over-proud weaver of ancient Hypaepa, this instead retells it as the story of a sweet and humble girl, taught to pull the shuttle by her mother and madly entranced by the stories of the… Continue reading God Catcher
RAD and Rambert collaborate on syllabus
Royal Academy of Dance and Rambert will introduce for dance students and teachers Rambert Grades, a contemporary dance syllabus created by Rambert School and dance company Rambert. The syllabus was developed by a team of industry experts with additional solo material created by choreographers Hofesh Shechter, Alesandra Seutin and Benoit Swan Pouffer. Training is accessible… Continue reading RAD and Rambert collaborate on syllabus
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
In Everglade Studio
London, 1974, where the musical duo of Baron and Skye are in a subterranean recording studio trying to hammer out a new album. Their slimy manager Clarke wants all their tracks locked tonight, but doesn’t even seem to care about the quality, and has invited in a young, black musician, Mathilda, to help meld their… Continue reading In Everglade Studio