Outdoor and site-specific company Imagineer has appointed Angus MacKechnie as creative director and chief executive. MacKechnie is director of OutdoorArtsUK. Previously he worked at the National Theatre in London for more than 30 years, running a wide variety of projects largely related to audience engagement. His appointment follows Jane Hytch’s decision to stand down as… Continue reading MacKechnie takes over at Imagineer
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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
17 Minutes
Andy Rubens is one of the first school guards on duty when he hears a gunshot. It was just noise. He was not sure what he heard. He was trying to “ascertain”. America’s frighteningly familiar multiple shooting events are the basis for 17 Minutes. We need to know who the hero is and who is the… Continue reading 17 Minutes
Family life to fore in new musical
Liverpool writer and musician Asa Murphy has penned a musical play set to première in the city next month. New Generations looks at the importance of love and support within family life and will be performed at Hope Street Theatre September 22–23 for three performances. The play follows the journey a mother and daughter share when… Continue reading Family life to fore in new musical
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
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
It’s an indication of one of modern opera’s most spectacular success stories that the re-issue of this recording from its première 1981 season coincides with the production’s sixth revival, currently showing to sell-out audiences at Glyndebourne, with Peter Hall’s masterpiece of staging now in the hands of original choreographer Lynne Hockney. The visual quality of… Continue reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Friel’s Faith Healer tour to start in Staffordshire
London Classic Theatre is to tour Brian Friel’s Faith Healer beginning at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Consisting of four monologues delivered by three characters, Faith Healer follows the story of Frank, Grace and Teddy, each of whom takes the audience on a journey of shifting perspectives and conflicting memories as they individually reflect on lives… Continue reading Friel’s Faith Healer tour to start in Staffordshire
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