‘It was the most touching play of deep interactions and conversations about painful but loving memories.’ Those words come from one of several impressed reviewers that have caught up with the world premiere of multi-award-winning writer Lita Doolan’s play The Wyre Lady Of Fleetwood – about the gentrification of Fleetwood fishing lofts – which continues online at this year’s Brighton Fringe until 27 June 2021.
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NEWS: London’s Exchange Theatre celebrates its 15th anniversary with a special online behind the scenes documentary
The London-based multicultural and multilingual migrant theatre company Exchange Theatre is celebrating its 15th birthday with IN Exchange, a feature-length company documentary that goes behind the scenes of its 2018 production of Molière’s Misanthrope, available online and on demand from 15 June to 15 September 2021.
NEWS: Adam Kay – This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor) returns to the West End
Award-winning comedian Adam Kay will be sharing entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in an “electrifying” evening of stand-up and music, Adam Kay – This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor), running at London’s Palace Theatre from 21-26 June 2021.
WATCH: Blue Devil release stylish new Dorian Gray trailer
Following sold out performances during the first weekend of the Brighton Fringe, Blue Devil Productions has released a stunning new trailer for their version of The Tragedy of Dorian Gray. Watch it now, then book your tickets to see it live or online!
NEWS: Writer & actor Mark Lockyer brings the UK premiere of Take Off Your Cornflakes to the White Bear Theatre
Having played to sell-out audiences across Ireland in 2019 Rose Henderson and Pat Nolan’s critically-acclaimed play Take Off Your Cornflakes receives its UK premiere at London’s White Bear Theatre from 2-12 June 2021, adapted by and starring Mark Lockyer.
FIRST LOOK: Peek at the pictures of Dorian Gray’s new adaptation
With just weeks to go until Ross Dinwiddy’s new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale, The Tragedy of Dorian Gray, takes to the stage at Brighton Fringe, take a first look at the filmed version which can also be watched online this summer.
NEWS: White Bear Theatre reopens with satirical monologue Villain In Tinseltown (A warning from George Sanders)
Presented by an OffWestEnd OnComm awarded team, David Harrold’s play Villain In Tinseltown – ‘a satirical monologue and life warning from the legendary, Oscar-winning actor George Sanders – is the production reopening London’s White Bear Theatre from 18- 29 May 2021.
FEATURED POST: Mercurius Theatre’s Jenny Eastop looks forward to an exciting collaboration as director & producer with S&S Theatre Productions
Jenny Eastop, the multiple Offie-nominated director and producer for London-based Mercurius Theatre, will be playing a vital role in the transformation of the prestigious S&S Award into S&S Theatre Productions, dedicated to producing radical new musical theatre with partnerships between the UK and the USA.
FEATURED POST: Writing award co-founders Warner Brown & Caroline Underwood launch the transformation into S&S Theatre Productions
Since the early days of the S&S Award – given to the best new unproduced musical of the year – its founders, literary agent Caroline Underwood and writer Warner Brown, have longed to encourage links between the UK musical writing scene and that of the US. Now, with the Award becoming S&S Theatre Productions, Caroline and Warner will have the opportunity to do just that, presenting co-productions of new, radical musical theatre both Off-West End and Off-Broadway.
NEWS: ‘Devil of a musical’ The Sorrows Of Satan is set for streaming premiere
Luke Bateman, Michael Conley, Stefan Bednarczyk and Molly Lynch will star in the streaming premiere of The Sorrows Of Satan, ‘a hell of a comedy about a devil of a musical’, from 5-8 May 2021 and then on-demand from 9-31 May.
FEATURED POST: S&S Theatre Productions’ launch is a ‘natural extension’ of its namesake award, says composer & winner Tim Gilvin
In an exciting development the prestigious S&S Award has turned producer to become S&S Theatre Productions, dedicated to producing radical new musical theatre with partnerships between the UK and the USA. Literary agent Caroline Underwood and writer Warner Brown (who originally co-founded the Award in 2011) have joined forces with London-based, multiple Offie-nominated Mercurius Theatre and Kent Nicholson, doyen of new musical theatre …
NEWS: Dorian Gray to be pictured live and online at Brighton Fringe
A brand new version of Oscar Wilde’s classis tale, The Tragedy of Dorian Gray, which sets the tale in amid the swinging 60s, will run as both a live and streamable production at the Brighton Fringe this summer. Book your tickets now!
NEWS: Top writing award turns producer: S&S Theatre Productions dedicates itself to transatlantic, radical new musical theatre
The S&S Award is turning producer to become S&S Theatre Productions, dedicated to producing radical new musical theatre with partnerships between the UK and the USA.
NEWS: Musical Cases is back with a new studio album now available
Marking four years since its London premiere, Dominic Powell’s musical Cases returns in a studio album released to all online music stores with a dynamic new score, band and orchestral arrangements, and additional songs performed by an exciting West End cast. The album has already had 10,000 views across all media platforms.
NEWS: Aurora Theatre’s production of new play Choices features in the company’s online collection Covid & Cigarettes
As part of Aurora Theatre Hong Kong’s plans to celebrate its tenth anniversary, the independent theatre company produced Covid & Cigarettes, a collection of original, online 10-minute plays employing 30 actors, 13 playwrights and 10 directors from all around the world (including Hong Kong, New York, Zurich, Sydney and more).
NEWS: CtrlAltRepeat’s highly-acclaimed immersive show Viper Squad is back & this time it’s Remastered
CtrlAltRepeat’s award-winning immersive theatre show Viper Squad, a lovingly-crafted, tongue-in-cheek homage to 1980s action classics and point-and-click adventure games, is back every Friday from 29 January 2021. Viper Squad: Remastered takes the original and dials it all up to 11.
NEWS: Creation Theatre’s latest online production is Grimm Tales for Fragile Times & Broken People
Oxford-based Creation Theatre is presenting its online production of Grimm Tales for Fragile Times & Broken People, a deliciously dark and twisted set of fairy tales, from 28 January to 14 February 2021.
NEWS: Ria Jones & Justin Matthew Sargent play a part in the launch of new children’s book The Boy Who Wanted to Rock
West End star Ria Jones and Broadway powerhouse Justin Matthew Sargent are helping launch David Weiser’s new music-themed children’s book, The Boy Who Wanted to Rock.
NEWS: Goblin Theatre Company goes online with Christmas musical The Ballad of Rudy
Goblin Theatre Company will present its Christmas musical The Ballad of Rudy via live-stream on 27 December 2020 at 3pm from The Crazy Coqs at London’s Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
NEWS: Bloom Theatre presents new digital play Avalanche – a story of acceptance, struggle & triumph – in January 2021
Bloom Theatre is back from 7 January to 7 February 2021 with a digital production of new play Avalanche, written by the company’s co-founders, Simon Fraser and Jack Albert Cook. The play deals with the aftermath of sexual assault and its effects on the mind and body.