ChewBoy Productions has launched ChewFest, a brand-new multi-arts festival for early-career creatives to experiment for free. The inaugural event runs for one week at London’s Lion and Unicorn Theatre from 23 to 28 May 2022.
‘London is a character of its own in the play’: Jamie O’Neill on the premiere of Volcano
Jamie O’Neill stars in Proforca Theatre’s Volcano, co-written by James Lewis and Georgie Bailey, which premieres at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre from 8 to 12 March 2022. He took a break from rehearsals to tell us more about it.
FEATURED SHOW: Debs Newbold’s ★★★★★ Lost in Blue is ‘as hilarious as it is poignant’. Reviews are in!
Debs Newbold’s Offies-nominated, one-woman Lost in Blue is “a gripping story… as hilarious as it is poignant”, says Broadway Baby. We’ve rounded up highlights from the show’s raft of other five- and four-star reviews. Just a handful of chances left to see the show at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre, where it must end this Saturday 26 February 2022.
PHOTOS: Debs Newbold is in full storytelling action in one-woman play Lost in Blue
Debs Newbold officially opens to press tonight (17 February 2022) at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre in her acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue, running for a limited season until 26 February 2022. Have a look at our bumper gallery of brand-new production photos, which really capture the dynamism of Debs’ storytelling. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Jamie O’Neill stars in Volcano, Proforca Theatre’s latest premiere at Lion & Unicorn
After lauded productions of Feel, At Last and Lately, Proforca Theatre premieres its latest new play by James Lewis, co-written with Georgie Bailey, at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre next month. Volcano runs from 8 to 12 March 2022.
‘This is a story about hope’: WATCH the trailer for Debs Newbold’s ‘astounding’ Lost in Blue
We’re counting down to the London transfer of Debs Newbold’s acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue, which runs at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from 15 to 26 February 2022. The evocative trailer shows how storytelling, live music and sound technology blend together to brilliant effect.
‘Vincent was living in that room when he did his ear’: Debs Newbold on how Vincent Van Gogh inspired her play Lost in Blue
In the second of our two-part Lost in Blue interview, writer and performer Debs Newbold discusses how Vincent Van Gogh’s art inspired both the play and her own experiments with painting. Time to get booking!
‘I am trying to paint pictures in the heads of the audience’: Debs Newbold on the power of sound in Lost in Blue
Lost in Blue, the gripping story of a man in a coma as told by the daughter who helped to put him there, comes to London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre in February. In the first of our two-part interview, we talk to writer and performer Debs Newbold about the piece’s genesis, her relationship with director John Wright and the power of sound.
PHOTOS: Behind the scenes with Debs Newbold rehearsing Lost in Blue
Writer and performer Debs Newbold brings her acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue to London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre next month. Sneak a peek behind the scenes as she blends storytelling, live music and sound technology together. Time to get booking!
NEWS: One-woman show Lost in Blue transfers to London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre
After award-winning success at the Edinburgh Fringe and on tour, one-woman show Lost in Blue, written and performed by Debs Newbold, transfers to the Lion & Unicorn Theatre for its first full London season next month, running from 15 to 26 February 2020. Time to get booking!
FEATURED SHOW: Proforca’s ‘exquisite & lyrical’ ★★★★ Lately transfers to Albany Theatre
After two stints at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre, a slew of four-star reviews and an Offies nomination for Best New Play, Proforca Theatre’s premiere of James Lewis’ latest play Lately now heads to Coventry’s Albany Theatre with a stellar new pairing.
‘There is a real understanding of that teenage desire to be someone else’: LATELY – London & Coventry ★★★★
God, teenagers. Don’t you just want to shake them sometimes? Scream at them that their lives are a marathon, not a sprint.
NEWS: Hard-hitting play about LGBTQ+ hate crime My Boy Danny premieres at Lion & Unicorn
Originally devised as an educational piece in the height of the Zoom era of the pandemic, Alfie James’ My Boy Danny will have its live performance debut at the Lion & Unicorn next month.
Will we see more alternating casts in the future?: Terri Paddock is in the chair for a Lately Q&A at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Lately is the third new play premiered by and specially created for new writing company Proforca Theatre to be performed at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre. Terri Paddock hosts a Q&A.
FEATURED SHOW: Proforca Lately adds new dates & tours on back of ★★★★ reviews
After opening to a slew of four-star reviews last week, Proforca Theatre has announced extra performances of its acclaimed production of Lately. We’ve rounded up review highlights. Time to get booking!
‘Writing, direction & performances of the highest quality’: LATELY – Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Proforça Theatre’s Lately doesn’t directly address the pandemic, but the emotions it portrays – loneliness, loss and a longing for escape – are feelings audiences will relate to perhaps even more powerfully given the extraordinary events of the past eighteen months.
INTERVIEW: Writer & director Leo Flanagan on transferring Feathers from a bookshop during lockdown to the Lion & Unicorn
After a site-specific lockdown run at the Calder Bookshop, Feathers transfers to the Lion & Unicorn Theatre this month. We caught up with Gutter Street’s writer/director Leo Flanagan about the play and the company’s unique approach to making theatre.
‘Young love is under the microscope in James Lewis’ knotty two-hander’: LATELY – Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Callum and Alison are instantly drawn to each other when they meet at school. Or it could be university. We never know. We’re in Shithole-on-Sea and our sense of place is, fittingly, all at sea.
PHOTOS: Lately’s two alternating casts take to the stage for Proforca premiere
Which Cal & Alf will you get? Two different pairings take to the stage this week in James Lewis’ new two-hander Lately at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre. Check out our head-to-head photo galleries!
NEWS: Proforca Theatre announces alternating casts for Lately premiere
The premiere of two-hander Lately will be performed by alternating duos at London’s Lion and Unicorn Theatre next month. Casting has now been announced.