Harm, which has already been screened on BBC Four with Leanne Best, is a new monologue by Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright Phoebe Eclair-Powell and now the one-woman show stars Kelly Gough, familiar most recently from the BBC’s Casualty.
‘Leanne Best is on exceptionally good form’: HARM – BBC Lights Up Festival (Online review)
Harm by Phoebe Eclair-Powell was due to run at London’s Bush Theatre last spring but has now been remade for the small screen.
NEWS: Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre will reopen in May 2021
The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry has announced that its doors will reopen to the public on 17 May 2021, with socially distanced audiences able to enjoy Joe Pasquale and Sarah Earnshaw in John Godber’s April in Paris, which kicks off its UK tour at the venue.
NEWS: Paines Plough makes a ‘Promise to 2021’ with plans for new season
Artistic directors Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner have announced plans for Paines Plough 2021. The year’s programme will see the company return with a team of trailblazing writers in theatre including Chris Bush, Vickie Donoghue, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Ifeyinwa Frederick, Chinonyerem Odimba, Frankie Meredith and Amy Trigg.
Text of the Day: Fury
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk. Favourite stage direction:
FURY – Soho Theatre
New drama about a desperate single mother is powerfully written and raises some disturbing issues.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Fury at Soho Theatre
Phoebe Eclair-Powell’s new and modern interpretation of Medea has made its world premiere at the Soho Theatre, where it runs until 30 July 2016. But according to critics, is it worth a watch?