Have a peek at what a modern take on Shakespeare’s drama of vengeance, commodities, appearance and reality with rehearsal images from the new production of The Merchant of Venice directed by Alex Pearson. Book your tickets now!
BEHIND THE SCENES: Peek into the rehearsal room for new psychological thriller Mites
An isolated woman, a pest controller and a talking cat… but which is which? We think we’ve got one character sussed! Take a look at these candid images from the rehearsal room of new darkly comic tale Mites for a hint of what to expect from James Mannion’s latest play, then book your tickets!
BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a look at the making of a monster in rehearsals for Frankenstein
There are no bolts in sight; the monster in the new touring version of Frankenstein is made with pen and paper. Get a glimpse of its creation, and the action coming together, in these rehearsal images, then book your tickets.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a look at what’s going down in rehearsals for Danelaw
Go undercover at a “whites-only homeland”… sort of. The cast and creatives of the new adaptation of Danelaw have taken to social media to give you a peek behind the scenes at what they’ve been creating, including a snippet of a scene! Take a look at our favourite tweets and insta posts, then book your tickets!
NEWS: Britain becomes a giant golf course in dystopian thriller The Open
Taking a swing at what might happen 30 years into Britain’s future, new dystopian tale The Open, which tees off at The Space later this month, imagines a giant golf course where our green and pleasant land used to be. Time to book your tickets!
BEHIND THE SCENES: Go down the rabbit hole and into rehearsals for Alice in Canning Town
It may be seemingly free of enchanted food, grinning felines and time-concerned rabbits, but you can already see larger than life characters emerging in these rehearsal pictures of Alice in Canning Town. Take a look, then book your tickets!
BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a peek into rehearsals for the darkly comic My Name is Cathy
Teddies, wine and microwave meals – the rehearsal images for My Name is Cathy paint a picture of trying to comfort yourself, which is unsurprising given the play follows a teacher looking back at when everything went wrong. Book your tickets now.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a look into the rehearsal room for Two’s Company’s revival of domestic drama Go Bang Your Tambourine
Tuneful trumpets and candlesticks wielded in anger – take a look at our gallery of rehearsal images to get a hint of what you might expect from Philip King’s 1970 drama Go Bang Your Tambourine when it opens at Finborough Theatre next month. Book your tickets now!
WATCH: Director Patrick Bayele and the cast of How To Save The World tell us how the new play is something we’ve “not seen anywhere else”.
“This play is going to change your life.” It’s a bold statement, but you can’t help but believe Patrick Bayele, director of How To Save The World, when you look into his eyes. He believes. Watch the behind the scenes interview with Bayele and his cast, then book your tickets.
NEWS: Acclaimed company Crowded Room premieres new play about facing death, The Colours, at Soho Theatre
Following critical acclaimed for their previous play The Listening Room, theatre company Crowded Room stages the world premiere of new verbatim play preparing for the end of life, The Colours, at Soho Theatre. Book your tickets now.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Coo over these promo images and rehearsal pics from new intergenerational drama Pigeons
“We need you to sit in a park for the afternoon” – surely a phrase any actor would love to hear on a warm summer day. That’s what Marlene Sidaway and Max Fricker got up to in preparation for bringing the bench-set Pigeons to Camden Fringe this summer. Take a look at the evidence, then book your tickets!
BEHIND THE SCENES: Go backstage with footage of rehearsals for new drama The Chaos Theory
We love to peek behind the curtain, to see the working parts that lead to the smooth polished show presented to an audience, so this footage of rehearsals for new drama The Chaos Theory is a treat… as is the outtakes footage that didn’t make it to the official video. Have a watch, then book your tickets!
FIRST LOOK: Discover more about deportation drama Lunatic 19s with new production images
Neck braces, guns and lots of anguish – that’s what we initially take from Marian Medic’s new production images for Finborough Theatre’s world premiere of Tegan McLeod’s Lunatic 19s – A Deportational Road Trip. Check out the gallery, then book your tickets.
BEHIND THE SCENES: How to perfect the perfect pistol whip in Lunatic 19s rehearsals
It’s not every day that you’re taught to deliver a knockout blow with the butt of a gun, or, at least, appear to convincingly do so, but that’s what’s been happening in rehearsals for the world premiere of Tegan McLeod’s Lunatic 19s – A Deportational Road Trip.
BEHIND THE SCENES: See art being created with a peek into rehearsals for new play Reformation
Take a look at the creative process of a play about artist Lucas Cranach and events that interrupt the painter’s own process with rehearsal images from James Martin Charlton’s new play Reformation. Book your tickets now!
NEWS: Fall Prettier gives Medea a glittery make-over at The Space
New international performance collaboration Wet Paint brings its first production, Fall Prettier, to The Space later this month, promising a wacky, brutal and glitter-dusted take on appropriation of women’s narratives. Time to book your tickets!
PHOTOS: Sneak into the rehearsal room for new comedy Cuttings, set in the world of theatrical PR
What does the world of a theatre PR look like? These snaps from the rehearsals of Cuttings aren’t giving much away apart from a stark contrast between pensive worry and joy. But maybe that’s just rehearsals? Take a look then book your tickets for this new comedy.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Peek into rehearsals for Original Theatre Company’s UK tour of Napoli, Brooklyn
Look closely at the bare brick wall in these images from the rehearsals of Napoli, Brooklyn and you’ll see some exquisite design work adding colour to the rehearsal room. Check out what went on before the production hit the road, then book your tickets for its Park Theatre season.
FIRST LOOK: Step into the nation-building world of interactive theatre show Drawing The Line
Homemade towers, looming scoreboards, tiny tugs of war – welcome to the world of Drawing the Line, the new interactive show from Hidden Track Theatre encouraging audiences to found their own nations at the Deptford Lounge. Take a look at the pictures, then book your tickets.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Creep into the anarchic world of interactive show Drawing The Line
Hidden Track Theatre will give audiences the exciting chance to roll up their sleeves, get involved and create their own country when their new show Drawing the Line premieres at the Albany Theatre’s Deptford Lounge in May. Book your tickets now.
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