After its annual festival in Suffolk, HighTide will transfer a selection of new writing for a London run at a new temporary theatre in Walthamstow.
NEWS: Royal Court launches temporary space The Site with season of new work
Tickets go on sale today for the Royal Court Theatre’s temporary theatre space The Site, “an experiment in design, collaboration and process” curated by Royal Court Associate Designer Chloe Lamford.
Podcast: Girls is about the girls, not Boko Haram’s Chibok kidnapping
Listen to the podcast from the post-show Q&A chaired by Mates co-founder Terri Paddock with multi award-winning debut playwright Theresa Ikoko and the cast of GIRLS at Soho Theatre.
New post-show Q&A: Terri interviews Girls author Theresa Ikoko & cast, 22 Oct
As part of her post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to award-winning author Theresa Ikoko and the cast of Mates-acclaimed GIRLS at London’s Soho Theatre after the matinee performance on Saturday 22 October 2016. Got any questions?
Text of the Day: Girls
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
GIRLS – Soho Theatre
New captive drama is well-written in a symbolic vein that helps to humanise the story behind the headlines.
GIRLS – HighTide Festival & Soho Theatre
The faces of Nigerian Chibok schoolgirls – kidnapped en masse from school or in smaller village raids – haunt the world. Bright teenage faces compulsorily veiled look out of the bullying videos: destined for prisoner exchange if they’re lucky, for rape, enslavement or suicide bombs if not.
Favourite Stage Direction: Joanne
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
JOANNE – Soho Theatre
On my way to see this show, I had to walk across Soho in central London. No fewer than five people asked me for money; one was a real hassle. Yes, I know the government says that the economy is booming, but the record number of homeless in the capital tells a very different story. Yes, I bumped into five of them in 15 minutes, although I know there are thousands more. And maybe one of them is, like this play, called Joanne.