REVIEW: Caroline Or Change, Playhouse Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews Caroline, or Change at The Playhouse Theatre in London starring Sharon D Clarke
Tony Kushner
REVIEW: The Oberon Book Of Queer Monologues, Oberon Books ✭✭✭✭✭
Actors and readers should come to The Oberon Book Of Queer Monologues ready to be armed and enthused with diversity, representation and, above all, pride.
Caroline, Or Change Transfers To Playhouse Theatre
Sharon D Clarke is to reprise her acclaimed role in the award-winning musical Caroline, or Change when it opens at London’s PlyahouseTheatre later this year. Caroline, Or Change, the critically acclaimed musical by Angels In America playwright Tony Kushner and Tony Award-winning composer of Fun Home Janine Tesori is to transfer to the Playhouse Theatre from 20 November 2018 to 9 February 2019. Caroline, Or Change tickets are now on sale. Sharon D Clarke will reprise her acclaimed role as Caroline and further caasting will be announced soon. Louisiana, 1963. Revolution is in the air, though not so much for Caroline, the poorly paid maid toiling endlessly in the sweltering basement of the Gellman household. It’s a fantastical, magical place amidst the piles of laundry and singing washing machines, especially for eight-year-old Noah Gellman who sneaks downstairs to see her whenever he can. Yet a simple gesture to leave more … Read more
Cast Joining Sharon D Clarke Announced For Caroline Or Change
Final casting has been announced for Hamsptead Theatre’s upcoming production of Caroline Or Change. Following a critically acclaimed sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre last Summer, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s musical Caroline Or Change comes to Hamsptead Theatre from 12 March – 21 April 2018. 1963. In quiet Lake Charles, Louisiana, the destruction of a Confederate statue might just signal that change is in the air… But, whatever the progress of the civil rights movement, in the Gellman household things seem just the same – for now at least. Eight year old Noah, heartbroken by the death of his mother and his father’s remarriage, sneaks down to the basement to spend time with the black maid he idolises, Caroline Thibodeaux: Caroline who runs everything. Whilst the basement may seem a fantastical place – even the appliances have a voice of their own – Caroline’s work there is repetitive and … Read more
REVIEW: Mother Courage and her Children, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
With it’s eerie echoes of today’s top news stories, Mother Courage and her Children makes for some thought-provoking viewing. Add in a show-stealing performance from Lawrence, and this could be essential theatre viewing for November.
FIRST LOOK: Josie Lawrence in Mother Courage and her Children
We are pleased to bring you these great First Look production images by Scott Rylander of Tony Kushner’s new translation of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and her Children which opens tonight at Southwark Playhouse. Mother Courage and her Children stars Josie Lawrence and is directed by Hannah Chiswick, musical supervision and arrangements by David Randall, set and costume design by Barney George, lighting design by Robbie Butler and sound design by Patrick Ball. Mother Courage and her Children will play at Southwark Playhouse from 2 November to 9 December 2017. BOOK NOW FOR MOTHER COURAGE AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
Angels In America Announces Broadway Transfer
It was announced today that the National Theatre’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia will transfer to Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre for a limited eighteen week engagement from February 23, 2018. Marianne Elliott’s new production opened at the National Theatre earlier this yea to rave reviews. The production is presented in two halves Part One – Millenium Approaches and Part Two – Perestroika. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on Broadway will star two-time Tony Award-winner Nathan Lane and Academy Award nominee Andrew Garfield. The production will also feature original National Theatre cast members Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Amanda Lawrence, James McArdle and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett with other casting announced shortly. When it first premiered, Angels in America won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, seven Tony Awards, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Angels in America on Broadway will be produced by Tim Levy (Director, … Read more
Josie Lawrence to star in Mother Courage and her Children
Multi award-winning actress Josie Lawrence is to star in a new production of Mother Courage and her Children at Southwark Playhouse from November 2 – December 9, 2017. Bertolt Brecht’s classic play is translated by Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright whose epic play Angels In America is currently playing at the National Theatre. Josie said: “I first read Mother Courage when I was an 18-year-old drama student and immediately fell in love with the play. Now I feel ready to play her. It’s a major tick on my theatrical bucket list.” In a land ravaged by war, Mother Courage pulls her cart with her three children in the wake of the army, trading with soldiers and attempting to make profit from the war. Widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, Mother Courage And Her Children has been described as the greatest anti-war … Read more
