World Premiere of Guy Slater’s Eastern Star Comes To Tara Arts
Guy Slater’s play Eastern Star is to have its World Premiere at Tara Arts in September 2018.
Month: July 2018
REVIEW: Private Peaceful, Frinton Summer Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Simon Reade’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s book Private Peaceful presented at the Frinton Summer Theatre.
Is Hamilton Headed To A Movie Screen Or A TV Near You?
A bidding war is currently underway for a specially recorded presentation of Broadway’s mega-hit musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The Wall Street Journal has reported that rather than making a new movie musical at this stage, a recording of the original Broadway production Hamilton made over two nights may well be the first wer see of the musical on screen. The recording features the Original Broadway cast with Miranda in the title role and according to reports even includes an interval. The interesting question at the moment is whether we will see the special recording on the big screen or through an online streaming service like Netflix on our own screens at home. Hamilton, a musical about American founding father Alexander Hamilton, which melds traditional musical theatre with hip hop tapped the cultural zeitgiest from the moment it opened in 2015. The show has already grossed more than $USD400,000,000 on … Read more
Dublin Theatre Festival 2018 Programme Announced
This year’s Dublin Theatre Festival features a seductive selection of new work, including World and European Premieres, fresh versions of classic plays and adventurous international productions created by both renowned artists and emerging voices. A powerful Irish programme by leading theatre makers includes 10 new works, and is complemented by a strong international programme including two productions from the US and Belgium, work from Poland, Netherlands, Australia and the UK. From intimate encounters in found spaces to the grander scale of Shakespearean drama, ballet and opera, there are portraits of individuals corrupted by power, testimonies from dissenting voices and challenges to received narratives. These theatrical experiences are all connected by one thing, the need for an audience to gather together in a shared time and space. Artistic Director Willie White said: ‘Whether this is your first time seeing a festival show or you have been coming for years, there’s something … Read more
Salad Days The Musical Tour
Wendi Peters is to star in Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds’ musical Salad Days when it tours in 2018.
Edinburgh Fringe Preview Part Two
Mark Ludmon picks out some of the new writing highlights at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe This year’s Edinburgh Fringe offers an incredible choice of new writing, including many world premieres. Alongside the powerhouse of the Traverse Theatre, venues such as Summerhall have now established a reputation for exciting new theatre, especially with the return of Paines Plough’s Roundabout space. But don’t always follow the crowd: there are plays by new writers being staged across the city, giving you a chance to catch new and emerging talent. The Fishermen Having its world premiere at Home in Manchester in July, this new play is an adaptation of Chigozie Obioma’s Man Booker prize-shortlisted novel by Fringe First-winning playwright Gbolahan Obisesan. Presented by Nottingham-based theatre company New Perspectives, it is an allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate about four brothers in a small Nigerian town whose lives are changed forever. The cast includes Michael Ajao … Read more
Edinburgh Fringe Preview Part One
Mark Ludmon picks out some of the new writing highlights at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe This year’s Edinburgh Fringe offers an incredible choice of new writing, including many world premieres. Alongside the powerhouse of the Traverse Theatre, venues such as Summerhall have now established a reputation for exciting new theatre, especially with the return of Paines Plough’s Roundabout space. But don’t always follow the crowd: there are plays by new writers being staged across the city, giving you a chance to catch new and emerging talent. Angry Alan Roger thinks the world’s gone mad: he hates his job, his ex-wife torments him and his girlfriend just discovered feminism. Then he discovers Angry Alan, online activist and “voice of reason”. This darkly comic new play about masculinity in crisis is written by award-winning writer Penelope Skinner and performed by Donald Sage Mackay. Underbelly, Cowgate: 2-26 August. Book Now! The Approach … Read more
GOSSIP: Bette Midler to star in Hello Dolly! at London Palladium in 2019
We’ve been hearing gossip that following her triumphant Broadway run as Dolly Levi in Jerry Herman’s Hello Dolly!, Bette Midler may star in the show at the London Palladium in 2019. Put on your Sunday clothes because rumour has it that Bette Midler will be starring in the London transfer of Jerry Herman’s Hello Dolly! in 2019. The show is rumoured to be all set to play the London Palladium for a limited season. The show which has been playing for over a year on Broadway garnered 4 2017 Tony Awards including Best Actress and Best Revival Of A Musical. This production of the classic musical is directed by Jerry Zaks and marked Midler’s first Broadway musical appearance in 40 years. Midler is currently back in the Broadway production for a brief stint by popular demand before the show closes. Join our mailing list to be kept informed of all … Read more
