Theatre Royal Plymouth confirms more than 100 jobs at risk
The Theatre Royal Plymouth has confirmed that more that 100 jobs are at risk as the theatre struggles to survive in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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South and South West Theatre Highlights 2020
Mark Ludmon previews South and South West Theatre Highlights in 2020.
Cast announced for UK Premiere of Amsterdam at Orange Tree Theatre
Casting has been announced for the UK premiere of Maya Arad Yasur’s play Amsterdam directed by Matthew Xia at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.
Highlights of theatre outside London 2019 – Part Three
Mark Ludmon continues his look at theatrical highlights outside of London in 2019. Birmingham Hippodrome is collaborating with Curve in Leicester on a new production of the musical, The Color Purple, based on the book by Alice Walker. It tells the turbulent life story of an African-American woman in America’s South, with a score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray that draws on jazz, ragtime, gospel and blues. Directed by Tinuke Craig, it will be at Curve from 28 June to 13 July and at Birmingham Hippodrome from 16 to 20 July. Nottingham Playhouse will stage One Night In Miami… (7 to 22 June), Kemp Powers’ in-your-face imagined account of what happened in 1964 when four legendary figures came together in a motel room: heavyweight champion Cassius Clay, activist Malcolm X, American football icon Jim Brown and soul star Sam Cooke. First performed at the Donmar Warehouse in … Read more
REVIEW: The War Has Not Yet Started, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews Mikhail Durnenkov’s strange tale The War Has Not Yet Started at Southwark Playhouse
Theatre Royal Plymouth brings new plays to London
A mini-season of plays that had their UK premieres at The Drum at Theatre Royal Plymouth is to run in repertoire at London’s Southwark Playhouse from January.
REVIEW: Merit, Finborough Theatre ✭✭✭
Merit at The Finborough by Alexandra Wood explores the unravelling relationship between a mother and daughter during the financial crash in 2013 Spain. A fast paced two-hander, the play confronts the morality of ambition, the nature of altruism and how success affects our responsibilities to family and friends.
