Unlimited Festival: Making an Impact in Glasgow
Tramway’s Unlimited Festival at Glasgow is showcasing exceptional new work from disabled artists and trying to make a lasting an impact in Glasgow.
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“The Merchant of Venice” Opera That’s Been 55 Years in the Making
For a composer in search of characters and a good plot, Shakespeare might appear a rich source,...
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“A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer” Heading to the National Theatre
In 2001, at the age of 20, I was diagnosed with stage 3 metastatic testicular cancer. As a cancer...
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Blast Theory on “a Mission to Maintain a Sense of Liveness and Participation”
The Brighton-based Blast Theory is one of the world leading interactive performance companies that...
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Simon Starling and Graham Eatough: “At Twilight: A Play for Two Actors, Three Musicians, One Dancer, Eight Masks (and a Donkey Costume)”
Set in the leafy grounds of Holmwood House in Glasgow’s Southside, Simon Starling and Graham...
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London: Integrated Casting
It is sad to record that the main controversy provoked by this summer’s West End mega-hit, Harry...
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London: The Americans are coming!
Some of the best shows on the London stage hail from across the pond, and more American delights...
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London Theatre: In Mourning for Brexit
Earlier this month, on 16 August, I went to a small, slightly stuffy London venue called Theatre...
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London: War on Harry Potter Ticket Touts
The hottest show in London’s West End this year, and for the foreseeable future, is Harry Potter...
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Edinburgh Festivals: How They Became the World’s Biggest Arts Event
The Edinburgh Festival is upon us again, a three-week spectacular that turns the Scottish capital...
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What is “Ketamine: The Musical?”
A “profound and numbing” play dedicated to the powerful psychedelic drug ketamine is due to open...
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Caryl Churchill’s “Pigs and Dogs” at the Royal Court Theatre
Caryl Churchill’s new 10-minute play, Pigs and Dogs, just opened at the Royal Court Theatre, under...
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What It’s Like To Be A Puppet Maker
Have you ever watched the original Thunderbirds and tried to count all the strings? Well, puppets...
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The Hamlet Commons
Setting Shakespeare in modern Africa is risky business for a white first-world director. That...
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Interview: Michael Boyd On Staging “Eugene Onegin” For Garsington Opera
Sir Michael Boyd was born in Belfast and studied English at Edinburgh University. In 1979 he won a...
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“Sex Workers’ Opera” by Experimental Experience Theatre Company
Sex work has long been a contentious issue – divisive for feminists and policy makers alike. The...
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Jailed Pussy Riot Member To Make UK Acting Debut In Censorship Play
A member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot who was jailed over an anti-Putin protest is to make...
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Russian Comedies Shake Up UK Theaters
British stages have long been in love with Anton Chekhov and Nikolai Gogol, but there is...
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David Baddiel’s “My Family: Not the Sitcom”
“The question is,” says David Baddiel a short while into the second half of his one-man show about...
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Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?
An uproar ensued after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) – southern...
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