Women and Theatre in association with mac, present The Palace of Wasted Dreams, which opens on 3 February at mac. The show is a culmination of a two year project, Wasted, which explores womens relationship with alcohol through participatory musical theatre. Get a skinful of intoxicating, interactive theatre as mac’s new theatre space transforms into … [Read more…]
I didn’t make any new year resolutions, but if I did ‘go to more theatre in 2011’ might have been on there. On Saturday I ticked that box good n hard, clocking up the Rep, the Hippodrome and the Old Rep before 5pm. The Rep – The Final Curtain The Rep’s closing for a couple … [Read more…]
Women & Theatre are currently recruiting a community cast for The Palace of Wasted Dreams, set to take place at mac in the spring of 2011. This participatory musical theatre project explores women’s relationship with alcohol, and is the culmination of a two-year project called Wasted. Women & Theatre are holding a development weekend on … [Read more…]
Stitch Up is a new theatre-in-education programme for students aged 13+, currently touring schools through until December. The half day participatory programme is based around Chris Cooper’s play Stitch Up. Stitch Up creates opportunities for reflection, problem-solving and creative thinking, cultivating innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the classroom. The play itself is about … [Read more…]
David Hendon’s From me to 3792 is coming to The Old Joint Stock on 27 and 28 October. After premiering in 2008 as one of the original plays featured in the OJST’s New Writing initiative, ‘From me to 3792’ has gone on to be performed at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and regional tours. This … [Read more…]
A quick reminder that tonight is PILOT Light, taking place at The Victoria at 7:30pm. An excuse to mingle, have a drink and be entertained by the theatre artists who are unleashing their fresh, unpolished ideas. It’s number 2. The difficult second book. So we’ve tweaked things a bit. We need you to tell us if it … [Read more…]
Award-winning writer and performance maker Michael Pinchbeck will be arriving in Birmingham on 11 November, bringing his parents and the The Post Show Party Show along with him as he recreates the 1970 post show party where they first met. Set around an amateur dramatic version of The Sound of Music, his mum played a … [Read more…]
Desipulp in association with The Drum present a fresh reworking of the 1997 hit Arrange that Marriage. Throw in a couple of hysterical parents and some confused young people… add a ‘liberal’ helping of emotional blackmail and some good old fashioned cultural pressure… allow to simmer … then sprinkle with music and dance from the … [Read more…]