South London stand up Rosie Wilby’s female performance showcase Femmes by the Thames has been running every few months for the past two years at Royal Vauxhall Tavern to rave reviews and rapt audiences with guest acts including Pippa Evans, Lady Carol, Sarah Louise Young and Mae Martin gracing the stage. However, the story actually [...]
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Josh Widdicombe
“Excellent” – The Guardian “Packed with quirky observations, bundled up in an assured performance” – Chortle “Josh Widdicombe has the sort of gentle confidence, low-key charisma and one-for-all-the-family charm which could see him selling out enormous stadiums in a couple of years.” – The Times Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee 2011, Chortle [...]
Shakespeare’s Globe launches £1.5 million matched-giving scheme
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the gift of £1.5 million from an anonymous private donor for a matched-giving scheme to help the Globe reach its fund-raising target of £7 million towards the new Indoor Jacobean Theatre. For every pound raised by the Globe, it will be matched from the £1.5 million pool, bringing the fund-raising total [...]
Drillhall takes a final bow
This January, the keys to the Drill Hall were handed over to its new owners, ending a 30 year reign as the UKs only dedicated LGBT performance space. Consisting of 2 small theatres, a collection of rehearsal spaces and meeting rooms, the Drill Hall has passed from the centre of LGBT arts in the UK [...]
Concert to celebrate LGBT History Month 2012
There will be a special concert to celebrate LGBT History month 2012 Friday 24 February as Stoke Newington School. The ‘Educate and celebrate showcase’ will be fun, loud and proud with performances and presentations by SNS students and guests from the London Gay Men’s Chorus, the L Project, Trans Theatre Company and celebrities. The event [...]
Matthew Bournes’s Nutcracker!
One of the most popular dance productions ever staged in the UK, Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! visits the New Theatre Oxford for the first time to celebrate its 20th anniversary for one week only. This delicious theatrical feast has family-sized helpings of Matthew Bourne’s trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy. Nutcracker! follows Clara’s bittersweet journey from [...]
Fairport Convention’s 45th anniversary UK tour
Folkrock legends Fairport Convention will start their forty-fifth anniversary year in style with a major UK tour during January, February and March 2012. The tour will visit 39 venues throughout England and Wales starting with The Playhouse Theatre, Oxford on 21 January and and finishing at The Union Chapel, London on 10 March. The 2012 [...]
Theatre-in-Education Company Set To Tackle Homophobia Across the UK
A Theatre in Education company from the north-west, Pink Triangle Theatre (PTT), has been invited by Sue Sanders, the respected author, ex-teacher and rights-activist, to perform at the pre-launch event for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans (LGBT) History Month on Monday, 21 November 2011. Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month takes place every year in February [...]
