After the huge success of Brainstorm, their youth-theatre play about the workings of the adolescent brain, pioneering theatre group Company Three are back with another brilliant play for young people: When This Is Over, a celebration of hope and imagination in a time of chaos. Conceived by the company between COVID lockdowns, and originally performed … Continue reading ‘The joy of connectedness’: Company Three on creating youth theatre in tumultuous times
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VAULT 2023: the best new work at London’s VAULT festival
VAULT Festival, London's biggest arts and entertainment festival, is now underway in Waterloo, where it runs until 19 March. With hundreds of events taking place throughout the eight weeks of the festival, including theatre, comedy, cabaret, immersive and VR experiences, family shows, late-night parties and more, there's something for everyone. And to celebrate the publication … Continue reading VAULT 2023: the best new work at London’s VAULT festival
Ladies Unleashed: Playwright Amanda Whittington on her Ladies Trilogy
When Amanda Whittington's play Ladies' Day premiered at Hull Truck Theatre in 2005, it introduced the world to Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda – four likely lasses from the Hull fish docks on a day at the races. The play and its sequel, Ladies Down Under, have since been performed around the world, including thousands … Continue reading Ladies Unleashed: Playwright Amanda Whittington on her Ladies Trilogy
In dark times: Two Ukrainian playwrights on life in the midst of the conflict
It has been six months now since Russia invaded Ukraine, but as a double-bill of Ukrainian plays – published this week and currently showing at the Finborough Theatre in London – makes clear, the conflict really began much earlier than that, when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea in 2014. For the two leading Ukrainian playwrights … Continue reading In dark times: Two Ukrainian playwrights on life in the midst of the conflict
Three plays, one cast, all at the same time: Chris Bush on her ambitious dramatic triptych Rock / Paper / Scissors
For the fiftieth anniversary of the Crucible, Sheffield Theatres commissioned playwright Chris Bush to write three plays that could be performed by the same cast, simultaneously, in all three of their spaces (the Crucible, the Lyceum, and the Studio). Nothing quite like it had ever been attempted before. As the resulting plays Rock / Paper … Continue reading Three plays, one cast, all at the same time: Chris Bush on her ambitious dramatic triptych Rock / Paper / Scissors
The Prompt Book 