After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 and winning a Fringe First Award, the extraordinary Us/Them opens at the National Theatre on 16 January. An international co-production between BRONKS, the Brussels-based theatre company for young audiences, and Richard Jordan Productions with Theatre Royal Plymouth and Big in Belgium, the play focuses on … Continue reading Tackling taboo subjects in theatre for young people: Carly Wijs on her play Us/Them
Youth theatre
Amateur theatre: A vital contribution to UK theatre
Earlier this month, a large group of academics, writers, theatre-makers and individuals passionate about amateur theatre gathered at Royal Holloway University in London. They were there to discuss the findings of a 3-year-long research project into amateur theatre, Reflecting on Amateur Theatre Research, led by Royal Holloway and the Universities of Warwick and Exeter. Our own … Continue reading Amateur theatre: A vital contribution to UK theatre
Edinburgh Fringe Report 2016 Part 2: The Reckoning
The Edinburgh Fringe is over for another year, but how did our intrepid amateur companies get on performing plays licensed by Nick Hern Books? We hear from four of them as they recount the highs – and the lows – of mounting a production on the Fringe. (If you missed the first instalment, it's available … Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe Report 2016 Part 2: The Reckoning
Edinburgh Fringe Report 2016 Part 1: Final preparations
Getting ready for The Fringe? Our Edinburgh Fringe Report is back (you can still read last year's Report here) with six more amateur theatre companies – all of them performing plays licensed by Nick Hern Books – revealing the state of their play as they get ready to launch themselves on The Fringe... Holes by … Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe Report 2016 Part 1: Final preparations
‘A voice for life’: Max Hafler on teaching voice to young people
For director and voice teacher Max Hafler, good vocal training is vital for young people – and not just for those preparing for a career in the performing arts. Here he explains the benefits of a holistic approach, and how his new book, Teaching Voice: Workshops for Young Performers, can help teachers and facilitators with … Continue reading ‘A voice for life’: Max Hafler on teaching voice to young people
Girls centre stage: Lucy Kerbel on building a new canon of writing for young actors
Good roles for young female actors are in short supply, so Tonic Theatre set out to change that by commissioning a series of new plays with mainly or entirely female casts for schools and youth theatre groups to perform. As the first three plays in the Platform series are published by Nick Hern Books and … Continue reading Girls centre stage: Lucy Kerbel on building a new canon of writing for young actors
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