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
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe Report 2015 Part 2: The Final 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 three 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 2015 Part 2: The Final Reckoning
Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Lynda Radley
In part two of our Edinburgh Fringe special, in which a handful of our authors involved in some way in this year's Festival Fringe frenzy tell us what it all means to them, we hear from 'rising star in Scottish theatre' (Scotsman) Lynda Radley, whose latest play Futureproof premieres at the Traverse Theatre this week. … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Lynda Radley
Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Hywel John
To celebrate NHB's involvement in this year's vibrant Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, we've asked a handful of our writers who have either performed, written, directed or produced work for the Festival Fringe to tell us what it means to them. First up is Hywel John, whose latest work Rose, a heartfelt study of heritage, grief … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Hywel John
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