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Tape
Scream Gallery
18-28 November
As an artist myself, I have walked into (and out of) quite a few art galleries in my time, not to mention artists’ studios and theatres. My initial concern about the staging of a new production of Stephen Belber’s play Tape within an exhibition at Scream Gallery arose from a general unease with ‘using’ artwork as a secondary prop or background, with the likelihood that it becomes undermined or misrepresented in some way. However, the positioning of Bruce French’s paintings within such an unconventional theatrical context offers the viewer a new light in which to view his work. Read more »
Alex
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
17 November - 22 November
Question: how do you put a cartoon strip – an adult one at that, about corporate man at his most devious – live on stage? Answer: take a script by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, add direction by Phelim McDermott, animations by Peattie and then just put Robert Bathurst in front of the audience. Read more »
Video: Forced Entertainment's Spectacular, at the Riverside Studios until 15 Nov
News
Filter’s Twelfth Night Returns to the Tricycle for One Week OnlyFilter’s critically acclaimed version of the William Shakespeare comedy Twelfth Night in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company will return to the Tricycle... Read more »
Nabokov and London’s Top Theatre Talent Tackle Current AffairsUpdate: Whatsonstage.com has been informed that the topic the artists have chosen is the story of Baby P. You can keep up to date with all the artists posts on their... Read more »
Interviews
Ollie Dimsdale On … Filter, Tequila and Toby BelchIn association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Filter’s version of the much performed Shakespeare comedy Twelfth Night raised a few eyebrows when it appeared... Read more »
Robyn Moore … Eastender in the SouthendRobyn Moore is best known to the British public as Ex-Eastender Shirley Benson, but she is about to grace our stages as she opens in a powerful new Australian play,... Read more »
Special Offers
Win! Tickets to 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover … At Christmas50 Ways to Leave Your Lover … At Christmas Bush Theatre 10 December - 10 January The Show: After a previous sell-out summer show, it’s back - funnier, filthier... Read more »
Win! Tickets for Saintly Sinners at Above the Stag TheatreSaintly Sinners Above the Stag The Show: Burlesque has come to Victoria and it’s ‘doors’ are open! Directed by award-winning Director and Choreographer Omar... Read more »
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