FeEast Returns to Riverside, Nov 2008
September 30, 2008
FeEast (the Festival of Central and Eastern European Arts), is returning this year for the third time to the Riverside Studios, showcasing three UK premiere performances and a photographic exhibition from 18 – 23 November 2008.
The festival, which began at the Riverside Studios in 2005, was created by Diana Cezar to strengthen the cultural bond between the UK and Eastern European countries, and has since been showcased at a number of London venues. Read more
Welcome to Ramallah
September 29, 2008
Arcola Theatre
23 September – 18 October
It might have been worse, I suppose: “Welcome to Scunthorpe;” or even “Welcome to Dalston,” the vibrant but slightly alarming neighbourhood around the Arcola where this creaky four-hander is playing in the tiny studio (before visiting the Theatre Royal, York, at the end of October) while Small Craft Warnings continues in the main space. Read more
A day in the life of Sam Hoare!
September 29, 2008
Sam Hoare is a producer for Imperial House Productions and is also a talented actor. He is currently producing and appearing in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me which will appear at the Baron’s Court Theatre from 29 September – 18 October. He takes us through a day in his life as he and his colleagues prepare for opening night. Read more
The Strong Breast Revolution
September 26, 2008
White Bear Theatre
23 September – 4 October
Eyes be damned! In The Strong Breast Revolution, which opened last night at Kennington’s White Bear Theatre, the humble shoulder-boulder offers an unlikely window to the soul as four very different women chart the ups and downs of living in a media-saturated, sexually unbalanced world. Read more
Opening: Whisper, SH*T-M*X & More
September 26, 2008
Amongst the Off-West End and Fringe shows opening in London this week are:
OPENING TUESDAY, 30 September 2008, Whisper at the Soho Theatre, until 4 October. Whisper is a modern drama which questions the reality of our lives in an increasingly technial world. Audience members are given headphones as a fierce storm begins to brew. Written and directed by Peter Petralia. Read more
Quick Question … Richard Brockman
September 26, 2008
Richard Brockman is an American playwright, journalist and screenwriter who is also an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University. Here he tells us about his new play, Informed Consent, which is directed by Mirra Bank at the Jermyn Street Theatre from 6 – 25 October 2008. Read more
Karagiozes Exposed
September 24, 2008
Arcola
23 September to 4 October
The Arcola’s BITE-sized international theatre programme rolls on, and right now the Dalston house is definitely on a roll. With its busy trio of flexible spaces it seems we’re never more than a few days away from another first night – which is why now, with Tennessee Williams’s Small Craft Warnings barely into its stride, the theatre is buzzing again – this time to the seductive sounds of Antonis Antoniou and his Greek-Cypriot musicians. The event? An hour of manic fun where puppets come to life. Read more
The Big Issue – Theatre For Everyone
September 24, 2008
John Retallack is the director and curator of the Theatre Cafe Festival, which will take place at neighbouring venues, the Unicorn Theatre and the Southwark Playhouse from Monday 10 – Saturday 15 November. The festival aims to give a platform to new European plays which have either been written expressly for young people, or have captured their imagination. John talks to Whatsonstage.com about his role in bringing theatre to the next generation. Read more
Alvaro’s Balcony
September 24, 2008
Landor Theatre
17 September – 18 October
Reading a synopsis of this play gives one a definite feeling of dejas vue. The old Ruritanian musical comedy as exemplified by Ivor Novello and Sigmund Romberg has turned up in Clapham North. The fascination with Royals – especially those of middle Europe – has paid off in many productions. Princesses may be portrayed as cold tragic figures or passionate, rebellious – and tragic. They are usually much loved by their subjects and almost certainly are not married to the right man. Read more
Broken Bush Presents October Playlets in the Dark
September 23, 2008
The Bush Theatre has found a novel way of dealing with recent electrical difficulties – it’s staging a season of plays using only natural evening light. Playwrights including Neil LaBute, Bryony Lavery, Simon Stephens and Mike Bartlett are contributing work to the programme, which is entitled The Broken Space Season and runs from 6 to 25 October 2008. Read more
