theatre

Maisie Jane Garvin Imagine visiting the theatre and seeing your favourite Shakespearean heroine: Desdemona, Ophelia, Lady Macbeth or Hermia, being played by a man. Perhaps there would be uproar. Yet, it is interesting to note that in the contemporary performances of these plays, the leading ladies would have in...

Daisy Forster Welcome back to The Curtain Call for the final episode of this season! Take a look back at two of the Nottingham New Theatre’s most recent shows, and join Daisy as she draws back the curtain on the production of a virtual play.  Both shows are available...

Daisy Forster Welcome back to ‘The Curtain Call’! Take an exclusive behind the scenes look at two of the latest shows from the Nottingham New Theatre, ‘Far Apart’ and ‘Autumn Showers’. Both shows are available for viewing now on the Nottingham New Theatre’s YouTube channel here. Daisy Forster Featured...

Matthew Bird reviews a socially distanced production of 'Sunset Boulevard' at Curve in Leicester....

Tara Anegada reviews 'When Sally Met Gary Henry Harry' from the NNT's Autumn Online Season...

Rachel Coussins Rachel ‘sits down’ with Maddie Craig, the writer and director behind Familiar Strangers, to talk about her new virtual play at the Nottingham New Theatre. Familiar Strangers will be premiering on Youtube at 7:30pm on Wednesday.  What was the inspiration behind the play? Why did you want to write this...

Jasmin Lemarie Throughout the history of theatre, plays have been dominated by white, middle-class men who always have the space on the stage to tell their stories. Stretching back to Ancient Greece, where democracy was first founded, it’s easy to see that women had a specific role to play;...