theatre

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;...

Abie Whitehead reviews 'Far Apart', the latest poignant piece of theatre from the NNT's Autumn Online Season. ...

Emily Fletcher Les Misérables is one of the world’s longest running musicals, featuring on West End stages for 32 years in various re-imaginings with a variety of musical theatre stars across its time. This past week the latest cast recording of the musical has been released, recorded live from...

Daisy Forster Welcome back to ‘The Curtain Call’! In the first episode of the second season, Daisy chats to Oliver and Nicholas about their upcoming virtual performance, ‘Hello World’. With behind-the-scenes info, debates about artificial intelligence, and a discussion of one of the best takeaways in Lenton, this is...

Katherine Davey Over “…adapt and adjust to the new reality. That is what we all must do” says Rishi Sunak – but to what extent can the arts and cultural industries adapt and adjust without sustaining significant, possibly detrimental change? It might be a little presumptuous to describe our...

Tylah Mofford reviews the Disney Plus adaptation of 'Hamilton' 3 months post-release....