What is great about theatre is that it serves multiple purposes: education, entertainment, inspiration, idealism, catharsis… the list is endless. Theatre is an important asset socially, not just to passively watch, but also, to actively part take in. Drama Therapy is a strand of drama coined over 100 years ago (Psychodrama) having been refined and developed in the 1970s. Newly trained freelance Drama Therapist Alex Ioannou talks more about the job role.
Verdi’s opera La Traviata premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on the 6th of March 1853. It was not a success, but since that time it has become one of the most-performed and best-loved of all operas.
Courtesy of the Royal Opera House.
Boy Blue first burst onto the scene in 2007 with Pied Piper but they have been grafting since they were in 6th form together in East London, maturing into an important part of the community and nurturing the young talent with their many dance programmes. They are one of the UK’s leading Hip Hop dance companies and they continue to grow.
In this week’s podcast, Theatrefullstop are joined by Actor’s Awareness founder Tom Stocks. Ranjit Bolt’s (OBE) limericks are debuted and performed at the end of the show by Maylee Fraser and Iqbal Elyas.
In this week’s podcast, Theatrefullstop are joined by playwright Amy McGivern whose play For What It’s Worth will be debuted and performed at the end of the show by Faye Derham and Lewis Allcock.
In this week’s podcast, Theatrefullstop are joined by Aerial Artist Jessica Andrade. Andrew Winfield’s play, Next of Kin courtesy of Smith Scripts will debut and be performed at the end of the show by Jon McKenna.
Having won the Adopt A Playwright Award from OffWestEnd.com to develop Made In India in 2013, Satinder Chohan’s collaboration with Tamasha Theatre Company has been 4 years in the making. Tackling the topical subject of the surrogacy industry in India, Made in India looks to offer a range of perspectives from an aspiring mother, a surrogate and a female doctor offering the treatment. Journalist and Documentary Researcher/Assistant Chohan talks about her latest play, tackling a sensitive subject and working with Tamasha Theatre Company.
Established 8 years ago, Theatre Re have gone on to stage exciting pieces of theatre, with their previous production, Blind Man’s Song enjoying critical acclaim. Named after the prefix ‘re’, meaning ‘again’, Theatre Re look to ‘breathe life into something that is already there’ rather than create something completely new. Fusing Theatre, Physical Theatre and Mime, Theatre Re’s latest piece, The Nature of Forgetting delves into perhaps one of the most interesting themes in existence… memory. Read on to find out more about Artistic Director, Guillaume Pigé’s thoughts on the show and performing at this year’a London International Mime Festival.
The new puppet theatre company, Les Antliaclastes is lead by Patrick Sims; former creative director of Buchinger’s Boot Marionettes, and based in Maillet, France. The UK premier of Here Lies Shakespeare, supported by Institut Francais and Arts Council England, is currently being shown at Jacksons Lane Theatre as part of the London International Mime Festival.
Courtesy of Jacksons Lane Theatre.
On the 13th of January 2017 the second run of George Benjamin‘s opera Written on skin with words by Martin Crimp began at the Royal Opera House, conducted by the composer. Inspired by the story of a medieval troubadour (Guillem de Cabestaing) the core of the plot is an age-old love triangle – a standard opera plot device (think Norma, Tristan und Isolde, Il Trovatore, etc.) here given an unusual and fresh treatment.
Courtesy of the Royal Opera House.