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Date announced for Olivier Awards 2024 with Mastercard

The Olivier Awards 2024 with Mastercard will take place on Sunday 14 April, at the Royal Albert Hall. Established in 1976 and run by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT), the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of London theatre and are Britain’s most prestigious stage honours.

 

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30th June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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To the Ocean @ Jubilee Park (Canary Wharf) Review

Family roots us in the world we live in, our mothers and fathers the protectors that guide us in our formative stages and help us to understand everything around us. The breakdown of this foundation distressing, but the bonds formed outside of this important. Taking on our physical as well as magical realm, Oli Savage’s To the Ocean tells a mythical tale of young girl, who seeks answers about her mother years down from her leaving the family home.

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29th June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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Underbelly’s Circus Hub returns to Edinburgh Fringe with dazzling new programme

World renowned production company Underbelly are preparing to conquer the Edinburgh Fringe Festival once again this year as they gear up to return to Circus Hub on the Meadows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with 11 incredible shows spanning circus, cabaret, comedy, variety and more. Covering two alluring venues – The Lafayette Big Top and The Beauty Spiegeltent – as well as an outdoor bar, Underbelly’s Circus Hub is unrivalled, there really is no place like it – it is the true home of Circus at the Edinburgh Fringe.

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29th June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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‘A plethora of riches’ – celebrating writers of colour at the 2023 Society of Authors’ Awards

Jay Gao has today (29 June) won both an Eric Gregory Award and a Somerset Maugham Award this year for his thrilling debut poetry collection, Imperium (Carcanet Press). Through reimagined episodes from Homer’s Odyssey, Imperium asks questions about diaspora and how past lives permeate the present. It was described by judge Wayne Holloway Smith as ‘the work of a poet mind shot through with intellect and cultural capital’.

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29th June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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Writer and Performer Rinkoo Barpaga talks about his critically acclaimed show ‘Made in I̶n̶d̶i̶a̶ Britain’ currently on a national tour

Premiering his show last year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, writer and performer Rinkoo Barpaga would go onto receive critical acclaim, Made in I̶n̶d̶i̶a̶ Britain a story inspired by his own intersectional experience of being of South Asian descent, growing up in the UK in the 70s and 80s, and learning to adapt to an external world not really equipped to support his hearing impairment. Currently on tour nationally, the show’s next stops are the Soho Theatre (London) on the 27th to 30th June, Norwich Theatre (Norwich) on 1st October, Brixton House (London) on 4th to 6th October Key Theatre (Peterborough) on 7th October and concludes at the Belgrade Theatre (Coventry) on 9th to 11th October. Ahead of his Soho run, Rinkoo tells us more about what to expect!

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24th June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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Roll Your Sleeves With Eve @ Chelsea Theatre Review

The cooking show for decades has served as a form of light entertainment for millions – for those new to cooking, enticing recipes from all over the world now brought to their attend, for the more skilled cook – the chance to hone in on their skills further. A staple of our television screens and the influencer realm, many a personality have made their presences known – in the case of Shamila Sulaiman’s Roll Your Sleeves With Eve, following Eve, an influencer turned mainstream superstar chef, who carefully builds up an empire and experiences what in turn follows.

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23rd June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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I Can’t Make Sense @ Bread and Roses Theatre Review

Grief can take on many forms – how we process it, and exhibit it unique to the individual. The loss of a parental figure a devastating reality many face, a life changing event that has you assess yourself and the interactions had with the external world. Exploring this further in expressionist play I Can’t Make Sense, Vogue Giambri daringly stares many a taboo in the face and confronts them head on.

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22nd June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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Third report in a series of surveys from Freelancers Make Theatre Work examines the ongoing impact of COVID and intersectional inequalities

A new report released today by Freelancers Make Theatre Work (FMTW) highlights key issues facing the freelance theatre workforce. Conducted in March-April 2023, this year’s survey highlights a pay-gap between the male and female workforce of 37.4%, and reports of an industry rife with ageism and sexism are further corroborated by data which reveals that the pay-gap widens to 47.7% for freelancers with 21-30 years’ experience in the industry. Third in a series of surveys by FMTW, the 2023 findings indicated that overall, average earnings for freelancers in the industry are 17.5% below the UK national average salary, and that many are leaving – or being forced out of – the industry resulting in skills shortages across the sector.

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22nd June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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Groundhog Day @ The Old Vic Review

Observed on the 2nd February annually in the US, Groundhog Day is a tradition steeped in the belief that if a groundhog (badger) emerges from its den and sees its shadow, it’ll retreat to its den and winter will therefore continue for a following six weeks. Turned into a much loved film of the same name in 1993, it features Hollywood star Bill Murray as the story’s lead Phil Connors – a self assured weather man forced to relive Groundhog Day on repeat. The much loved film also enjoying life as a musical, making its debut at the Old Vic in 2016 before making its return 7 years later.

Courtesy of Manuel Harlan.

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21st June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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Tiata Fahodzi announces ‘Coming Home’, a new season of theatre, tours and creative appointments for 2023/2024

tiata fahodzi, the UK’s leading British African heritage contemporary theatre company, today announces a new season of theatre including a major tour of a new production;welcomes a new wave of six artists and creative associates to the tiata fahodzi family; and commissions a new Triple Bill of explosive short plays showcasing theatre’s most exciting new voices, all slated for autumn 2023/Spring 2024.

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21st June 2023by Theatrefullstop
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