In a matter of days, the BAFTA Awards will descend on one of the UK’s most prestigious arts venues – the Royal Albert Hall. The annual celebration an acknowledgment of Britain’s finest filmmakers and their undeniable storytelling skillset at both a televisual and filmic level. With a total of 25 categories in all, the nation’s emerging, as well as high profile stars will don the red carpet in anticipation of the evening’s results, and overall, in appreciation of art and how art is expressed. Multi-award winning writer and director Yasmin Afifi is one of this year’s finalists, having been acknowledged for her profound watch Jellyfish and Lobster – a tale of grief told from the eyes of two terminally ill patients faced with this existential reality. Ahead of the ceremony on Sunday 18th February, Yasmin tells us more about exploring this heartfelt narrative further, working alongside a devoted creative team to realise the film and what she’d like for viewers to take away from the film.In a matter of days, the BAFTA Awards will descend on one of the UK’s most prestigious arts venues – the Royal Albert Hall. The annual celebration an acknowledgment of Britain’s finest filmmakers and their undeniable storytelling skillset at both a televisual and filmic level. With a total of 25 categories in all, the nation’s emerging, as well as high profile stars will don the red carpet in anticipation of the evening’s results, and overall, in appreciation of art and how art is expressed. Multi-award winning writer and director Yasmin Afifi is one of this year’s finalists, having been acknowledged for her profound watch Jellyfish and Lobster – a tale of grief told from the eyes of two terminally ill patients faced with this existential reality. Ahead of the ceremony on Sunday 18th February, Yasmin tells us more about exploring this heartfelt narrative further, working alongside a devoted creative team to realise the film and what she’d like for viewers to take away from the film.
International singer-songwriter/rapper, The Kid Laroi, has announced The First Time tour in Europe and the UK, supporting his latest album, The First Time (Columbia). The 12-date headline stretch, produced by Live Nation, kicks off on Thursday 4 April at Stockholm’s Annexet, before heading to Norway, Denmark, Poland, Netherlands, Ireland, UK, Germany, France, before closing the tour in Italy at Fabrique on Saturday 27 April 2024.
Of the tour announcement LAROI said; “I can’t wait to play Europe & the UK in April! I’m so excited to bring the tour to my EU/UK fans. I promise it’ll be worth the wait! I love you all and I’ll see you very soon.”
Tickets are now on sale.
The First Time Tour Dates:
Thurs 04 April 2024 Sweden Stockholm Annexet
Fri 05 April 2024 Norway Oslo Sentrum Scene
Sun 07 April 2024 Denmark Copenhagen Forum
The Last Dinner Party are excited to announce details of a 16-date UK/Ireland headline tour for later this year in support of their forthcoming debut album, “Prelude To Ecstasy’’.
The London based band have enjoyed a whirlwind twelve months, most recently announced as winners of both the BBC Radio 1 Sound of 2024 and the BRIT Rising Star Award. Ahead of a celebratory headline show at London’s Roundhouse on the evening before album release, they’re pleased to share another stint across the country in September and October.
Tickets for the new dates are on sale now.
The band return to Europe in February for a string of sold out headline dates, ahead of a first US headline tour just announced for March/April. For a full list of live dates, please see listed below.
Triple BAFTA winning stand up sensation Mo Gilligan announces a huge 2025 UK leg of his highly anticipated World Tour In the Moment due to phenomenal demand. Following on from his 2024 UK leg Mo will head back out on the road starting March 13th, 2025 in Croydon, before closing out the tour April 13th, 2025 in Glasgow.
In The Moment will be Mo’s biggest tour to date, bringing his phenomenal stand up show across the globe, taking on the US, Canada, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand, throughout Europe with additional names recently announced at Just for Laughs Vancouver and Netflix is a Joke Festival in Los Angeles in May 2024.
Tickets are on sale now!
IN THIS MOMENT WORLD TOUR (2024 UK DATES)
September
Thu 5th Leeds, Grand Theatre
Thu 12th Oxford, The New Theatre
Fri 20th Cambridge, Corn Exchange
At a ceremony tonight at The London Palladium hosted by Bonnie Langford and Melanie La Barrie, the winners of the 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards were announced – the only major theatre awards decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves.
WhatsOnStage’s Darius Thompson and Alex Wood said today, “What a year for UK theatre this has been. Looking at the winners, voted for by WhatsOnStage readers, it is striking just how audiences are keen to lend their support to bold, experimental takes on classic tales – from solo versions of Chekhov to immersive takes on classic musicals, or radical re-imaginings of Andrew Lloyd Webber shows. Long may this continue – theatre would not be able to thrive without challenging and forward-thinking creativity.
“We’ve had a complete blast at The London Palladium – and the team at LW Theatres have been incredible in accommodating everything we’ve thrown at them, including the installation of an auditorium ramp in order to facilitate step-free access to the stage.”
Returning after its acclaimed debut 30 years ago, fan favourite Alegria tells a tale of the old and new order at war – as the future generations battle for dominance and a world more reflective of their needs. Where spectacle meets a call to action, the Royal Albert Hall once again grips the auditorium with a compelling snippet of escapism brimming with hope.
Courtesy of India Mae Aly
Kwame Kwei-Armah invites you to his final season at the Young Vic Theatre as he today announces he will step down from the role of Artistic Director in Autumn 2024.
Kwame Kwei-Armah joined the Young Vic as Artistic Director in February 2018, becoming the first African Caribbean director to lead a major British theatre. During his tenure he has produced 40 productions across the theatre’s spaces, including 30 in the Main House where more than half of all writers and directors were women. Black and Global Majority artists have directed over half and written 48% of all Main House shows. Off stage, the Young Vic has gone from 11% to 44% Black and Global Majority staff across the organisation and 40% in senior management.
London/New York (6 February 2024) The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize today announces ten finalists for the prestigious playwriting award – the largest and oldest playwriting award recognizing women+ writers for plays of outstanding quality written for the English-speaking theatre.
The ten finalists, chosen from over 200 submitted plays, are:
Roxy Cook (UK-Russia) A Woman Walks into a Bank
April De Angelis (UK) The Divine Mrs S
Justice Hehir (US) The Dowagers
Rhianna Ilube (UK) Samuel Takes a Break…,In Male Dungeon No.5 After a Long But Generally Successful Day of Tours
Jasmine Naziha Jones (UK) Baghdaddy
Alex Lin (US) Chinese Republicans
Lenelle Moïse (US) K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Hannah Moscovitch (CAN) Red Like Fruit
a.k. payne (US) Love I Awethu Further
Ava Pickett (UK) 1536
Hot on the heels of a sold-out North American tour, get ready for the return of the music force that is Akon to venues across the UK and Europe for the first time in 10 years, as the superstar announces The Superfan Tour for 2024.
Produced by Live Nation, this 17-city tour promises to be an intimate performance from Akon that dives into fan favourites from the iconic catalogue over the past two decades, including chart-toppers like Beautiful, Locked Up, Right Now (Na Na Na), and Smack That, to name a few.
Having sold more than 35 million albums worldwide and penned an astonishing forty-five Billboard Hot 100 songs. Akon’s global sound has earned him countless American Music, Billboard Music, World Music, BET Hip Hop, Teen Choice, and ASCAP Awards. In a statement, Akon said: “I hope my UK and European fans are ready for a show filled with good music and energy! It’s been 10 years since I’ve done shows out here, so I cannot wait!”
In our fast paced, non stop concrete world, it can often feel impossible to take a few moments to just stop what you’re doing, and live in the present moment – taking in the beauty of the natural world around us – of which we ourselves are apart of but far removed from. Inviting us to take a much needed pause, Luxmuralis’ video projected exhibition LIFE takes over the medieval confines of St-Martin-in-the-Field – an ASMR experience I’m hoping returns to the venue soon!
