Soho Green Rooms announces the next wave of speakers, themes and product demonstrations for its newly launched live entertainment and theatre festival.  From 16 – 18 July 2024 at the Boulevard Theatre in London, Soho Green Rooms will explore the future of live entertainment through keynotes, panel discussions, product demonstrations, audience Q&A and networking. Tickets are on sale now and available here.

The all-new Soho Green Rooms festival will bring together key players and creatives in the theatre and live event industries to debate trends and concerns impacting the theatre and live entertainment world. Providing an in-depth look into the multifaceted world of live production, Soho Green Rooms will explore many of the big questions surrounding the industry’s future, including how to create meaningful experiences for Gen Z audiences, sustainability, and redefining creative roles in theatre and beyond.

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Chair Sir William Atkinson and the Board of Hackney Empire are thrilled to announce the appointment of Keith Khan to the position of Creative Director, following the departure of Yamin Choudury in September this year.

Multi-disciplinary artist Keith Khan, who was born in London of Trinidadian Indian heritage, most recently directed and designed the acclaimed The Accountants at Factory International and has become renowned for his method of working with design and spectacle, underpinned by personal narrative and community engagement.

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In an increasingly digitised world, audiences flock to online spaces to consume content in multiple forms – literary/video/audio – meaning social media and online publications are the go to places to learn and connect. With this, you have the opportunity to carve out your presence in the digital realm which can prove beneficial for your own profile as well as business. Here at Theatre Full Stop, we offer you the platform to promote your arts based initiative/business to readers who enjoy learning about the ever changing world of the arts scene.

Founded in 2013, we celebrate 11 years of creating content predominantly covering our London theatre scene as well as theatre across the UK. In a decade, having covered new work that has featured at some of the world’s most recognisable stages – from the National Theatre, Young Vic, Old Vic, Royal Opera House, O2 Arena, the Barbican, Savoy Theatre, Noël Coward Theatre amongst many other venues. Within this time, having caught performances from talented performers who have go on to pave great paths in the industry, including Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Sheila Atim, Ncuti Gatwa and Alfred Enoch.

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Benjamin Zephaniah is among the winners for this year’s Society of Authors (SoA) Awards, together with illustrator Nila Aye, for their children’s book People Need People (Orchard Books, Hachette Children’s Group). Described by judge Cerrie Burnell as ‘moving, humorous and lovely all at once’, the picture book in verse wins the Queen’s Knickers Award for an outstanding children’s original illustrated book for ages 0-7. Our judges were impressed by its ‘powerful message’ about people power and the importance of connecting with others.

Their awards will be celebrated at tonight’s SoA Awards ceremony at Southwark Cathedral, as two of 31 winners sharing a prize fund of over £140,000. The awards are for authors at all stages of their careers, for books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, across a variety of genres.

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