“With all going on in the world, it is beyond joyous to learn that my work and voice matters and I’m being encouraged to continue on! As an artist, the ability to continue to make a living telling stories is vital to my growth and mission in life, and awards like these help to make a pathway for my creativity and passion to thrive. It’s thrilling and inspiring!” Dominique Morisseau  

Yale University, New Haven, Tuesday 4 April 2023: Today, the Windham-Campbell Prizes have announced this year’s recipients of a $175,000 award to support their work. Celebrating both literary legends and emerging talent, the list includes the critically acclaimed novelist Percival Everett, TONY nominated writer Dominique Morisseau, Iñupiaq-Inuit poet dg nanouk okpik, and trailblazing playwright Jasmine Lee-Jones – the youngest ever recipient of a Windham-Campbell Prize.

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The winners have been unveiled for this year’s Olivier Awards with Mastercard, British theatre’s biggest night, which took place this evening (Sunday 2 April) at the Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Hannah Waddingham.

Host Hannah Waddingham Courtesy of Christie Goodwin.

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Tonight (Sunday 02 April), the Olivier Awards celebrated the very best in acting and creative talent in British theatre in a star-studded ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Audi chauffeured big names to the top of the green carpet, including Darcey Bussell, Es Devlin, Cush Jumbo, Beverley Knight, Arlene Phillips, Golda Rosheuvel, Self Esteem, Mark Strong and Marisha Wallace.

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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.

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Today (Thursday 30 March), Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV, announce that the record-breaking production of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro will return to the Barbican Theatre for a strictly limited run in Autumn 2023.

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A fundamental need we all share, is that needing to belong – family forming our initial foundations and place in the world. Family circumstances however something that we ourselves can’t determine, yet plays an integral part of our lives. Family, a structure that differs dependent on circumstance. An exploration of what ‘family’ looks like to three young people brought up within the care system, Tangled Feet and Rowan Tree‘s Belongings beautifully amplifies the voices of the often unheard – and contributes an honest look at the impact of these challenging circumstances.

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The 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to U.S. playwright Sarah Mantell for their play In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot.   Awarded annually since 1978, The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is the largest and oldest international award recognising women+ who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre. Women+ includes trans and non binary playwrights.

On March 27th, the theatre and playwriting community gathered at Playwrights Horizons in New York City to celebrate the 45^thAnniversary of the Prize and to honour Mantell and the 9 Finalists. Mantell, the first out, non binary playwright to win the Prize, garnered a cash award of $25,000, and a signed limited-edition print by renowned artist Willem de Kooning, created especially for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. The 9 finalists each received an award of $5,000.

Mantell describes In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot as “a play about queer aging, capitalism, campfires and falling in love as the world ends”.  Set on the precipice of the end of a world wracked by climate change, the play tells the story of a group of itinerant friends travelling  together between warehouses, working night shifts and checking the address labels of the packages searching for people they’ve lost.  The cast of seven consists of women, trans and non binary actors, all over 50.

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In celebration of World Theatre Day 2023, leading West End and Broadway theatre producers have announced that in April 2023 they will be illuminating your curiosity with A Spotlight On. They will soon be shining a light on the people, artistry, and culture of theatre like never before as they launch something special that will ignite the passion of every theatre lover.

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Seemingly a way of escaping the here and now, addiction has that silently sinister way of starting off in the periphery of one’s life before unknowingly rooting itself into every fibre of one’s being. A coping strategy for life’s harsh realities, battling an addiction is a tough prospect within itself. Delving into this facet of life in timely piece Follow the Lines, Olivia Pryle crafts a dynamic monologue carving out the ups and downs of someone trying their best to get by.

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The Olivier Awards 2023with Mastercardhave officially announced the shows performing in this year’s ceremony. The Awards will take place on Sunday 2 April at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Hannah Waddingham.

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