School forms a significant part of our childhoods/teenagehood – educational structures that are vital for setting us up towards the future and our potentially lifelong friendships. But what happens when this structure doesn’t necessarily address the mental health and emotional realities of the day? Emma Anderson’s pertinent production The Lesson opens up the conversation on how the system could better respond to increasing mental health demand, hopefully starting the necessary steps to address this.
Placed in an underfunded, London based secondary school, The Lesson sways between drama teacher Clara (Geebs Marie Williams) solitarily in her drama studio doing what she can to best plan ahead for a successful teaching week, burnt out, pondering, continually attempting to problem solve how she can better support the future generation.
To satisfy the phenomenal demand, four additional Adele in Munich shows have been added to the previously announced summer run at Munich Messe. In addition to previously announced dates, Adele has added shows on the 14th, 16th, 23rd and 
UK fans rejoice as Bryson Tiller adds a second London date to ‘The Bryson Tiller Tour’due to incredible demand. The Grammy-nominated multi-platinum selling recording artist is set to return to the UK later this Spring as he plays venues including London’s OVO Arena Wembley, Glasgow’s O2 Academy and Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse
The winners of The Stage Awards, in association with Tysers Live, have been announced at the annual awards ceremony at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. The prestigious event took place in front of an audience from every corner of the industry, with guests including West End producers, artistic directors, stage stars and many of the figures who featured in The Stage 100 list.
Today, critically-acclaimed K-Pop powerhouses ITZY announce their return to the global stage for their 2nd world tour – Born to Be, a show-stopping run of electrifying performances across 18 countries in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Europe and North America this spring and summer. Having demonstrated their exceptional skills as “stage masters” through a mix of hit songs and B-side tracks on their sold-out 1st world tour 2022 outing, Checkmate, the group’s expanded 2024 world tour is poised to uphold their reputation during their return to North America and Asia. Born to Be will also feature the group’s highly anticipated first performances in Latin America, UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Papatango today announce that their 2024 New Writing Prize will open for submissions at noon on Wednesday 17 January, until noon on Monday 11 March. This Prize launches a new partnership with Park Theatre, who will co-produce the winning play with Papatango in a full run on their main stage.