The Place, London’s leading centre for dance development, creation and performance, is pleased to announce a call out for applications for Choreodrome2023.
Just Add Milk (JAM) are pleased to announce the winner of The Luke Westlake Scholarship 2022. Kindly supported by The Foundry Personal Management, the winner was announced at last night’s annual ceremony at the Lyric Hammersmith Studio Theatre.
Winner Sol Taibi.
This December, to show thanks for the incredible work done by NHS staff members throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, the Royal Opera House will be welcoming NHS nurses and their families to its 2022 Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat: a morning of interactive workshops and activities followed by a gala performance of The Nutcracker.
As the year draws to a close and we step into the festive season, I think it an important thing to celebrate what has been, and take out the time to switch off and absorb the entertainment that London has to offer. Committed to staging cabaret nights featuring queer POC artists, Cocoa Butter Club continue on with their mission with their latest edition, A Cocoa Butter Club Christmas Show – an evening packed full of variety, opening up a world of cabaret to those returning to it, as well as those new to the form.
The winners of the 2022 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, in association with Garrard were revealed at a dinner last tonight at The Ivy, West End.
Following their loss of Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation status and as artists and theatre professionals in London are squeezed because of the redistribution of national arts funding away from the capital, theatre’s leading writers’ room, Stockroom has launched a brand-new initiative with the aim of establishing a creative hub for new writing in the city.
The Genesis Foundation has announced the launch of a free training and mentoring programme for global majority applicants who are from socially and economically challenging backgrounds who want to pursue a career in theatre as a designer.
Folklore ties us back to our ancestral roots, narratives that effortlessly incorporate the lands they were birthed in and carry with them profound messages. The tale of Eze and the Kola Nut Tree within the Igbo (eebo) language native to Nigeria, West Africa one that ties those of the Nigerian diaspora, in particular Igbo to their horticultural roots. Initially debuting at the 2020 VAULT Festival, Tania Nwachukwu‘s The Kola Nut Does Not Speak English embraces what it means to be connected to one’s familial home yet embrace their UK heritage.
Courtesy of Ali Wright.
Leah Harvey and Alfred Enoch today announced the nominations for the 23rd annual WhatsOnStage Awards, the only major theatre prize-giving decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. The announcement of the nominations marks the opening of the final voting stage (until 10 January), with winners announced at the annual Awards ceremony held on 12 February 2023 at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Oklahoma! Courtesy of Marc Brenner.
Media forms an integral role within the societies we live in, bulletins actively shaping how we all go about our daily lives. With the power to connect our realities with those across the globe, conversations, discussions, debates are started off by the reporting of various issues. Delving into the unpredictable world of journalism, Sam Hoare’s Press serves as a contemporary look at the lengths taken to bring news worthy stories to the front.
Courtesy of Mark Douet.