Mark Dawson News

Jukebox musical that should have stayed in the pub.

Belly of the Whale from Ockham's Razor, winners of the Total Theatre and Jacksons Lane Award for Circus at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016, is an incredible meeting of circus and sculpture. This new outdoor show offers an innovative combination of cross-disciplinary curiosity and intuition.

I grew up in Adelaide, an Australian city known for its international arts festival, and my festival memory as a teenager is of the city coming alive. At the time I didn't know how lucky I was, but I saw amazing performance - including Peter Brook's The Mahabharata and Pina Bausch's Wuppertaler Tanztheater's Kontakthof - and I also participated in community events and outdoor arts.

There's an old rocking chair with a threadbare cushion in the corner of small living room near Brooklyn Bridge, New York. In it sits Eddie Carbone, our tragic hero, reading the paper. He smells of coffee from the sacks he's been unloading at the docks. A hard-working man providing for his wife Beatrice, and his orphaned niece Catherine who is by now a young woman, ready to fly the nest.

A View From the Bridge is the second production in the inaugural Factory Company season at Tobacco Factory Theatres. Following Adele Thomas's dynamic production of Macbeth, the Factory Company will perform a new, in the round production of this dramatic family drama by Arthur Miller in the atmospheric Factory Theatre. The production will be directed by the theatre's Artistic Director Mike Tweddle in his first production for Tobacco Factory Theatres.

Circus has the power to transcend art forms. In its 250th year, it has developed into many genres, and continues to inspire and challenge the status quo. The magic of the internet and space travel may have become mundane, but circus still defies the impossible for audiences.

There were more than a few raised eyebrows when the all new Factory Company from Tobacco Factory Theatres announced it's first play would be a Shakespeare. Having moved the acclaimed Shakespeare at The Tobacco Factory company from their usual Spring slot to accommodate its inaugural season, it seemed strange to then open with a Shakespeare- an area that this theatre seemed to have all sewn up. 

Stepping into the Tobacco Factory Theatre this Christmas and you're immediately transported to an eerie forest in rural France for a re-telling of this classic French fairy tale.

Turtle Key Arts prides itself on being about access to the arts. This was one of the founding principles of our organisation, and the way that we deliver on this aim is constantly reassessed.

A new production from Bristol's Tobacco Factory Theatres of Samuel Beckett's iconic Waiting for Godot visits Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre next month.

The Railway Children holds a special place in Britain's heart; E Nesbit's well-loved tale was first published in 1905, but most of us know it from Lionel Jeffries' iconic 1970 film, which also made a star of the teenage Jenny Agutter. This new production, faithfully adapted by Dave Simpson, has given a wider national audience the chance to see this classic tale brought to the stage.

BWW speaks to Conor Drum about bringing his show All My Friends Are Dead to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW speaks to Sleeping Trees about bringing Sleeping Trees At The Movies to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Classic novel The Railway Children is brought to life on The Marlowe Theatre stage in Canterbury next month (August).

A rare collection of complete live recordings of classic American musical theater is now available at two major venues: Goodspeed Musicals' Scherer Library of Musical Theatre in East Haddam, Connecticut, and Cleveland Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio.

Instafreebie, the book world's leading platform for exclusive access to sneak peaks, advance previews, and special giveaways, announced today its achievement of 10 million downloads. With early accessibility, readers are often the first to review and recommend a book.

Gonzo Moose Theatre Company have announced the UK Tour of The Thing That Came From Over There, running January 27th 2017 - April 8th 2017.

Gonzo Moose Theatre Company have announced the UK Tour of The Thing That Came From Over There, running January 27th 2017 - April 8th 2017.

Deadline.com reports that longtime host of the popular game show FAMILY FEUD Richard Dawson passed away on Saturday, June 2 at age 79.