Oscar Nominee Paul Mescal, Patsy Ferran, and Anjana Vasan to Star in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE West End Transfer
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 24, 2023
Paul Mescal, just nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA for his leading role in the film Aftersun, and best known for his BAFTA winning role in Normal People, Olivier Award winner Patsy Ferran (Summer & Smoke), Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts) and Dwane Walcott (One Night in Miami, Our Girl) will continue in the roles of Stanley, Blanche, Stella and Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell respectively, in the transfer of the Almeida Theatre's critically acclaimed, hot ticket & sell-out production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Review Roundup: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Almeida Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan
- Jan 13, 2023
After a much-delayed press night when Patsy Ferran stepped in as Blanche DuBois with a few days' notice to replace Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Frecknall's new version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire has finally opened at London's Almeida Theatre.
Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Almeida Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina
- Jan 13, 2023
This is A Streetcar Named Desire for a new generation. It’s sexy and dangerously seductive, but doesn’t fail to have a firm and uncompromising stance on domestic violence. We’re repulsed by Stanley’s antics, then by Mitch’s. Frecknall’s Streetcar is unmistakably feminist and feminine. She hones Blanche and Stella’s relationship, presenting them in all their dignity and flaws, building a sisterhood marred by the needs and threats of the time.
Final Day To Vote In The 2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards!
by Marianka Swain
- Mar 25, 2022
It's the final day to vote in the 2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favourites. Voting closes at midnight, so you've still got time to get those last votes in...
Guest Blog: Composer Susannah Pearse On HALL OF MIRRORS
by Guest Author
- Mar 23, 2022
My collaborator Robert Hudson and I first got interested in writing a musical about the Treaty of Versailles about five years ago. We’d toyed with the idea before, but the Brexit vote and the widening political divide within both the UK and America gave us the impetus we’d been missing, and we began to write the first draft of what eventually became Hall of Mirrors.
Hosts, Presenters & Performances Announced for 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 15, 2022
WhatsOnStage today announced that Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson will host the 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. They are joined by presenters Chris Bush, Graziano Di Prima, Omari Douglas, James Graham, David Harewood, Frances Mayli McCann, Stephanie McKeon, Drew McOnie, Daniel Monks, Tracy Ann Oberman, Johannes Radebe, and more.
BWW Review: CAMP SIEGFRIED, Old Vic
by Bella Bevan
- Sep 19, 2021
The Old Vic stages the world premiere of American playwright Bess Wohl's Camp Siegfried. This two-hander drama is directed by Katy Rudd and depicts a budding romance at a real-life fascist summer camp for young German-Americans operating on New York's Long Island in the 1930s.
The Old Vic Announces Its 'Back Together' Season
by Stephi Wild
- May 11, 2021
Today, on The Old Vic's 203rd birthday, THE OLD VIC: BACK TOGETHER Season. This Season has been announced. The seventh from Artistic Director Matthew Warchus will run from July 2021 to July 2022, and will be an uplifting and thought-provoking combination of both streamed and live shows.
Daniel Ward Announced as the Winner of the 51st George Devine Award
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 23, 2020
Daniel Ward has been announced as the winner of the 51st George Devine Award for his debut play The Canary and the Crow, picking up a prize of £15,000. The Canary and the Crow is the coming of age story of a working-class black kid accepted to a prestigious grammar school.
George Devine Award 2020 Shortlist Announced
by Stephi Wild
- Nov 10, 2020
The George Devine Award today announces its 2020 Shortlist of nine plays. Founded in 1966 in memory of the Royal Court's founding Artistic Director George Devine, the Award is recognised as one of the most prestigious in new writing and seeks to shine a light on a playwright of promise.
BWW Review: 15 HEROINES, Jermyn Street Theatre Online
by Louise Penn
- Nov 9, 2020
15 Heroines is a major new digital project by Jermyn Street Theatre in collaboration with Digital Theatre Plus. Taking Ovid’s Heroides as inspiration they reach back across thousands of years and into the cultures of the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Africa, the heroines are rehabilitated and placed in a modern setting.
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