As Shirley and Dwight bury their mother, they remember their upbringing in 1980s Chapeltown, Leeds differently. In the height of racial discrimination, police brutality and poverty, the struggle for survival ripped through their family.
Dwight was discovering what it meant to be a young black boy with autism in a world determined never to understand him. Shirley was desperately trying to forge her own independence away from unfair expectations at school and home.
Now as adults, they need to bring together the fractured pieces of their past to move forward together.
Nancy Medina directs Zodwa Nyoni’s gripping and heartfelt drama that explores the complexities and beauty of what it really means to care for one another.
Captioned Performance: 1 August, 7.30pm
Audio Described Performance: 4 August, 7.30pm
Relaxed Performance: 6 August, 2.30pm
Babehoven has released their gorgeous new album, Water’s Here In You, via Double Double Whammy. To celebrate the album’s release, Babehoven has shared a video for album standout “My Best Friend Needs,” directed by Richard Orofino and Pearl Dickson of the band Sex Week. Watch the video here!
Join Theatre West for WE'RE NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA, a celebration of AAPI stories and talent on May 11, 2024. Produced by Pamela Najera and presented by AADAP, Inc. Tickets available for $40.
Actors Theatre of Louisville has revealed its 2024-25 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
Second Stage Theater will present the world premiere production of a new play by Alexis Scheer, BREAKING THE STORY.
Philadelphia's First Holiday Haunted House To Debut In Manayunk At Lincoln Mill. Get your tickets now for this one-night-only event on December 16th.
Zachary Reeve Davidson is the Founding Artistic Director of Coin & Ghost, the group presenting Mama Mama Can’t You See, an explosive new play about human connection and the mythology of war written by ex-Marine Stan Mayer and Cecilia Fairchild. Davidson is directing and choreographing, opening November 10 at Studio/Stage. Since the new play tells the story of being involved in a war from the viewpoint of a Marine, I decided to speak with Zachary about its creation and relevancy to our world today in which wars seem to be constantly in the news.
When The Record Company pick up their instruments, the members—Chris Vos (guitar, lead vocals, harmonica), Alex Stiff (bass, backing vocals), and Marc Cazorla (drums, backing vocals) participate in a musical back-and-forth akin to a formative and supportive conversation among siblings. Plus, check out tour dates!
Alongside unveiling their brand new show image, Bristol Old Vic today announced the full cast and creative team for Choir Boy, with a cast led by some of the hottest young musical theatre stars in the UK.
Discover The Playground Theatre's captivating season of performances featuring stories about women and LGBTQ+ individuals. Find out about the dates and ticket information for each show and make sure you don't miss out on these engaging and thought-provoking productions.
When it comes to long-running shows, Birdland has cornered the market, and this week The Lineup With Susie Mosher turns five.
Season four of WE’RE HERE will follow three new renowned drag queens, Sasha Velour, Priyanka and Jaida Essence Hall, as they continue the goal of the series to spread love and connection through the art of drag across small-town America. They replace Bob the Drag Queen, D.J. “Shangela” Pierce and Eureka O’Hara.
Theatre503 has announced an autumn line-up featuring world premieres by three debut writers. From September to December, Theatre503’s programme exemplifies the ways in which the new writing powerhouse encounters, nurtures, and launches a new generation of writers and theatre-makers –including through its 503Five residency, International Playwriting Award, and unsolicited script engagement.
The streets of Kingston-Upon-Thames will be buzzing this summer as FUSE International returns with 50 events spanning theatre, dance, cabaret, comedy, music and visual arts as the annual international celebration of live performance and creativity returns.
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and the Unicorn Theatre announced the full cast and creative team for The Tempest re-imagined for everyone aged six and over, revised and directed by Jennifer Tang. Learn how to purchase tickets!
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced full cast and creative team for their forthcoming production of Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written.
The St. Pete theatre company's 2023/2024 lineup is full of contemporary shows, and one classic - Disney's Beauty and the Beast musical - that audiences will enjoy in Demens Landing Park.
Kristen Coury, CEO and Producing Artistic Director of Gulfshore Playhouse, has announced their complete 2023-2024 season. Due to construction delays caused by Hurricane Ian, the new The Baker Theatre and Education Center will open in 2024. As such, Gulfshore Playhouse will produce the 2023-2024 season in the Norris Center.
Following unprecedented demand, tickets for all existing performances of Streetcar have now sold out for the run at the Phoenix Theatre from 20 March to 29 April 2023.
Performances begin tonight for the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of The Collaboration. Warhol. Basquiat. Electric, eccentric, polar opposites... together, for the first time in the most unlikely partnership the art world has ever seen.
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and Neal Street Productions, in association with Hera Pictures, have announced the world-premiere stage production of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti.
Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & the Pool will extend its Broadway engagement due to popular demand.
Theatre 68 is presenting the World Premiere of Diving Horses, an original full-length play written by Vinnie Nardiello. Produced by Artistic Director Ronnie Marmo, directed by Kerri Murphy and co-directed by Mark Riccadonna, October 27-29 at John Desotelle Studio Nubox Theatre.
Getty Villa Presents MEMNON Read By The Classical Theatre Of Harlem, an online live play-reading taking place via Zoom on Monday, October 24, 2022, at 5:00 pm PT. Founded in 1999, The Classical Theatre of Harlem creates theater anchored in the context of the African Diaspora.
ArtsEmerson, Boston's leading presenter of contemporary world theater and film and the professional presenting and producing organization of Emerson College, recently announced the film schedule for Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF).
Single tickets are available for the entire 2022-2023 season at Capital Repertory Theatre starting Thursday, September 29. Dracula: A Comedy of Horrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen previously went on sale at the beginning of July, now, theatergoers can buy their single tickets to the rest of theREP's upcoming shows.
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