Margaret Perry News

The Abbey Theatre has commissioned writers from Ireland, with unique additional contributions from the USA, China and Italy, to each write a monologue, to be performed by 50 actors, and then streamed on the Abbey's digital platforms. Today, 15 April 2020, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, Directors of the Abbey Theatre, announce the lineup of artists taking part in the theatre's historic project, Dear Ireland.

The Bush Theatre's studio feels like a perfect place for this play, as it demands close proximity between the audience and actor. Sitting on a raised ledge, Essie tells us the story of her job displacement, intertwining conversations she's had with her friends, family and former partners. Her aim is to make a list of words that describe her - in order for her to pull them out when being asked about herself in interviews. Words like smart, practical, and perfectionist are a few that have been chosen to be used.

The Abbey Theatre Gala is an annual celebration of Ireland's National Theatre. Hosted by the Westbury Hotel, on Thursday 14th November, this year's event honoured Irish playwright Thomas Kilroy for his contribution to Irish theatre.

Breffni Holahan has won The Stage Edinburgh Award for her performance in Collapsible a?" a piece by Margaret Perry (Porcelain), directed by Thomas Martin (Ross and Rachel). It comes to Edinburgh as part of HighTide's Disruption series, in partnership with Assembly Roxy.

Assembly Festival 2019 is delighted to announce another exciting year of theatre, from local artists to international superstars, to one-woman shows to energetic ensemble pieces.

Bringing Pops from critically acclaimed writer Charlotte Josephine (Bitch Boxer; Blush) to the stage this summer are Nigel Barrett (Mysteries, Royal Exchange; Party Skills for the End of the World, Manchester International Festival and Shoreditch Town Hall) and the multi-award winning Sophie Melville (Wolfie, Theatre 503; Iphigenia in Splott, National Theatre, Broadway transfer and international tour) as a father and daughter caught in a cycle of addiction.

Victor Esses and Ellie Keel Productions today announce Edinburgh Festival Fringe run of Where to Belong in association with CASA Festival and Rich Mix. The production, written and performed by Victor Esses, opens at Summerhall on 2 August, with previews from 31 July and runs until 25 August ahead of a UK tour in 2020. Full details for the tour to be announced.

Lynette Linton has this morning announced her inaugural season as Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre. The 2019 - 2020 season includes UK debut plays from six playwrights alongside a new production of celebrated poet and playwright Jackie Kay's first play Chiaroscuro directed by Lynette Linton. Five Senior Artistic Associates have been announced as actress Adjoa Andoh, movement director Polly Bennett, producers Shawab Iqbal and Tobi Kyeremateng and actress Martha Plimpton. The associates will support an expansion of the Bush Theatre's initiatives to involve new writers and theatre practitioners in the theatre industry.

HighTide will return to Aldeburgh for their 13th festival with a world premiere and new work from homegrown talent. This fantastic programme will be Steven Atkinson's final Festival as Artistic Director; it illustrates HighTide's commitment to championing new writing as the space for political, contemporary and provocative work, created by new and diverse artists.

Assembly Festival Announces More Shows On Sale

After the success of their 2018 HighTide: Edinburgh programme, HighTide have now partnered with Assembly to present Disruption, their programme of contemporary new writing exclusively at Assembly Roxy. The six pieces chosen demonstrate HighTide and Assembly Festival's shared vision for new writing as a space of political, contemporary and provocative work, created by new, diverse artists. HighTide is renowned for the discovery of new playwrights, including Ella Hickson, Nick Payne and Vinay Patel, and the Disruption season sees HighTide writers premiere at the world's largest arts festival ahead of performances at HighTide Festivals Aldeburgh and Walthamstow.

In the lead up to Dementia Action Week 2019, The Dot Collective will celebrate the one hundred trillion synapses that form memories in the human brain, transforming the Old Vic Workrooms into an immersive world of memory and experience.

Joanna Syrokomla and Cynthia Amsden, Co-Chairs of the Canadian Alliance of Film & Television Costume Arts & Design (CAFTCAD) Awards are very pleased to announce the official winners of this evening's gala. The CAFTCAD Awards congratulate the nominees and the winners and thank the team who worked diligently to make this evening possible, the generosity of the sponsors, as well as all the costumers who submitted their designs. We look forward to the 2020 CAFTCAD Awards.

Artistic Director of MGC, Michael Grandage today announces the third annual MGCfutures Bursary Programme is now open for applications; and in addition, a special gala performance of The Lieutenant of Inishmore.

Art School, the new company being set up to support the education sector and arts industry to work together to improve and protect arts education, has announced its next event in its year-long series focusing on bringing leaders in the arts industry and education sector together to share work, advice and recommendations on how to improve and protect arts education.

Art School, the new company being set up to support the arts industry and education sector to work together to improve and protect arts education, has announced its next events in its year long series bringing together leaders in the arts industry and education sector to share work, advice and recommendations on how to improve and protect arts education.

Michael Grandage today announced the recipients of the second annual MGCfutures Bursaries awarded across a range of theatrical disciplines including directing, writing, producing, video design, choreography and performance makers. Offering both financial and ongoing mentoring support from the MGCfutures team, the recipients come from across the UK. 

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will stage "Shrek The Musical"  to close out the 2016-2017 season. Margarett Perry will direct. Performances will be held in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre from April 20th through April 30th, 2017. For tickets and information please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113.

The new MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins has announced its MA Dramatic Writing showcase.

From the mind of actor, playwright, HBO Def Poet Brian Dykstra comes a play in which a middle-management woman who is being denied access to a staircase asks what the difference is between a staircase being 'out-of-service' and 'out-of-order. The underpaid security guard replies, 'You're not going to like my answer.' His response sets off a chain reaction that becomes a sly commentary on office politics, glass ceilings, income inequality and racism in Corporate America.