Newly launched theatre creatives’ group #scenechange is joining forces with theatres across the UK and Ireland in a new campaign to focus attention on the industry’s continuing Covid-closedown as other parts of the entertainment and hospitality industries start to reopen. The #MissingLiveTheatre initiative will wrap theatre buildings with pink barrier tape reading ‘Missing Live Theatre’ […]
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Top designers launch new online support platform
A group of leading theatre designers have united to support fellow theatre creatives and ensure their voices are heard as the industry looks to ways to re-shape and re-build for life on the other side of the Covid-closedown. Aimed at providing a platform for all theatre set and costume designers, #scenechange offers a place for […]
Wise Children to offer summer school theatre courses
Bristol-based company Wise Children is stepping up its online presence with the launch of The School for Wise Children’s Summer Spread – a series of online theatrical courses launching next month. Running from 15 June until 17 July 2020 and offering three paid places and three free places per course, the lessons will be delivered […]
Hamilton collects seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical
New American musical Hamilton collected seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard, the UK’s most prestigious stage honours, announced at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Catherine Tate. Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and orchestrator Alex Lacamoire won Outstanding Achievement in Music (which Lacamoire accepted by singing a speech […]
Musicals dominate Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards – Hamilton wins first major British prize
Opening just before Christmas to rave reviews, the London version of the multi award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton has won its first major prize outside the USA – Best Musical at the 2017 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. Earmarked by Cameron Mackintosh as the production to launch his multi-million-pound refurbishment of the Victoria Palace Theatre, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s […]
