These 4 Rules of Improv provide a powerful framework for fostering cooperative learning environments where every student can thrive. Mastering these skills can transform not just our classrooms, but our students' lives beyond our walls. The post 4 Rules of Improv: Building Cooperation and Community in a Theatre Classroom appeared first on Cathedral Arts Project.| Cathedral Arts Project
The Cultured Culchie – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Frank L. Performances – 8 Sept, 18:00 (preview), 9 – 12 Sept, 18:00, 13 Sept, 13:00 Venue – The International Bar – […]| No More Workhorse
The Secrets of Primrose Square – Gaiety Theatre – Review DATES: 9th Sep. – 13th Sep. The Secrets of Primrose Square is three interwoven stories based on a simple quote by Eleanor …| No More Workhorse
+353 Presents: The Revenger’s Tragedy – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Brian Merriman Performances – 10 – 13 Sept, 21:00, 13 Sept, 15:00 Venue – Abbey Theatre – Peacock Stage Funded […]| No More Workhorse
Hungry Grass/Stray Sod – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Hungry Grass/Stray Sod – Wandering Stories Theatre Performances – 8 Sept, 19:00 (preview), 8 Sept, 20:15, 9 – …| No More Workhorse
TESTO – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review TESTO – Wet Mess – Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival Performances – 9 – 10 Sept, 21:00 Venue – Project Arts Centre – Space Upstairs […]| No More Workhorse
Don’t Tell Dad About Diana – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Brian Merriman Performances – 8 Sept, 18:00 (preview), 9 – 10 Sept, 20:00, 12 Sept, 13:00 & 20:00, 13 Sept, […]| No More Workhorse
Lila Tristram – America – Album Review Lila Tristram is a UK-based singer-songwriter who has previously released a few solo EPs. This is her first full-length album, and unlike her EPs, this […]| No More Workhorse
Good With Faces – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Good With Faces – Oisín Kearney Venue – Project Arts Centre – Cube Performances – 6 Sept, 18:30 (preview), 7 – 9 Sept, […]| No More Workhorse
Pea Dinneen: Raising Her Voice – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Brian Merriman Presented by Pea Dinneen & Once Off Productions Performances – 6 Sept, 18:15 (preview), 7 Sept, 18:15, 11 […]| No More Workhorse
Octopus Children – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review FELISPEAKS – Presented by THISISPOPBABY Performances 5 Sept, 21:00 (preview), 6 – 7 Sept , 21:00, 11 – 14 Sept, 18:15, 12 & 14 […]| No More Workhorse
Synapses – Civic Theatre – Review We meet Mike (Liam Wilson Smyth) when he is dropping his son back to his ex-wife, Emily (Molly Downey). They are a young couple that were […]| No More Workhorse
The Girl on the Train – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN – 26 – 30 August 2025 Rachel Watson (Laura Whitmore) is a young woman who is struggling with …| No More Workhorse
Buckle up for turbulence, tunes, and 1960s hijinks as Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, in collaboration with Wharton Center, presents “Taking Off!,” a high-flying new musical comedy and this year’s New Musical Laboratory production. Performances are scheduled for Sept. 19-21, 2025, at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.| College of Arts & Letters
conventionally middle-class—UK, 1953—from ‘Mrs Dale’, the name of a conventional middle-class woman in Mrs Dale’s Diary, a BBC radio serial broadcast from 1948 to 1969| word histories
We were back in London for a few days and yesterday had a day of culture. First up: the brand new V&A East Storehouse museum in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park near Stratford, which opened on May 31st this year. This is a delightful new format for a museum. The building is primarily an off-site storage area for London's Victoria and Albert museum, storing 250,000 items that aren't on display in their main building. The twist is that it's also open to the public. Entrance is free, and you can...| Simon Willison's Weblog
WILMINGTON — The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College has announced two-time Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer Sutton Foster will be performing live at CFCC’s Wilson Center on…| Port City Daily
At the turn of the 20th century, Jack Johnson not only shattered boxing records but also broke through social barriers.| PlayMakers Repertory Company
★★★⯪☆ If there is one word to describe Karen Hall’s Delusions and Grandeur, it is anxious. The one-hour solo cello comedy show is filled with anxiety, existential dread, and uncertainty. As she rightfully points out, that is the life of a professional musician. The human brain will forget around 80% of what it hears within […] The post ‘Delusions and Grandeur’ at the Fringe appeared first on Cherwell.| Cherwell
Yes, Croydonites is back and is celebrating turning ten! Our favourite festival of theatre and performance takes place this Autumn from 8-18 October in venues around the town centre and South Norwood, with a mission to showcase local theatre makers, and bring some of the best contemporary performance work from around the UK to Croydon... » The post Croydonites is double digits appeared first on Croydonist.| Croydonist
What kind of world are we leaving behind? This urgent question sits at the heart of Legacy — a powerful […] The post LEGACY: A New Protest Play Amplifying the Voice of a Generation appeared first on Compass.| Compass
Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? is a one-man, one-puppet musical journey through the apocalypse created by John Butler.| Cherwell
Last night I had the joy of experiencing Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, was nothing short of intoxicating theatre at its finest. From the very first moment, it was a feast of colour, sound, and spectacle, a heady mix of indulgence and magic that left me completely spellbound. I went in blind, never ... Read more The post Moulin Rouge Review, The Palace Theatre, Manchester appeared first on Mini Travellers - Family Travel & Family Holiday Tips.| Mini Travellers – Family Travel & Family Holiday Tips
As the fringe approaches an end for 2025, my last day of adventure brings me here: an empty bus stop, ... The post Lost Girls / At Bus Stops by Róisín Sheridan-Bryson, Directed by Laila Noble @ Assembly Festival (fringe review) 4.5 Stars ****₁/₂ appeared first on SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland.| SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland
Stepping into the buzzing Underbelly at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe — specifically the CowBarn — I was met with the ... The post Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not to Come – innuendo, laughs, nostalgia and tenderness – 5 STARS ***** appeared first on SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland.| SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland
I spend a lot of time thinking about belonging these days. With my Polish-Tunisian blood boiling at the news, it’s ...| SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland
★★★★☆ Timestamp is a part-theremin, part-dance exploration of womanhood, expectation, and time. Brought to the Edinburgh Fringe after a successful run in New York City by Emilee Lord and Karen Cecilia, it unpacks, in an hour, the ways in which the performers have dealt with being held to certain standards in their own lives, and […] The post ‘Timestamp’ at the Fringe: Existing in the ‘now’ appeared first on Cherwell.| Cherwell
★★★☆☆ Everything I write ends up being about grief – I suppose this review only proves that point. HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL, created by Chicago-based comedian Brendan Tran, pays tribute to his late father. This is his Fringe debut and though somewhat scrappy, it is full of vulnerability that makes it a worthwhile watch. […] The post ‘HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL’ at Fringe appeared first on Cherwell.| Cherwell
The dazzling promise of Broadway and London’s West End is simple: Everyone gets a shot, and the best rise to the top. But walk into almost any major theater today, and you’ll see a new, unspoken law at work-a “40% Black, 50% White (mostly women)” rule that quietly shoves Latinos, Asians, and white men to ...| Cruising The Past
Back in February 2025, Norwich Castle published a call-out for people of all ages and backgrounds to come together to dance, with workshops building up to a performance. We had an incredible respon…| Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Mississauga Players used their Fall 2023 ArtsCare MicroGrant to produce the SWAP Senior Theatre Workshop, engaging 15 seniors in every aspect of theatre production. The post MicroGrant Success: Mississauga Players, Fall 2023 appeared first on Mississauga Arts Council.| Mississauga Arts Council
In the lobby of the August Wilson house you can read a letter that Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s founder and artistic director Mark Clayton Southers wrote to August Wilson in 2002, describing his intent to establish a theater in Pittsburgh that would offer Black audiences stories that spoke to their history and lived experience. Wilson’s … … Continue reading →| The Pittsburgh Tatler
Timestamp, by Emilee Lord and Karen Cecilia, is a part-theremin, part-dance exploration of womanhood, expectation, and time.| Cherwell
The Michigan State University Department of Theatre’s 2025-2026 Season, Secrets & Spotlights, features performances designed to foster empathy by immersing audiences in stories that highlight diverse characters and perspectives. The season opens with “Taking Off!” — a New Musical Laboratory production running Sept. 19-21, 2025 — and concludes with a Storefront Series production April 23-26, 2026. Seven additional shows will be presented throughout the year.| College of Arts & Letters
HOLE IN THE WALL L'HOPITAL is his Fringe debut and though somewhat scrappy, it is full of vulnerability that makes it a worthwhile watch.| Cherwell
Playwright of A Good Boy and Founder of Hidden Voices In the early 2000s, playwright Lynden Harris had a vision for a company dedicated to […]| PlayMakers Repertory Company
ShareMark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show – 4 stars Gilded Balloon at the Museum (Auditorium) Until 10 August at 11.45 (£13.00, conc £12) AD | I have been or could be if you click on a link in this post compensated via a cash payment, gift or something else of value for writing this post. See ... Read more| Mini Travellers - Family Travel & Family Holiday Tips
We are pleased to announce an exciting, free training opportunity in live theatre audio description, delivered by VocalEyes in partnership […]| VocalEyes
4 STARS After enjoying success at the Brighton Fringe Festival, winning the outstanding theatre award, The Conor Baum Company’s production of Electra came to the Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) for two final shows. A translation of Sophocles’ famed Greek tragedy, Conor Baum’s vision for Electra is perfect for the nature-controlled setting of BOAT, with […] The post Electra at the Brighton Open Air Theatre Review first appeared on The Badger.| The Badger
If you were to ask me what I love most about Chekhov as a writer, I’d probably say that it’s …Continue reading →| The Pittsburgh Tatler
Your Tatler has been out of town for much of the summer; the ‘burgh has welcomed her back not only with oppressive heat (ugh) but also a rich offering of theater, music, and art in the coming weeks…| The Pittsburgh Tatler
Getty Villa Stages Rock-Fueled Oedipus Satire Under the Stars The Getty Villa Museum will bring the myth of Oedipus to...| WestsideToday
On Saturday we went to the press preview night of Kynren in Bishop Auckland. We visited last year for the first time and it was … The post The Completely Spectacular Kynren – Review appeared first on Yorkshire Wonders.| Yorkshire Wonders
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Born in South Croydon in 1888, actor and playwright Miles Malleson’s work drew plaudits from Olivier, Thorndike and Gielgud. DAVID MORGAN recalls the life, career and campa…| Inside Croydon
Simon Parkes, who bought Brixton Academy for £1 in 1982, recalls how he turned a struggling venue into a world-class live gig space.| Big Issue
Godmersham Park, Kent. In case you thought – after the second of two reviews and at least two discussion posts – that I had said all I needed to say about Jane Austen’s 1814 novel Mansfield P…| Calmgrove Books
A face made of pieces stitched together, giving the message that brokenness isn’t beyond repair. Another with a knife conveying stabbing headaches, the impairment of an eye while in Afghanist…| On Art and Aesthetics
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have heard about the groundbreaking and multi-award winning musical HAMILTON. Created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, HAMILTON is a sung-and-rapped biographical musical that tells a revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the birth of the nation the United States of America. HAMILTON follows the rise of Founding […] Read more... The post 6 reasons why you should take your tweens and teens to see HAMILTON appeared first on Adventur...| Adventure, baby!
The Benefits of Speech and Drama Class for UK Home Educated Teens What’s so great about online speech and drama ... Read more The post Speech and Drama Class for Home Education Families appeared first on Arise Home Education.| Arise Home Education
This month, legendary musical The Rocky Horror Show returns to the Cornwall Playhouse, bringing its unique brand of dark comedy and outrageous fun. Ahead of its comeback, we welcomed performing arts, dance and drama students from Truro and Penwith College to join us at Hall for Cornwall for a morning of Time Warping, astonishing acrobatics […] The post Truro College Time Warps into HfC! appeared first on Hall for Cornwall | Theatre & Arts in Cornwall.| Hall for Cornwall | Theatre & Arts in Cornwall
Santa Cruz Shakespeare finishes their summer season tonight (they still have Glass Menagerie in the fall and Christmas Carol in December), so I’ll post my reviews now. Let’s start with the “Fringe” productions: two staged readings and the intern’s play. The first staged reading was Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. They selected the play to commemorate […]| Gas station without pumps
by Jonathan Curry-Machado I first met Rodney backstage at the South London Theatre, as I was just embarking on my Continue readingPlays of War and Peace The post Plays of War and Peace first appeared on Amaurea Press.| Amaurea Press
With spring almost upon us, Amaurea has some new books on the way, spanning memoir, fiction and theatre. From award-winning Continue readingAmaurea news The post Amaurea news first appeared on Amaurea Press.| Amaurea Press
CRUSH, an original play by Hannah Eggleton, was an elevated coming-of-age story, rendered with all the trappings of the teenage experience.| Cherwell
A new translation of Federico García Lorca’s tragedy, Blood Wedding, was put on beautifully by Full Moon Theatre at the Oxford Playhouse.| Cherwell
ART not only raises pertinent questions about modern art, but unravels what makes people stay friends, even when they have little in common.| Cherwell
Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, performed by Exeter College Drama Society and following Keller family in the 1940s, does not have a happy ending.| Cherwell
To maintain interest, this production of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', at times, leant into some of the play’s comedic elements.| Cherwell
Strong Wind – Smock Alley Theatre – Review Dates: 6 – 31 May 2025 @ 8pm, 31 May @ 3pm – Boys’ School Jon Olav Fosse is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright who won the N…| No More Workhorse
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review by Brian Merriman Presented in association with Tina Turner Dates: 27 May – 14 June 2025 Just two years ago this …| No More Workhorse
Scorched Earth – Dublin Dance Festival – Review On the Abbey Stage – Dates: 23 – 24 May 2025 Written, Directed and Choreographed by Luke Murphy Scorched Earth runs at the Ga…| No More Workhorse
Embers is a play that’s easy to describe but difficult to categorize. Adapted by Christopher Hampton from a novel by Hungarian writer Sandor Marai, the play depicts the reunion, after 41 years, of …| The Pittsburgh Tatler
Re:INCARNATION – Dublin Dance Festival – Review Dates: 20 May – 21 May – On the Abbey Stage Directed and Choreographed by Qudus Onikeku QDance Company are from Lagos, Nigeria, so…| No More Workhorse
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Frank L. Dates: 20 – 24 May 2025 – Part of the Dublin Dance Festival It was over thirty years ago th…| No More Workhorse
Somnole – Dublin Dance Festival – Review by Frank L. Somnole – performed at the Project Arts Centre Somnole choreographed and performed by Boris Charmatz The stage is entirely emp…| No More Workhorse
Specky Clark – Dublin Dance Festival – Review Performed at the Abbey Theatre Find out more about Oona Doherty here. Specky Clark – Co-produced and presented by Dublin Dance Festiv…| No More Workhorse
Lovesong – Gate Theatre – Review LOVESONG by Abi Morgan Dates – 9th May to 15th June 2025 Photo: Patricio Cassinoni We meet a couple, Maggie and Billy, at two stages of their liv…| No More Workhorse
Source On Sunday 4 th May Vicky & I saw Berkeley Rep's production of a thought-provoking new play by Moisés Kaufman, Amanda Gronich, and ...| blog.dshr.org
It was the opening dance sequence—and the cover of the program—that threw me off. Elizabeth Bennet, headphones slung casually around her neck, slow-mo dancing to EDM (electronic dance music)? I balked. I’d expected a traditional| DownshiftingPRO
For an industry so obsessed with news, why are we so reluctant to cover new things?| One Man & His Blog
Meet the stellar ensemble led by director Christopher Windom in Dominique Morisseau's CONFEDERATES. The post Meet the Cast of Confederates appeared first on PlayMakers Repertory Company.| PlayMakers Repertory Company
In a time when headlines read like punchlines and we see the powerful punching down, Morisseau's "Confederates" is right on time–and comedy is all in the timing. The post If We Don’t Laugh, We’ll Cry appeared first on PlayMakers Repertory Company.| PlayMakers Repertory Company
Dramaturgy Fellow Lexi Silva shares her thoughts on Willy Loman and what we can learn from him. The post What I Learned from Willy Loman appeared first on PlayMakers Repertory Company.| PlayMakers Repertory Company
You have been requested and invited to come bargain with Uncanny Things. This is a world much like ours, with one exception. Those creatures in old stories and legends: the fey in the shadow of ancient trees, the hellkin lingering in bloody cellars, the bastions chanting at the edge of hearing: they are real. That […] The post Come Bargain With Uncanny Things | Review appeared first on The Escape Roomer.| The Escape Roomer
Reader, let me get your first concern out of the way: even though basketball – and, particularly, basketball legend LeBron James – are important to its characters, you yourself really do not need t…| The Pittsburgh Tatler
Without donations, there may not be a 2025 SF Mime Troupe show for 2025. This is when we need them most.| The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III)
Interview with Breda McCann – Two Minutes – Civic Theatre Interview with Breda McCann, writer of Two Minutes, running at the Civic Studio, Tallaght, April 16th to 19th. Starring: Wayne …| No More Workhorse
Chichester Festival Theatre’s volunteer companion scheme, CFT Buddies, has become an indispensable part of the Theatre’s community programme since it was introduced in 2017 – helping to make theatregoing easier for people who may need a little [...]| vocaleyes.co.uk
The post PAF Connects at Project Arts Centre: Live Collision appeared first on Project Arts Centre.| Project Arts Centre
I’d like to invite everyone to see Cabrillo’s Spring play Fortinbras at the Black Box theater inside Crocker Theater on Cabrillo’s Aptos campus. The play by Lee Blessing is a very silly, very funny…| Gas station without pumps
This Spain-set dramedy by Andrew Bovell is compelling and wildly satisfying, despite the mixed performances throughout.| Eden Caceda
Cock – Smock Alley – Review 4 – 8 Mar 2025 @ 8pm Sat 8 @ 3pm – Boys’ School – Smock Alley Cock tells the story of John (Séan Mc Manus), a gay man who has found himself with …| No More Workhorse
No Romance: A Desperate Business – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review February 24th – March 15, 2025 No Romance: A Desperate Business written by Nancy Harris The set is a funera…| No More Workhorse
King Lear – Gate Theatre – Review Photos by Ross Kavanagh Dates – 21st Feb until 27th April When King Lear (Conleth Hill) utters the immortal line ‘Nothing will come of noth…| No More Workhorse
MILK – Abbey Theatre – Review The Abbey Theatre presents a Khashabi Theatre / Palestine production MILK مِلْك Dates – 20 February – 1 March 2025 By Bashar Murkus and Khulood…| No More Workhorse
Did I Ever Tell Ya – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. Did I Ever Tell Ya – written by David Gilna Monday 17 February – Saturday 1 March 2025 20:00 David Gilna is back wit…| No More Workhorse
MANY MEs – Project Arts Centre – Review Date – 18th February Time – 7:30pm Space – The Space Upstairs – Duration – 40 minutes This is a solo piece by chore…| No More Workhorse
In which I interview on Bay Area theatre's most eclectic talents ahead of their hilarious drag show.| The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III)
The dated "classic" film comedy is re-imagined as a trans-epiphany musical that's as fun as it is flawed.| The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III)
This (belated) review of my final 2024 show is complicated celebration of Oakland Blackness.| The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III)
Two kids shows made SF theatre Christmas even more colorful and queer!| The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III)
In the shadow of a bad election, a pair of drag shows prove SF is still a queer safe space.| The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III)
Who is Little Women for? In Constance Swain’s director’s note for the ASC’s new production, she is quite candid that this mainstay of American literature is not and was not for he…| Come To The Pedlar
Written by Yi-Ping Wu. The 2024 Taiwan Theatre Report analyses the trends in Taiwan’s theatre scene, highlighting the rising popularity of musicals and comedy while addressing the impact of t…| Taiwan Insight
This (belated) review covers the SF Mime Troupe’s world premiere which returns Dickens to its SJW roots.| The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III)
My traditional (i.e. hackneyed) look back to remember some of the good things that happened to me (maybe others) this year. Top 3 theatre I seem to have gone to the National Theatre quite a lot in …| Somewhere Boy
Heavily billed and marketed as Sigourney Weaver’s West End debut, the Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, now showing at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane, is entirely vivified by the much-decorated Hollywood icon. As Prospero – become woman, in a pleasing symmetry to male actors’ insisted-upon performances of female roles during the Bard’s […]| The Upcoming
Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes is coming to the Young Vic Theatre, reimagined by Lyndsey Turner (Coriolanus). Set in the early 1900s American South, this adaptation is a gripping tale of greed, betrayal and social injustice, brought to life by Anne-Marie Duff as the ambitious Regina. Regina is a woman with a sharp mind and […]| The Upcoming
At Michigan State University, faculty and students are using theatre and dance to illuminate the effects of climate change through a project in partnership with Bullfrogs Ballet artists, educators, and students in North Macedonia. The Ripple Effect project was funded…| College of Arts & Letters
