MILLION Dollar Quartet, the hit musical which moved from Cirencester’s Barn Theatre to a London season, is going on a national tour in 2027, with 23 major venues all across the country from January to July. After its sell-out success at the Barn in the summer, Million Dollar Quartet is at The Arts at Marble…
AMERICAN novelist Shirley Jackson decided to write a ghost story, apparently after reading about a group of 19th century psychic researchers who studied a supposedly haunted house. Published in 1959, Jackson’s hugely popular gothic horror story has been adapted for the stage by Olivier and BAFTA award-winner Stef Smith, and is currently having its world…
DYLAN Thomas’s masterpiece, Under Milk Wood, originally written for radio, has had an equally successful life on stage, often as an ensemble piece, but occasionally as a solo show. And the exemplar of solo performers of this poetic and magical work is Guy Masterson, who will be performing on 21st and 22nd September at Bath…
IN 2003, Carl Grose and Anna Maria Murphy set about adapting the Cornish-based Celtic myth Tristan and Yseult and its later manifestations into a play for Kneehigh. Directed by Emma Rice, it was first staged at Restormel Castle, and continued (in the Kneehigh way) to tour in various theatres and outdoor settings until 2017 –…
THAT is not just an alliterative play on words – it is the underlying theme of a fascinating solo play by Anglo-German theatre company, Fish in a Dress, which finishes its Dorset dates on Sunday 20th September. Ladies and gentlemen, are you feeling a little upset? Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts … and…
TRACY-Ann Oberman is a fearless actress – whether performing as one of the finest Tzeitels in the history of Fiddler on the Roof or wowing audiences with her audacious reimagining of The Merchant of Venice, where she played a female Shylock in the turbulent Fascist-inflamed East London of the 1930s, she clearly relishes a challenge….
A LIGHTHOUSE is a symbol of hope and safety, light in sometimes frightening darkness, a welcome hint of hope if the ship is foundering or there is a man overboard. In her debut play, The Light House, coming to Somerset’s Take Art rural touring charity in September, writer-performer Alys Williams explores a real life story…
THE Billings, a dedicated community venue at the heart of the Theatre Royal Bath, will open in spring 2027. This will be the fourth and final public and performance space within the theatre’s historic city centre site. The project, funded with support from more than 4,200 donors, has been fully approved, and work is now…
SMALL but mighty in its reach and influence – that would be a fair description of the Barn, the tiny independent theatre in Cirencester, which has announced the London transfer of its hit show, Million Dollar Quartet. Following an extended summer run at its Cotswold home, the show, with a cast led by Darren Day,…
TREEHOUSE, a theatre company renowned for their interactive performances and workshops, brings Alice in Wonderland to Dorset for two performances with Artsreach, at Buckland Newton village hall on Wednesday 12th August at 10.30am, and Cranborne’s Cecil Memorial Hall that afternoon at 3pm. Specialists in history and great story-telling, Treehouse aim to introduce young people to…