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News: Pubs and theatre. An age-old pairing.
This exciting project will no doubt resonate with anyone that has ever stepped into a pub, so this February, grab your pint of Drunken Nights and witness something completely original and unique.
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News: The 28 Day Project launches wonderful opportunities
The 28 Day Project is an exciting initiative offering emerging talent a step into the film business.
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Have you got the Star Wars X Factor?
Thousands turned away at open auditions after standing in the rain for hours.
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News: TheatreCraft returns to help young people’s backstage careers
The 8th annual event returns to the Royal Opera House later this month.
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BLOG: Theatre: the best casino shows around the world
Casinos around the world offer some of the best theatrical entertainment you can find.
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BLOG: 5 Best Actors in Superhero Cinema
Is “superhero” acting any less challenging?
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Blog: Films to study for inspiration
Watching great actors can often inform your own work.
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Blog: Shakespeare experimenting with the limits of contemporary drama
Briony Rawle heads to Yorkshire and takes a closer look at Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale.
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Review: Bat Boy, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭
A campy fun musical with bite screams Douglas Mayo.
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Review: Visitors, Arcola Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Barney Norris first full-length play is an exquisitely written examination of love and loss, writes Alex Delaney.
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Review: 1984, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
This fresh vision of 1984 feels like a rediscovery of Orwell’s dystopia, writes Sophia Longhi.
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Review: Secret Theatre - Show 4, Lyric Hammersmith ✭✭✭✭
This review comes with a capitalised, emboldened and even italicised, SPOILER ALERT. That should do, writes Briony Rawle.
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Interview: Tim and Jessica - Made in China
Emily Hardy meets up with the founders of award-winning theatre company.
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Interview: Tim and Mat of The Heritage Arts Company
VAULT 2014 promises to be bigger, better and even more fabulous than the first time around, writes Sophia Longhi.
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Cabaret: Outrageous Single Girls Valentine’s Day
Christmas is well and truly over. The trees have been slung to the kerb, the decorations are packed up in the loft and even the Bountys have been eaten from the Celebrations tin.
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THE ESSAY: The Future of Theatre Criticism
In an information, saturated world, who do you trust? What is the future of traditional theatre criticism? Emily Hardy investigates.
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Jeremy Sams to receive doctorate from leading university
Director Jeremy Sams is to be honoured at a Birmingham City University graduation ceremony to acknowledge his outstanding achievements in the arts.
Add a commentDanielle Hope in Jeremy Sams' Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium.The Cambridge and Guidlhall School of Music and Drama graduate is also an award-winning composer. He received a BAFTA award for his score of the BBC’s adaptation of Jane Auten’s Persuasion, as well as an Ivor Novello award for his film score of Ian Ewan’s Enduring Love.
Sams (pictured left) said he was “particularly honoured” to receive the doctorate “from an academic institution in which music and theatre are given such support and prominence.”
His work as a director includes numerous shows in the west end, including his adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, which starred Danielle Hope at the Palladium. He also directed The Sound of Music at the same theatre, as well as Michael’s Frayn’s Noises Off which transferred to Broadway. He wrote the book and lyrics for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Amour which ran on Broadway.
Sams has worked with major companies such as The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, most notably on Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia and Alan Bennett’s Wind in the Willows.
Birmingham’s Symphony Hall will host the ceremony on Tuesday 12th February where Sams will accept the honour.
