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Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – until 9th March 2019

Reviewed by Charleigh Christmas

5*****

An amazing play with spectacular build up and characterisation.

As I walked in I noticed the set was amazing straight away. Set in one room, with an unassuming fish swimming around in the corner, the set was perfect for the tone of the play.

It follows the story of a woman and two detectives, over the course of an hour on an important day.

The cast consisted of only three characters. One “Marianne Oldham”, Two played by “Sid Sagar and Three played by “Diveen Henry”. All three actors were superb. Diveen Henry brought the emotion, while Sid Sagar brought some much needed comic relief. I was particularly impressed with Marianne Oldham, who I think carried the show really well and drove the story forward. I left the theatre feeling like I’d connected well with the characters “One” and “Three”.

The play was a slow build, leading you through numerous twists and not revealing much of anything for a while, building up the tension. Although some people may find this slow going and certain aspects are drawn out, more than they needed to be, I think the style of this was perfect for such a play.

The ending of the play was ambiguous but perfect, leaving you with just enough knowledge to have you feeling satisfied.

The sound and lighting effects were brilliant. Once again being subtle enough to not over power, but leave a big impact. The sound was particularly effective, providing enough suspense to keep people on the edge of their seat.

I don’t want to reveal too much of the plays plot, as I feel it needs to be seen to appreciate the nuances, however I can really recommend going to see this play!

The Lowry, Salford – until Saturday 2nd March 2019.  

Reviewed by Sarah Cockerill

5*****

Malorie Blackman’s award winning novel is brought to life as Noughts and Crosses comes to the Lowry, Salford, as part of Pilot Theatre’s nationwide tour.

This is a Classic Romeo and Juliet story of forbidden love with a modern day twist, exploring racial segregation, extremism and class divide in this stage adaptation of the staple novel found on many teenagers’ bookshelves since 2001.

In a world that upon first glance seems not unlike our own, Noughts & Crosses is set in a dystopian society where one race is superior to the other in every possible way. The audience are introduced to Sephy (Heather Agyepong), of the dark skinned upper ruling class otherwise known as a Cross, and Callum (Billy Harris), a Nought, the lighter skinned lower class whose ancestors were once slaves to the Crosses. Sephy and Callum are keen to show the world that they can and will be friends, and perhaps naively, are desperate for Noughts and Crosses to be treated as equals. 

All of the cast should be applauded for their commendable performance, but Harris’ masterful character development was truly outstanding – from his portrayal of an optimistic, bright boy, who would love nothing more than to live in a democratic, egalitarian society in the first act, to evolving into a pained young man who is living a self fulfilling prophecy of the shameful branding he and his family have been stamped with. 

Having heard of Noughts and Crosses as simply a book that I really should have picked up by now, I honestly didn’t know what to expect from this stage adaptation, but I was stunned. What we got was a thought-provoking, harrowing performance that left the audience in tears, teenagers and adults alike which I suspect will keep people thinking long after leaving the theatre, and rightly so.

Catch Noughts and Crosses at The Lowry, Salford, until Saturday 2nd March

Festival Theatre Edinburgh – until 2 March 2019

Reviewed by Manetta McIntosh

4****

For anyone who is familiar with the classic movie version, you can be forgiven for attending with some trepidation. It is hard to imagine that the stage version would be able to reproduce the cinematic tricks which made the movie the classic it became. The storyline relates very closely to the movie, Sam and Molly are a young professional couple who are beginning their life together when tragedy strikes. Sam is killed in an apparent robbery gone wrong and he returns as a ghost to seek justice with the help of a seemingly fake psychic.

As the lights dimmed a haunting arrangement of Unchained Melody began to play and the audience were completely drawn in. Rebekah Lowings who played Molly did bear a resemblance to Demi Moore which made her character feel familiar yet suitably different. There were subtle echoes of the movie throughout, small things that fans will recognise immediately such as Sam’s shirt, Molly’s dungarees, things that set you at ease.

The staging was cleverly introduced; the changing of scenes was seamless and how they recreated the subway was delightful. Lighting was skilfully utilised to draw the eye to where they wanted you to look which allowed for elusive changes to the set. Whilst it felt it was too early in our relationship with the characters to have them disrobing each other only ten minutes in to the show, by the end of the first half you were completely invested in Sam and Molly as a couple.

It is difficult to review this show without making comparisons to the movie, but one of the most iconic scenes has to be the pottery wheel with Unchained Melody playing in the background. This was delicately reproduced to pay homage to the movie but presented in such a way that made it feel like a scene in its own right.

Rebekah Lowings has an incredible voice, when she sang With You I had goosebumps. Niall Sheehy singing Unchained Melody (when Sam utilises Ode Mae’s body to be close to Molly) was another goose bump moment. And try as I might to dislike him, when Carl (Sergio Pasquariello) was singing with Molly I was totally transfixed by his voice. Not all the songs hit the mark but this was not the fault of the singers, the vocals were incredible.

Jacqui Dubois as Ode May Brown deserves a paragraph all to herself. Her version of the character was superb, her pizazz and humour boldly punctuated an otherwise emotional storyline. Ode Mae brings a welcom spark to the show and her comedy timing is spot on. Her efforts were repaid in buckets during the encore when she, by far, got the loudest cheering applause.

A must see show for fans of the movie or newbies alike, if you like musical adaptations you will love this.

2019 SALISBURY FESTIVAL MARKS GLOBAL ANNIVERSARIES WITH A PACKED 16-DAY PROGRAMME

Fri 24 May – Sun 9 June 2019

General booking opens 15 March

www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk

Gareth Machin, Artistic Director of Wiltshire Creative, and Guest Festival Director Jonathan Dove today announce the programme for the 2019 Salisbury International Arts Festival (24 May to 9 June) which will mark two global anniversaries – the 1969 moon landings and the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall – with an ambitious mix of music, spoken word, film, dance, circus, theatre, comedy and family events.

The Festival features more than 120 events across 16 days.

Guest Festival Director Jonathan Dove is one of our leading contemporary composers and several of his works will be performed during the Festival, including two new commissions: Moon Songs, with words by Alasdair Middleton, performed by hundreds of Wiltshire school children in Salisbury Cathedral, and Vertue, a setting of words by George Herbert performed by a capella favourites Voces8.

Central to the Festival will be a dramatic installation inside Salisbury Cathedral. Luke Jerram’s Gaia is a huge, seven-metre wide sculpture featuring detailed NASA imagery of the earth’s surface which will be displayed under the spire crossing in the Cathedral for the duration of the Festival.

Music

With Gaia as a stunning backdrop, events in the Cathedral will include the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestraplaying Holst’s The Planets; Harriet Mackenzie leading a glorious, nature-inspired concert with the London Chamber Orchestra including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending; and the Festival Chorus performing Alec Roth’s beautiful choral work Earthrise.

Elsewhere, music lovers can enjoy international pianist Melvyn Tan performing Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Debussy’s Clair de Lune alongside Jonathan Dove’s Catching Fire; the acclaimed Sacconi Quartet who will be joined by tenor James Gilchrist to perform Jonathan Dove’s In Damascus and music by Arvo Part and Shostakovich; and the Pavel Haas Quartet playing Schubert’s Trout Quintet.

Other music includes the internationally renowned Tim Kliphius Trio with their infectious blend of gypsy, jazz and classical; folk singer Grace Petrie’s unique take on life, love and politics and Radio 2’s Claire Teal making a welcome return. Salisbury Live also returns with great live music for free in Salisbury’s pubs and clubs.

Unusual venues

Unusual locations for Festival events include Zizzi’s Italian restaurant in Salisbury for a Binaural Dinner Date; apop-up city centre secret location for Collisions, a virtual reality journey into the homeland of a remote tribe in Western Australia whose first experience of the developed world was witnessing an atomic test in the 1960s;Five Rivers Leisure Centre for Zvizdal, a multimedia performance about a real life couple who refused to leave Chernobyl; and The Chapel nightclub for an evening of flamenco music and dance.

Festival of Ideas

The central weekend of the Festival will see a new Festival of Ideas, a programme of discussion and debate about the fragility of our planet. Our Fragile Home: A Festival of Ideas is curated by Rebecca Johnson, long-time campaigner and founding co-chair of ICAN (The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. Speakers will include leading climatologist Chris Rapley and best-selling author Tim Marshall with the full programme to be announced in April.

Spoken word

In addition to the Festival of Ideas, other spoken word events within the Festival will see visits from David Lammy MP, international cricketer Vic Marks, former Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger and news anchor Mark Austin. Other names speaking at the Festival include authors Victoria Hislop, Minette Waltersand Alison Weir as well as naturalist Stephen Moss and retail champion Mary Portas.

Theatre

Theatre includes the return of The Lord Chamberlain’s Men with A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed outdoors in the Cathedral Close, following their performances of A Comedy of Errors in 2017, and Theatre Rebring The Nature of Forgetting, a powerful and joyous performance about what is left when memory is gone. Meanwhile, award-winning artist Rachael Young is inspired by Grace Jones to imagine a different future for women of colour in Nightclubbing.

Film

There is a full film programme throughout the 16 days, including The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, documentary Being Neil Armstrong, When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs, Dr Strangelove, Ryan Gosling inFirst Man, Ralph Fiennes in The White Crow and Judi Dench in Red Joan.

Comedy

One of the UK’s most beloved and thinnest acts, Mark Watson, delivers a stand-up show about empathy with his usual, high joke-and-rant-per-minute rate and the undisputed masters of off-the-cuff comedy Noise Next Door will transform audience suggestions into ferociously funny scenes in Remix, while also performing their shiny new family show All At Sea.

Family

Celebrating Wiltshire Creative’s ongoing relationship with Bemerton Heath, Salisbury International Arts Festival will present a Family Fiesta at Bemerton Heath including performances, music and participatory arts activities. Other family events include literature and theatre, a disco for very young children and a beatboxing show.

Dance

Following sell-out performances in The Salberg last year, Old Kent Road take to the Main Stage of Salisbury Playhouse with their ground-breaking tap dance show; Ballet Central presents a varied programme of classical ballet and contemporary dance; and Swing Circus will dazzle with world-class circus skills that include the cyr wheel and acrobatic dance.

Visual art

The key Festival exhibition is Insatiable Mind at Salisbury Arts Centre which explores the theme of curiosity with seven international artists shortlisted from 400 submissions. Salisbury International Arts Festival is also hosting a community graffiti project on panels to be displayed around the city.

Wiltshire Creative Artistic Director Gareth Machin said: “Since its founding in 1973, the International Arts Festival has provided an annual celebration of the vitality, distinctiveness and diversity of Salisbury’s cultural offer. This year is no different with the anniversaries of the moon landings and end of the Cold War inspiring artists from across the world to animate the buildings, spaces and streets of our wonderful city with a thrilling artistic programme.”

Guest Festival Director Jonathan Dove said: “Salisbury has always been a significant part of my cultural landscape. My career as a full-time professional composer began here 30 years ago, when I was invited to be Musician in Residence at the 1989 Salisbury Festival and I’ve continued to write music for Salisbury ever since. So it feels both natural and exciting to be Guest Festival Director for the 2019 Salisbury International Arts Festival, working with the Wiltshire Creative team to bring excitement and inspiration of all kinds to Salisbury and beyond.”

Salisbury International Arts Festival has been enabled through wide charitable support, including sponsorship from Scala Radio, Wilsons Solicitors, Smith & Williamson, Richard Griffiths Solicitors, Wiltshire Life, Bill’s, Byron Burger, Côte Brasserie, Zizzi and Sarum College.

General booking for the Festival opens on 15 March. For more, visit www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk or call 01722 320333.

Darlington Hippodrome – until Saturday 2 March 2019

2**

Branded a new farce, Octopus Soup arrived into Darlington on its first UK tour.

With a host of familiar faces, this comedy is a tale of two acts – with one much funnier than the other.

Insurance Consultant Seymour (Nick Hancock) is hoping to pitch his ideas to head of a global insurance firm, Virginia (Gillian Bevan).  His attempts to do this are stopped by bungling burglar Marvin (Paul Bradley). But Marvin comes up with an idea to combine insurance and burglary.  Throw in Seymour’s actress wife Gloria (Carolyn Backhouse) and Marvin’s criminal mastermind boss Alan (Eric Richard) and a pet octopus named Terry and you have your plot.

Bradley is the star turn, mispronouncing words but charming all around him.  But Hancock works well with him, getting frustrated at the ensuing stupidity surrounding him.

The tale does cover the ethics of good versus bad, the idea that insurance and bankers are as much crooks as the burglars and robbers and there is a lot of swearing – and I do mean A LOT!

The clear star of the show is Anthony Lamble’s set, depicting Seymour’s living room in his bungalow.  

This is only the beginning of the tour for this new show, so it may still be finding its way and may be worth a return visit towards the end of this run.  If you enjoy a gentle comedy then this may be the show for you.

In Darlington until Saturday 2 March and on tour around the UK

The new Opera North Season 2019/20

By Dawn Smallwood

One always anticipates waits for Opera North’s announcements about their next seasons’ repertoires and the announcement of the 2019/20 season is no exception. Opera North is reputed for their new exciting productions, revivals and more recently collaborative work.

Bohuslav Martinů’s The Greek Tragedy, an opera rarely performed but its themes are so paramount today, and Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, one of America’s great operas today, are the repertoire’s new productions. There is Handel’s baroque style Giulio Cesare and the ever popular La bohème and The Marriage of Figaro. Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, composed by Britten, will also feature after it being performed back in 2010.

Opera North continues to make opera accessible for everyone with launching Try it ON where the first time attendees can see any of the season’s operas for £20.00 and of course there is the popular Under 30s scheme. For the first time a dementia friendly performance of La bohème will be given and any needs will be accounted for.

There will be a concert staged Bartok’s Bluebeard’s castle and a large scale people’s opera in County Durham which is in partnership with Northern Heartlands and involve communities in South and West Durham. Opera North will have their Leeds home transformed through Music Works, from spring 2019 to 2020, to what promises to be a home for welcoming artists, developing talent, aiding one’s learning and participation, and inspiring audiences.

The Greek Passion will mark the new season on the 14th September at the Leeds Grand Theatre.

Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions present
Witness for the Prosecution
By Agatha Christie

• Witness for the Prosecution to release tickets for performances until 29 March 2020.
   
• The site-specific production extends into its third year in the magnificent ‘courtroom’ setting inside London’s County Hall.
• Tickets for the new booking period go on general sale from Thursday 28 February 2019 at 10am via www.witnesscountyhall.com 

• New cast members will join the company from 28 May 2019, including Carolin Stoltz as Romaine Vole, Lewis Cope as the accused Leonard Vole, Simon Dutton as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Giles Taylor as Mr Myers QC and Michael Cochrane as Mr Justice Wainwright.
  

Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions today announce further tickets for Witness for the Prosecution will go on sale to the general public on Thursday 28 February 2019. The production, which has now surpassed the original West End run in at the Winter Garden Theatre (now the Gillian Lynne Theatre), will be extending into its third year at London’s historic County Hall. Tickets will be available until 29 March 2020.

A new cast will be sworn in from 28 May 2019, including Carolin Stoltz (Shetland, Emmerdale) playing Romaine Vole, Lewis Cope (Billy Elliot) as the accused Leonard Vole, Simon Dutton(The Saint) as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Giles Taylor (This House, Wolf Hall/ Bring Up The Bodies) as Mr Myers QC and Michael Cochrane (The Archers) as Mr Justice Wainwright, with Max Dinnen, Janet Fullerlove, Kara Grace-Paseda, Jessica Hole, Francesca Knight, Joe Shire, Paul Lancaster, Nicholas Osmond, Michael Weaver and Karl Wilson. 

Director Lucy Bailey (Switzerland, Love From A Stranger, The Graduate) thrillingly places the audience in the thick of the action, with some even watching from the jury box, as this gripping tale of justice, passion and betrayal unfolds around them.

Leonard Vole is accused of murdering a widow to inherit her wealth. The stakes are high. Will Leonard survive the shocking witness testimony? Will he be able to convince the jury of his innocence and escape the hangman’s noose?

Witness for the Prosecution will be booking until 29 March 2020.  The production is designed by William Dudley, with lighting by Chris Davey, sound design by Mic Pool and casting by Ellie Collyer-Bristow CDG.

STAND-UP AT CITY VARIETIES MUSIC HALL

Be seated for some of the funniest stand-up comedians in the UK today at City Varieties Music Hall.

Friday 1 March 2019

MARK WATSON

Cluster-bombed with yoghurt on Taskmaster, half-killed on Bear Grylls’ Celebrity Island, Watson returns to what he’s best at: being indoors.

Inspired by the mostly alarming state of the world his children are growing up in and a genuine urgent desire to do something about it, this show is about empathy. As scrawny and impassioned as ever, one of the UK’s most beloved and thinnest acts offers some suggestions with his usual notoriously high joke- and rant-per-minute rate. Age Guidance 14+.

Wednesday 6 March 2019

ARDAL O’HANLON; The showing off must go on

Ardal O’Hanlon (Death in Paradise, Father Ted, My Hero) continues to tour his acclaimed stand-up shows worldwide. Because he loves it. And it’s a compulsion. And the world is a funny place.

In an age of raging populism, MeToo, identity politics, the end of truth, the collapsing middle ground, peak avocado and £15 gin and tonics, terrified of being on the wrong side of history, and desperate to prove that his gender, race, age and class don’t necessarily define him, Ardal is forced to saddle his high horse again and ride fearlessly into the culture wars (with a white hankie in his pocket just in case), comedy as ever being the best emergency response mechanism to extreme events there is. Age guidance 16+.

Saturday 6 April 2019

MICKY P KERR

In June 2018 musical comedian Micky P Kerr was rocketed to stardom when he won the hearts of the nation and wowed both Simon Cowell and Andy Murray’s mum with his performances on Britain’s Got Talent.  Time has passed, and he’s now been brought safely back down to earth and back into his comfort zone as a Z-List Celebrity.

In this, his debut solo tour, the now semi-famous Micky invites you to join him for an evening of music, social commentary and, above all, lots of laughs.

Tuesday 9 April 2019

SEAN WALSH After this one I’m going home

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and the self-dubbed ‘Lie-In King’, Seann Walsh is ‘unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation’ THE GUARDIAN. 

Returning from his run in America, where he made his USA television debut appearance on Conan, Seann Walsh is back on tour in the UK. This dishevelled, fiery, animated, fiercely idle, millennial man-child is one of best live comedians to have come out of the UK.

Churchill Theatre- until Saturday 2 March 2019

Reviewed by Elizabeth J Smith

4****

When an iconic film from the 80’s is turned into a musical can it really be as effective on stage? Well the answer to that is yes it can.

The Churchill stage was transformed into the holiday resort of Kellerman’s where families take their vacations. A hive of activities from simple games like “Simon Says” to the end of season talent show and not lets forget about the dance lessons. These lessons are popular with the bored wealthy woman who spend their weeks alone at the resort while their husband are working. The dance instructor is a very attractive, athletic young man called Jonny Castle who finds the attention of these rich woman somewhat unnerving as he has come from nothing and is not encouraged by the management to have liaisons with the clients.

The bus boys are all college students on their way to better things in life and look down on the entertainment hosts as lesser people.
When the lead female dancing instructor, Penny, finds herself knocked up by one of these college boys a back street abortion is arranged to an almost disastrous end. Step up “Baby”. Baby is the young daughter of a doctor who saves the day by getting her Father to help Penny after the abortion and steps in as Johnny’s dance partner so they don’t lose their
much needed jobs.

Baby is played by Kira Malau with, at first a great naivety to what is going on around here, but soon catches on and discovers she’s not a child any more. Her initial dance moves were awkward and she really portrayed the giggly girl Baby was as first.

Michael O’Reilly gave a great performance of the mis understood, brooding Johnny. His dance moves were energetic and you could sense the irritation he felt being landed with this young girl to train. That soon changes with the scene in the lake cementing their feelings for each other. This scene was very funny and very imaginatively brought to life with no actual water! The audience were somewhat distracted by the removal of his shirt and even his trousers. This bought a whoop from the ladies.

Simone Covele had legs that were not only incredible long but very bendy and she danced her way into some amazing positions.

The action is fast paced and some scenes were a little out of whack if you don’t know the film. The singers had great voices but I thought it unusual for the leads not to be the singing.

Like all good musicals you should come out of the theatre wanting to dance off down the street and this production certainly did that. With the finale bringing the house down with the iconic dance moves to The Time of my Life raising the audience out of their seats.

This production is funny and energetic, as well as covering some seedier sides of life, ending with the famous lift, congratulation cast members you nailed it.

FAYE CASTELOW TO PLAY QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN PETER MORGAN’S THE AUDIENCE

A Nuffield Southampton Theatres production

The UK regional première of

THE AUDIENCE

by Peter Morgan

Directed by Samuel Hodges; Designer: Rosanna Vize; Sound Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite

Casting by Annelie Powell CDG

Nuffield Southampton Theatres – NST City

24 May – 22 June 2019

Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Samuel Hodges, todayannounces Faye Castelow as Queen Elizabeth II in the UK regional première of Peter Morgan’s The Audience. The production, directed by Samuel Hodges, opens on 30 May, with previews from 24 May, and runs until 22 June. Further casting to be announced.

65 Years. 13 Prime Ministers. One Queen.

For 65 years, the Queen has met her Prime Minister every week in an Audience at Buckingham Palace. Both parties agree never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses.

What is discussed? What secrets are shared? Does her Majesty have her favourites?

Sometimes intimate, often confessional, occasionally explosive, The Audience imagines the private moments that define a changing Britain. One head of state. Endless heads of government. This play asks where the real power lies. 

Nuffield Southampton Theatres Director Samuel Hodges directs a brand new production of the smash hit play from Peter Morgan, the writer of the critically acclaimed TV series The Crown and the Oscar award winning film The Queen.

Samuel Hodges said today, “At a moment of national uncertainty, the Queen is a uniquely reassuring figure. A constant who has transcended ages of change. Finding an actress who can embody her, from her first audience with Winston Churchill at the age of 25 to the Queen that we know today, is to find a rare quality. Faye Castelow has that quality.”

Peter Morgan’sother work for theatre includes Frost/Nixon. His television work includes The Crown, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, The Jury, The Special Relationship, Longford, Colditz, Henry VIII and The Deal; and for film, Rush, 360, Hereafter, State of Play, The Damned United, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Last King of Scotland and The Queen.

Faye Castelow plays Queen Elizabeth II. Her theatre credits include The Rover, The Witch of Edmonton, The White Devil, The Roaring Girl (RSC), Man and Superman, After the Dance, Time and the Conways (National Theatre), Nijinsky, The Deep Blue Sea (Chichester Festival Theatre), How to be Another Woman (Gate Theatre), Mountain Hotel and The American Clock (Orange Tree Theatre). Her television credits include Pure and Rellik.

Samuel Hodges is Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST). His productions for NST include The Shadow Factory, Dedication – Shakespeare and Southampton, and The Glass Menagerie. Previously he founded the HighTide Festival Theatre in 2007 and was the Artistic Director for five years, during which time he produced over 25 new plays, co-producing with the National Theatre, The Old Vic and the Bush Theatre, amongst others. Between 2012 and 2014, he ran the Criterion Theatre in London’s West End, for whom he curated a late-night programme and a one-off summer season of new work to celebrate the London Olympics.

Nuffield Southampton Theatres is one of the UK’s leading professional theatre companies. The company is led by Samuel Hodges, supported by a team of associates: directors Blanche McIntyre, Natalie Abrahami and Michael Longhurst, playwright Adam Brace, choreographer Drew McOnie and poet Inua Ellams. NST develops and produces work with some of the UK’s most exciting and dynamic regional theatres. NST’s awards include Best Director at UK Theatre Awards 2013 for The Seagull, Regional Theatre of the Year at The Stage Awards 2015, Best Design at UK Theatre Awards 2015 for The Hudsucker Proxy and the 2017 Renee Stepham UK Theatre Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre for Fantastic Mr Fox. In 2018 NST was nominated for three awards in the UK Theatre Awards 2018 – Best Design for The Shadow Factory; The Renee Stepham Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre for A Streetcar Named Desire, and Achievement in Marketing and Audience Development for the NST City opening campaign. 

NST City is Nuffield Southampton Theatres new venue which opened in Southampton’s city centre in 2018. The theatre’s programme runs alongside NST Campus situated on the Highfield Campus at the University of Southampton.

Nuffield Southampton Theatres is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and a registered charity, receiving additional core funding from the University of Southampton and Southampton City Council.

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