I’m Muslamic Don’t Panik, performed at the Playhouse (Leeds), had an atmosphere of warmth, intimacy and intrigue that struck you as soon as you walked through the stage doors. What were those colourful, exotic looking artifacts on the set and why was a baseball cap sat amongst them? Furthermore, curiosity and intrigue built when Bobak Campion entered the stage, coming down the stairs, reciting words with such soulful and rich tones. The movements that followed presented like those that were part of a ritual, it felt deep but then without warning, Bobak embodied ‘quirky character’ and started to have some banter with the audience. He was instantly likable – one of those special people who can get on with anyone and he made everyone laugh quickly and heartily.
Throughout the performance Bobak engaged in a variety of conversations, with himself, as he flipped in and out of different characterisations of people from his past. These snippets and insights of his childhood, teenage and young, adult-life helped weave together an understanding of the man -Boback – his journey and how the fusion of cultures he was part of had shaped him.
What became clear was that whatever challenges Bobak had faced in his life – humour, music and dance were mediums within which he found acceptance and peace. I think that’s true of all people if we’re fortunate enough to recognise that prejudice and hatred don’t stand up to those big hitters – the arts and laughter can break down barriers and nourish the heart; we need to experience them more!
The standout part for me was when Bobak went to Iran, his mother’s birthplace, and to his delight and total surprise he found other young people just like him – ‘bust-in-moves’ on the hip-hop / break dancing scene. Needless to say, his new friends became part of his soul family, and the bond remains all these years later. Marie ‘Petit Filou’ France and Shazad, along with Bobak, gave us a small rendition of those times and created a ‘wow’ energy that rippled right through the audience. It was awesome and took me back down memory lane to when young people used to break dance at our local youth clubs. I’d love to watch these three perform again and for longer as they have such extraordinary talent and there is a unique rawness that street dance has that can only be described as electrifying as it elevates one’s mood.
It’s hard to describe this show, you just need to go and experience it! You might be a bit confused at times, but you don’t need to think – just feel – and immerse yourself in Bobak’s world, it will enliven and educate you.
Midlands-born performers Alexia McIntosh (‘Anna of Cleves’ in Six the Musical in the West End and on UK tour) and Kieran Hamilton-Amos (recently seen as ‘Grimeboy’ in Grimeboy at the Birmingham Rep) will join Belgrade Theatre Creative Director Corey Campbell in BIG AUNTY, directed and devised by Campbell (Fighting Irish, Seaview, Freeman). The production will also feature a seven-person ensemble choir, drawn from the talent in the local community.
Big Aunty – the first home produced show of the spring season – will play in The Belgrade’s B2 auditorium from Monday 24 April – Saturday 6 May, with a press night on Wednesday 26 April.
Big Aunty’s dead. Her funeral’s back in Jamaica, where she returned some years ago. The children she brought up together long ago, but have lost touch and gone their separate ways, are now forced to come together again, all these years later.
Big Aunty was the matriarch – a Mum to some, a ‘second’ Mum to others. She took in waifs and strays from reckless parents when they had nowhere else to go, and she gave them a home. But now she’s gone and there’s a Big Aunty-shaped hole in everyone’s world.
Now they’ll need to confront, not just each other, but their difficult pasts, and uncertain futures.
Can they finally lay their differences to rest along with Big Aunty?
This darkly comic family drama is alive with ideas and emotions that connect us all; offering a welcome opportunity to gather and reflect on challenging times, and how we can find a path to resolution.
Birmingham-born Alexia McIntosh trained at the Birmingham School of Acting, and then went on to enjoy success as part of the ‘Queedom’ playing ‘Anna of Cleves’ in Six The Musical in the West End and then on UK tour. Other stage credits include ‘Tina/Nunn’ in Sister Act at the Gordon Craig Theatre, ‘Obax’ in Opera For The Unknown Woman at the Fuel Theatre, ‘Chief Weasel’ in Wind In The Willows at the Old Rep Theatre, ‘Abiola’ in Save Our School Dinners…Jamie!! at the Belgrade Theatre and Old Rep Theatre and ‘Rosa’ in Godiva Rocks at Belgrade Theatre.
Keiren Hamilton-Amos was also born and raised in Birmingham and studied Applied Performance at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Since graduating Keiren has been a part of varying National and International tours for many prestigious theatres and he is a long term member of Strictly Arts Theatre Company. Keiren most recently played GRIMEBOY in Grimeboy at the Birmingham Rep, Edgar in of ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’ with Theatre by the Lake and TV debut in upcoming BBC/Netflix CHAMPION
Appointed Belgrade Creative Director in 2022, after holding the post ofone of three Co-Artistic Directors of the theatre for 2021 for City of Culture Year 2021, Corey Campbell is also Artistic Director of Strictly Arts Theatre Company, formerly supported by the Belgrade’s Springboard talent development programme. Through productions such as Green Leaves Fall and the critically acclaimed, Edinburgh sell-out show Freeman, Strictly Arts used their collaborative, devising process to bring stories from real people to the stage, building long-lasting relationships with audiences through targeted workshop and outreach programmes, with a particular focus on African and Caribbean communities.
Corey Campbell explains, “As a devising artist, I often use theatre to help express who I am, but right now I see so many people in the same place as me. A lot of us have experienced loss over the last couple of years – it feels like the whole country is mourning.
“But as the character, Big Aunty, might say: “There is no resurrection without death”, and I’m now reaching a place where I can experience some joy through the pain of loved ones lost.
“I hope Big Aunty will offer hope to people who are also on this journey forwards, and that it will give all of us an opportunity to come together and share the experience in the unique way only theatre can provide – to laugh and cry, to heal and forgive. Live, laugh, love.”
Big Aunty is produced by The Belgrade Theatre, directed and devised by Corey Campbell with Sarah Githugu as assistant director, Claire Winfield as set designer, Joe Hornsby as lighting designer, Auden Allan as sound designer and Emma Barber as casting director. Joelle Ikwa is the community producer and choir leader.
Today (20 March 2023), the producers of Harry Potter and the CursedChild – Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions – are delighted to announce a further extension to booking for the original two-part multi award-winning production at London’s Palace Theatre to 3 March 2024. Tickets for the extended booking period will go on-sale to the general public on 23 March 2023.
Tickets remain priced from £15 per part. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child partners with TodayTix for The Friday Forty,the production’s Lottery for Patrons to apply for some of the very best seats in the theatre priced at £40 (£20 per part) which will secure a seat for both Part One and Part Two on consecutive performances.
Special performances to celebrate your Hogwarts house will take place on Friday 12 May 2023 and an additional mid-week performance has been added for June half term on Tuesday 30May 2023.
A further set of access performances are also available – on Saturday 9 September 2023 the performances will be audio described and on Saturday 4 November 2023 there will be a British Sign Language performance. Captioned performances will be held on Saturday 13 May 2023 and Saturday 27 January 2024. For patrons with physical access needs or for more information on access performances call 0330 333 4815 (please note, there are no general ticket sales on this number) or email [email protected].
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eight story in the Harry Potter series, has sold over 6 million tickets worldwide since its world premiere in London in July 2016 and holds a record 60 major honors, with nine Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Play and six Tony Awards including Best New Play. The international phenomenon has six productions running worldwide in London, New York, Melbourne, Hamburg, Toronto, and Tokyo.
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Childis a new play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany with movement by Steven Hoggett, set by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music & arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison,music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe, and casting by Julia Horan CDG. Harry Potter and the CursedChild is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.
London Lifestyle Awards® 2023 nominations open – Theatre Show of the Year Nominations close: Sunday 4th June 2023 TOPTEN announced: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Celebrating the very best that London has to offer, the London Lifestyle Awards® 2023 has opened nominations. Anyone can make a nomination, be it business owners, show producers or members of the public. The Awards are inviting nominations from many different lifestyle sectors that make London amazing, including restaurants, bars and hotels, sport and fitness, cafés and coffee shops, hair and beauty, members’ clubs, and of course theatre. Nominations are now open for Theatre Show of the Year, sponsored by The Theatre Cafe, for London to nominate its favourite West End and off-West End productions of the last year.
The London Lifestyle Awards® is an all-year-round celebration of what this great global city has to offer. Nominations close on 4th June 2023, with the TOPTEN in each category announced on 14th June 2023, after which the public votes for the winners.
The TOPTENfor the Theatre Show of the Year will be chosen by a judging panel including category sponsors The Theatre Cafe, and Chloé Nelkin from Chloé Nelkin Consulting. The TOPTEN finalists will then go to the public vote… the ‘ultimate judges’. The London Lifestyle Awards® winners will be announced in October 2023.
The London Lifestyle Awards® acknowledges that London is an incredible city for culture and lifestyle; the businesses celebrated through these awards contribute to making this city a great destination for tourists and an exciting place to live. CEO Jason Gale created the awards in 2009, after an inspiring meeting and discussion with President Clinton about their shared love of London. Since its inception, Gale has been considered an authority in the lifestyle sector, publishing books and magazines on the topic, and contributing to programmes on the BBC, Sky and ITV.
Jason Gale comments, I am so excited about this year’s awards and finding the businesses that make London the greatest city in the world. These businesses and shows have had a challenging few years and I’m happy that the Awards can showcase them and help raise their profile. We all witnessed during and after the lockdowns how vital theatre, culture and lifestyle is to the social and economic make up of the city… great entertainment should always be celebrated. Please nominate your favourite businesses or show – whether you are a loyal fan or customer, or even the owner or producer, all nominations are welcome.
OLIVIER-NOMINATED MY SON’S A QUEER (BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO) ANNOUNCES VICTORIA SCONE AND
JAMIE WINDUST AS FINAL QUEER HERO THURSDAY GUESTS
The Olivier Award-nominated production of My Son’s a Queer, (But what can you do?) today announces RuPaul’s Drag Race UK superstar Victoria Scone and award-winning writer Jamie Windust as their two guests for the grand finale of their Queer Hero Thursdays on 30 March. This series of events sees star of the show Rob Madge welcome icons from the LGBTQ+ community for an audience Q&A about their experiences growing up and finding positivity in the world around them.
The finale of the Queer Hero Thursdays comes with the final week of the show’s second West End transfer, having extended due to public demand. Recent guests have included West End star Cherrelle Skeete and makeup artist Dominic Skinner. The post-show Q&A takes place following Thursday matinee shows and is included in the ticket price of the performance at 2:30pm.
Victoria Scone (she/they) is a drag queen and cabaret performer based in Cardiff. They are best known for competing on the third series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2021, where they were the first cisgender female contestant on any series of the Drag Race franchise. They returned to compete in Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World in 2022. They have just finished leading Death Drop: Back in the Habit on its UK tour and West End run, playing Mother Superior to critical acclaim.
Jamie Windust (they/them) is an award-winning editor, author and model. With by-lines for British GQ, The Independent and now in their current position as Contributing Editor at Gay Times, their work focuses on LGBTQIA+ storytelling. Their debut book In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life was published in 2020, where it remains in the Top 10 in the Trans Charts.
Celebrating the joy and chaos of raising a queer child, My Son’s a Queer, (But what can you do?), the award-winning solo show is playing at the Ambassadors Theatre until 1 April 2023, with tickets available from £25.
Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills present
MY SON’S A QUEER, (BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?)
Written and performed by Rob Madge
Directed by Luke Sheppard; Songs by Pippa Cleary; Set and costume design by Ryan Dawson Laight; Video design by George Reeve; Lighting design by Jai Morjaria; Sound design by Tingying Dong; Orchestrations by Simon Nathan
Now extended until 1 April 2023 due to public demand
THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE ANNOUNCES PROGRAMME FOR APRIL – AUGUST 2023
NO I.D. BY TATENDA SHAMISO
HOPE HAS A HAPPY MEAL BY TOM FOWLER
CUCKOO BY MICHAEL WYNNE
WORD-PLAY BY RABIAH HUSSAIN
IN JANUARY 2024, THE ROYAL COURT PRESENTS THE UK PREMIERE OF BROADWAY SMASH-HIT DANA H. BY LUCAS HNATH WITH DEIRDRE O’CONNELL REPRISING HER TONY AWARD-WINNING ROLE
LIVING ARCHIVE, THE ROYAL COURT’S FIRST EVER OPENLY ACCESSIBLE ARCHIVE AND MACHLOKET – A COMMUNITY STORYTELLING PROJECT HAVE ALSO BEEN ANNOUNCED
TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE FROM MIDDAY ON FRIDAY 24 MARCH
The Royal Court Theatre has announced it will present four new works between April and August 2023 as well as a Tony Award-winning Broadway transfer in 2024. The works announced today include writers who are new to the Royal Court stages alongside returning playwrights, there are three brand new plays as well as national and international transfers and collaborations. The theatre has also announced a new Living Archive project for over 1600 plays, and a storytelling projectcreated with Jewish community groups across the UK.
Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre, said:
“We are absolutely thrilled to be announcing this varied and beautiful season of work. All the writers and projects are questioning in very different ways our need for community, a need to belong and be understood, a place which holds us. Added to that we are finally able to give the first opportunity in our amazing history at the Royal Court to create and open up a Living Archive, questioning what archive is and how it can help us think about the future. We hope that people will enjoy engaging with us in all these different ways, looking both into our past and being immersed in stories which are fiercely about the now.”
The newly announced productions will begin with No I.D.by Tatenda Shamiso, telling the story of his experience as a Black transgender immigrant in the UK, fresh from a run at the Vaults, in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from Tuesday18 April – Saturday 6 May. Hope has a Happy Mealby Tom Fowler, afrenetic quest through a hyper-capitalist country will run in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from Saturday 3 June – Saturday 8 July. In the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning playwright Michael Wynne returns to the Royal Court with Cuckoo from Thursday 6 July – Saturday 19 August. In partnership with Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, this new dark comedy will bedirected by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone. Word-Playby Rabiah Hussain will then play in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from Thursday 20 July – Saturday 26 August, exploring how language seeps into public consciousness.
In January 2024, the UK premiere of the Tony Award-winning Dana H. by Lucas Hnath will play at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs from Tuesday 16 January – Saturday 9 March 2024. Deirdre O’Connell will reprise her award-winning tour-de-force performance as Dana, a psych ward chaplain who was held captive by a patient in a series of Florida motels for five months. Dana Higginbotham’s remarkable true story is told in her own words and using her own voice, with recorded interviews reconstructed for the stage by Dana’s son, playwright Lucas Hnath, and meticulously lip-synced by O’Connell. Directed by Les Waters, Dana H. was first presented at the Vineyard Theatre in New York in 2020, where it received three Obie citations, two Lortel Awards and the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience. Transferring to Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre, it received three Tony Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Play (Deirdre O’Connell) and Best Sound Design (Mikhail Fiksel).
In June, for the first time in Royal Court history, the theatre will create a stand-alone online archive. A playground for all theatre geeks, audiences, students, educators and lovers of new writing, Living Archive will hold information on over 1600 plays put on on Royal Court stages from 1956 to the present day. Users will be able to search through the site or to take pathways created by guest curators-writers who will be regularly invited to lead users to their particular passions and inspirations. It will be a permanent work in progress, constantly evolving, with ways for everyone to contribute to and enhance the content.
The Royal Court has also announced Machloket –a disagreement for a greater good,a storytelling projectcreated with Jewish community groups across the UK. Working in partnership with Tash Hyman, Nick Cassenbaum and Take Stock Exchange,the project will create a nationwide conversation exploring what it means to be Jewish in the UK today.
The Royal Court is in London’s West End this spring with the Royal Court Theatre, Nouveau Riche and New Diorama Theatre production of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron. It will be at Nimax’s The Apollo for a limited run of six weeks from Saturday 25 March – Sunday 7 May 2023 and has been nominated for Olivier Awards for Best New Play and Best Supporting Actor for the ensemble.
The additional Jerwood Theatre Downstairs production for the April-August period will be announced alongside the 2023 Festival d’Avignon programme announcement on Wednesday 5 April. Further information on upcoming productions will be announced in due course.
Tickets for all newly announced productions go on saleto supporters from 12.00pm on Monday 20 March 2023, to Friends at 12.00pm on Wednesday 22 March 2023, and to the general public at 12.00pm on Friday 24 March 2023.
Showinformation: Royal Court Theatre presents
NO I.D.
Written and performed by Tatenda Shamiso (he/him)
Directed by Sean Ting-Hsuan Wang (he/him) Produced by Dylan Marc Verley Tuesday18 April – Saturday 6 May 2023, 7.45pm and 3pm Jerwood Theatre Upstairs https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/no-i-d
Following a ★★★★★ run at VAULT Festival, NO I.D. transfers to the Royal Court for a limited three-week run.
“Trans people don’t often get a chance to talk about this bit. Where you see your old self in the person you become.”
Tatenda Shamiso tells the story of his experience as a Black transgender immigrant in the UK. Using the songs he wrote throughout his first year on testosterone alongside letters, signatures and a whole lot of paperwork, he guides us through what it takes to validate Black and queer identities in the eyes of the law.
With laughter, music, and a healthy dose of care, NO I.D. is a love letter to gender transitions and an examination of how absurd our bureaucratic systems can be.
Tatenda first wrote and performed NO I.D. for Peckham Fringe before being programmed in Theatre Peckham’s Young, Gifted and Black Season and later, VAULT Festival 2023 as a member of the VAULT Five mentorship programme.
The show has also received support from Brixton House Theatre.
Hope has a Happy Meal Written by Tom Fowler (he/him) Directed by Lucy Morrison (she/her) Saturday 3 June – Saturday 8 July 2023, 7.45pm and 3pm Jerwood Theatre Upstairs Post-show talk Tuesday 13 June 2023 https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/hope-has-a-happy-meal
‘Hope? Hope, is that you?’
Years and years ago Hope disappeared. Now, she’s back. To find something she left behind.
But in the People’s Republic of Koka Kola – a world of dwindling resources, corruption and corporate giants – what happens to Hope?
Follow Hope on a surreal and frenetic quest through a hyper-capitalist country in this new play by Tom Fowler, directed by Royal Court Associate Director, Lucy Morrison.
In partnership with Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Cuckoo Written by Michael Wynne Directed by Vicky Featherstone (she/her) Thursday 6 July – Saturday 19 August 2023, 7.30pm and 2.30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs Post-show talk: Tuesday 18 July 2023 https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/cuckoo
“I do love some David Attenborough, but even he can be a bit of a miz bag now, always going on about climate change … You don’t want to think about the end of the world before you go to bed on a Sunday night.”
Doreen and her two grown up daughters sit at the table – eating fish and chips, distracted by their phones.
Upstairs, 17–year-old Megyn has locked herself in her grandmother’s bedroom and refuses to come out. And no one is entirely sure why…
Michael Wynne’s dark comedy explores the safety of home and the different ways we cope in our increasingly uncertain world.
Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning playwright, Michael Wynne returns to the Royal Court with his new play, directed by Artistic Director, Vicky Featherstone.
Cuckoo has been generously supported by a lead gift from Charles Holloway.
Word-Play Written by Rabiah Hussain (she/her) Directed by Nimmo Ismail (she/her) Thursday 20 July – Saturday 26 August 2023, 7.45pm and 3pm Jerwood Theatre Upstairs Post-show talk: Wednesday 2 August 2023 https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/word-play
“We’ve got another 10 minutes before shit really hits the fan.”
In the Downing Street Press Office an emergency meeting has been called. The Prime Minister has been ad-libbing on live tv (again) and his words are going viral. There are accusations of Islamophobia, and demands for an apology; but as the team debate what to do next, it’s already too late. His words have found their way to dinner parties, bus journeys and newspaper columns across the nation – and not everyone is angry.
Rabiah Hussain’s new play, directed by Nimmo Ismail, explores how language seeps into public consciousness and reverberates with far reaching consequences that will last for generations.
“History always ripples on. Even if we don’t realise it.”
Word-Play was developed whilst Rabiah Hussain was on attachment as part of the Royal Court Theatre and Kudos Writing Fellowship in 2019.
Living Archive
In June, the theatre will launch Living Archive, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. For the first time in Royal Court history, the theatre is creating a stand-alone online archive, accessible to all, that will develop and grow as required by the future. Living Archive began with questions from writers the Royal Court knows, and will be for writers they don’t yet. By its very nature, the project will ask who gets to decide on what organisations archive and how we can know about things which were not deemed important or interesting at the time. Itwill hold information on over 1600 plays put on Royal Court Stages from its beginning in 1956 to the present.
Living ArchiveVol 1 (June 2022) started to articulate these enquiries with conversations with 50 writers and 10 new mini-commissions. The Royal Court worked with nine guest archivists and recorded all their work over two weeks of performances.
Content will include information such as dates and credits, stage management notes and extracts to video clips and design plans. Users will be able to journey through the site by writers’ names, plays and time period or single search terms. In addition, there will be pathways created by guest curators-writers who will be regularly invited to lead users to their particular passions and inspirations. It will be a permanent work in progress so there will be ways for everyone to contribute and correct. Living Archive is a playground for all theatre geeks, audiences, students, educators and lovers of new writing.
Living Archive has been supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Machloket
The Royal Court has also announced Machloket – a disagreement for a greater good, a storytelling project created with Jewish community groups across the UK. Working in partnership with Jewish artists Nick Cassenbaum, Tash Hyman and community storytelling company take stock exchange the project will create a nationwide conversation, exploring what it means to be Jewish in the UK today. Working with around 25 different groups, from a shul to a women’s golfers group, a yiddish class, a choir, and even a group of old friends, they will create spaces to share stories. These conversations will then be developed into a series of podcasts and later a theatrical performance to tour to community spaces across the country. Groups interested in taking part should get in touch with [email protected].
Royal Court Theatre presents
The Goodman Theatre / Center Theatre Group / Vineyard Theatre production of Dana H. Written by Lucas Hnath (he/him) Adapted from interviews with Dana Higginbotham conducted by Steve Cosson
Directed by Les Waters (he/him)
Performed by Deirdre O’Connell (she/her)
Tuesday 16 January – Saturday 9 March 2024, 7.30pm and 2.30pm
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
“This is the first time I’m talking about this in all of these years so I – I’m in – I I’m in this world but I’m not.”
Broadway smash-hit and winner of two Tony Awards, Dana H. will have its UK premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in January 2024.
Deirdre O’Connell makes her London stage debut reprising her Tony-winning tour-de-force performance as Dana, a psych ward chaplain who was held captive by a patient in a series of Florida motels for five months. Dana Higginbotham’s remarkable true story is told in her own words and using her own voice, with recorded interviews reconstructed for the stage by Dana’s son, playwright Lucas Hnath, and meticulously lip-synced by O’Connell. The result is a groundbreaking work that shatters the boundaries of real and artifice, and challenges our understanding of good and evil.
Dana H. is directed by Tony-nominated, former Royal Court Associate Director Les Waters, and features a richly crafted soundscape by Mikhail Fiksel, winner of the Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play.
This production was originally produced on Broadway by Matt Ross, Sally Horchow and Dori Berinstein.
Producer, Casting Director, Performer and very talented Danielle Tarento answered 20 questions. Danielle is currently producing my ultimate favourite – Titanic the Musical which is on tour around the UK. Titanic sails into Southampton Mayflower on April 11th, where it will be holding some memorial shows coinciding with the tragic sinking of the Titanic over the 14th and 15th of April.
Let’s start with some favourites
Favourite show (whether you’ve been in it or not)?
It tends to be what I am working on at that moment, so it’s currently Titanic
Anything from South East Asia, Moroccan and you can’t beat a Sunday Roast
Favourite line from a show?
I can’t remember exactly, but it was a funny line about Ocado from Standing at the Skies Edge at the National Theatre
Do you prefer acting or casting?
Neither really. I enjoyed acting when I did it but I wanted to be involved in theatre, I cast my own shows now and spending days listening to talented people sing to me is just glorious
What was your first role?
Mary in the Nativity aged 4. I ordered everyone about, even stopping the show to tell Joseph what he was doing wrong. I was producing even back then
What role would you like to perform/cast/produce?
I would love to do Nine by Maury Yeston
Were you encouraged to perform as a child – would you encourage your child?
My family encouraged it, in that it was a hobby. But I was encouraged to stay at school and get my A levels before I decided to go down the performing route. I don’t have children, but I don’t think I would encourage them nowadays.
What’s the nicest/weirdest gift from a fan?
No one ever gives the producer a present
If you weren’t a producer what would you be?
I’d like to run a restaurant
What advice would you give 16 year old Danielle?
Don’t be afraid to change your mind, work hard and believe in yourself
What was the last show you saw and enjoyed?
Standing at the Skies Edge at the National Theatre
Do you enjoy new talent spotting when you’re casting?
There’s nothing better than giving people, talented people, their start in the business
If you could be anyone else for the day, who would you be?
I’d go back in time and be Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Have you ever stepped into a role when you’ve had an indisposed cast?
No! There are far better people than me to be able to step in
And finally, what’s next?
I’m working on a comedy for next year and, as I said, I’d love to get Nine. But I know I’ve now got Titanic for life. I would love for it tour some more, maybe international tours and hopefully the west end too
Titanic the Musical is on tour around the UK now. More details can be found at titanicthemusical.co.uk
MIKE FAIST AND LUCAS HEDGES MAKE THEIR WEST END DEBUTS
IN WORLD PREMIERE STAGE ADAPTATION OF
ANNIE PROULX’S
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
A NEW PLAY WITH MUSIC
BY ASHLEY ROBINSON, SONGS BY DAN GILLESPIE SELLS
DIRECTED BY JONATHAN BUTTERELL
OPENS @SOHOPLACE
World premiere stage adaptation of Annie Proulx’s story, Brokeback Mountain, a new play with music, by Ashley Robinson making his playwriting debut. With songs by Dan Gillespie Sells.
Directed by Jonathan Butterell, Brokeback Mountain sees him reunite with Gillespie Sells and producer Nica Burns, the team behind the hit musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Designed by an internationally renowned team of Tom Pye, set and costumes, David Finn, lighting, Christopher Shutt, sound.
The play stars in alphabetical order: Tony and BAFTA Award nominated Mike Faist (Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway, West Side Story film) as Jack and Academy Award nominated Lucas Hedges (Manchester By The Sea, Boy Erased) as Ennis. With Dan Gillespie Sells original songs sung by Eddi Reader (Fairground Attraction) who plays the Balladeer (guitar/vocals). Further casting to be announced.
The first performance is on 10 May. Running for a limited season @sohoplace until 12 August 2023.
Brokeback Mountain is the first world premiere play to be originated @sohoplace and the fourth production to open at the new venue, following Marvellous, As You Like It and Medea.
Brokeback Mountain is produced by Nica Burns with Adam Blanshay Productions, Lambert Jackson Productions, and Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment.
Tickets are on sale now.
Nica Burns today announces world premiere of Brokeback Mountain, a new play with music, written by Ashley Robinson with songs by Dan Gillespie Sells based on Annie Proulx’s short story. Directed by Jonathan Butterell, Brokeback Mountain stars Mike Faist as Jack and Lucas Hedges as Ennis, both making their West End stage debuts. The production sees Jonathan Butterell and Dan Gillespie Sells (The Feeling), creators of the hit musical and film Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, reuniting with Producer Nica Burns.
Brokeback Mountain @sohoplace opens on 10 May, and runs for a limited season until 12 August 2023.
Wyoming 1963: a wild landscape where people live in extreme rural poverty in tight, insular and conservative communities. When Ennis and Jack take jobs on the isolated Brokeback Mountain, all their certainties of life change forever as they flounder in unexpected emotional waters of increasing depth. Dan Gillespie-Sells beautiful Country and Western songs weave heartbreakingly through this intense tale of an unresistible and hidden love spanning twenty years and its tragic consequences.
This is a play with original music by Dan Gillespie Sells, performed by the extraordinary singer, Eddi Reader, joined by her onstage Country and Western band: Sean Green (piano/MD), Meelie Traill (upright bass), Julian Jackson (chromatic harmonica), BJ Cole (pedal steel guitar).
Annie Proulx said: “Brokeback Mountain has been recreated in several different forms, each with its own distinctive moods and impact. Ashley’s script is fresh and deeply moving, opening sight lines not visible in the original nor successive treatments.”
Ashley Robinson said: “I’m honoured to be entrusted by Annie Proulx to bring new life in new form to her timeless and universal story. A story that means so much to so many, and will surely mean as much to a whole new generation.
Dan Gillespie Sells’ powerful and beautiful songs, sung by “The Balladeer,” give voice to the tumultuous inner landscape of our wannabe cowboys (both young men of few words), and provide the scope of our vast and brutal outer landscape, not to mention allowing Proulx’s poetic prose to literally sing.
Grateful as all hell to reunite with Jonathan Butterell and to put this piece in his skilled and sensitive hands—what lucky actors, what a lucky team, and what a lucky production, all coming together under Nica Burns, in her marvel of a new space, @sohoplace. Let’s ride.”
Jonathan Butterell said: “When Ashley approached us about collaborating on Brokeback Mountain we were struck immediately by his deep connection to the world and community that Annie has so brilliantly written about over the years. He brought to the adaptation an authenticity and an understanding of these working class men, scraping to survive the harsh brutality of their environment and the insularity of thinking surrounding them, which ultimately leads to their tragedy.”
Dan Gillespie Sells said: “I have loved working on this project with Ashley and Jonathan. The material and this complex story is inspiring to compose for. I’ve really enjoyed reconnecting with a genre of music I grew up with and using it to serve the drama of each moment. Plus I get to work with some legendary artists which is such an honour and a joy.”
Nica Burns, Producer, said: “I am excited that our fourth production @sohoplace, Brokeback Mountain, is our first world premiere. In the intimate, intense auditorium that is @sohoplace, our production concentrates on the relationship between our two lead characters with Eddi Reader’s memorable voice adding to the heartbreak as the soundtrack of their lives. To have Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges, two outstanding young American actors playing Jack and Ennis is a real coup. We are thrilled.”
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ANNOUNCES CAST FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Elle While (The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2019; As You Like It, Hamlet, 2018). The cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream comprises Sam Crerar as Lysander, Sarah Finigan as Egeus / Snug, Mariah Gale as Bottom, Vinnie Heaven as Demetrius, Jack Laskey as Oberon / Theseus, Molly Logan as Flute / Fairy, Francesca Mills as Hermia, Anne Odeke as Hippolyta, Marianne Oldham as Titania, Rebecca Root as Quince, Michelle Terry as Puck, Isobel Thom as Helena, and Tanika Yearwood as Snout / Mustardseed.
Director Elle While says:“I’m thrilled to bring together these brilliantly talented actors on the Globe stage for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is a play of magic, of big betrayals, of deep passions and of true friendships. I can’t wait for audiences to join us in the Globe for the warm summer months ahead to enjoy this play anew in our magnificent wooden ‘O’.”
Cast biographies are as follows:
Sam Crerar will play Lysander. Sam trained at LAMDA and graduated in 2020. Theatre credits include Happy Meal (Australia and London Tour); Happy Meal (Regional UK Tour); Rapture (The Pleasance Theatre); Once Before I Go (The Gate Theatre, Dublin) and Living Newspaper (Royal Court Theatre). Screen credits include: Fool Me Once (Netflix/Quay Street Productions).
Sarah Finigan will play Egeus / Snug. Sarah trained at Drama Studio London. Previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice. Other theatre credits include Back To The Light (Pentabus Theatre); Cinderella (Hall For Cornwall); The Duration (Omnibus Theatre); A Christmas Carol (American Drama Group); Much Ado About Nothing (Bedouin Shakespeare); Much Ado About Nothing (Infinite Jest/Polka Theatre); Romeo & Juliet (AFTLS/USA Tour); Deny Deny Deny (Park Theatre); She Stoops To Conquer, All’s Well That Ends Well (Changeling Theatre); The BFG (Bolton Octagon), The Hunters Grimm (Watermill Theatre), Cabbage Heart (Lyric Hammersmith), The Last Women (Belgrade Theatre), The Portable Virgin (Bridewell Theatre and Segal Theater New York), Fahrenheit 451, Death Of A Salesman, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (TNT theatre), Stepping Out (Artsdepot London). Screen credits include The Ipcress File (ITV), Outlander (Starz), Eastenders (BBC), Marvellous, Call The Midwife, Count Arthur Strong, Cuckoo, Holby City, Doctors, Upstart Crow (BBC), Edge Of Heaven, The Great Fire, The Bletchley Circle (ITV), The Borgias (Sky), New Worlds, Thinspiration (Channel 4), And Mrs; Overlord; Ashes In The Snow; Suffragette; Cesar Chavez; 28 Weeks Later; Cass.
Mariah Gale will play Bottom. Mariah trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she earned a first class BA in Acting. She is also an Associate Artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she has recently finished playing Margaret in Henry VI: Rebellion, Wars of the Roses and Richard III. Her roles at the RSC have included Juliet, Ophelia, Miranda, Portia in Julius Caesar, Celia, The Princess of France, Elaine of Astolat in Morte D’Arthur and Wendy Darling in Wendy and Peter Pan. She has performed Shakespeare for Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Charles and performed for the RSCs televised ‘Shakespeare Live!’ event. Other theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing and Measure for Measure (Shakespeare’s Globe); Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Three Sisters (Young Vic); Waiting For Lefty (Two Lines Productions); Afterplay (The Coronet); Eden (Hampstead Theatre); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at The Manchester Royal Exchange, Catherine in Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Kayleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries at The Gate, Hayley in Pitchfork Disney and Klara in Musik at The Arcola, Rose in The Sea at Theatre Royal Haymarket, Ella/Taylor in Vernon God Little at the Young Vic, Anabella in ’Tis Pity She’s A Whore at the Southwark Playhouse, Rowan in The Lost Child at Chichester festival Theatre and Emily in Stealing Sweets and Punching People at The Latchmere. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier bursary whilst training at Guildhall, and throughout her career has been awarded the Ian Charleson Award (First Prize and Special Commendation), a Time Out Live Award, a Critics Choice Award, a Best Actress Evening Standard award nomination, and two Best Supporting Actor nominations at the OFFIE Awards. Screen credits include I May Destroy You, Broadchurch, Dr Who, The Great, Death Comes to Pemberley, New Tricks, Grantchester, Father Brown, Lucky Man, The Hollow Crown, Skins, The Diary Of Anne Frank, Oliver Twist, Hamlet, Rare Beasts, Abraham’s Point and Hercules 3D. Extensive radio work includes Brian Guillivers Travels, seasons I and II.
Vinnie Heaven will play Demetrius. Theatre credits include The Misfortune of the English (Orange Tree Theatre); Living Newspaper (Royal Court); Malory Towers (Wise Children) and Cuckoo (Soho Theatre). Writing credits include: FAUN (Cardboard Citizens); She’s A Good Boy (Strike A Light and BAC); Charmane (Collaborative Touring Network). Screen credits include The Nevers (HBO), A Month of Sundays (BBC) and Mo <3 Kyra (Film4). Radio credits include Power Out (BBC).
Jack Laskey will play Oberon / Theseus. Jack has previously appeared at Shakespeare’s Globe in As You Like It, Hamlet, A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine, Antony and Cleopatra and In Extremis, and is a Globe Associate Artist. Other theatre credits include The Realistic Joneses (Ustinov Theatre, Bath) Lawrence After Arabia (Hampstead Theatre), Sons Without Fathers (Arcola), I am the Wind, Sweet Nothings (Young Vic), The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes (RSC), Hamlet (Old Vic) and The Masque of the Red Death (Punchdrunk). Screen credits include Endeavour, Trust, X Company, Hatfield & McCoys, The Aftermath, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, A Royal Night Out, Secret Sharer, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Baby Shower and A Family Portrait.
Molly Logan will play Flute / Fairy. Previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes The Fir Tree, Macbeth, The Taming of The Shrew, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Blue Stockings. Other theatre includes A Christmas Carol (Mac Belfast), Love from a Stranger (Northampton Theatres), The Secret Seven (Chester Storyhouse), The Grapes of Wrath (Nuffield Tour), Sleeping Beauty (The Watermill), Once a Catholic (Tricycle/Royal Court Liverpool), Laugh Your Farce Off (Pleasance Theatre), The 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic). Screen credits include Holding, Dave Allen At Peace, Doctors, Our Girl, Spoof or Die and Ballywalter.
Francesca Mills will play Hermia. Francesca has recently been seen on screen as series regular Meldof the Mad in the smash hit Netflix series The Witcher: Blood Origin; Helen of Troy in Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols biopic for Disney+ and as Jemma in Sneakerhead for Dave a role she was long listed for at the National Comedy Awards. Most recently onstage Francesca starred in Francesca Martinez’ play All of Us at the National Theatre. Further television credits include: Cherry Dorrington in Harlots (Hulu), Earthy Mangold in Worzel Gummidge (BBC), After Ever After (Sky), and Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (NBC/SKY). Forthcoming TV credits include Boat Story (BBC) and Taika Waititi’s Bandits for Apple TV. Theatre includes: The Secretaries (The Young Vic), Malory Towers (Wise Children), The American Clock (The Old Vic), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Crucible Theatre), The Two Noble Kinsmen (Shakespeare’s Globe), Pity (The Royal Court Theatre), A Tale of Two Cities (Regent’s Park), Cyrano de Bergerac (Northern Broadsides/U.K. Tour), A Pacifist’s Guide to War on Cancer (National Theatre/Complicite), The Government Inspector (Birmingham Rep/U.K. Tour), Peter Pan (New Wimbledon Theatre) and See How They Run (U.K. Tour). Francesca was nominated in 2017 for the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in The Government Inspector (Birmingham Rep/U.K. Tour).
Anne Odeke will play Hippolyta. Anne trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors & Bartholomew Fair. Other theatre credits include The Winter’s Tale (RSC); Macbeth (AFTLS – USA Tour); A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Julius Caesar (Storyhouse); Notes from a Small Island (Watermill Theatre); Princess Essex (UK Tour); The Witchfinder’s Sister & Misfits (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch); The Crucible (Royal Lyceum – Edinburgh); Women in Power (Nuffield Theatre); The Secret Keeper & Snow White and the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon (Oval House); Next Lesson (Pleasance Theatre); Winnie & Wilbur (Birmingham Rep). Audio work includes Megamonster (Harper Collins); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC/Harper Collins); Blackwater Mermaid (BBC Sounds) and United Kingdoms (BBC Radio 4). Writing credits include Little Women (Storyhouse), Princess Essex (UK Tour) & Misfits (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch). Anne has also written for BBC Radio 4, and is currently working on a new family play for the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in tribute to the Windrush Generation.
Marianne Oldham will play Titania. Marianne trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes King Lear. Other theatre credits include hang (Crucible Theatre), A Monster Calls (Bristol Old Vic), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (The Old Vic), The Argument (Hampstead Theatre), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Chichester Festival Theatre), Sons without Fathers, Uncle Vanya (Arcola Theatre / The Belgrade Theatre), You can still make a Killing (Southwark Playhouse), The Real Thing, The Changeling (ETT), Hamlet (The Factory), Design for Living (Salisbury Playhouse), Persuasion (Salisbury Playhouse), The Years Between (The Royal & Derngate), The Girl in the Yellow Dress (Market Theatre Johannesburg/Live Theatre Newcastle), An Inspector Calls (Novello Theatre / Wyndhams Theatre), Mad Forest (BAC), Mimi and the Stalker (Theatre 503), Troilus and Cressida (Cheek by Jowl), Hamlet (The Factory), Sweethearts (The Finborough Theatre), Relatively Speaking (English Playhouse Theatre), How many miles to Basra (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Cherry Orchard (Southwark Playhouse), Present Laughter (Theatre Royal Bath), Intermission (True/False), Finally the Girl (Old Red Lion), The Venetian Twins, The Gentleman from Olmedo (The Watermill Theatre), and We Happy Few (Malvern Theatre). Screen credits include The Midwich Cuckoos (Sky), Endeavour, Foyle’s War (ITV), A Very English Scandal, The Living and the Dead, The Musketeers, The Crimson Field, Doctors, The Impressionists, WPC56 (BBC), Life in Squares (Ecosse Films for BBC), Obsession (October Films), Finding Your Feet (StudioCanal), Absolutely Anything (Bill and Ben Productions), Silent Girl (Ascension Productions), Titus (Dakus Films) and 500 Miles North.
Rebecca Root will play Quince. Rebecca trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She was most recently seen on stage as Siobhan in the National Theatre’s UK tour of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Rebecca is perhaps most known for her work on BBC’s ground-breaking comedy Boy Meets Girl; and for her collaborations with Scott Frank, the latest of which, Monsieur Spade, will be released later in 2023. Theatre credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time for the National Theatre (UK and Ireland tour); Rathmines Road for Fishamble at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; Trans Scripts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Bear / The Proposal at the Young Vic; and Hamlet at the Gielgud Theatre and Athens International Festival. Screen credits include Monsieur Spade, This Is Christmas, Irvine Welsh’s Crime, Heartstopper, Annika, The Rising, Sex Education, The Gallery, The Queen’s Gambit, Finding Alice, Creation Stories, Last Christmas, The Sisters Brothers, Colette, The Danish Girl, Flack, The Romanoffs, Moominvalley, Hank Zipzer, Boy Meets Girl, Doctors, Casualty, The Detectives, and Keeping Up Appearances. Radio credits include Clare In The Community, Life Lines, The Hotel, and 1977 for BBC Radio 4. Guest appearances include Woman’s Hour, Front Row, Loose Ends, Saturday Live, and A Good Read. She plays Tania Bell in the award-winning Doctor Who: Stranded audio dramas. She has also recorded numerous documentary narrations, audiobooks, and voice-overs. Rebecca is also a voice and speech coach, holding the MA in Voice Studies from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Michelle Terry will play Puck. Michelle trained at RADA. She is the Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe. Previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes King Lear (2022), The Fir Tree (2021), Twelfth Night (2021), The Taming of the Shrew (2020), Henry IV Part 1 (2019), Macbeth, Hamlet, and As You Like It (2018), The Complete Walks (2016), As You Like It (2015), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2013), and Love’s Labour’s Lost (2007). Other theatre includes Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, Pericles, The Crucible (RSC); Henry V (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Privacy, The Man Who Had All The Luck (The Donmar); Cleansed, 50 Years of The National Theatre, The Comedy of Errors, London Assurance, All’s Well That Ends Well, England People Very Nice (National Theatre); Before the Party (Almeida); In the Republic of Happiness, Tribes (The Royal Court); Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Arcola Theatre); War on Terror, Two Cigarettes, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Bush Theatre); The Promise (New Wimbledon Theatre); Beautiful Thing (Sound Theatre); Burial at Thebes (Nottingham Playhouse); As You Like It (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-Under-Lyme) and Blithe Spirit (The Peter Hall Company UK Tour / Savoy Theatre). Screen credits include Marcella Series 2 (ITV); The Café Series 1 and 2 (Writer and Performer: SKY) and Extras (BBC/HBO).
Isobel Thom will play Helena. Isobel trained at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 2022. They return to Shakespeare’s Globe after playing Joan in I, Joan last year. Work whilst training includes Moon Licks, Dream and After Miss Julie at RWCMD; King Lear at LAMDA; Adelante for The Play List at the Royal Court; Nell Gwynn and Romeo & Juliet at the Michael Frayn Theatre.
Tanika Yearwood will play Snout / Mustardseed. Tanika trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is a Globe Associate Artist and an Associate Artist at Complicité. Previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes Hamlet and As You Like It. Other theatre includes Emilia (The Vaudeville Theatre); Anansi and The Grand Prize (Bristol Old Vic); Love Reign (The Young Vic); Cinderella (The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith); Anansi The Spider (The Unicorn Theatre); and Tomorrow I’ll Be Twenty (Complicité).
A Midsummer Night’s Dream was cast by Becky Paris, Head of Casting at Shakespeare’s Globe.
NEMANJA RADULOVIC JOINS SWEDISH PHILHARMONIA ON SOUTH LONDON INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM
…Violinist will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, alongside a programme of Bo Linde and Sibelius.
This March, The Swedish Philharmonia (Gävle Symphony Orchestra) perform the second event in the 2023/24 International Orchestra Series at Fairfield Halls, with virtuosic Serbian violinist Nemanja Radulovic playing Tchaikovsky’s concerto.
Radulovic, whose recordings of the same work was recently commended in Gramophone Magazine, has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras.
The ensemble, directed by Jaime Martín, will open with A Merry Overture Op. 14, a work by Swedish composer Bo Linde.
Linde’s works, which include orchestral, chamber, and vocal music, often explore themes of nature and the human experience, and draw inspiration from Swedish folk music and poetry. He is among the most notable 20th Century neoclassical composers.
The Orchestra’s director, Jaime Martín said:
“We are very lucky, because our soloist is one of the most amazing, exciting, original musicians I know: Nemanja Radulovic.”
“I cannot wait to be with all of you in March, with the Swedish Philharmonia.”
Fairfield Halls Associate Director Jonathan Higgins, and the whole team at BH Live, are delighted to welcome audiences back to South London’s iconic concert venue with an internationally-acclaimed line-up, including an October 2023 performance from the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine on their largest UK tour in 100 years.
Fairfield Halls is an iconic South London venue and established destination for classical music, and Its acoustics are considered among the best in the UK. With this series, the venue is Honouring its long and prestigious history of staging concerts by some of the world’s most notable classical artists and symphony orchestras.
Inspiring the next generation of classical music lovers, the venue is making tickets for under 18s free (when accompanied by an adult), and helping people spread the cost of seeing world-class music with a multi-buy discount of up to 15% off.
Tickets are now on sale. More information and booking links available at fairfield.co.uk
