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Aug182020 by adminNo Comments

Fancy battling a Dalek? Immersive Doctor Who theatre show announced

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Doctor Who fans, get to the Tardis - for transportation to an ambitious immersive theatre experience set to launch next year.Featuring Daleks, Cybermen and Time Lords, Doctor Who: Time Fracture goes back to 1940 during the Blitz, with a mysterious weapon destroying a small corner of London's Mayfair and opening a rift in space and time. The immersive element means the audience members become participants in the experience, rather than just spectators. And with Earth as we know it at stake, this could be your chance to be the hero. Image: Fancy taking on a Dalek or two? Enlisted by the Unified Intelligence Task Force (Unit), those involved will apparently visit "impossible places, confronting menacing monsters and ancient aliens along ...

Aug132020 by adminNo Comments

Amazon Prime donates to Fleabag stars’ theatre emergency fund

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A fund set up by two stars of Fleabag to support theatre workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic is to receive £500,000 from Amazon Prime Video.Olivia Colman and Phoebe Waller-Bridge said they were "blown away" by the "extraordinary" support.The streaming service is also donating £1m to a new grants scheme being set up by the Film and TV Charity.Amazon Prime has pledged $ 6m (£4.6m) in total to those involved in theatre, TV and film production across Europe."The creative community in Europe has been vital to our success in producing high-quality Amazon original TV series and movies," Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said."It is essential for us to help that community through this pandemic." ...

May312020 by adminNo Comments

Bolsonaro’s Trump-like theatre ignores the coronavirus crisis gripping Brazil

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A posse of mule-riding cowboys and cowgirls, Brazilian flags aloft, trot along the vast parks that are the centre of Brasilia, the country's capital.It's quite a sight as they are cheered on by thousands of anti-lockdown protesters who are in the city for their now weekly rally. The numbers vary and the count is always contested but by any standards large numbers of people flooded the roads in their cars, horns honking and vuvuzelas blaring out a deafening cacophony. Many have travelled from towns and cities hundreds of miles away. Image: The rally is noisy and raucous and utterly defiant It is noisy and raucous and utterly defiant. Forget social distancing, forget staying safe. In fact, forget COVID-19.These are the faithful supporte...

Dec292019 by adminNo Comments

The theatre shows you won’t want to miss in 2020

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From Hollywood stars to British heavyweights, from transferring Broadway hits to heartwrenching homegrown stories, there's a lot to look forward to at theatres around the UK in 2020.Star attractions French heartthrob Timothee "Timotei" Chalamet makes his London stage debut opposite Dame Eileen Atkins, playing his 91-year-old grandmother, in Amy Herzog's Pulitzer Prize-nominated 4000 Miles (Old Vic, 6 April-23 May) Twenty-eight years after the Sister Act film, Whoopi Goldberg reprises her role as Deloris Van Cartier, with Jennifer Saunders taking Dame Maggie Smith's place as Mother Superior (Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London, 29 July-30 August) After triumphant performances in Gypsy and F...

Nov62019 by adminNo Comments

Ceiling collapse at West End theatre leaves several injured

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Several people have been hurt after part of a ceiling collapsed at a theatre in London's West End.Emergency services were called just before 8pm following the incident during a performance of Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre. A picture from the scene showed a large hole in the ceiling about three or four metres wide, with wires protruding in the middle of it.Witnesses reported there had been a "slight dripping sound" and "running water" followed by "lots of screams" from audience members as a section of the ceiling came crashing down. Roof collapsed in Piccadilly Theatre tonight during performance of Death of a Salesman. Running water, then lots of screams. A few minor injuries. Thank you @WendellPierce for coming out to check everyone safe. Decent ...