The Exeter venue has recorded record sales for its Christmas show despite restrictions on ticket sales due to COVID-19.Read More
The Southampton venue, which closed in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be renamed Mayflower studios when it is able to reopen.Read More
2020 has not been a good year for the arts (or for anyone really!). British theatres have been closed since March. However, all hope is not lost! 2021 is looking like it’s going to be a great year for British theatre. Here’s everything to look forward to. Read More
The acclaimed musical Six will open at the Lyric Theatre from the 14th November, with a packed programme of nine performances every week.Read More
There is no shadow of a doubt that school is stressful. Lockdown was stressful. Homeschooling provided both parents and children with a host of new problems. However, a recent report from the University of Bristol revealed that the stress-level in high school aged students has gone down since lockdown began. When the world was plunged […]Read More
Beauty and the Beast will begin a five-week tour of the UK at the Curve Leicester in May, with further dates due to be announced soon.Read More
The government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme finished at the end of August (although some businesses have extended their involvement with the scheme) and it was a huge success. The latest statistics show that diners claimed 100 million meals and it gave the hospitality industry, as well as the economy more generally, a much-needed […]Read More
In some good news this week, Disney has released the first images from its upcoming film Raya and the Last Dragon – and they are stunning! The picture shows a powerful Raya wielding a sword, accompanied by a trusty sidekick (what is a Disney film without one?) named Tuk Tuk. The landscape is gorgeously rich in […]Read More
On the 13th August 2020, students across the UK received their A-Level results. Results which were calculated by an algorithm. This algorithm was deemed necessary as students were unable to take their exams because of COVID-19.Read More
On the 24th July the world went crazy when Taylor Swift dropped her eighth studio album, folklore. The surprises, however, didn’t end there. The physical copy of the album (order here) comes with bonus track ‘the lakes’, which might be my favourite track on folklore. Read more: Album Review: folklore // Taylor Swift The melody […]Read More
Just last week, we announced that Phantom of the Opera was closing after thirty-four years, but this week, the Phantom saga has continued. Andrew Lloyd Webber responded to news of the show’s closure saying: “As far as I’m concerned Phantom will reopen as soon as it is possible”. It now appears that Lloyd Webber was […]Read More
As a proud Yorkshire girl, I thought I knew quite a lot about the Brontë’s. I’ve visited Howarth a lot, gone around their house and walked the route that supposedly inspired Wuthering Heights. However, Wasted is the Bronte’s as you’ve never seen them before. In this new rock documentary, we are given an access-all-areas account […]Read More
This week’s poem is Ariel by Sylvia Plath. It is poem of transcendence, strength, life and death. I began to read Plath during my A-Level studies and feel completely in love with her poetry – particularly Ariel.Read More
The theatre industry has been hit incredibly hard by lockdown. Before the government’s £1.57 billion rescue package, there was no support for the arts industry. However, in the midst of the chaos and constant stream of bad news, the industry came together to support each other and provide well needed entertainment for the public. It […]Read More
Tony nominated actor Nick Cordero has died in Los Angeles after contracting Coronavirus and struggling with severe medical complications. Cordero spent around ninety-five days in Cendars-Sinai Hospital before he died aged just forty-one, leaving behind his wife, Amanda Kloots, and his young son. The Broadway community grieves for an actor with so much more still […]Read More
