It’s barely two months before Christmas is upon us and, unless you like to push things to the last minute you should be well on your way to producing your Christmas play by now. We’d love to know what you’ve chosen so tell us what play you will be performing in the comments section. We want to make sure… Read more →
Today is the eighth Roald Dahl Day which is celebrated on 13th September each year. Given the author’s amazing collection of grisly, horrible characters it seems fitting that we are celebrating his life and work on Friday the 13th this year. Roald Dahl day is celebrated by fans of the author every September. This year there are events taking place… Read more →
Did you realise that it is just 4 months to Christmas? Okay, that is plenty of time to get presents sorted out but what about your Christmas play? Have you chosen your Christmas play script yet? If not, you’d better get cracking as there’s a lot of work to be done between now and December. If you are looking for… Read more →
Dramaschoolsinlondon.co.uk is a new drama school guide, launched help older students who are thinking about making the jump to professional training. Concentrating on the drama schools based in London the site includes a comprehensive directory of drama training in the capital and is growing to cover a range of useful practical advice to improve students’ chances of getting into one… Read more →
Roald Dahl, who died in 1990, was one of the foremost children’s writers of the 20th century. Starting in the 1940s, when children’s stories were still typically safe and instructive Dahl developed a style that was unsentimental, dark and often grotesque – his characters and stories often owned more to nightmares than to dreams. Yet children love them and his most popular books… Read more →
The Stage in conjunction with Equity and the TMA has launched a campaign to galvanise support for theatres across the UK. My Theatre Matters! has a dedicated website where audiences can voice their support for their theatre, sign up to the campaign and download information about how to lobby politicians to convince them to continue funding theatres in their… Read more →
The remains of Richard Plantagenet, or King Richard III of England, have recently been discovered buried beneath a car park built on the site of a former church in Leicester. Richard would have been a relatively unknown historical figure – he reigned for just 2 years before being killed in battle against Henry Tudor – if it had not been… Read more →
We spotted this display of the script for Tom’s Midnight Garden in the window of Samuel French in London and couldn’t resist sharing it. This is one of the classic children’s books of the mid 20th century: although set in the 1950s the tale of Tom who has to go and live in a tiny, dull flat with his aunt… Read more →
Since the huge success of the National Theatre’s production of War Horse with its uncannily life-like horse puppets, the ancient art of puppetry has gained a new lease of life in the mainstream. Puppet theatres were once hugely popular as children’s toys and though that is no longer the case , puppetry remains a fantastic, low cost, way of introducing… Read more →
Here is a fantastic new resource if you are searching for obscure published plays or undertaking research. The Drama Association of Wales is based in Cardiff, south Wales but has an international membership. The association aims to make high quality drama accessible to the community at large. Although you may not easily be able to reach Cardiff, anyone can access… Read more →