Theatre Archives - Trebuchet

New Online Play by London Poet Draws on the Life of Basquiat

04/11/2020

The Lost Generation uses historical facts and surrealism to present a contemporary depiction of how Basquiat worked and lived, while highlighting some of his personal and social influences....

Lockdown Theatre Renaissance Lights Up Stephens House

21/09/2020

An al fresco review of Renaissance, a new comedy by playwright Charles Ward starring James Corrigan, Bethan Cullinane, and Haydn Gwynne....

Material Bodies Moving in Space

31/08/2020

The fabric of being in the work of Daisy Collingridge. An interview with a unique artists whose multimedia work combines, psychology, theatre, performance, and installation....

Salvator Mundi! The Musical

30/07/2020

The tale of the world’s most expensive painting is to be turned into a stage-show cross between Hamilton and Willy Wonka in New York in 2022....

Benji Reid: Beyond This Space

06/07/2020

The transcendent choreo-photolist work of Benji Reid...

Paintings Showing First Gay Kiss in UK Theatre Acquired for the Nation

30/06/2020

Leonard Rosoman’s paintings of John Osborne's 1965 play A Patriot for Me shine light on a stage production that was an important chapter in LGBTQ+ history....

Is God Dead? Ben Caplan Takes Stock

18/09/2019

The sense of historical evolution removes from us a responsibility of safeguarding the hard-won victories of the last 100 years... interview with Hirsute folksinging historian Ben Caplan ...

Voila! Europe Returns for Seventh Year

06/09/2019

Creatives from all corners of the continent share their inventive and politically charged stories at London’s landmark festival of European theatre....

Whitewash Packs a Razor-Sharp and Warmly Funny Punch

23/07/2019

Warmly funny and thought-provoking, Gabriel Bisset-Smith’s play is an important contribution to the representation of mixed-race people in culture....

The Ballet of the Nations

29/03/2019

Actor Billy Zane narrates an arthouse production inspired by the original piece, in which war is imagined as a diabolical dance choreographed by Satan and Ballet Master Death....

Theatre Programmers Called Out For Racism

26/10/2018

Claiming that it is too much of a risk to programme work by black artists is often simply an excuse for racism, a new report argues....

Paris Pop-up Theatre To Be Run By Refugees

28/09/2018

The theatre will be run by an ensemble called La Troupe, consisting of eight core members and other participants, all of whom are refugees....

Chimerica: Is Ai Wei Wei an Enemy of the State?

09/01/2018

The Symbiosis of China & America ...

Daniel Morden: The Empty Hand (Crick Crack Club, Soho Theatre)

21/12/2017

His dark materials: Daniel Morden shines a light at the Crick Crack Club (Soho Theatre)...

Crusty Hero Makes Bad: Lost in Vagueness

17/11/2017

When the wild side is your USP, don't be surprised when all hell breaks loose...

Franciska Themerson: Designing the Avant Garde

22/08/2017

Whimsical worlds: Revisiting the Avant-Garde...

Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show

20/07/2017

It's not just ink at the Great British Tattoo Show (there's rubber, lace and unguents too)...

Loitered Lens: Womadelaide 2017

02/05/2017

After 25 years, Womadelaide still surprises. Photos from 2017's edition...

Unexpected, Imaginative Experiences… with Whalley Range All Stars

03/04/2017

Security stopped us because we Went Too Far.... Whalley Range All Stars prove the power of theatre...

Our job, as puppeteers, is to disappear: Frolicked Outdoor Puppet Theatre

16/03/2017

Puppetry has a quality that allows us, as puppeteers, to get very close to people...

Disbelief is right there all the time: Maynard Flip Flap

11/03/2017

Some audiences are horrible. Maynard Flip Flap's Rick Allen dares to voice the forbidden truth....

Art can provide a mirror to people’s lives: Company Chameleon

10/03/2017

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‘I’m sure she knew she was talking to a puppet’: The Flying Buttresses

04/03/2017

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