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

ance tends to find a way, regardless of setting. Comforting as it may be, there is no real need to invoke the Billy Elliot myth of northern lad shucking off the grim strictures of working class...

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

04/03/2017

rebuchet applies its right to invoke Henson’s Law. (Henson’s Law: Even the world’s best CGI will look dated in a decade, but an awesome puppet will always be an awesome puppet.)...