Famous Nigerian playwright and theatre director Wole Oguntokun is dead. Mr Oguntokun, a lawyer, died on Wednesday at 56. His friend and film director, Kayode Peters, broke the news on his Instagram page Thursday afternoon. Mr Peters said the death of the artistic director of Theatre Planet Studios hurt. He stated that Nigeria lost one … Read more
“I can’t believe the people are pouring in!” Ann Goldstein, the former head of the copy department for this publication, said as she and her sister Martha Slaughter, who lives in Philadelphia, and I took our seats at Theatre Exile, in South Philly, for a Sunday matinée of “The Angry Grammarian,” a musical comedy by … Read more
WANT to enjoy a West End show in London without breaking the bank? We’ve found deals with overnight hotel stays, theatre tickets and coach transfers from £67pp a night. 2 We’ve found deals with overnight hotel stays, theatre tickets and coach transfers from £67pp a nightCredit: Getty When it comes to your overnight stay, you’ll … Read more
Hruta Durgule: I will continue doing theatre and television Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner … Read more
Cineplex Inc. has made almost $40 million from online booking fees, which are central to a competition bureau lawsuit against the Canadian cinema chain. An agreed statement of facts filed in the case before the Competition Tribunal shows Canada’s largest theatre owner made more than $11.6 million in the six months after the fees were … Read more
Pankaj Tripathi on why he loves theatre Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the … Read more
During Stanislaus’ final year at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in 2022, she scored a huge opportunity to work on a solo production for a foreign audience. A Canadian theatre producer had been looking to work with international talents at the French school and was impressed by Stanislaus’ performances. “The producer wanted to come up with a … Read more
Mark Ellis was nervous coming aboard another show about police officers. Not least because police procedurals have become an even more crowded media sub-genre since he co-created Flashpoint in 2008. But Ellis was more worried about making such a show when concerns around community and police relationships have reached a fever pitch. “So what do you do … Read more
Director Ava DuVernay speaks with the CBC’s Eli Glasner about what compelled her to create her latest and perhaps most challenging film, Origin. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) When you sit down to interview Ava DuVernay, you quickly realize how she rose to the top of her profession in 12 short years. Before DuVernay became an Oscar-nominated director … Read more
Although Danielle Brooks has become most known for her role as Taystee, on the television show “Orange Is the New Black,” she is a creation of the stage. Our generation’s yen for Black-theatre revivalism is rooted in her gift for externalized performance: she is the kind of actor who interprets the monologue as she delivers … Read more
