The Almeida Theatre has announced a free festival of events and performances for anyone aged 25 and under.  Hamlet for Free will run from Monday 10 – Thursday 13 April with five performances of the Almeida’s production of Hamlet, directed by Robert Icke with Andrew Scott in the title role,...

Samson Hawkins is the Artistic Director of Second Sons. Since graduating, Samson has worked consistently as a director, including Second Sons first production, Swan Bake, which was nominated for a Brighton-fringe award in 2016.  He was also Assistant Director on 5 Guys Chillin', which stormed Edinburgh last summer. Samson joins...

Half a century after its premiere on The Old Vic stage, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, the play that made a young Tom Stoppard’s name overnight, returns to The Old Vic in its 50th anniversary celebratory production. Against the backdrop of Shakespeare's Hamlet, this mind-bending situation comedy sees two hapless...

The award-winning theatre company Cardboard Citizens has announced an ambitious season of new work at The Bunker in London this April. Celebrating 25 years of making work with and for homeless people, the company will continue its exploration of the state of housing in nine new plays commissioned by Cardboard...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, so they say. Would we choose not to do something if we knew how it all turned out?  That is the issue explored in Villain currently playing at The Kings Head Theatre, written and directed by Martin Murphy.  This sixty minute, solo performance packs a...