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John Ellingsworth 33 weeks 4 days ago Venue
The Point, an Eastleigh arts venue/centre with a strong connection to total theatre work, has announced the four Associate Artists it will work with from October 2012. These are:
John Ellingsworth 48 weeks 5 days ago Venue
Eastleigh's The Point theatre has received combined grants totalling £270,000 from Arts Council England and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to further its work supporting artists and engaging with new audiences:
John Ellingsworth 1 year 3 weeks ago Venue
Not to be confused with mac Birmingham, The MAC – Belfast is a newly opened multidisciplinary arts venue with two theatres, three art galleries, one dance studio, three education and workshop rooms, four offices for resident arts groups, one cafe...
John Ellingsworth 1 year 38 weeks ago Venue
Following an Edinburgh programme littered with excellent total theatre, the Traverse, Scotland's new writing theatre, has announced the appointment of Orla O’Loughlin (of Pentabus Theatre) as its new Artistic Director. Taking over from Dominic Hill...
John Ellingsworth 1 year 42 weeks ago Venue
So Bridport has a new theatre (which is actually an old theatre, reopened): The Lyric, run by Niki McCretton, Marc Parrett, Tessa Bide, Emily Faulkner and Marta Gemma as an artist-led space for theatre-makers to create and showcase work, as a home...
John Ellingsworth 1 year 43 weeks ago Venue
Last Friday Warwick Arts Centre launched a new programme for commissioning and artist development, Triggered at Warwick Arts Centre (let's call it T-WAC) – a scheme which sees the Centre actively commission new projects from companies, then work...
John Ellingsworth 1 year 44 weeks ago Venue
Coming out of stealth mode this week, there's a new (temporary) theatre in Hackney Wick: The Yard. Converted from an old warehouse using recycled materials from the Olympic Park ("recycled"), the Yard will run the summer from 22 July - 31 October...

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‘You are nothing but a big zero’ says the Fool to Lear. I paraphrase, apologies Mr Shakespeare. But this is not, you understand, a version of King Lear, although that was the starting point – a period of research supported by the Royal Shakespeare Company, in which Clod Ensemble discovered that what they didn’t want to do was make a version of the play.

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So here we are, half way through May, and therefore half way through the Brighton Festival, which runs 4 – 26 May (although the Fringe is cheekily marching on till 2 June this year).

NoFitState Circus Bianco at Brighton Fringe

The Bangkok Ladyboys have taken up residence on Grand Parade, the Famous Spiegel Garden is sparkling away on the Old Steine, there’s a crashed plane apparently made out of withies and tissue paper sticking out of the ground next to St Peter’s church, a shipping container or two on the seafront, Brighton's taxi drivers getting into gear for their annual collective denial of the very existence of The Basement arts centre (Where love?