Posts Tagged ‘play’
‘We need a push’: Beloved adventure playground launches crowdfunder for ‘unique’ new fence
Shakespeare Walk, recently crowned London’s best adventure playground, needs to replace its crumbling perimeter
Read MoreFour more Hackney playgrounds set for a spruce-up as council efforts to make borough better for children continue
Play areas at Hackney Downs, Clapton Common, Stonebridge Gardens and Well Street to get an update
Read More‘It’s our local park’: Primary school pupils fight for ‘basic right’ to have playtime in De Beauvoir Square
Candidates for upcoming De Beauvoir by-election line up in support of the children following complaints from local residents
Read MoreBird of play: Winged wonder lands at Clapton Pond as children’s area gets a preening
The timber creature is at the heart of a £60k spruce-up at the popular local haven
Read MoreChildren’s designs for Shoreditch Park play centre given thumbs-up by planners
Ideas for slides and a rooftop space get go-ahead as part of huge £350k redesign
Read MoreFrau Welt becomes Hackney Showroom’s first star of the stage
The cabaret and drag inspired solo narrative is the venue’s first play
Read MoreRichard III, Arcola, theatre review: the bovver boy royal in a bare bones production
This enjoyable staging of Shakespeare’s historic tragedy makes the most of its stark setting and a “performance on fire”
Read MoreThe Plague, Arcola Theatre, review: an incisive adaptation of Camus’ classic
Morgana Edwards took her seat for a sharp, direct staging of the classic novel which, unfortunately, could not be more timely
Read MoreHamlet, Almeida Theatre, review: method and madness
The N1 theatre stages the tragedy with a variety of bells & whistles that make for a stylish production
Read MoreThe Lower Depths, Arcola, review: farcical situations and tragic moments
The Dalston theatre hosts a harsh, passionate and ultimately remorseless production of Maxim Gorky’s play
Read MoreSaddled with Shakespeare: The Handlebards ride to Geffrye Museum
An all-bicycling theatre company is giving new meaning to the phrase ‘play cycle’
Read MoreCrossing the divide – Spitalfields to see crowdfunded adaptation of Malorie Blackman classic
An extraordinary tale of social exclusion, terrorism and oppression, Noughts and Crosses has now been adapted for the stage. Its director Cheryl Walker talks about black representation and why her performers are “not just actors”
Read More1972: The Future of Sex begins Shoreditch Town Hall run
A new comedy explores sexual anxiety and coming of age in the year of Ziggy Stardust and Mary Whitehouse
Read MorePlaying a blinder – All That Fall preview
A one-act play for radio by Samuel Beckett is ingeniously staged at Wilton’s Music Hall
Read MoreSheer Height redress the gender balance with new Arcola show
Fed up with the state of theatre for women, two friends founded their own company placing female characters centre stage
Read MorePark bench politics: Made Visible at the Yard Theatre
An encounter with two women in Victoria Park inspired Deborah Pearson’s play about race and identity
Read MoreMary Seacole brought to the stage at the Rosemary Branch
Theatre marks 20th anniversary with play about pioneering Jamaican nurse, starring its artistic director and former Rolling Stones collaborator Cleo Sylvestre
Read MoreMove to car-free streets to help Hackney children play
Youngsters set to reclaim their residential roads
Read MoreSomeone To Blame: courtroom drama asks tough questions
A new play based on documentary evidence from a murder trial reveals the harsh reality of the criminal justice system
Read MoreSam Hallam campaigners make drama of Hoxton murder case
Playwright Tess Berry-Hart speaks to the Citizen about Someone To Blame
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