I’m reading poems at a few literary festivals this year – including ones in Keswick, Guernsey, Wrexham, Tunbridge Wells, Dorchester-on-Thames, Filey and Leek. Here’s a pic which provides an efficient summary of such matters: Next month’s show at Words on the Water has sold out, but tickets are on sale for the other festivals. More info…
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I’m heading off on tour next year with a brand new solo show, in which I’ll be reading poems from my forthcoming book ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’. The tour starts in September. Tickets have gone on sale at most venues today. You can find out more here: https://brianbilston.com/events/ I’ll be…
The whole entertainment industry now seems too top-down and corporate to allow for many great breakthroughs, writes Tim Walker
A new stage version of the award-winning novel at London's Almeida Theatre in October is the most likely chance of this seminal work finding a new generation of fans, writes Tim Walker
Great theatre requires that a conversation should begin about it after the curtain comes down, writes Tim Walker
Sexuality is hard to define and actors should not be unduly confined when it comes to what parts are open to them, writes Tim Walker
Good evening Brussels! We once had a dream. It was a dream of what Europe could have been. A Europe of shared prosperity, dignity, freedom – a Europe of Peace and Hope. That dream is now dead, lost, gone, kaput. Why? What the hell happened to Europe? We know what happened to Europe! We know […]
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The stories brought to life on the stage in the past allowed people to understand that politics is something that impacts on their lives, writes playwright Tim Walker
I’m delighted to announce a plethora of new shows for May 2025 with the brilliant Henry Normal. We’re be coming to BIRMINGHAM, CAMBRIDGE, HARROGATE, LANCASTER, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NORTHAMPTON, STOCKTON-ON-TEES and WHITLEY BAY. Tickets have gone on sale today. As previously announced, we’ll also be reading poems in ASHFORD, BURNLEY, CARDIFF, HALIFAX,…
Tamsin Flower examines why older working-class voices are disappearing from performing arts and theatre