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Jul 15, 2025

Lorenzo Allchurch and Alex Helfrecht, the writer and director of new play Lost Watches, which is to première at Park Theatre in London this summer, met when Alex directed Lorenzo as a child actor ten years ago in the film The White King.

For his debut full-length play as a writer, Lorenzo will star alongside a...


Jul 7, 2025

Paula Garfield MBE, Artistic Director and co-founder of Deafinitely Theatre, is taking her adaptation of The Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler) on a short tour.

BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Paula a couple of weeks before the performances about her adaptation for both deaf and hearing audiences of a...


Jun 4, 2025

Elizabeth Newman, Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, has adapted F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, which is now 100 years old, for the stage for the theatre she recently left, Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

It will be co-produced by Derby Theatre, where it will also open that venue’s 50th anniversary...


Apr 1, 2025

59E59 Theatres in New York City has presented a regular Brits Off Broadway season of British theatre productions since 2004.

This year, the season runs from 22 April to 29 June and features eight productions that were recently performed in the UK.

BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Val Day, 59E59’s...


Mar 24, 2025

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is regarded as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century. A new production is touring the UK.

BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to David Hayman, who plays Willy Loman, and director Andy Arnold about the previous production they worked on as well as their current...