Feb 2, 2022
Pilot Theatre is based in York in the UK, but for its latest project has collaborated with an Australian playwright on an adaptation of an Australian novel. The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon has received award nominations for both the Carnegie and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for a story about a young refugee...
Feb 28, 2020
Amy Leach is a theatre director and Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse, currently working on a new version of Oliver Twist.
This new adaption is by Bryony Lavery, and it’s being staged by Leeds Playhouse in collaboration with the Ramps on the Moon consortium, a partnership between six National...
Feb 12, 2020
Laurie Sansom has been Artistic Director at the National Theatre of Scotland and Royal and Derngate in Northampton, but he has more recently taken over at Northern Broadsides in Halifax.
His first production there as director is a revival of Quality Street by J M Barrie, the title of which has a special connection with...
Jan 29, 2020
Pilot Theatre is to tour the UK with Crongton Knights by Alex Wheatle in an adaptation by Emteaz Hussain co-directed by Pilot’s Artistic Director, Esther Richardson, and Corey Campbell, Artistic Director of Strictly Arts Theatre Company, with music by beatbox champion Conrad Murray.
BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke...
Jan 22, 2020
imitating the dog has been making theatre work fusing live performance with digital technology and projection for 21 years.
Their past productions have included original devised work as well as adaptations from other forms, such as A Farewell to Arms and Heart of Darkness.
Their new show, Night of The Living Dead™ –...