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Global Voices Theatre presents Global Jewish Voices.

Discover plays from Algeria, Israel, Canada, Turkey, and the USA in Global Voices Theatre’s upcoming event – Global Jewish Voices!

Global Jewish Voices is an afternoon of excerpt readings of international plays by Jewish playwrights from around the world.

Curated by theatre and performance maker Victor Esses, the selected works are:

The Kahena, Berber Queen by Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (Algeria), translated from French by Jessica Benhamou
Papa’gina by Hanna Vazana Grunwald (Israel), translated from Hebrew by Sivan Battat
Heartlines by Sarah Waisvisz (Canada)
Extinct by Philip Arditti (Turkey/UK)
A People by L M Feldman (USA)

The in-person event will take place at the Bush Theatre, London on Sunday April 3rd at 2.30pm. It lasts around 2 hours 15 minutes and tickets are just £8/£6.

You can find more information and book tickets here

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London Pub Theatres Award winners 2021 announced

Every October, London Pub Theatres announces their award-winners from the nominations through the year, which they call Standing Ovations. This year’s winners were announced at a ceremony on Sunday October 24th. Here is a complete list:

LONDON PUB THEATRE AWARDS WINNERS 2021

LONDON PUB THEATRE OF THE YEAR 2021

Directors: Lisa Spirling and Andrew Shepherd at Theatre503

RUNNER-UP LONDON PUB THEATRE OF THE YEAR 2021

Artistic Directors: James Wren and Felicity Wren at The Hen and Chickens Theatre

COMMENDATION FOR SERVICES TO PUB THEATRES

Artistic Director: David Brady at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre

STANDING OVATION AWARD WINNERS ARE IN RED

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: BEST PRODUCTION

LONDON ZOO by Farine Clarke, directed by Samantha Pears / UnEqual Productions Ltd at Bread and Roses Theatre

PIPPIN Presented by LAMBCO Productions/The Garden Theatre at The Eagle, Vauxhall

SNOWFLAKES by Robert Boulton/ Dissidents Theatre Company/ at Old Red Lion Company 

TRESTLE by Stewart Pringle, directed by Matthew Parker, at Jack Studio Theatre

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: BEST PRODUCTION (REGIONAL TRANSFER)

From Northern Ireland – A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER by Marie Jones/ Soda Bread Theatre at Chiswick Playhouse

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: BEST REDISCOVERY / ADAPTATION

VILLAGE WOOING by George Bernard Shaw/ SHAW2020 Theatre Company at Etcetera Theatre / Camden Fringe

TIER THREE SISTERS by Knuckledown at The Hope Theatre /Camden Fringe

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION VALUES

WOLVES ARE COMING FOR YOU by Joel Horwood, at The Jack Studio Theatre

SNOWFLAKES by Robert Boulton/ Dissidents Theatre Company/ at Old Red Lion Company

NO STRINGS ATTACHED by Charles Entsie / Produced by King’s Head Theatre at The Ignition Room, Islington Square

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: INNOVATIVE PLAY

SIX SERPENTS AND A TARANTULA by Maryanna Clarke /Old School Players at The Hen and Chickens Theatre and on tour

TETHERED by Georgie Bailey/ChewBoy Productions at Lion and Unicorn Theatre

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: COMEDY

BORROWED TIME by Garth Oates/ Flat A Creative at Hen and Chickens Theatre /Camden Fringe

BADGERS CAN’T BE FRIENDS By Joe Skelton / Raving Mask Theatre at King’s Head Theatre /Playmill Festival

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: NEW PLAY RAISING AWARENESS

DEAF EARS – HOW I LEARNED TO HEAR by Joe Friedman at The Hen and Chickens Theatre /Camden Fringe

ALL THAT by Shaun Kitchner, directed by James Callàs Ball at The Kings Head Theatre

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: ACTORS AWARD

A RAT, A RAT by Chloe Yates at Golden Goose Theatre

Winner – Rose Reade

HEMATOMA written and performed by Kieran Dee, Produced by Moon Loaf Theatre Company at Lion and Unicorn Theatre

Winner – Kieran Dee

MASKS/TIDAL double bill by Red Hair Theatre at The Ninth Life

Finalist: Peter Watts

A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER by Marie Jones/ Soda Bread Theatre at Chiswick Playhouse

Finalist; Matthew Forsythe

AAAAA (FIVEA) by David Brady, Jack Albert Cook, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain & Kim Scopes at Lion and Unicorn Theatre

Finalist: Daniel Rainford

STANDING OVATION FINALISTS 2021: ENSEMBLE ACTING

THE NOBODIES by Amy Guyler/Chalk Line Theatre at Lion and Unicorn Theatre

Finalists: David Angland, Joseph Reed, Lucy Simpson

SNOWFLAKES by Robert Boulton/ Dissidents Theatre Company/ at Old Red Lion Company

Finalists: Robert Boulton, Niamh Finlay, Henry Davis

LONDON ZOO by Farine Clarke/ UnEqual Productions at Bread and Roses Theatre

Finalists: Louie Keen, Mike Duran, Natalie Lauren, Adil Akram, Derek Jeck and Cal-I Jonel

TIER THREE SISTERS by Knuckledown at The Hope Theatre

Finalists: Bryony Davies, Chloe Wade and Chloe Metcalfe

ABOUT MONEY by Eliza Gearty, 65% Theatre at Theatre503

Finalists: Emma Tracey, Michael McCardie, Matthew Boyle, Isabele Derosa and Rohit Kumar

STANDING OVATION FINALIST 2021: BLACK BOX (Little or no set, using other design features to create the milieu)

SWIMMING by Alex Bower, directed by Kayla Feldman at The White Bear

MARY & MIETEK Burning Pages & Katla Theatre Company at The Hen & Chickens Theatre/Camden Fringe

THE NOBODIES by Amy Guyler/Chalk Line Theatre at Lion and Unicorn Theatre & on tour

HEMATOMA written and performed by Kieran Dee/Moon Loaf Theatre Company at Lion and Unicorn Theatre

SEEKING ARRANGEMENT by Alexandra Hannant / Burning Brick theatre Company at King’s Head Theatre/Playmill Festival

STANDING OVATION FINALIST 2021: THEATRE ONLINE

LATE NIGHT STARING AT HIGH RES PIXELS by Athena Stevens / Finborough

V-DAY 2021: Raise the Vibration / Bread & Roses Theatre

SNOW WHITE in the Seven Months of Lockdown by John Savournin/Charles Court Opera/King’s Head Theatre

DECEMBER: A New Play for Christmas Adapted from Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Alexander Knott/Bag of Beard/Filmed at Old Red Lion Theatre

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

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Finborough crowned London Pub Theatre of the Year 2020 as Standing Ovation winners announced

The highly-respected Finborough Theatre, currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, has been awarded the title London Pub Theatre of the Year 2020.

In a virtual ceremony (due to prevailing conditions) hosted by London Pub Theatres, the awards celebrate London’s historically thriving fringe pub theatre scene, this year also awarding its Standing Ovation Awards for shows presented in London pub theatres.

Here is a list of the winners and awardees

LONDON PUB THEATRE OF THE YEAR 2020, FINBOROUGH THEATRE, Artistic Director NEIL MCPHERSON

RUNNER-UP FOR LONDON PUB THEATRE OF THE YEAR 2020, WHITE BEAR THEATRE, Artistic Director MICHAEL KINGSBURY

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to JOHN and KATIE PLEWS for their work UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE

COMMENDATION FOR SERVICES TO PUB THEATRES to TESSA HART, REBECCA PRYLE, and VELENZIA SPEARPOINT at the BREAD AND ROSES THEATRE

STANDING OVATION AWARDS 2020– shortlists (winners in red) Comments in brackets after the show titles are evaluations and opinions of London Pub Theatres team only)

BEST PRODUCTION (London based companies)

CHAPLIN BIRTH OF A TRAMP by Ross McGregor at Brockley Jack Theatre

NUCLEAR WAR/BURIED AND GRACELAND at Old Red Lion Theatre

CALL ME FURY by Sasha Wilson (further devised by the company), Produced by Out of The Forest Theatre at The Hope Theatre

AT LAST by James Lewis & Alexander Knott at Lion and Unicorn Theatre

TRYST by Karoline Leach at Chiswick Playhouse

THE HOUSE OF YES by Wendy MacLeod at The Hope Theatre

BEST REDISCOVERY / ADAPTATION

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Charles Dickens) at Bridge House Theatre

THE WIND OF HEAVEN by Emlyn Williams at Finborough Theatre

MOBY DICK by Herman Melville adapted and directed by Douglas Baker at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre

BEST TRANSFER / SHOW ON TOUR FROM OUTSIDE LONDON

 THE VIOLENCE SERIES TRIPLE BILL by The Other Room Theatre (Cardiff) at Theatre503

A PRAYER FOR WINGS by Sean Mathias, transferred to The King’s Head from Swansea Grand Theatre

FOR OUTSTANDING THEATRICALITY

TRYST by Karoline Leach at Chiswick Playhouse

THE HOUSE OF YES by Wendy MacLeod at The Hope Theatre

BEST INNOVATIVE PLAY

EMPTY IN ANGEL by James Woolf at White Bear Theatre (skewering the gig economy – The set was a fixed-wheel messengers’ bicycle on rollers and two screens to project the GoPro footage provided by real-life courier Giovanni ‘Overkill’ Adebay)

MOBY DICK by Herman Melville adapted by Douglas Baker at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre (environmentalism, and active graphics, presenting a very big book on a very small stage)

CALL ME FURY by Sasha Wilson (further devised by the company), Produced by Out of The Forest Theatre at The Hope Theatre (looks at women and witchcraft through the ages, It’s thought-provoking & has outstanding musicianship)

THE NOISES by Jacqueline Saphra at Old Red Lion Theatre, Presented by Liam McLaughlin productions (audio-described introduction of the set, costume and movements plus other innovation to include the visually impaired – story told from the point of view of a dog)

COMEDY

OOPSY DAISY by Holly McFarlane at Katzpace Theatre

THE INVISIBLE MAN by HG Wells at Jack Studio

HAPPILY EVER POOFTER Created and performed by Rich Watkins at King’s Head Theatre

BEST NEW PLAY RAISING AWARENESS

NETFLIX & CHILL by Tom Stocks at Drayton Arms Theatre (suicide of young men)

EMPTY IN ANGEL (Chris) by James Woolf at White Bear Theatre (skewering the gig economy)

THE BEVIN BOYS (Richard) by Viv Edwards at Pentameters Theatre, Hampstead, 12-21 July 2019 (young men conscripted to go down the mines during the Second World War)

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

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A “clutch” of awards 3: – The London Pub Theatres Awards 2019 crowns King’s Head Theatre

The inaugural London Pub Theatres Awards ceremony at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre on October 27 saw many of London’s great independent spaces recognised for their work. Instigated by London Pub Theatres magazine (which has been running since 2015), the awards were prefaced by a champagne reception.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Leonie Scott Matthew, Artistic Director of Pentameters Theatre.

Joint runners-up for Theatre of the Year were The Jack Studio in Brockley and the Hope Theatre in Islington.

London Pub Theatre of the Year was The Kings Head Theatre in Islington.

Congratulations to all nominees and winners. Full details here