Simon Mendes da News

Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre celebrates its fifth birthday next week.

Michael Head's new play THE GREATER GAME tells the fascinating true story of the 41 men who swapped the football fields of London for the battlefields of the Somme in 1916. East London football club Leyton Orient, then known as Clapton Orient, was the first team to sign up its players, staff and supporters to fight in the Great War. Forty-one men volunteered in all. Three of them never returned.

LAPA sponsored by The Royal British Legion in association with The PFA, Stephen Jenkins and Peter Kitchen present THE GREATER GAME by Michael Head and irected by Tilly Vosburgh at the Southwark Playhouse. Press night: Monday, 19 September 2016 at 7.30pm. Run: Thursday 15 September - Saturday 15 October 2016.

A TOUCHING new comedy comes to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, later this year.

Actors Dawn Steele, Simon Paisley Day and Jenna Russell will be presenting the work of new writers at The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury, this month.

Actors Dawn Steele, Simon Paisley Day and Jenna Russell will be presenting the work of new writers at The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury, next month (May).

The Garden Of England, The Marlowe's first community production, took place last week and involved more than 150 members of the various creative classes, aged from seven to 77. The ambitious project, which looked at what it means to live in Kent, took place over four days in and around the theatre. Scroll down for photos!

These popular acting and writing workshops include The Marlowe Diddies (two to four years) and The Marlowe Minis (five to seven years). These provide the perfect introduction to the world of theatre with drama activities, music and games.

Everyone has the chance to be creative in a new series of workshops at The Marlowe Theatre. From music, movement and fun for pre-school children (The Marlowe Diddies), to a session for adults exploring the different styles of theatre through play readings and creative scriptwriting (The Marlowe Speakeasy), these events give people the opportunity to try something new.

Playwright Simon Mendes da Costa will take up his position next month and will head new playwriting sessions and be the leading player on a reading panel, which is also new.

Simon Mendes da Costa's Losing Louie, presented by the Manhattan Theatre Club in its American premiere production, will close two weeks earlier than originally announced

A precocious young girl once said that nothing can ruin a show like too much exposition, and Act I of Simon Mendes da Costa's comedy/drama is loaded with the stuff

The Manhattan Theatre Club American premiere production of Simon Mendes da Costa's Losing Louie opened on Thursday, October 12 at the Biltmore Theatre

The Manhattan Theatre Club American premiere production of Simon Mendes da Costa's Losing Louie will open tonight Thursday, October 12 at the Biltmore Theatre

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the American premiere of Simon Mendes da Costa's LOSING LOUIE at the Biltmore Theatre. Previews for LOSING LOUIE begin Thursday, September 21 for a Thursday, October 12 opening.

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2006-2007 season, including two shows on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and four productions at MTC's Off-Broadway theatres at Stage I and Stage II at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street). A third Biltmore production will be announced at a later date.

Actor Matthew Arkin made his Broadway debut as Lucas in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor. He recently completed shooting a role in the new untitled Noah Baumbach project with Nicole Kidman, Jack Black and Jennifer Jason Leigh. In addition, Arkin also finished a guest spot on the 'Law and Order: SVU,' which is scheduled to air this fall.

Christine Baranski, Jeff Daniels, George Grizzard, Mark Linn-Baker and Sian Phillips will be among the stars who will appear in Manhattan Theatre Club's 2006-2007 season

Michele Pawk, Jan Maxwell, Adam Arkin, Matthew Arkin and Scott Cohen have been cast in MTC's Losing Louie, which opens this fall at the Biltmore Theatre