David Burnett News

Final casting and creatives have been announced for the world premiere of Zoe Lewis's 'Britten in Brooklyn' at Wilton's Music Hall.

BRAVE NEW WORLD, widely considered to be one of the finest and most prophetic dystopian novels of the twentieth century, bursts into life on stage in an adaptation by award-winning playwright Dawn King, directed by James Dacre and designed by Naomi Dawson, with an original new music by the ground breaking British band These New Puritans. The first preview is slated for tonight 4 September in Northampton, with press night on Tuesday 8 September 2015, followed by a UK tour. Scroll down for a peek at the cast in rehearsal!

BRAVE NEW WORLD, widely considered to be one of the finest and most prophetic dystopian novels of the twentieth century, bursts into life on stage in an adaptation by award-winning playwright Dawn King, directed by James Dacre and designed by Naomi Dawson, with an original new music by the ground breaking British band These New Puritans. The first preview is slated for Tuesday 4 September in Northampton, with press night on Tuesday 8 September 2015, followed by a UK tour. Scroll down for a peek at the cast in rehearsal!

United Photo Industries is pleased to announce the interactive programming for the fourth annual Photoville, which will take place at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 5 uplands, September 10-20. Programming will include the return of the Luminance Professional Development Conference, a full-day conference showcasing insights and resources for building a career in photography; walking tours of the exhibitions hosted by photography professionals, including Julie Grahame, James Wellford and W.M. Hunt; a photo swap offering a chance to show, share, and trade work with other photographers; safety workshops for photographers covering war and political strife; how to take the perfect family photo; and more. A full schedule follows below, and more information can be found at www.photoville.com.

Further casting has been announced for Brave New World, a co-production by Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Touring Consortium Theatre Company, with Abigail McKern, William Postlethwaite,Gruffudd Glyn, Olivia Morgan and Scott Karim joining the previously announced Sophie Ward in the ensemble cast, and Frantic Assembly's Eddie Kay joining the creative team for this world premiere production. Aldous Huxley's ground-breaking novel, newly adapted for the stage by Dawn King with original music by These New Puritans, is opening in Northampton this September before a major national tour.

Carol Burnett and Bernadette Peters together again, with some very special friends!

Fourteen gifted students from drama schools across the UK were today awarded £55,000 worth of bursaries by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) in order to help them complete their training.

Seattle Theater Writers, a critics' circle of local theater writers and reviewers, today announces the 2012 slate of nominees of the second annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, theater awards devoted to recognizing excellence across the economic spectrum of professional Seattle theaters.

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'Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive,' says Clarissa, the charming diplomat's wife and main murder suspect, in Agatha Christie's Spider's Web which opens Friday, January 15, 2010 and runs through February 21, 2010 at Lakewood Theatre Company.