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  1. You Can See 6 Incredible Plays at London’s Barbican For Free This Month – And You’ll be the Only Audience Member

    Go down to the Barbican Centre today, and you’ll find its huge theatre shut for a refurb.  But…
    #London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #ThingstoDo #Categories:Theatre #Londontheatre #Londontheatrenews #News:Theatre&Performance #Theatre #theatrenews
    europesays.com/gbr/london/2879

  2. A sound clip from our new episode! - in which we complete our conversation with the #Philadelphia #theater director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord.

    Find us, on whatever app you use or wherever your like to listen to your podcasts. Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Overcast - we're on it!
    #theatre #history

  3. A sound clip from our new episode! - in which we complete our conversation with the #Philadelphia #theater director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord.

    Find us, on whatever app you use or wherever your like to listen to your podcasts. Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Overcast - we're on it!
    #theatre #history

  4. A sound clip from our new episode! - in which we complete our conversation with the #Philadelphia #theater director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord.

    Find us, on whatever app you use or wherever your like to listen to your podcasts. Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Overcast - we're on it!
    #theatre #history

  5. A sound clip from our new episode! - in which we complete our conversation with the #Philadelphia #theater director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord.

    Find us, on whatever app you use or wherever your like to listen to your podcasts. Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Overcast - we're on it!
    #theatre #history

  6. A sound clip from our new episode! - in which we complete our conversation with the #Philadelphia #theater director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord.

    Find us, on whatever app you use or wherever your like to listen to your podcasts. Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Overcast - we're on it!
    #theatre #history

  7. Theater Review: The Minutes at The Footlight Club


    The Minutes

    By Tracy Letts
    Directed by Fern Roberts

    September 18, 2026: Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

    Cast

    Mayor Superba: Richard Stiles
    Ms. Johnson: Jennifer Bean
    Mr. Carp: Jon Myers
    Ms. Matz: Marie Siopy
    Mr. Peel: Ryan Kenney
    Ms. Innes: Meg Dussault
    Mr. Oldfield: Neil Lasky
    Mr. Breeding: Chantha Luk
    Mr. Blake: Oscar Villeda-Estrada
    Mr. Hanratty: Sophie Irina Pels
    Mr. Assalone: Kenny Kelleher

    Jamaica Plain’s Footlight Club kicks off their 150th Season as the oldest continuously running community theater group in the United States of America. Tracy Letts’ The Minutes is a satirical comedy that shares some similarities with Eureka Day, as they are both set in committee meetings and feature heightened personality quirks and interpersonal conflicts. In this case we join a town council meeting in Big Cherry, placed vaguely in the heartland of America.

    During the meeting councilors put forward absurd proposals.  For example, one wants to construct a new handicapped-accessible fountain in the town park, while another has a plan for mixed martial arts challenges against someone cosplaying Abraham Lincoln.  But the heart of the play is Mr. Peel, an eager new councilor who missed the previous meeting due to attending his mother’s funeral.  For some reason another councilor, Mr. Carp, has left the council and the minutes of the previous meeting are hidden and no one will say why.  Mr. Peel steadfastly works to uncover these secrets, also revealing the lies in the founding myth of Big Cherry and its dark hidden past.

    The concept of hiding the truth of history and replacing it with a feel good story is very relevant today.  The cast of the play did a great job capturing the types of people you meet at committees and their often less-than-respectful responses to the other characters.  Regardless of who was speaking other actors were typical doing something odd yet relevant to their character, adding to the humor.  The cluttered set felt lived in despite at heart just being a simple half-circle of desks.

    The conclusion of the play is one thing that didn’t resonate with me (see below) but overall it was a funny and thought-provoking play.  The Footlight Club’s production of The Minutes closes on Sunday, September 20, 2026

    [SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THE MINUTES  BELOW THE CUT]

    The finale features the council joining in a ritual in which they pass around a bowl of blood, with each individual tasting it and spreading it on their faces.  It’s ambiguous if the council really is some kind of cult or if this a metaphorical representation of their willingness to hide the truth.  But either way the cult imagery feels kind of like a cop out and undercuts the play’s satirical message.

    #Comedy #FootlightClub #JamaicaPlain #Massachusetts #PerformingArtsReviews #PoliticalSatire #Theater #TheaterReviews #Theatre
  8. Theater Review: The Minutes at The Footlight Club


    The Minutes

    By Tracy Letts
    Directed by Fern Roberts

    September 18, 2026: Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

    Cast

    Mayor Superba: Richard Stiles
    Ms. Johnson: Jennifer Bean
    Mr. Carp: Jon Myers
    Ms. Matz: Marie Siopy
    Mr. Peel: Ryan Kenney
    Ms. Innes: Meg Dussault
    Mr. Oldfield: Neil Lasky
    Mr. Breeding: Chantha Luk
    Mr. Blake: Oscar Villeda-Estrada
    Mr. Hanratty: Sophie Irina Pels
    Mr. Assalone: Kenny Kelleher

    Jamaica Plain’s Footlight Club kicks off their 150th Season as the oldest continuously running community theater group in the United States of America. Tracy Letts’ The Minutes is a satirical comedy that shares some similarities with Eureka Day, as they are both set in committee meetings and feature heightened personality quirks and interpersonal conflicts. In this case we join a town council meeting in Big Cherry, placed vaguely in the heartland of America.

    During the meeting councilors put forward absurd proposals.  For example, one wants to construct a new handicapped-accessible fountain in the town park, while another has a plan for mixed martial arts challenges against someone cosplaying Abraham Lincoln.  But the heart of the play is Mr. Peel, an eager new councilor who missed the previous meeting due to attending his mother’s funeral.  For some reason another councilor, Mr. Carp, has left the council and the minutes of the previous meeting are hidden and no one will say why.  Mr. Peel steadfastly works to uncover these secrets, also revealing the lies in the founding myth of Big Cherry and its dark hidden past.

    The concept of hiding the truth of history and replacing it with a feel good story is very relevant today.  The cast of the play did a great job capturing the types of people you meet at committees and their often less-than-respectful responses to the other characters.  Regardless of who was speaking other actors were typical doing something odd yet relevant to their character, adding to the humor.  The cluttered set felt lived in despite at heart just being a simple half-circle of desks.

    The conclusion of the play is one thing that didn’t resonate with me (see below) but overall it was a funny and thought-provoking play.  The Footlight Club’s production of The Minutes closes on Sunday, September 20, 2026

    [SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THE MINUTES  BELOW THE CUT]

    The finale features the council joining in a ritual in which they pass around a bowl of blood, with each individual tasting it and spreading it on their faces.  It’s ambiguous if the council really is some kind of cult or if this a metaphorical representation of their willingness to hide the truth.  But either way the cult imagery feels kind of like a cop out and undercuts the play’s satirical message.

    #Comedy #FootlightClub #JamaicaPlain #Massachusetts #PerformingArtsReviews #PoliticalSatire #Theater #TheaterReviews #Theatre
  9. Theater Review: The Minutes at The Footlight Club


    The Minutes

    By Tracy Letts
    Directed by Fern Roberts

    September 18, 2026: Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

    Cast

    Mayor Superba: Richard Stiles
    Ms. Johnson: Jennifer Bean
    Mr. Carp: Jon Myers
    Ms. Matz: Marie Siopy
    Mr. Peel: Ryan Kenney
    Ms. Innes: Meg Dussault
    Mr. Oldfield: Neil Lasky
    Mr. Breeding: Chantha Luk
    Mr. Blake: Oscar Villeda-Estrada
    Mr. Hanratty: Sophie Irina Pels
    Mr. Assalone: Kenny Kelleher

    Jamaica Plain’s Footlight Club kicks off their 150th Season as the oldest continuously running community theater group in the United States of America. Tracy Letts’ The Minutes is a satirical comedy that shares some similarities with Eureka Day, as they are both set in committee meetings and feature heightened personality quirks and interpersonal conflicts. In this case we join a town council meeting in Big Cherry, placed vaguely in the heartland of America.

    During the meeting councilors put forward absurd proposals.  For example, one wants to construct a new handicapped-accessible fountain in the town park, while another has a plan for mixed martial arts challenges against someone cosplaying Abraham Lincoln.  But the heart of the play is Mr. Peel, an eager new councilor who missed the previous meeting due to attending his mother’s funeral.  For some reason another councilor, Mr. Carp, has left the council and the minutes of the previous meeting are hidden and no one will say why.  Mr. Peel steadfastly works to uncover these secrets, also revealing the lies in the founding myth of Big Cherry and its dark hidden past.

    The concept of hiding the truth of history and replacing it with a feel good story is very relevant today.  The cast of the play did a great job capturing the types of people you meet at committees and their often less-than-respectful responses to the other characters.  Regardless of who was speaking other actors were typical doing something odd yet relevant to their character, adding to the humor.  The cluttered set felt lived in despite at heart just being a simple half-circle of desks.

    The conclusion of the play is one thing that didn’t resonate with me (see below) but overall it was a funny and thought-provoking play.  The Footlight Club’s production of The Minutes closes on Sunday, September 20, 2026

    [SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THE MINUTES  BELOW THE CUT]

    The finale features the council joining in a ritual in which they pass around a bowl of blood, with each individual tasting it and spreading it on their faces.  It’s ambiguous if the council really is some kind of cult or if this a metaphorical representation of their willingness to hide the truth.  But either way the cult imagery feels kind of like a cop out and undercuts the play’s satirical message.

    #Comedy #FootlightClub #JamaicaPlain #Massachusetts #PerformingArtsReviews #PoliticalSatire #Theater #TheaterReviews #Theatre
  10. Theater Review: The Minutes at The Footlight Club


    The Minutes

    By Tracy Letts
    Directed by Fern Roberts

    September 18, 2026: Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

    Cast

    Mayor Superba: Richard Stiles
    Ms. Johnson: Jennifer Bean
    Mr. Carp: Jon Myers
    Ms. Matz: Marie Siopy
    Mr. Peel: Ryan Kenney
    Ms. Innes: Meg Dussault
    Mr. Oldfield: Neil Lasky
    Mr. Breeding: Chantha Luk
    Mr. Blake: Oscar Villeda-Estrada
    Mr. Hanratty: Sophie Irina Pels
    Mr. Assalone: Kenny Kelleher

    Jamaica Plain’s Footlight Club kicks off their 150th Season as the oldest continuously running community theater group in the United States of America. Tracy Letts’ The Minutes is a satirical comedy that shares some similarities with Eureka Day, as they are both set in committee meetings and feature heightened personality quirks and interpersonal conflicts. In this case we join a town council meeting in Big Cherry, placed vaguely in the heartland of America.

    During the meeting councilors put forward absurd proposals.  For example, one wants to construct a new handicapped-accessible fountain in the town park, while another has a plan for mixed martial arts challenges against someone cosplaying Abraham Lincoln.  But the heart of the play is Mr. Peel, an eager new councilor who missed the previous meeting due to attending his mother’s funeral.  For some reason another councilor, Mr. Carp, has left the council and the minutes of the previous meeting are hidden and no one will say why.  Mr. Peel steadfastly works to uncover these secrets, also revealing the lies in the founding myth of Big Cherry and its dark hidden past.

    The concept of hiding the truth of history and replacing it with a feel good story is very relevant today.  The cast of the play did a great job capturing the types of people you meet at committees and their often less-than-respectful responses to the other characters.  Regardless of who was speaking other actors were typical doing something odd yet relevant to their character, adding to the humor.  The cluttered set felt lived in despite at heart just being a simple half-circle of desks.

    The conclusion of the play is one thing that didn’t resonate with me (see below) but overall it was a funny and thought-provoking play.  The Footlight Club’s production of The Minutes closes on Sunday, September 20, 2026

    [SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THE MINUTES  BELOW THE CUT]

    The finale features the council joining in a ritual in which they pass around a bowl of blood, with each individual tasting it and spreading it on their faces.  It’s ambiguous if the council really is some kind of cult or if this a metaphorical representation of their willingness to hide the truth.  But either way the cult imagery feels kind of like a cop out and undercuts the play’s satirical message.

    #Comedy #FootlightClub #JamaicaPlain #Massachusetts #PerformingArtsReviews #PoliticalSatire #Theater #TheaterReviews #Theatre
  11. Theater Review: The Minutes at The Footlight Club


    The Minutes

    By Tracy Letts
    Directed by Fern Roberts

    September 18, 2026: Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

    Cast

    Mayor Superba: Richard Stiles
    Ms. Johnson: Jennifer Bean
    Mr. Carp: Jon Myers
    Ms. Matz: Marie Siopy
    Mr. Peel: Ryan Kenney
    Ms. Innes: Meg Dussault
    Mr. Oldfield: Neil Lasky
    Mr. Breeding: Chantha Luk
    Mr. Blake: Oscar Villeda-Estrada
    Mr. Hanratty: Sophie Irina Pels
    Mr. Assalone: Kenny Kelleher

    Jamaica Plain’s Footlight Club kicks off their 150th Season as the oldest continuously running community theater group in the United States of America. Tracy Letts’ The Minutes is a satirical comedy that shares some similarities with Eureka Day, as they are both set in committee meetings and feature heightened personality quirks and interpersonal conflicts. In this case we join a town council meeting in Big Cherry, placed vaguely in the heartland of America.

    During the meeting councilors put forward absurd proposals.  For example, one wants to construct a new handicapped-accessible fountain in the town park, while another has a plan for mixed martial arts challenges against someone cosplaying Abraham Lincoln.  But the heart of the play is Mr. Peel, an eager new councilor who missed the previous meeting due to attending his mother’s funeral.  For some reason another councilor, Mr. Carp, has left the council and the minutes of the previous meeting are hidden and no one will say why.  Mr. Peel steadfastly works to uncover these secrets, also revealing the lies in the founding myth of Big Cherry and its dark hidden past.

    The concept of hiding the truth of history and replacing it with a feel good story is very relevant today.  The cast of the play did a great job capturing the types of people you meet at committees and their often less-than-respectful responses to the other characters.  Regardless of who was speaking other actors were typical doing something odd yet relevant to their character, adding to the humor.  The cluttered set felt lived in despite at heart just being a simple half-circle of desks.

    The conclusion of the play is one thing that didn’t resonate with me (see below) but overall it was a funny and thought-provoking play.  The Footlight Club’s production of The Minutes closes on Sunday, September 20, 2026

    [SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THE MINUTES  BELOW THE CUT]

    The finale features the council joining in a ritual in which they pass around a bowl of blood, with each individual tasting it and spreading it on their faces.  It’s ambiguous if the council really is some kind of cult or if this a metaphorical representation of their willingness to hide the truth.  But either way the cult imagery feels kind of like a cop out and undercuts the play’s satirical message.

    #Comedy #FootlightClub #JamaicaPlain #Massachusetts #PerformingArtsReviews #PoliticalSatire #Theater #TheaterReviews #Theatre
  12. Tristan & Yseult review – Kneehigh’s lovers still soar with giddy glory
    By Arifa Akbar

    Theatre Royal BathThis heady mix of circus mayhem, cabaret sexiness, comedy antics and medieval tragedy is utterly irresistible

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep

    #Theatre #Kneehigh #Stage #Culture #TheatreRoyalBath #EmmaRice #Circus #Cabaret #Immersivetheatre #Comedy #Comedy #TheGuardian #ArifaAkbar

  13. Tristan & Yseult review – Kneehigh’s lovers still soar with giddy glory
    By Arifa Akbar

    Theatre Royal BathThis heady mix of circus mayhem, cabaret sexiness, comedy antics and medieval tragedy is utterly irresistible

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep

    #Theatre #Kneehigh #Stage #Culture #TheatreRoyalBath #EmmaRice #Circus #Cabaret #Immersivetheatre #Comedy #Comedy #TheGuardian #ArifaAkbar

  14. Tristan & Yseult review – Kneehigh’s lovers still soar with giddy glory
    By Arifa Akbar

    Theatre Royal BathThis heady mix of circus mayhem, cabaret sexiness, comedy antics and medieval tragedy is utterly irresistible

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep

    #Theatre #Kneehigh #Stage #Culture #TheatreRoyalBath #EmmaRice #Circus #Cabaret #Immersivetheatre #Comedy #Comedy #TheGuardian #ArifaAkbar

  15. Tristan & Yseult review – Kneehigh’s lovers still soar with giddy glory
    By Arifa Akbar

    Theatre Royal BathThis heady mix of circus mayhem, cabaret sexiness, comedy antics and medieval tragedy is utterly irresistible

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep

    #Theatre #Kneehigh #Stage #Culture #TheatreRoyalBath #EmmaRice #Circus #Cabaret #Immersivetheatre #Comedy #Comedy #TheGuardian #ArifaAkbar

  16. From Shaun the Sheep to The Split Up: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
    By Guardian Staff

    Aardman’s woolly hero reckons with a mysterious beast and Abi Morgan’s lawyers-in-love TV drama gets a Manchester-set reboot

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #Culture #Music #Stage #Dance #Theatre #Film #Television #Televisionradio #Art #Artanddesign #Games #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  17. From Shaun the Sheep to The Split Up: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
    By Guardian Staff

    Aardman’s woolly hero reckons with a mysterious beast and Abi Morgan’s lawyers-in-love TV drama gets a Manchester-set reboot

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #Culture #Music #Stage #Dance #Theatre #Film #Television #Televisionradio #Art #Artanddesign #Games #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  18. From Shaun the Sheep to The Split Up: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
    By Guardian Staff

    Aardman’s woolly hero reckons with a mysterious beast and Abi Morgan’s lawyers-in-love TV drama gets a Manchester-set reboot

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #Culture #Music #Stage #Dance #Theatre #Film #Television #Televisionradio #Art #Artanddesign #Games #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  19. From Shaun the Sheep to The Split Up: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
    By Guardian Staff

    Aardman’s woolly hero reckons with a mysterious beast and Abi Morgan’s lawyers-in-love TV drama gets a Manchester-set reboot

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #Culture #Music #Stage #Dance #Theatre #Film #Television #Televisionradio #Art #Artanddesign #Games #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  20. Всем привет! Меня зовут Ольга, напоминаю о том, что я модель и актриса. Открыта к предложениям о сотрудничестве с фотографами, брендами, режиссëрами, кастинг-дтректорами🎬

    #актриса #кино #кастингдиректор #авторскоекино #режиссeр #модель #фэшион #бьюти
    #actress #cinema #castingdirector #movie #director #avantgardemovies
    #Filmset #Shooting #Actress #Film #Theatre #Casting #Russia #model #fashion #beauty

  21. Anthony Page obituary
    By Michael Coveney

    Influential director for stage and screen who was behind landmark productions of Samuel Beckett, John Osborne and Edward Albee

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep

    #Theatre #RoyalCourttheatre #Stage #UKnews #Culture #TheGuardian #MichaelCoveney

  22. Anthony Page obituary
    By Michael Coveney

    Influential director for stage and screen who was behind landmark productions of Samuel Beckett, John Osborne and Edward Albee

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep

    #Theatre #RoyalCourttheatre #Stage #UKnews #Culture #TheGuardian #MichaelCoveney

  23. Anthony Page obituary
    By Michael Coveney

    Influential director for stage and screen who was behind landmark productions of Samuel Beckett, John Osborne and Edward Albee

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep

    #Theatre #RoyalCourttheatre #Stage #UKnews #Culture #TheGuardian #MichaelCoveney

  24. Anthony Page obituary
    By Michael Coveney

    Influential director for stage and screen who was behind landmark productions of Samuel Beckett, John Osborne and Edward Albee

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep

    #Theatre #RoyalCourttheatre #Stage #UKnews #Culture #TheGuardian #MichaelCoveney