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Meet the Cast & Creatives of Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act

Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act tells the untold story of dance’s forgotten diva, the early 20th Century Russian impresario, performer, and femme fatale. From Paris to Palestine, from dancing with the Ballets Russes to commissioning Ravel’s Boléro, Ida Rubinstein’s career as a dancer and impresario saw her working with artists such as Stravinsky, Nijinsky and […]
2 years ago

Well Read moves online

Well Read moves online in response to Covid-19 Social Distancing requirements. Well Read has moved online in response to Covid-19. Well Read started in 2018 as a St. Charles hospital script reading project for mental health and older adult patients. Well Read online promotes wellbeing in Kensington and Chelsea and the wider community. It is […]
3 years ago

The Jazz Age brings the London jazz scene to The Playground

The Jazz Age brings the London jazz scene to The Playground The Jazz Age, showing from 2-19 October 2019; will bring the London Jazz scene to The Playground Theatre. The UK premier will feature three of London’s top jazz musicians: Darren Berry, Rebekah Bouche and João Mello. Set between 1920 and 1940, in Paris and in […]
4 years ago

RebelFest 2019 line up; three day performing arts festival

RebelFest 2019 line up; three day performing arts festival – Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September. Exciting news the RebelFest 2019 line up for our three day performing arts festival is now in. From Friday 6 September to Sunday 8 September, RebelFest 2019 returns to The Playground Theatre for three days of theatre, music, performance, dance, film, […]
4 years ago

Theatres Trust awards The Playground Theatre a small grant

Theatres Trust awards The Playground Theatre a small grant, along with ten other London theatres. The Playground Theatre is delighted to have been awarded a small grant by the Theatres Trust along with ten other London theatre applicants. The Playground Theatre opened to the public in 2017, having first been established in 2009 as an […]
4 years ago

My Brother’s Keeper? Reviews; a play about the will to live

My Brother’s Keeper? Reviews; a play about the will to live. Reviews are in for My Brother’s Keeper? and we are delighted to say that they are very good. One of our favourite reviews is by journalist and theatre critic Jonny Fox of Critical Mass who writes “Sometimes you sit through a tedious play thinking […]
4 years ago

My Brothers Keeper? the play; by Nigel Williams

My Brothers Keeper? the play; by Nigel Williams My Brother’s Keeper? the play by Nigel Williams returns to the London stage after 34 years.  Directed by Craig Gilbert My Brother’s Keeper? tells the story of feuding brothers, family strife and living with stroke. Guest blogging for The Playground Theatre Craig Gilbert explains why My Brother’s […]
4 years ago

Dictating to the Estate; exploring circumstances that led to the Grenfell fire

A blog about Dictating to the Estate – written by playwright and author Nathaniel McBride Dictating to the Estate explores the circumstances that led to the Grenfell fire. This blog is written by Nathaniel McBride the author of Dictating to the Estate. If you have an interest in: investigative journalism; the creative process for theatre; […]
5 years ago