Blanket Ban

Corrib Theatre announces a three-show season: Maz and Bricks by Eva O'Connor, The Smuggler by Ronán Noone, and Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue. Corrib's play selections feature internationally produced, award-winning Irish playwrights whose work resonates with our current moment. Incoming Artistic Director Justine Nakase will direct Maz and Bricks.

The festival will feature over 600 shows of the best new theatre, comedy, immersive experiences, cabaret, live performance, and late-night events from the UK’s brightest and boldest independent artists.

The four winners of New Diorama and Underbelly's 2022 Untapped Award, supported by Methuen Drama, can today (Wed 4 May) be revealed. All four productions will be playing at Underbelly Cowgate as part of Edinburgh Fringe 04 – 28 August.

Following an acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe, Maltese co-writers and activists Davinia Hamilton and Marta Vella’s Blanket Ban is now home at the Southwark Playhouse for the next month.

Following a SOLD OUT Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, as winners of the Underbelly and New Diorama Untapped Award, hit-show Blanket Ban transfers to Southwark Playhouse Borough.

Following its hit run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, theatre makers and activists Davinia Hamilton and Marta Vella bring their rallying cry for Maltese reproductive rights to Southwark Playhouse. 

In this surreal comic dystopia, a ban has been imposed on the 'beautiful game' in all its forms for 12 months. Told through the eyes of four people defined by football, this is a play about grief, desperation and delusion, and how we confront challenges to our identity.

Corrib Theatre presents the West Coast Premiere of Eva O'Connor's Maz & Bricks, directed by Melody Erfani. The limited run dates for Maz & Bricks are February 18 through March 13, at The Boiler Room, Lincoln Hall, Portland State University, 1620 SW Park Ave, in Portland, Oregon.

Comedy scares me. The more something makes me laugh, the deeper that sinking feeling goes - after the mirth, terrified at the idea that my stuff won't hold a candle. I have such admiration for people who write comedy well. If I see something that makes me laugh, I will inevitably think my work will never be that funny. If I see something I think is crap, I will of course relegate my work mind accordingly.

A round-up of all BroadwayWorld's reviews from the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Popcorn Group have announced this year’s incredible judging committee along with their longlist of brave and imaginative new plays for the Popcorn Writing Award. Partnering for the first time with BBC Writersroom, Popcorn offers a prize fund of £6,000. 

An angry yet artless examination of Malta's ban on abortion.