Ankur Bahl

Video: Watch a Trailer for THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA at Royal Shakespeare Company

Watch a trailer for Wise Children's The Buddha of Suburbia, directed by Emma Rice, in the video here!

Full Cast Set For THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA at Swan Theatre

Wise Children have announced the full cast for the world première of Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia – adapted by the company’s Artistic Director Emma Rice, with Kureishi.

RSC's New Season to Include OTHELLO, EDWARD II and Works by Sheridan and Hanif Kureishi

Newly appointed Co-Artistic Directors of the RSC, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey have announced their inaugural season for the Company.

BWW Review: THE FATHER AND THE ASSASSIN, National Theatre

Read our critic's review. Gandhi's assassin tells his story across the backdrop of India's struggle for independence.

Second Hand Dance's Night Tree Films Go Live On Sadler's Wells Digital Stage Today

Families everywhere are invited to enjoy a wintry walk in the forest this festive season as Second Hand Dance's Night Tree Films go live on Sadler's Wells Digital Stage. Based on Eve Bunting's book Night Tree, this pair of dance films are a gentle sensory journey through nature to explore at home.

Sadler's Wells Digital Stage to Present THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL & More

Sadler’s Wells has announced that Ballo Arthur Pita’s The Little Match Girl and Second Hand Dance’s Night Tree Films will be available on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage for the festive season.

Guest Blog: Ankur Bahl, Director of Digital Stage and Studio at Sadler's Wells, On CURATED BY CARLOS

At Sadler’s Wells we have an ambitious mission: ‘make and share dance that inspires us all.’ Core to our work on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage is thinking a lot about the ‘us all’ bit of this mission. How can we best use this space to genuinely provide access to world-class dance experience to us all?  

Sadler's Wells Digital Stage Launches its Video On Demand Platform With Birmingham Royal Ballet's CURATED BY CARLOS

 Curated by Carlos will be available as a digital screening, for audiences around the world to watch wherever they may be. This creates access for a global audience to witness the triple bill which includes the world premiere at Sadler's Wells Theatre of a new pas de deux created especially for Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri by Chacona choreographer Goyo Montero.

VOXED Presents a Tour of OUT LATE, A Dance-Theatre Crime Drama By Wayne Parsons

This autumn VOXED presents the long-awaited world premiere of its new production and first full-length work Out Late at The Place, London on 19 & 20 November and Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough on 25 & 26 November.

Looking Back At Emma Rice's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

It's hard to believe that it's been four years since Emma Rice made her debut at Shakespeare's Globe, beginning her brief tenure as artistic director with the Wonders season and her own production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. As a Shakespeare fan (I was one of those rare beings: someone who actually enjoyed studying his plays at school), I'd been meaning to go to the Globe for some time but had never quite got round to it a?' and I'd never seen anything by Emma Rice before. How times change.

WISE CHILDREN Comes To BBC iPlayer Today

Wise Children today announce that Angela Carter's Wise Children, their critically-acclaimed co-production with The Old Vic, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse and York Theatre Royal, adapted and directed by Emma Rice, will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer from this weekend for 3 months as part of the BBC's Culture in Quarantine programme. It will also air on BBC 4 in May 2020 a?" date to be announced.

Emma Rice's Production Of WISE CHILDREN Will Be Screened In Cinemas Across UK And Ireland

More2Screen today announces the cinema release of the critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Angela Carter's Wise Children which will be screened in more than 250 cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 3 October 2019. Directed and adapted for the stage by Emma Rice, the production is the first from her new company Wise Children. Cinema tickets are on sale now at WiseChildrenCinema.com

WISE CHILDREN Begins at Storyhouse Next Week

The new theatrical production of novelist Angela Carter's Wise Children comes to Storyhouse next week.

Emma Rice's WISE CHILDREN Plays At HOME Manchester

Wise Children and The Old Vic bring their world premiere production of Angela Carter's novel Wise Children, adapted and directed by Emma Rice and co- produced by the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse, and York Theatre Royal, to HOME in Manchester Today 26 February - Saturday 2 March 2019.

Emma Rice's WISE CHILDREN Plays At HOME Manchester

Wise Children and The Old Vic bring their world premiere production of Angela Carter's novel Wise Children, adapted and directed by Emma Rice and co- produced by the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse, and York Theatre Royal, to HOME in Manchester Tuesday 26 February - Saturday 2 March 2019.

Kim Grant To Succeed Caro Newling As New Chair Of Paines Plough

Paines Plough today announces that Kim Grant will succeed Caro Newling as Chair of the Board of Trustees, following three years of heading up the company's Finance, Audit and Risk Sub-committee.

BWW Review: WISE CHILDREN, Old Vic

Emma Rice is back after her kerfuffle with Shakespeare's Globe, debuting her brand new company with an adaptation of Angela Carter's novel of the same name. After being shown out of the Bard's doors last April, and following the company's funding controversy, she silences doubters by taking up residency at the Old Vic with a gloriously colourful and unashamedly bold first show.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For WISE CHILDREN at the Old Vic

Wise Children comes to the Old Vic, produced by the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse and York Theatre Royal.

Etta Murfitt, Gareth Snook and More Cast in the Old Vic's WISE CHILDREN

The Old Vic today announces the cast of Wise Children, which will have its world premiere at The Old Vic on 17 October, with previews from 8 October, ahead of its UK tour. The cast includes Sam Archer, Ankur Bahl, Stu Barker, Omari Douglas, Mirabelle Gremaud, Alex Heane, Paul Hunter, Melissa James, Bettrys Jones, Patrycja Kujawska, Etta Murfitt, Katy Owen, Ian Ross, Gareth Snook and Mike Shepherd.

Performance Artist Meow Meow Cast As Titania At SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE

New artistic director Emma Rice has made a statement of intent with a major piece of casting at her inaugural Globe Wonder Season. Performance artist Meow Meow will debut as Titania in opening production A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM this April, which Rice directs.