Our latest news plus blogs from staff, artists and more.
Browse our latest news and blog posts below. Our blog posts come from a wide range of contributors, some of them are about our work – events, partnerships or projects – some of them are about stuff happening in the arts or our local area.
We hope you’ll find something to interest you and we love comments and conversation so feel free to post them on the blog pages or get in touch on email or social media. We’d also like to hear from you if you have an idea for a blog or you’ve written something you’d like to appear here.
Top image from a performance of NoFit State Circus and Motionhouse’s BLOCK in Fordham Park. Photo by @TheSnapshotCafe.
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The Politics of Playing Games
Tue 7 May 2019
Beccy Smith, producer for Drawing The Line on why Hidden Track made the show and why they make interactive theatre. Interactive theatre is many things. It’s even been described as the future of the form for experience-hungry audiences looking for a different offer to the top quality
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Dancing in the Dark: writing for interactive theatre
Thu 25 Apr 2019
Our scripts for interactive theatre usually end up looking a bit… complicated. We try to create shows where audience input is not only encouraged, but actively shapes the story. From a scripting point of view, this is sort of like deciding to write with a partner who you won’t actually
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Q&A with Talia Randall
Wed 24 Apr 2019
Talia Randall makes and curates riotous cabaret, bold poetry and joyous theatre. Often acting the chaotic clown on stage, once you scratch the surface you’ll find work that is political, personal and provocative. The last ever Question Time Cabaret is at the Albany as part of the Rebels Season on
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WOW EVERYTHING IS AMAZING opens tonight!
Tue 16 Apr 2019
The show is made by Albany Associate artists, Sounds Like Chaos and runs from Tuesday 16 – Thursday 18 April 2019. You can find out more about it using this link. What’s WOW EVERYTHING IS AMAZING about? The production gives the audience an insight into technology’s future, the
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Season Announcement: REBELS
Wed 27 Feb 2019
This work is vital, daring and captivating – we are supporting artists to push boundaries and challenge what we might expect. As a result, most of the events will be difficult to give labels or put into boxes. Just like people are. We believe the majority of ‘real’ rebels are ambitious and
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Q&A on Glory with writer Nick Ahad
Tue 12 Feb 2019
Give us a very brief introduction to yourself. I’ve been a journalist since 1998, when I joined the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. I went on to work for the Swindon Evening Advertiser and Yorkshire Evening Post before becoming Arts Editor of the Yorkshire Post in 2004. I’ve been a