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.
News
The Albany Nominated for the Charity Awards 2019
Tue 4 Jun 2019
The judges cited the venue’s pioneering partnership project with isolated older people, Meet Me at the Albany, as a key success. We’ve been nominated alongside Birmingham Museums Trust and Live Music Now. The Charity Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious awards scheme in the sector and its most
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Q&A with Brigitte Aphrodite
Wed 22 May 2019
Brigitte Aphrodite is a punk poet, musician, writer, theatre maker and feminist showgirl. During her formative years Brigitte toured extensively as a musician, alongside artists such as Kate Nash and Josie Long. Most recently, she is best known for her critically acclaimed show My Beautiful Black Dog; a part gig,
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Q&A with award-wining poet Joelle Taylor
Mon 20 May 2019
There’s been a lot of talk in the media recently about poetry being on the rise – why do you think people are increasingly turning to the artform? Poetry is the last free art. In times of struggle and oppression we need it to help us understand our own humanity,
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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