Friends, I have access to a pretty spectacular outdoor venue in South London with potential capacity of up to 250 people and zero hire fee. If anyone has a project they think might work, DM me.
Heartbreaking news about
@VAULTFestival
for all concerned. If you have a show that was meant to be playing there and you still want to showcase your work, I have a theatre. Maybe we can help a few of you.
If you’re interested, drop me a line.
Sean Turner (
@seandturner
) has been appointed artistic director of the
@trinitytheatre
in Tunbridge Wells, as the venue plans to focus more on in-house productions
Tonight the wonderful
@SallyACheng
became the first female identifying actor to play the role of Denise (usually Dennis). I feel so proud of her, and to have been a small part of making it happen. Congratulations Sally.
Tomorrow I get to step in to a real-life rehearsal room and practice my profession for the first time in six-months (had to go all the way to Madrid to do it!). I always get the ‘can-I-remember-how-to-do-this-jitters’ the night before, but it is way more pronounced this time.
I have 3 tickets to Macbeth at the Almeida on Oct 4th. I’d like to offer them for free to anyone out there struggling to afford to get to the theatre as often as they’d like. No explanation required. Just DM if this would help you. I have a sneaking suspicion it’ll be sensational
You know that old proverb ‘Everyone has a novel inside them’? Well mine is now out outside me! Eleven months, countless stolen hours on trains and between rehearsals plus a big assist from the lockdown = 104,000 words on the page. Only draft one, but for now I’m pleased as punch.
After 8 sublime years, it is time to step away from
@playgoeswrong
Working on this show has been a dream. I shall be forever thankful to every cast & crew member that has helped us bring laughter to the world.
I shall miss the play dearly but it is time for new adventures.
This is my Dad’s, a little symbol of his strength that I’ve carried with me every day for years. When he passed away he was eight years sober and today I caught up with him.
To everyone who has come to a show, told a friend, thought about coming but wasn’t quite ready, whatever. I’m overwhelmed by your support - thank you.
To everyone who performed: what you do is heroic and I cannot thank you enough, i am in awe of all the talent involved.
Sat at the back of the courtyard watching some brilliant artists do what they do best whilst a crowd of beautiful people laugh, smile & just be together.
Live entertainment doesn’t save lives but it does make them worth living
I’m so proud of what we’ve done here.
Thank you.
One week ago I put out a tweet asking if anyone had a show they might like to do outdoors and this is what happened!! Over the moon to announce The New Normal Festival at the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building.
Tickets on sale at noon.
#TheNewNormal
This has always been my favourite bit of
@playgoeswrong
copy, and it makes me very proud to work on such a brave show. Glad to see the advert back and nice to have an extension too!
It's been a WRONG time coming - The Play That Goes Wrong is returning to the West End!
Watch it all go wrong from 19 November 2020, now booking through to May 2021:
Do you like Morecombe and Wise? Victoria Wood? The Two Ronnies?
Think you could have a crack at recreating some of their most famous sketches?
Casting is now live on
@SpotlightUK
for a new national tour that I’ll be directing this autumn.
Thrilled to be directing ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for
@Staff_Gatehouse
this summer.
Starring Kerry Ellis, Jonathan Hyde & Milly Zero, with further casting to be announced soon.
🎟️ -
Thanks to all those who applied but the prize for ‘Best Looking Theatre I’ve Ever Worked In’ has now been won. Opening night for
@playgoeswrong
in Bilbao, Spain.
Current
@ALRASouth
students. Rest assured that many of us are trying to think of ways to help you out.
It’s not much but, for now, maybe a night out could help cheer a couple of you up.
I have a pair of tickets for ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ tomorrow night, DM if you’d like them.
Two weeks in Spain - not seen a single person without a mask, anywhere, let alone on public transport. Twenty minutes back in London - half of us too arrogant or selfish to wear one.
I am on my way to the theatre... the actual theatre! Cannot wait to help
@OfficialALW
and Co. test the viability of their new precautions
@LondonPalladium
. A vital step in the right direction.
To anyone luckless enough to have missed Andrew Scott’s
#Hamlet
in person, do not skip this tonight. A truly definitive performance for millennial Shakespeareans
Had plans for next Saturday night? Cancel them. We are hugely happy to say that our production of Hamlet will be aired on BBC2 on Saturday 31st March at 9pm!
I recently had the great honour of working with
@foals
to co-direct their new music video
#WakeMeUp
It is a celebration of live performance, all filmed
@trinitytheatre
Enjoy
FOALS - Wake Me Up via
@YouTube
🔔 Casting Call! 🔔
We are looking for 5 wonderful performers to join us on a UK Tour this summer. Full details on Spotlight and over at our website:
Please tag and share away! 🎭🎶🌳
#castingcall
#actormusicians
Well, this is unexpected!
WAKE ME UP by
@foals
wins BEST MUSIC VIDEO at the
@NME
awards.
What a joy it was to make this vid
@trinitytheatre
, thanks to all involved.
We've only gone and won BEST MUSIC VIDEO at the
@NME
awards. Biiiig up
@seandturner
for the amazing collab and the rest of the amazing crew! This is amazing xx
What a brilliant bunch of people. They’ve been through a pandemic together and tried to keep people laughing all the way. It’s been a pleasure to direct them. Congratulations all.
End of week 2 of rehearsals for The Prince and the Pauper
@trinitytheatre
. It’s been extremely gratifying work. Breathtaking music, inventive choreography, an inspirational company and twenty-four extremely enthusiastic young people!
It is going to be big, silly and beautiful!
Over the last few years, I have had the unique fortune of working in theatres across four continents and I can confidently say that, wherever they are from, actors are some of the best people in the world.
First preview of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
@Staff_Gatehouse
this evening. Very proud of this production and the astonishing group of people that have made it.
Do come and see it if you can.
Our UK tour comes to an end tonight and Cornley are ready to go out with a bang... LITERALLY 💥😅
Thanks to our cast and crew, teams offstage and all the theatres!
And of course to every mischievous audience member who joined us! You were the only thing that didn't go wrong ❤️
Excited for my first show
@trinitytheatre
. Mark Twain’s classic farce of mistaken identity will be buckets of fun for all the family this Christmas. Adapted by Jemma Kennedy and featuring a brand new score by
@StephenJGHyde
. On sale early next week.
Calling all Shakespeare troupes. I have a couple of dates in early July that I would love to fill with bard based joy. If you’re still booking your summer tour, give me a shout.
Celebrating 5 wrong years in the West End!🎈
We're happy to report that being mischievous certainly keeps one looking young! 👶
#WeAre5
📸 Eleanor Howarth
CORNLEY CAST LIST ALERT! 🔉
Give a big welcome to the latest additions to Haversham Manor! Catch them causing chaos at the Duchess Theatre in London from 5 April:
Having the most wonderful time rehearsing Robin Hood for
@threeinchfools
with a terrific bunch (I have a feeling it’s going to end up being an awful lot of fun to watch.) But now, a brief mid-rehearsal break to put
@playgoeswrong
back up in the West End.
Had a marvellous first week of our new
@playgoeswrong
UK tour, congratulations to all the cast and crew. Thanks for being such a welcoming theatre
@RoyalDerngate
This Christmas,
@trinitytheatre
will undertake our most ambitious season of work yet.
One cast, three plays, all designed by
@TheTonyAwards
winning set designer Nigel Hook.
The shows are on general sale now.
Read on for all the info…
#theatre
#TunbridgeWells
Honoured to be working with the brilliant
@threeinchfools
on their first non-Shakespeare production. Robin Hood will be touring outdoor venues all over the place, this summer.
Big news to start the week!
We’re collaborating with director
@seandturner
(known for his work on West End comedy hit The Play That Goes Wrong) on a calamitous re-imagining of folklore classic Robin Hood, with misfired arrows, mistaken identity and mismanaged robberies a plenty!
Happy to be ending 2018 with shows enjoying successful on-going runs in Russia, Korea and the West End; excited for new ones in 2019; and thankful for all those that help make them happen.
(2/2)
Welcome!
DENNIS
Benjamin McMahon
TREVOR
Gabriel Paul
MAX
Bobby Hirston
SANDRA
Elena Valentine
ANNIE
Catherine Dryden
CHRIS
Jake Curran
JONATHAN
Steven Rostance
ROBERT
Kazeem Tosin Amore
UNDERSTUDY
David Kristopher-Brown
Laura White
Liam Horrigan
Louisa Sexton
Co-written, directed, produced, production managed, and marketed by yours truly. All whilst running a theatre, working on 3 other shows, and caring for a 6 month old.
If I pull it off, it might be my masterpiece!
The New Musketeers opens Dec 14th -
A big
@playgoeswrong
day today. Congratulations to the exceptional U.K. touring cast on a wonderful run that ends tonight. Break a leg to the Russian cast who officially open this evening. And what a fun first week of rehearsals it has been with the Korean company here in Seoul.
I cannot believe how quickly
@NewNormalFest
has passed by. Five days left but only tonight and tomorrow with any tickets remaining. If you’ve been meaning to come down and say hi it is kinda now or never. No pressure!
After months of relative inactivity i’ve been frantically preparing for the start of
@NewNormalFest
- something that a month ago, didn’t exist.
We open tomorrow and all August will be treated to many talented performers. Please come & support
#SaveTheArts
Emotionally manipulative adverts for major brands all launching today? It must be the start of Christmas! Time to start thinking about booking for this little beauty. Young company rehearsals begin this afternoon!!
Opening night of
@FuncionSaleMal
in Madrid (also known as
@playgoeswrong
) I’ve had a blast working with these tremendous people and all the other folk who didn’t make it into this photo but do make this show happen every night. Also, Madrid is sublime. Back to London mañana.
#BenjaminButtonMusical
@swkplay
is the best homegrown musical I’ve seen in years. It’s successful in so many ways. Score, storytelling, design (sound & stage) all impeccable. And the cast are extraordinary. This show MUST have a future life (& a cast recording please)
@JCLTheatre
Introducing the poster design for my first show at
@trinitytheatre
featuring twin sisters Leah and Mhairi Gayer in the lead roles.
(Design by
@stephpynedesign
with photographs by
@camharlephoto
). Can’t wait to get started on rehearsals.
🎟 -
Last night, we celebrated the 3000th performance of The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre in London!
Although the celebrations were a little early as it turns out... but Cornley fixed it! 😅
Introducing Our Cast ⭐️ Prince and the Pauper ⭐️
Bringing Mark Twain’s classic to life, we are thrilled to introduce: Emily Newsome, Mhairi Gayer, Leah Gayer, Dexter Southern, Joëlle Brabban, Anya de Villiers, Oliver Nazareth Aston and Samuel Nunes De Souza.
#PrinceAndThePauper
I shall be returning to Sherwood Forest this summer with the brilliant
@threeinchfools
as we revive our irreverent take on the legend of Robin Hood for another UK Tour.
Would you like to join our merry band?
Honestly, it’s hard to imagine a more absorbing or enjoyable way to spend an evening than with
#GuysAndDolls
@_bridgetheatre
- staggeringly good stuff.
And this Christmas - hear those sleigh bells wrong-a-wrong elsewhere 🎄🔔 The Play That Goes Wrong is coming to
@theatrerbath
! 🎄🔔
Strictly limited Christmas season, 17 December - 10 January:
Well that’s one play in Russia going wrong every night, two days respite back in London, now it’s off to Korea to make more friends and laughter. My job is fun.
🚨 JUST ANNOUNCED - Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England🚨
It’s the EURO 2020 Final at Wembley and die-hard footie fan Billy’s gone viral for sticking a flare up his arse!
A blisteringly funny ★★★★★
#Edinburgh
sell-out show.
🏴
Sometimes as an AD, a thing drops in your inbox that you just know will be astonishing. Folk super-group
@Gigspanner
& author
@raynor_winn
asking if they can bring a unique collaboration celebrating the South West Coastal Path to your theatre is obviously one of them.
If you’re planning to buy Obama’s new book (or any other this winter) do it through an independent bookstore or online via
@bookshop_org_UK
. You might have to wait a day or two longer to get it but a release that big could help keep many lights on.
At our new show tonight and thinking about the thousands of tiny decisions made by so many people over the last six months, all of which make up the ‘whole’ I am watching on stage tonight.
Collaboration is a bloody beautiful thing.