Recent News

12 December 2011

Autumn 2012 sees Blackeyed Theatre bring to the stage a brand new production of Bertolt Brecht’s most famous work, Mother Courage And Her Children. Considered by many to be greatest play of the 20th Century, Mother Courage And Her Children has as much relevance today as it did when it was written in 1939, telling the story of a woman seeking to profit from war at the expense of her own children. We welcome back Tom Neill, who tool the helm for Blackeyed Theatre’s highly acclaimed The Caucasian Chalk Circle in Spring 2011, to direct the production, which opens at the Wilde Theatre, Bracknell, on 26 September 2012. Find out more

19 September 2011

Blackeyed Theatre is being supported by The National Lottery through Arts Council England for The Beekeeper, the winner of PULSE 2011. Michael Ashton’s new play, which receives its world premiere at South Hill Park, Bracknell in October, explores the relationship between a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and a German Kommandant during the final moments of the Second World War. The production, which transfers to the London Fringe in Spring 2012, is Blackeyed Theatre’s first National Lottery and Arts Council supported project. Press Release

6 June 2011

We are delighted to announce that Ella Vale will be joining us to direct our Spring 2012 production of Steven Berkoff’s adaptation of The Trial by Franz Kafka. Ella trained first as a dancer then as an actress at the Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre and has worked extensively throughout the UK. She was assistant director on our co-production of The Madness of George III in Autumn 2010, on Treasure Island for the Northern Broadsides and on A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Mikado for the Stephen Joseph Theatre. Her movement direction work includes The Snow Queen for the Stephen Joseph Theatre, A Clockwork Orange for the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre and Tom's Midnight Garden for Theatre by the Lake. Find out more here