News from the Four Corners of the Earth

News from Everywhere:

The 4th oldest working theatre in the UK, The Kenton Theatre in Henley-on-Thames, is currently raising money to keep itself open. The freehold is currently up for sale and the venue needs £220000 by the end of July to keep the venue open and has received support from locals in the form of a BBQ fundraiser this past Bank Holiday Monday raising £4000. For more information on this story please go here. For more information on the Kenton Theatre please go here.

Charlie Sheen may or may not be allowed to teach budding actors and help the non profit theatre Theatre Aspen in Colorado USA. This will be decided today 7/6/2010 by a judge due to Sheen's current legal woes. More information available here.

Romeo and Juliet is currently being shown at the Leicester Square Theatre but with a difference, set in 1930s fascist Italy this production brings a rawness to the text and a true violent undercurrent provided by the background story of a young Jew and daughter of a prominent Fascist leader falling in love. The review by Libby Purves of the Times Newspaper can be found here.

Catherine Zeta Jones may miss out on her chance of winning a Tony Award because of her current viral infection. Being unable to speak or sing she has had to miss several performances and right around now the Tony voters are going to see the shows and actors nominated, if they cannot see her perform then they won't be able to vote for her. Further information is available here.

A South Coast Theatre Group, the Oasis Youth Theatre from Southampton, won the All-England Theatre Festivals top prize and named the best theatre group in England. They will move onto the finals of the UKs top theatre group in Scotland. However they need to raise £7000 to get there, there is more information on the competition and their fundraising here.

The Telegraphs Rupert Christiansen covers the rebuilding work of both the Old Vic and National Theatre at this link here.

In Ottawa Canada the fringe festival is ready to go ahead with over 70 productions being shown. More information can be found here.

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