LEON: TUESDAY 12TH APRIL IN THE STUDIO THEATRE – EVENING STANDARD
New Stockholm singer Léon has a cellist for a mother and a conductor for a father but as a child it was the arrival of Stevie Wonder’s greatest hits in her life that pointed to the direction her musical life would take. She’s a pop girl, specifically with a...
TALA AT THE COURTYARD THEATRE – THE GUARDIAN
TĀLĀ: songwriter and producer hitting gold with potent Alchemy Continent-crossing EP showcases her fusion of pop, R&B and breakbeat with sounds of Iran and the Middle East In a dark studio space in London, the air thick with the heady scents of jasmine, citrus and...
TALA AT THE COURTYARD THEATRE – LINE OF BEST FIT
Tehran – The Secret Party Town, an article published in The Guardian spoke vividly of the transformative nature of nightfall within the Iranian capital. With the flick of a switch, a metamorphosis would occur, as homes become nightclubs, equipped with backlit bars and...
FKA TWIGGS ARTICLE IN DAZED AND CONFUSED (FOLLOWING FIRST LONDON SHOW AT THE COURTYARD IN 2014)
Last night in a small, hot, black box in east London, 200 people witnessed FKA twigs make the transition from cult YouTube star to IRL headliner. After emerging out of a cloud of dry ice to the creepy orchestration of Gavin Bryars’ epic “Jesus’ Blood (Never Failed Me...
RAMONA LISA AT THE COURTYARD
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Courtyard Theatre moves to Shoreditch
The Stage News - 24th July 2007 London fringe venue the Courtyard Theatre, which was forced to find a new home following the Theatre Museum's closure, is to reopen in Hoxton Square this October. The Courtyard had originally moved into the museum's studio theatre in...
Courtyard seeks backer to buy King’s Cross site
The Stage News - 14th December 2006 London's Courtyard Theatre is looking for investors to help it buy its King's Cross site, after the building's owners announced it intends to sell the property, potentially leaving the company homeless. Managers had been intending...
Courtyard thinks big
North London's Courtyard Theatre is expanding its operations, with a second performing space in King's Cross and a new home for its training school. Under plans submitted to Islington council by the owner of its current home, Denecroft Estates, its 70-seat venue will...
James Walker wins Courtyard prize for new writing
Young playwright James Walker has won the Courtyard Theatre's King's Cross Award 2004 for New Writing with his play Proving Mr Jennings, which will now be staged at the venue with a budget of up to £20,000. Walker, aged 24, beat five other shortlisted stories with his...
Courtyard will pay Equity rates
The Stage News - 13th April 2004 London's Courtyard Theatre general manager Tim Gill has announced the fringe venue is to pay actors and stage managers Equity minimum rates and is encouraging visiting companies to do the same. Currently, around two in three performers...