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Enduring Silence - All female cast - Crowd Funding

Posted by Melanie Hopkins on August 18, 2020 at 11:23pm

This will be my first return to a film set and with an all female cast. I am beyond excited. It's a fantastic script written by a very lovely creative, Alex Joseph. The passion and dedication from all of us is admirable. I really believe in this film

Festival of the Mind Interview Call Outs

Posted by Dan Bale on August 4, 2020 at 1:28pm

**FAST TURNAROUND CALL OUT**❗️❗️❗️🎬🎬🎬

Hi everyone, we're filming a video for the University of Sheffield's online Festival of the Mind platform and are looking for interview applicants. The video is focusing on the impact of events on mental health, w

Last Rites: Mockumentary Madness!

Posted by Jacob Jackson on July 27, 2020 at 4:03pm

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well? I'm a SHU Performance graduate from 2019 and I wanted to show you a project that I’m acting in called ‘Last Rites’. Lockdown has been a difficult time for artists, and we’ve all been doing our best to get involve

Sheffield Hallam Performance Students Recite Shakespeare on the Banks of the Thames

Posted by SHU Performance on November 20, 2019 at 12:34pm

Make sure you vote. Who you choose, is up to you and if you’re not sure who to vote for, at least find out which political parties support the arts. We want more people being given the opportunity to shout the words of Shakespeare from the banks of t

John Godber 'In Conversation' with Neil Sissons at the Performance Lab

Posted by SHU Performance on November 12, 2019 at 10:57am

Leading UK playwright John Godber visited the Performance Lab to see a Sheffield Hallam graduate production of September in the Rain.

Doppelgangster's 2019 Choke Me, Highlighting a Climate Crisis.

Posted by Katie jane bott on November 6, 2019 at 4:17pm

Doppelganster's 2019 'Choke me'.

A review by Katie Bott.

Doppelganster's 'choke me' is not your typical theatre performance. The art forms of acting, dance and music all work together, they are each well executed individually, and ultimately come toget

The Last King of Scotland

Posted by Claudia Northrop on November 6, 2019 at 1:06pm

The Last King of Scotland.
The Crucible, Sheffield.

Tobi Bamtefa gives a capturing performance of the unpredictable and savage dictator Idi Amin, highlighted further by the anxious and fearful Dr Nicholas Garrigan played by Daniel Portman, Bamtefa por

The Last King of Scotland: Unmasking the painful history that we cover up!

Posted by Kyle William Baker on November 6, 2019 at 11:40am

Picture by: Helen Murray

What is the purpose of theatre? A question raised when watching the striking Ugandan Politics through the eyes of a white man in Sheffield’s Crucible theatre.

The Last King of Scotland, adapted by the English writer Steve Wat

The Last King of Scotland; Tonally deaf, yet held up by technical prowess.

Posted by Callan Swain on November 6, 2019 at 11:21am

Steve Water’s The Last King of Scotland; a tonally deaf production, yet held up by technical prowess. On the 16^th of October I saw the story of the former war-hero, turned tyrannical Dictator, Idi Amin, and the slow breakdown of law and order in Ugan

'Students punching above their weight' in John Godber's September in the Rain

Posted by SHU Performance on November 4, 2019 at 11:51am

Both actors displayed a level of expertise and elan which one would normally associate with drama school actor training. However, under the expert eye of director Neil Sissons any suggestion that this was a student production evaporated almost as so

Top Marks for Performance for Stage and Screen and Sheffield Hallam University

Posted by SHU Performance on September 20, 2019 at 8:44pm

Our BA (honours) degree in Performance for Stage and Screen at Sheffield Hallam University has scored an impressive 100% for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey (NSS) for the second year running!

This year, the course, which p

Performance Opportunity for Off the Shelf Festival of Words 2019

Posted by SHU Performance on June 18, 2019 at 10:20pm

Doppelgangster are looking for guest performers from a variety of perspectives to take to the stage, and get behind the scenes, to help them investigate the problem of ’pollution’.

Doppelgangster's "COLD WAR" SHU Review

Posted by Melanie Hopkins on May 12, 2019 at 8:30pm

"COLD WAR"; a brilliantly fitting title for the invigorating experimental piece, Doppelgangster's newest eco-aware performance project.

If you don't know Doppelgangster, you are surely out of the performance art circuit. Doppelgangster is a two man

THE TEMPEST - PRODUCER

Posted by Green Production on April 22, 2019 at 8:09pm

INTRODUCING OUR PRODUCER:

KIERA RHODES

"I'm Kiera and I am studying Performance for Stage and Screen at Sheffield Hallam University.

I wanted to put on a performance of 'The Tempest' because I love a romantic play, and comedies are always good!

This is m

THE TEMPEST - Meet the Team!

Posted by Green Production on April 22, 2019 at 8:01pm

INTRODUCING OUR DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER:

CHARMAINE LAMBERT

She is a final year 'Performance for Stage and Screen' student at Sheffield Hallam University

"I wanted to put on a production of The Tempest because I enjoy the bard’s work and it was the most

"Smoke and Mirrors" SHU Review

Posted by Melanie Hopkins on April 6, 2019 at 1:38pm

"Smoke & Mirrors", a postmodern Shakespeare adaptation. I didn't quite know what to expect as the cast wanted it to be this way and it's safe to say that I was thoroughly impressed!

A combination of classic Shakespeare monologue and scene text intert

"Unexpected" SHU Review

Posted by Melanie Hopkins on April 5, 2019 at 4:03pm

This performance was the perfect opening for the Final Show Festival of SHU Performance at Sheffield Hallam University.

"Unexpected" is a contemporary comedy play, full of tasty sarcasm and biblical wit, focusing on the central character 'Mia' as she

Meet the cast of Unexpected - Alexandra Hughes

Posted by Jack Hallam on March 31, 2019 at 11:00am

Meet Mia... The present version. Played by Alexandra Hughes

"Hey, So Mia...is my total opposite: sexy, sassy, sarcastic, intellige-just kidding, uni wouldn’t allow me to pay all this money if I wasn’t smart, right? Nope our education system in Britai

Meet the cast of Unexpected - Sophie Davidson

Posted by Jack Hallam on March 30, 2019 at 11:00am

Meet Sophie... Playing Mia (the future version)

"I’m playing future Mia, well a version of, from before...but not exactly the same but... oh look I have the tendency to ramble a lot but it’s all gonna make sense at some point!
Future Mia is a poet tha

1 MONTH TO GO!

Posted by Green Production on March 29, 2019 at 7:13pm

1 MONTH TO GO!

We are extremely excited about our OFFICIAL poster for our upcoming show THE TEMPEST, which starts a month TODAY!

Our cast have been working hard in rehearsals to create a stunning performance!

SHOW DATES:

Monday 29th April - Friday 3rd

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Casting Call - Blame it on the Crisps

Posted by Grace Folsom on May 23, 2026 at 9:31am

Casting Call for a short film :)

CASTING CALL! 1 MALE ACTOR NEEDED

Posted by Thierry Moyo on April 6, 2026 at 10:21pm

TITLE: The gradient of the land

A newly hired security guard comes to realise that he might not be alone on his night shift, guarding the entrance to an infamous old culvert under Sheffield city centre, tavoured by urban…