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Meet Sam... Playing Gabriel

"Immaculate was a new endeavor for me being a comedy. I was driven to the character of Gabriel because of his satirical humor and his childish banter with Lucifer. Stepping into the shoes of an archangel might actually mak

The first audio/visual installation by Infinite Nothing’s Theatre, From The Heart, was held in the Sheffield Institute of Arts on Tuesday 26^th March. The installation exhibited work from five local artists who were given the challenge to create a pie

Meet Jack... Playing Lucifer!

Cares more about video games than doing uni work. Feels like playing Lucifer is easy to play because he just plays himself.

"As soon as I read the script I fell in love with the play and knew that all I wanted to do was t

The Denys Edwards Players are perhaps one of the (if not THE) longest running theatre companies in Sheffield! Denys Edward was a leading local amateur actor in the 20's and 30's who toured with various socieities throughout the war, until the war end

Happy #WorldTheatreDay!

THE TEMPEST opens in a month and 2 days so get your tickets to celebrate such a wonderful day!

Theatre may seem like a doss subject, but it is very important to have in the world. It inspires audiences and entertains you when yo

Meet Dec... Playing Michael

"So me and Michael are a little similar, we’re both always changing as people but we don’t allow each other to move on.. I prepped this character by embodying Jez from peep show & Ross from Friends Michael is irresponsible

Meet Kiera Rhodes... Playing Rebecca

"I play Rebecca, Mia's best friend. She is not like me at all... I literally had to learn how to walk in heels for this part so, if nothing else, please appreciate that!!
My only experience in comedy is from panto

I went to see a new NT Connections piece at Sheffield Theatres last night. If you don’t know, NT Connections is a National Theatre scheme in which up and coming writers are commissioned to write a play for a cast of young people. The shows are perfor

The hit West End Musicial "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" is to be made into a film by Warp Films this summer. In November the creative team behind the show (Director - Jonathan Butterell, writer - Tom McRae and Musical Director - Dan Gillespie Sel

GREEN PRODUCTIONS is a local theatre company formed by three women last Autumn.

The team consists of three production members: Charmaine, Kiera and Ai. Although they all have some experience in theatre, putting on this production has not been an easy

SHU Fest is a week long cultural celebration, organised by the University's International Experience Team.

This year there will be a chance to see the first Bulgarian performance at the festival.

One of the cultural treasures in Bulgarian is the trad

Elizabeth Pennington is a twenty-two year-old journalist in the early stages of her career. Her work focuses mainly on conflict, refugee and human rights issues. SHU Performance caught up with Elizabeth to find out what she has been upto since gradua

Infinite Nothings Theatre was formed in 2018 by myself and Elisabeth Marriott during 'Show Business; Or the Business of Making Shows'. Having performed Performance Though Time (2018), we are now preparing for BLOODLINES: Macbeth (Thurs 28th Feb & Fri

Rutherford & son is not the best known British play from the early twentieth century, nor Githa Sowerby the best known playwright. People might consider George Bernard Shaw or Harley Granville Barker to be of more worthy of "the cannon". Perhaps that

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Amy Blake is a twenty-three year-old Sheffield based actor, currently working in theatre, film, TV, radio, circus and voice over. She graduated with a first class honours degree in Performance for Stage and

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