April 5, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Shadwell Opera
Shadwell Opera is a bit of a family affair. Brothers Jack Furness (Artistic Director) and Sam Furness (Tenor Soloist) are key players in the award-winning, critically acclaimed company. We sat down with the two of them to ask our most burning questions ahead of their two-night run, Shadwell Opera Double…
March 27, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Theatre Designer Sophie Jump
What goes on behind the scenes to put on a play? One of the key members of the production team is the set and costume designer. Sophie Jump (winner of the overall Gold Medal at World Stage Design 2013) is a theatre designer and Associate Director of the internationally renowned…
March 23, 2018
SPOTLIGHT | Zeraffa Giraffa Wins an Offie!
We are ecstatic to have won an Off West End Theatre Award for Zeraffa Giraffa, our beautiful co-production with Little Angel Theatre. Adapted from the book by Dianne Hofmeyr with illustrations by Jane Ray, Zeraffa Giraffa delighted our audiences last autumn. It’s been wonderful to win the Production for Young People under 7 category. Zeraffa Giraffa was created and produced by our…
March 21, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Mukul Ahmed
Mukul Ahmed, director of Gauhar Jaan: The Datia Incident, sits in the Omnibus hot seat. We pose six quick fire questions about his upcoming production, coming to Omnibus 10-29 April. OMNIBUS THEATRE: What drew you to this project? MUKUL AHMED: There were many factors. The importance of recorded sound, the…
March 19, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Misha Mullov-Abbado
We sat down with 2017 BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Misha Mullov-Abbado, ahead of his gig with the Misha Mullov-Abbado Group at Omnibus next Sunday. OMNIBUS THEATRE: Being related to two of the greatest musicians - Claudio Abbado and Victoria Mullova - how was it growing up in a family of musical…
Welcome to Omnibus Theatre’s fifth summer season. We open with Whispers From The Walls, a programme of work inspired by the heritage of our old Library building, a former repository of books, a place of shelter and learning. Discover more than 25 separate events celebrating the power of words, theatre…
March 15, 2018
SARAH CHEW | On Beyond Borders
The Beyond Borders mini-season, supported by Arts Council England, is showing from 13-25 March at Omnibus Theatre. Sarah Chew is the writer and director of Lipstick: A Fairytale of Modern Iran. In 2010, just after the failed Green Uprising (the political movement that arose after the 2009 Iranian presidential election,…
March 14, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Alcyona Mick & Tori Freestone Duo
We sat down with Alcyona Mick, a musician at the forefront of the UK jazz scene, ahead of her upcoming gig at Omnibus as part of the Alcyona Mick & Tori Freestone Duo. OMNIBUS THEATRE: How did you meet and when did you start collaborating? ALCYONA MICK: We have played…
March 13, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Paola Dionisotti
We sat down with theatre-veteran and star of our upcoming staging of Wallace Shawn's The Fever, Paola Dionisotti to talk about her relationship with the theatre and her part in the HBO monster-hit Game of Thrones... OMNIBUS THEATRE: How did your career in acting begin Paola? PAOLA DIONISOTTI: Okay! Well I was born in Turin…
