Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West Prunella Scales, the actor best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the classic comedy series Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93. Scales, who was married to fellow actor Timothy West , was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2013 . Continue reading...

New work by Ben Crick and Kamal Kaan suggests we could benefit from knowing more about the ‘machine-wreckers’

Gaza's babies and children are malnourished, being starved and forced to live without basic supplies like nappies and medication. This campaign was started by a mother in London and a father in Gaza a...

PRCS calls for international investigation after postmortem results add to evidence contradicting Israel’s account Autopsies conducted on 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil emergency responders who were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza show they were were shot in the upper body with “intent to kill”, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, which is demanding an international investigation into the attack. The killings took place in the southern Gaza Strip on 23 March, days into a renewed Israeli offensive in the Hamas-ruled territory, and sparked international condemnation. Continue reading...

British Muslim Network aims to bring together experts to identify challenges the community faces to policymakers

How to submit your play for the International Audio Drama Competition 2026

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

LOST GIRL - The Lowry - PRODUCER CALL OUT From award-winning playwright Amy Lever, Lost Girl is a solo play exploring girlhood and identity crisis through the lens of Jewish-Arab heritage. Performe...

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We offer  open call for full-length poetry manuscripts manuscript consultations for poetry online and in-person workshops chapbook contest Action, Spectacle magazine - www.action-spectacle.com A...

Meet our New Musical Theatre Producer James Ashfield! Born and raised in Brum, he is joining us from the Belgrade Theatre where he worked as Producer since…

Even the least religious among us speak, at least on occasion, of the circles of hell. When we do so, we may or may not be thinking of where the concept originated: Dante's Divina Commedia, or Divine ...

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We chatted to some brilliant playwrights, asking them to share their experiences of getting plays to production, and what advice they would give to others. Here's what they said!