Reposted by The Yard TheatreBritish Vogue - Fashion, Trends, Latest News, Catwalk Photos & … @vogue.co.uk.web.brid.gy · 02/09/2026vogue.co.uk“It Feels Like A Black Girl Bible”: Inside The Return Of ‘For Colored Girls’50 years after ‘for colored girls’ first landed on Broadway, British Vogue speaks to the cast and director, Diane Page, about helming its return to east London’s Yard Theatre. 022
Reposted by The Yard TheatreEmma Loffhagen @emmaloffhagen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If you're in the UK, you’ve probably heard of the play For Black Boys, but perhaps not the work that inspired it... I spent an afternoon in rehearsals with the cast of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls, 50 years after it was first performed, for Vogue. Have a read💌 www.vogue.co.uk/article/for-...vogue.co.uk“It Feels Like A Black Girl Bible”: Inside The Return Of ‘For Colored Girls’50 years after ‘for colored girls’ first landed on Broadway, British Vogue speaks to the cast and director, Diane Page, about helming its return to east London’s Yard Theatre. 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreLondon news, sport and culture | The Standard | London Evening … @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy · 10/09/2026standard.co.ukFor Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf reviewNtozake Shange’s legendary impressionistic play is a suitably adventurous addition to the reopened, ever-exciting Hackney Wick theatre The Yard 001
Reposted by The Yard Theatretheartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026★★★★ A spirited revival of a 50-year-old classic: a fine cast shows Ntozake Shange's groundbreaking piece still has teeth and dynamism writes Helen Hawkins on for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, The Yard theartsdesk.com/theatre/colo... 032
Reposted by The Yard TheatreJonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ntozake Shange's for black girls ... has its long overdue London premiere at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social and it's been worth the wait: a searing, sensational symphony of Black women's lives in America that blends horror, humour and heartache in a thrilling celebration of solidarity and sisterhood. 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreTheatre Weekly @theatreweekly.com · 27/07/2026The Yard Theatre has announced the full cast for its revival of Ntozake Shange’s celebrated choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf theatreweekly.com/the-yard-the...theatreweekly.comThe Yard Theatre announces full cast for for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf - Theatre WeeklyThe Yard Theatre has announced the full cast for for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf 001
Reposted by The Yard TheatreThe Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The World is Full of Married Men is a gloriously filthy Barbie bonkbuster Hackney’s Yard theatre reopens in startling fashion with a hilarious feminist Jackie Collins puppet show boasting plenty of plastic-on-plastic action Review by Susannah Clapp bit.ly/4x7XgDDbit.lyThe World is Full of Married Men is a gloriously filthy B...Hackney’s Yard theatre reopens in startling fashion with a hilarious feminist Jackie Collins puppet show boasting plenty of plastic-on-plastic action 022
Reposted by The Yard TheatreIvan Kreilkamp @ivan812.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I happened to catch this @theyardtheatre.bsky.social — it’s the extremely raunchy/ graphic Swedish-language puppet adaptation of Jackie Collins we didn’t know we needed (but did!)theguardian.com‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbiesMalmö Dockteater is adapting Jackie Collins’s debut novel about the swinging 60s using anatomically enhanced dolls. Puppets help you explore sex in a different way, they say 021
Reposted by The Yard TheatreAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I saw The World is Full of Married Men, a Jackie Collins adaptation performed by doll puppets in Swedish, at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social last night. Agree with this @theguardian.com review – one of the weirdest, wittiest and best shows of the year www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...theguardian.comThe World Is Full of Married Men review – Jackie Collins’ bonkbuster as a gloriously filthy puppet showBarbies, giant erections and exquisite craftsmanship combine in one of the year’s most outrageously funny and startingly original shows 2537
Reposted by The Yard TheatreLiam O’Dell (He/Him) @liamodell.com · 23/07/2026Malmö Dockteater's stage adaptation of Jackie Collins' novel - featuring dolls - has its London premiere at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social.liamodell.comReview: 'The World is Full of Married Men' at The Yard TheatreMalmö Dockteater's stage adaptation of Jackie Collins' novel - featuring dolls - has its London premiere at The Yard Theatre. 011
Reposted by The Yard TheatreMarie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I defy anyone to read this piece on memories of @theyardtheatre.bsky.social before its rebuild and not want to book ahead for every single production. My new favourite space. 132
Reposted by The Yard TheatreMarie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Amazing double bill at the Yard Theatre last night: Philosophy of the World - anarchic, chaotic take on the Shaggs - and The World Is Full Of Married Men, Swedish-language Barbie Doll performance of Jackie Collins. Both full of joyful risk-taking and pops at the patriarchy. More of this please! 4131
Reposted by The Yard TheatreAndrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I knew Philosophy Of The World at the Yard Theatre, Hackney Wick would be a play about The Shaggs. What I didn’t expect was the harsh noise, the blood, the calisthenics, the nudity or the SCUM Manifesto. It’s on until August 1. Recommended. www.theyardtheatre.co.uk/events/philo...theyardtheatre.co.ukPhilosophy of the World | Buy TicketsReimagines theatre to reimagine the world 4629
Reposted by The Yard TheatreDavid Constable @davidconstable.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The Yard Theatre 2.0 is a splendid upgrade of an old friend. Great to be at the first performance in this new space. And I already have a favourite seat! 131
Reposted by The Yard TheatreAndrew Moore @tumbledryerbaby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026see this while you can 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreMayor of London's Culture team @ldnculture.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The Yard theatre has re-opened in a new building twice its original size🎭 The opening season includes a cult Edinburgh transfer, Ian McKellen in a new Lear, a debut writer and a shaken-up Mrs Dalloway Head to Hackney Wick to check it out! www.theyardtheatre.co.uktheyardtheatre.co.ukThe Yard TheatreReimagines theatre to reimagine the world 021
Reposted by The Yard Theatrewgo @wgo.toot.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026Swedish puppets do Jackie Collins. Yep. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/jul/…theguardian.com‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbiesMalmö Dockteater is adapting Jackie Collins’s debut novel about the swinging 60s using anatomically enhanced dolls. Puppets help you explore sex in a different way, they say 011
Reposted by The Yard TheatreThe Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 17/07/2026#THEATRE #REVIEW Philosophy of the World @theyardtheatre.bsky.social 'the perfect production to inaugurate the Yard's new chapter with its unapologetically punk core' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/philosophy-o... #Londonthereviewshub.comPhilosophy of the World – The Yard, London - The Reviews HubCreator: In Bed with My Brother Co-director: Louise Mari On its 15th anniversary, The Yard reopens with a larger 220-seat auditorium while retaining the spirit that has made it one of London’s most ex... 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreJonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.social · 15/07/2026In Bed With My Brother's Philosophy of the World is a blazing, brilliant remix of the story of The Shaggs co-starring theatre's secret weapon Nigel Barrett. Funny, fiery, furious, it's a perfect first show for the gorgeous new @theyardtheatre.bsky.social: same radical spirit, slightly comfier seats. 071
Reposted by The Yard TheatreJonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Welcome back to the brilliant @theyardtheatre.bsky.social, returning at twice the size & twice the attitude with a breathtaking new season including In Bed With My Brother's Philosophy Of The World, Malmö Stadsteater’s The World Is Full Of Married Men & Ian McKellen's Lear: www.theyardtheatre.co.uktheyardtheatre.co.ukThe Yard TheatreReimagines theatre to reimagine the world 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreThe Stage @thestage.co.uk · 09/01/2026London fringe venue the Yard Theatre has unveiled details of its reopening season, which will include the world premiere of Philosophy of the World from theatre company In Bed with My Brother. Read more 👇thestage.co.ukYard Theatre unveils initial reopening plansLondon fringe venue the Yard Theatre has unveiled details of its reopening season, which will include a world premiere from theatre company In Bed with My Brother 062
Reposted by The Yard TheatreCaroline Gonda (she/her) @liederfollower.bsky.social · 13/04/2026✨✨✨✨✨ They did it! Congratulations to Jay Miller and everyone involved in this gorgeous show at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreEmma Miriam @emmamiriamb.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Farewell for now @theyardtheatre.bsky.social | such a brilliant send off 🧡 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreExeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · 16/05/2025And to celebrate @theyardtheatre.bsky.social's milestone... And to say thanks to everyone who contributed... And to mark our own milestone of Exeunt having been back for six months (!!) ...this piece is FREE to read for ALL! 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreExeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · 16/05/2025It's the end of an era for The Yard - and saying goodbye to the Hackney Wick venue feels bittersweet for many. So we decided to immortalise it, collecting memories of amazing shows, career breaks, smoking areas, dancing dogs, spaceships, headbanging, raw fish, and meeting the love of your lifesubstack.comLive chicks, dyke raves, and true love... our best memories of The YardAs the The Yard is demolished to make way for a shiny new building, theatre-makers, party-throwers, and Exeunt writers share their most vivid memories 132
Reposted by The Yard TheatreVery Nearly Half Witted @vnearlyhalfwitted.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Fantastic first visit to the Yard Theatre for The Glass Menagerie, superbly staged and completely absorbing from start to finish Time is the longest distance between two places 022
Reposted by The Yard TheatreJudith Mackrell @judithmackrell.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Highly recommend the Yard Theatre's production of Glass Menagerie - gets the fever dream heart of TW's poetry 011
Reposted by The Yard TheatreWin Monroe @winmonroe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025For people in London that enjoy theater, The Glass Menagerie at Yard Theater is excellent. Highly recommended. 032
Reposted by The Yard TheatreAndrzej Łukowski @mrlukowski.bsky.social · 25/04/2025‘It was high chaos’: the birth, death and rebirth of London’s coolest theatre www.timeout.com/london/news/... < I caught up with Jay from the Yard to ask exactly how chaotic the early days were and if they’re all sellout fatcat capitalists nowtimeout.com‘It was high chaos’: the death and rebirth of London’s coolest theatreThe Yard founder Jay Miller speaks to Time Out 032
Reposted by The Yard TheatreSheridan Flynn @sheridanflynn.com · 27/04/2025Near perfect production of The Glass Menagerie at the Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick. Closes in May when the theatre is demolished and rebuilt. 011
Reposted by The Yard TheatreWest Camel @westcamel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Over to Hackney Wick yesterday to see The Glass Menagerie at The Yard Theatre. Powerful production with excellent performances from all players. Lots of contemporary touches but Williams’ text is allowed to shine as brightly, and as devastatingly, as ever. www.theyardtheatre.co.uk/events/the-g...theyardtheatre.co.ukThe Glass Menagerie | The Yard TheatreReimagines theatre to reimagine the world 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreThe Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/03/2025Yard Theatre bosses have warned that cuts to arts reporting was making it more difficult for theatres to get their work reviewed 👇thestage.co.ukYard bosses: Culture editors should give critics 24 hours to write good reviews 033
Reposted by The Yard TheatreMarycshaw @marycshaw.bsky.social · 03/04/2025My last visit to The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick before it closes to be rebuilt. Jay Miller’s The Glass Menagerie has had terrific reviews and the run has been extended to May 10th. Some tickets still available but it’s selling out. 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreTabby Lamb @tabby.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I wrote about my relationship to The Glass Menagerie, and how own interpretation of it as an autistic trans woman after seeing @theyardtheatre.bsky.social’s amazing production: open.substack.com/pub/tabbylam...open.substack.comthe glass timeline: a transfem reading of the glass menageriein which i distract myself from a burning world with an old play. 062
Reposted by The Yard TheatreThe Yard Theatre @theyardtheatre.bsky.social · 14/03/2025"If this was really it for The Yard, then it would be going out on a high" Time Out First wave of reviews have dropped. Tickets are shifting even faster. Our phones are ringing off the hook. We did warn you. The Glass Menagerie is officially a (smash) hit 🔨 theyardtheatre.co.uk/theglassmenagerie 033
The Yard Theatre @theyardtheatre.bsky.social · 14/03/2025"If this was really it for The Yard, then it would be going out on a high" Time Out First wave of reviews have dropped. Tickets are shifting even faster. Our phones are ringing off the hook. We did warn you. The Glass Menagerie is officially a (smash) hit 🔨 theyardtheatre.co.uk/theglassmenagerie 033
Reposted by The Yard TheatreKathryn Havelock @kathrynhavelock.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Just booked tickets for this at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social Theatre so VERY excited that it's got such a glowing review in @theguardian.comtheguardian.comThe Glass Menagerie review – exquisite, utterly devastating take on Tennessee Williams’ classicJay Miller’s production raises the ghosts of troubled memories with powerful intimacy in this final show before the venue gets a grand refit 031
Reposted by The Yard TheatreAlun Hood @ajhlovestheatre.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Hackney’s beloved @theyardtheatre.bsky.social is bowing out of the first phase of its storied life with something strange and wonderful. This #TheGlassMenagerie is tremendously effective and affecting. ajhlovestheatre.org/2025/03/12/t...ajhlovestheatre.orgTHE GLASS MENAGERIE – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – it’s the hipster take on Tennessee Williams that you didn’t know you needed, but will probably never forgetTom Varey and Sharon Small, photograph by Manuel Harlan THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams directed by Jay Miller The Yard Theatre, London – until 10 May 2025 running time:… 022
Reposted by The Yard TheatreNorth West End UK @northwestenduk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025#REVIEW - The Glass Menagerie at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social "the quality of the creativity on stage is never in question" northwestend.com/the-glass-me... #TheatreSky #Londonnorthwestend.comThe Glass Menagerie – The Yard Theatre - North West End UKWhen the audience walked into the theatre, an actor was spray painting the wall of the stage, and smoke was being pumped into the air, a fitting start for an exceptional and anarchic evening of theatr... 033
Reposted by The Yard TheatreDavid Jays @mrdavidjays.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Felt a pang at my final visit to the old @theyardtheatre.bsky.social, though The Glass Menagerie is a beautiful way to say goodbye. The long fragile scene between Laura and her gentleman caller is breathtaking - sensationally delicate stage debuts by Eva Morgan & Jad Sayegh 081
Reposted by The Yard TheatreTheatre Weekly @theatreweekly.com · 10/03/2025The Yard Theatre’s final production before closing for redevelopment, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, has seen unprecedented demand, selling faster than any show in the theatre’s history and announces extension @theyardtheatre.bsky.socialtheatreweekly.comThe Yard Theatre Announces Extension of The Glass Menagerie as the Show Breaks Box Office RecordsThe Yard Theatre’s final production before closing for redevelopment, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, has seen unprecedented demand, selling faster than any show in the theatre’s history and announces extension 021
Reposted by The Yard TheatreDreStation @drestation.bsky.social · 09/03/2025The Glass Menagerie @ The Yard Theatre 021
Reposted by The Yard TheatreFergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Here is this week's issue of The Crush Bar, featuring... - a chat with @theyardtheatre.bsky.social founder and director Jay Miller - my top five Yard Theatre shows over the years - three shows to see next week in Glasgow, London and Bristol Read/subscribe thecrushbar.substack.com/p/i-masquera...thecrushbar.substack.com"I masqueraded as a property developer who wanted to build a theatre."Artistic director Jay Miller on the first fourteen years of The Yard Theatre, the final show before it is torn down, and the new venue that will take its place. Plus: three shows to see next week. 042
Reposted by The Yard TheatrePaines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social · 15/02/2025last performances of My Mother’s Funeral: The Show today at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social to round off the tour, so we’ve prepared some final words: Gillian, don’t forget the pie in the oven. Sending all of the love for this team for shows 83 and 84 💐 052
Reposted by The Yard TheatreRosie Stancliffe @rosiestancliffe.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Had my first visit to @theyardtheatre.bsky.social to see my remarkable friend Nicole Sawyerr & the wonderful @debrabaker33.bsky.social & Sam Armfield. I saw this at the fringe and it remains as funny & powerful as it was. So glad more people get to see it, congrats @charlottebennett.bsky.social 👏 041
Reposted by The Yard TheatreTheo Bosanquet @theobosanquet.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Been playing EdFringe catch up this week by seeing a couple of award-winners from last year - Amy Gledhill (@sohotheatre.bsky.social) and My Mother's Funeral (@theyardtheatre.bsky.social). Both excellent and highly recommended; also a welcome last chance to see The Yard before its redevelopment. 011