Section: Blog
Keep up to date with all our activities by reading our regular blogs written by actor and theatre practitioner Janine Haynes.
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Debating theatre topics and themes with industry experts
20 January 2022
heatre has been under a great deal of pressure over the last few years...
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Giving a platform to ‘New Voices’
6 January 2022
As we enter the New Year our ‘Taking the Stage and Screen’ festival at MK Gallery gets ever closer.
Our festival, which showcases the incredible work of talented and inspirational women from theatre and film, will take over the Sky Room at MK Gallery from 30 March to 2 April.
In our…
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Women on Screen
15 December 2021
The number of women working in the film industry has grown substantially over the years...
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Celebrating newly commissioned work at ‘Taking the Stage and Screen’
1 December 2021
At The Play’s The Thing Theatre Company, we understand that commissioning theatre is the lifeblood of the industry. We do it to not only keep theatre alive and support playwrights, but to also bring people together and connect communities through the power of the arts.
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‘Taking the Stage’ returns to MK Gallery in 2022
18 November 2021
The Play’s The Thing Theatre Company is excited to announce the return of our inspiring ‘Taking the Stage and Screen’ event for 2022.
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Stark figures show just how detrimental the pandemic has been on our sector
3 November 2021
The future of the theatre industry looks positive. Theatres are slowly coming back to life, we are able to work again and audiences are returning with confidence.
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Grid Arts and Grid Spinners – capturing the beauty of Milton Keynes
25 October 2021
Something that you might not know about The Play’s The Thing Theatre Company, is that we are involved in Grid Arts...
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Our inspiring ‘Hidden Stories’ season comes to MK Gallery this month
10 October 2021
We are delighted to announce that as part of our ‘Hidden Stories’ season and to celebrate Black History Month, MK Gallery is showing the inspirational documentary, “Sing, Freetown”, on Friday 22nd October at 7pm in its Sky Room Cinema.
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Making the Invisible Visible at our exhibition
28 September 2021
On Friday 10th September we launched our exhibition to showcase the results of our six-month community project, ‘Invisible Visible’...
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Hidden Stories
7 September 2021
OUR BRAND NEW PROJECT! Four new pieces from local writers...