I love reading The Crush Bar every week but really treasuring this one which asks such good questions of the extraordinary David Doyle who does 19000 things but always starts from the play.

Meet the cast of David Greig's Outlying Islands, a co-production with ATTICIST. Directed by Jessica Lazar.📢 ⭐️ Bruce Langley - Robert ⭐️ Fred Woodley Evans - John ⭐️ Kevin McMonagle - Kirk ⭐️ Whitney Kehinde - Ellen Casting by Sarah Jones.

Look at all of those stars for The Maids!👀 "Annie Kershaw’s subtle & artful production helps blur the line between fantasy & reality with a magnificent cast" - The Guardian⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎟 bit.ly/JSTTheMaids 📆Until Wed 22 Jan 📷 Steve Gregson 🎨 Cat Fuller 💥 Reading Rep Theatre

Congratulations Penny for winning the At Your Service award, celebrating your work putting the local community at the heart of what you do!

📚 Miñan: A Story of Migration and Creation Join us on May 21 at 7pm at the British Library for a powerful conversation on storytelling, migration & memory with Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus & Timberlake Wertenbaker. 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/minan-a-stor… #Miñan #MigrationStories

Friends, use code BROTHERS25 to access £25 tickets for Little Brother, opening at Jermyn Street Theatre on 15 May. A modern odyssey, commencing in Guinea, West Africa, which sweeps across borders to find a path of hope. jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/show/little-br…

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Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

"Balde’s memoir, Little Brother: An Odyssey to Europe, chronicles his search along the migrant routes of the Sahara for his younger sibling, Alhassane, who ran away from school in Guinea, west Africa, to make money for the family." theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

We're deeply concerned that Ibrahima Balde has been denied a visa to attend the priemere of the stage adaptation of his memoir, Little Brother, which was published in 2021: theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

theguardian.com/politics/2025/… We’re extremely disappointed that the UK Home Office has denied renowned writer Ibrahima Balde a visa to visit the UK to attend the upcoming performances at our theatre of Little Brother, a play adapted from his PEN Award-winning memoir of the same name.

Desde el Hay Festival queremos expresar nuestra mayor solidaridad con Ibrahima Balde, ante la incomprensible e inaceptable decisión del Reino Unido de denegar su visado. Ibrahima Balde, coautor de 'Hermanito' junto a Amets Arzallus, iba a viajar a Londres para asistir a la

❌ Reino Unido niega la entrada a Ibrahima Balde, autor de 'Miñan', para asistir al estreno de la versión inglesa de la obra de teatro sobre su vida noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus/cultura/2025/0…

Below some sad news about Ibrahima Balde and the forthcoming premiere of the stage version of “Little Brother” in London. Shame on the UK authorities!!! 👉 theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

A West African writer has been denied a visa to see a Timberlake Wertenbaker play based on his own life story at a London theatre 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/news/writ…

standard.co.uk/culture/theatr… We are delighted that the Home Office has reversed its decision and that Ibrahima is now allowed to travel to London to see his own story on stage at Jermyn Street Theatre.

This week’s London Theatre Review is out and it’s a corker if I say so myself: reviews of Here We Are and 1536, my interview with Beverley Knight, ⁦David Benedict 🏳️‍🌈🕎⁩ on why Sondheim matters, and five questions answered about ⁦Jermyn Street Theatre⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Little Brother at Jermyn Street Theatre, "unvarnished simplicity makes this gem of a production shine much brighter" ★★★★★ (tinyurl.com/mrytxfh5)

Look at all of those stars for Little Brother!⭐️ Book now for this "masterpiece of storytelling and a triumph of theatre" (Theatre and Tonic). 📆 Until 21 June 🎟bit.ly/JSTLittleBroth… 📸 Steve Gregson

AUTUMN SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Come down our famous staircase this Autumn for “mischief & magic” at London’s ultimate “hidden gem” (London Evening Standard). 🔗 jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/now-next/