News & Articles
Curve Commissioned Community Project: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Over the summer, we've worked with over 60 singers, signers and musicians to create a digital community choir performance of the iconic Somewhere Over the Rainbow, with musical direction from Alex Parker and videography by Ben Hewis.
Though the events of this year have meant our road to Oz is now much longer than we could have ever imagined, that’s no reason to stop us sharing the show's central themes of friendship, camaraderie and joy. We hope you enjoy this Curve Commissioned Community Project.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast to open at Curve in 2021
The most enchanted musical of all time opens at Curve in 2021.
Creatives Commentary: Photographer Ellie Kurttz on movement
In this commentary, Photographer Ellie Kurttz picks out her favourite Made at Curve shots featuring movement.
Watch our archive recording of Hanif Kureishi's My Beautiful Laundrette
Although our doors remain closed, we are delighted to share our dress rehearsal archive recording of My Beautiful Laundrette, our acclaimed 2019 Made at Curve, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Leeds Playhouse co-production.
On this page you can also find the digital programme and Audio Descriptive notes.
Curve in Conversation...My Beautiful Laundrette
To coincide with the release of the dress rehearsal archive recording of My Beautiful Laundrette, our cast members reunited digitally with Director Nikolai Foster, Writer Hanif Kureishi and Designer Grace Smart to reflect on the production and its impact.
Watch the full discussion here.
Creatives Commentary: Director Julia Thomas on George's Marvellous Medicine
Giant animals, exploding Grandmas, potions and tricks - how do you bring the unique world of Dahl to life? In this creative commentary Julia Thomas, director of our 2017 Made at Curve production of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine, writes about collaborating with the team to create incredible but believable magic for families on-stage.
Curve to release archive recording of Hanif Kureishi's My Beautiful Laundrette
Leicester’s Curve theatre is set to release an archive recording of Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette on Wed 2 Sep at 6pm.
Based on Kureishi’s iconic and Oscar-nominated screenplay of the same name, the multi-award nominated stage production of My Beautiful Laundrette was directed by Nikolai Foster and premiered at Curve last autumn, before a national tour. The Made at Curve drama, which featured new and original music from Tennant/Lowe of the Pet Shops Boys, was co-produced by Curve, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Leeds Playhouse.
Creatives Commentary: Movement Director Mel Knott on Roald Dahl's The Witches
Roald Dahl, Mission Impossible and Wicca Ballrooms: in this creative commentary, Curve Associate Artist and leader of our Curve Young Dance Companies Mel Knott writes about the inspiration and legacy of her work as movement director on the 2015 Made at Curve and Rose Theatre Kingston co-production of Roald Dahl's The Witches.