Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Action-packed, irreverent and hilariously weird, Kill Climate Deniers nonetheless still succeeds in making a serious and important point, and provides more than enough food for thought to gi…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, June 11, 2019
It may be called Precious Little, but this thought-provoking play at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre has plenty to say.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, June 10, 2019
The image we’re left with is not one of violence in J’Ouvert at Theatre503, but of pride, friendship and resilience, and a community that’s prepared to keep fighting for as long as it …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, June 2, 2019
The plot of Country Music may at times be slightly muddled, but the sense of waste and irretrievable loss at its heart comes through powerfully in this excellent revival.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, May 28, 2019
A complex, surprising and very wordy play, Harper Regan by Simon Stephens certainly fulfils the remit for newly formed theatre company Contentment Productions, whose aim is to champion excit…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, May 21, 2019
This week playwright, director and performer Michelle Payne brings her one-woman show Sad About The Cows to Tristan Bates Theatre.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, May 20, 2019
Summer Street never pretends to be anything other than what it is: a spoof comedy musical that takes an already over-the-top TV format and takes it up another notch or three.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
Maybe what’s most shocking about Hair isn’t the nudity or the drugs, but the fact that 50 years have passed and nothing’s really changed.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, May 13, 2019
A polished and carefully directed production, Lemons is the kind of thought-provoking play that keeps giving, with plenty of material to ensure an excellent debate in the bar afterwards.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, May 10, 2019
The Sign of Four is fast-paced family fun, a great piece of storytelling with a little bit of everything: mystery, comedy, romance (and bromance), and even a bit of a history lesson.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, May 6, 2019
Michael Black’s two-hander Starved is a quietly challenging and impactful play, which provides an eye-opening insight into what it’s like to live in poverty in Britain today.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, May 2, 2019
Florence Keith-Roach’s two-hander Eggs is a story of two very different women, known only as Girl One and Girl Two. They’ve been friends for years, but lately it’s been becoming harder…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, May 1, 2019
Named for the only song her parents wrote together, which opens and closes the performance, Miriam Gould’s Empty Room is a deeply personal one-woman show that explores her family history a…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, April 28, 2019
OVO’s reimagining of Twelfth Night brings a fresh perspective to a story many of us will have seen several times before, and that in itself is quite an achievement.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, April 8, 2019
The Trials of Oscar Wilde, co-written by John O’Connor and Oscar Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland, is based on court transcripts from the two trials, and charts Wilde’s rapid downfall.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, April 7, 2019
Andy Barrett’s play Tony’s Last Tape is a sympathetic and respectful portrayal of a man who went into politics for the right reasons and who never wavered from his convictions.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, April 2, 2019
Funny, heartwarming, fascinating, tragic and devastating, Fiddler on the Roof is an unusual but hugely powerful musical, and this production brings out the very best in it.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, March 25, 2019
For the most part, though, Mary’s Babies is enjoyable and witty, and surprisingly easy to follow despite its complicated structure. A thought-provoking play, and an impressive feat of endu…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, March 21, 2019
Never Trust a Man Bun is a promising and well performed debut, peppered with some great one-liners and laugh out loud moments.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, March 19, 2019
This time around Chickenshed’s inclusive theatre company is exploring mental health in new show, 100% Chance of Rain.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, March 15, 2019
Angry Alan might appear at first glance to be a comedy (albeit a pretty dark one), and there are plenty of laughs to be had at the expense of both Roger and his new friends in the men’s ri…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, March 11, 2019
Occasionally bewildering and frequently ridiculous, Strike Up The Band is nevertheless always great fun.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, March 9, 2019
So if you’re in the mood for something silly, fun and boasting some serious improv talent, Notflix – The improvised Musical is an hilarious hour of entertainment that’s also totally un…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, March 8, 2019
You might think twice about going back online after watching Theatre Témoin’s Feed. You might, but you probably won’t – which is exactly the point this darkly humorous and deeply unse…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, March 7, 2019
All in all, Calendar Girls is a really enjoyable evening’s entertainment and it’s great to see a British musical flourishing.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, March 4, 2019
It’s almost eight years since the riots that spread across London, sparked by the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan by police in Tottenham. Arinzé Kene’s good dog tells the story of that su…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, February 19, 2019
Come From Away is a funny, moving and uplifting new musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Having won Best Musical awards across North America, the show now arrives in London where, if the…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, February 18, 2019
Inspired by a mother’s true account, Rachel Harper’s one-woman play Rattled is a short but punchy production tackling the sensitive topics of childhood trauma and postnatal mental health.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, February 15, 2019
soft animals at Soho Theatre is a powerful piece of new writing that will break your heart – but then might just quietly put it back together again. Highly recommended.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, February 10, 2019
Surprisingly The Band – the new musical by Tim Firth interwoven with a plethora of Take That hits – is not a story of how The Band rose to fame, and their ups and downs. Instead the tale…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSunday, February 3, 2019
The show must go on… but at what cost? In Jean Anouilh’s The Orchestra, set just after World War II, petty in-fighting and lingering suspicions between the members of an orchestra in a s…
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