Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles have combined a sizeable semi-fictional tome and the familiar historical story of Henry VIII, distilling them into a properly theatrical show with something new t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMCreating socio-political change and even recognition doesn’t just happen, somewhere, sometime, someone has to fight for it, and history is full of organisations who since the end of absolu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBrought to life by two theatre actors on their way to a big career and finally united at the Old Vic, Ferran and Thallon are great now and are only going to get better – make sure you’re…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMOnce Britain’s premier political playwright, David Hare’s more recent plays have received considerably mixed reviews, largely for issues around characterisation which particularly affect…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTaking a hard line on a troublesome musical is smart work and Sheader has given considerable thought to reconfiguring Carousel for twenty-first century audiences. In a mini-season of no…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThis rare revival of The Two Character Play at Hampstead Theatre proves an interesting addition to works that reassess Tennessee Williams’ impact as a dramatist – an intellectual exercis…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWho are we and who are the people we meet? These rather profound questions have, in one way or another, been at the heart of Sonia Friedman’s brief Re:Emerge season at the Harold Pinter Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWe may not have been able to see our fellow digital audience members but we knew they were there, making The Dumb Waiter feel like a communal event.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFourteen months and four attempts later, Hairspray is finally back in the West End – the energy, sentiment and exhilaration of the show is completely irresistible.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMaking Under Milk Wood a story within a story is a risk but one that pays off, adding a tender father-son connection that ties that multifaceted sprawl of Dylan Thomas’ story together.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAs a modern movie musical, In the Heights employs many of its shot, direction and choreographic techniques to create a swirling visual experience that immerses the audience in the story.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAlfred Fagon’s fascinating two act drama opened at the venue in 1975 and while some of its gender attitudes may have dated, so much of Death of a Black Man feels as fresh and challenging n…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMDuchess Theatre, London – 13 June 2021 As theatres reopen, the long influence of digital forms is already making itself felt. Jack Holden’s new play Cruise premiered online last month vi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThe Barn is a gripping two act piece whose perfect storm of story, tone and character will be a must-see on stage before too long.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTarantula isn’t perfect and is certainly too long but Ridley’s latest twin works have been ideally suited to the nature of hybrid theatre, utilising the intimate and seemingly one-to-one…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company joins forces with BBC4 for the world premiere of A Winter’s Tale, a production intended for the 2020 stage and all but lost to theatre history.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMA Splinter of Ice moves away from a basic biography by mirroring its spy subjects and never allowing the audience to be quite sure which of its many faces is the real one.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMNational Theatre and Sky Arts’ hybrid theatre and film production of Romeo & Juliet has been a fascinating experiment resulting in a smart, interesting and entirely collaborative piece…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe Meaning of Zong and Afterplay showcase the power of audio drama to transport an audience’s imagination and to see the familiar a little differently. With light at the end of the t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAssembly, the first production from the Donmar Local company, shows a lot of promise, combining an enthusiastic group of performers with a creative team eager to explore technical boundaries…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWhen we left 1 and A in Episode 14 of Athena Stevens’ Late Night Staring at High Res Pixels they were both in some kind of moral and emotional jeopardy, and it seemed appropriate on Intern…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMLate Night Staring at High Res Pixels has already become a gripping anatomy of relationships and the attempts to manipulate two quite different women.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWith a charitable donation for every digital ticket sold going to Women for Refugee Women, Little Wars is still an all too rare experience – a play that puts women at its centre without fo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFestivals are a vital part of the theatre ecosystem, a place to try out new material, explore form and style while giving a valuable platform to all kinds of performance. These activities ha…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe RSC, Young Vic and Theatre for a New Audience have a difficult but fascinating task ahead in re-creating lost work Swingin’ the Dream that honours the original while offering something…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWith director Stanley Kramer’s making of the groundbreaking film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner as its subject matter, Tracy-Ann Oberman and David Spicer’s new radio drama has a compelli…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMCurve Leicester’s Sunset Boulevard certainly offers ‘new ways to dream,’ proving a beautiful and fitting finale to a year of considerable change for theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMIntegral to the festive Birmingham experience, the chance to watch this delightful production of The Nutcracker from home is a rare silver lining in an otherwise troubled month for the perfo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAndrew Lincoln brings a real gravitas to proceedings in A Christmas Carol, anchoring the production and delivering a performance of variety and skill that will leave you hoping he returns to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFilled with a real love of Dickens’ words as well as his characters the Bridge Theatre has found a fresh and exciting way to tell the familiar tale of A Christmas Carol and give Scrooge’…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMPhilip Ridley’s play The Poltergeist made an intimate transition to the screen and will be unmissable as soon as live performances can be scheduled.
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