Saturday, April 29, 2023
To call The Beekeeper of Aleppo a story for our time would be an understatement. Christy Lefteri’s original novel is the epic, moving tale of a family escaping war-torn Aleppo at the outse…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, April 24, 2023
Animal arrives in London riding high on rave reviews – believe the hype! John Bradfield’s unflinching but hilarious play is a queer, inclusive joy. Filthy and funny, it’s unmissable en…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, April 18, 2023
Quality Street, written by J M Barrie (Peter Pan), tells the story of Phoebe Throssel (Paula Lane) and her sister Susan Throssel (Louisa-May Parker) as young women, Phoebe being the chirpy, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, April 14, 2023
This touring production of Home, I’m Darling did have me questioning the role we all play in setting out norms and the judgements we make about people, lifestyle choices and assets but it …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, April 11, 2023
The RSC’s production of Julius Caesar is dynamic and refreshing. Atri Banerjee’s directorial debut for the company is a brave, brilliant and bold experience, bringing this 400-year-old p…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, April 8, 2023
Children will be spellbound by the magic of the set and the catchy tunes in The Lost Spells, and adults will be reminded of the innocence of their childhoods. All will be reminded of the bea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, April 4, 2023
Based on the original play by the incredible Tennessee Williams, this modern take on the classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof wows at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, April 1, 2023
Leeds Playhouse and Belgrade Theatre Coventry’s co-production of William Golding’s Lords of the Flies is brought to the stage and re-imagined 70 years after it was first written. Nigel W…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, March 28, 2023
Titanic The Musical sailed its way into Blackpool and what a show it was. I have to say that the 11 Academy Award-winning worldwide film directed by James Cameron is a huge favourite of mine…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, March 24, 2023
Originally written in 1941 by Bertolt Brecht, The Good Person of Szechwan was first performed in 1943 – and this year celebrates its 80th birthday with an update by Nina Segal.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSunday, March 19, 2023
After The Act, produced by Breach and commissioned by New Diorama, dares to go where not many shows do these days. Billed as a “documentary musical” and based around the controversial Se…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, March 14, 2023
Joseph Charlton’s witty and incisive play Brilliant Jerks at the Southwark Playhouse portrays the evolution of a brilliant idea into a multi-billion-dollar ride-hailing app, laying bare th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, March 9, 2023
The Way Old Friends Do is a brand new play written by Ian Hallard and directed by Mark Gatiss. It tells the story of two Birmingham school friends who meet up 30 years later and, after some …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, February 25, 2023
Duet For One is phenomenal, and filled with such raw emotion and moments of intense vulnerability for both characters. Not to mention the absolutely beautiful music performed on the violin d…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, February 18, 2023
Have you ever fancied creating your own comedy? Jumping the Shark explores just that, while unearthing the trauma, mix ups and relationships of five eager writers. The new comedy by David Ca…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, February 6, 2023
Atmospheric, menacing, hypnotic and beautifully danced, Rambert Dance stormed into Hull New Theatre in Peaky Blinders The Redemption of Thomas Shelby. A Rambert production in association wit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, February 3, 2023
If there was ever a cure for the blues The Cher Show would be it. I left feeling on cloud nine after an evening spent watching this sequinned spectacular which tells the story of how shy gir…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, December 23, 2022
If you want an interesting funny and fabulous evening out with the family that’s full of sparkle as well as wicked, then get yourself down to Wimbledon Theatre for Snow White & the Sev…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, December 19, 2022
Straight to the point, don’t wait until the end of this review to find out that Goldilocks & The Three Bears at the Epstein Theatre, Liverpool was the best pantomime I have ever seen. …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, December 5, 2022
There was an infectious feeling of fun, frivolity and non-stop belly-busting laughter across Leeds as the famous Rock ‘n’ Roll panto presenting Dick Whittington, was showing at the fabul…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, December 2, 2022
Theatre Royal Windsor brings you this year’s panto and what a panto it is. Sleeping Beauty tells us the story that we all know and love but with a few twists thrown in, alongside with much…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, November 28, 2022
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Musical comes to Leeds Playhouse for the festive season. The musical invites one into a world of imagination of Charlie’s plight and Wi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, November 26, 2022
Christmas has exploded over Birmingham in a shower of confetti with the arrival of Nativity! The Musical, written and directed by Debbie Isitt. If the spirit of Christmas has yet to grab you…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, November 21, 2022
Based on the well-loved Raymond Briggs classic, The Snowman stage show can only be described as magical. Having grown up watching the TV adaptation, the piece has always been an integral par…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, November 5, 2022
As with all shows produced by The Rose Theatre, The Importance of Being Earnest takes a familiar favourite by Oscar Wilde and makes it even better. While using all the original language, the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, November 2, 2022
A highly-dramatic and first-class performance of Opera North’s Orfeo Ed Euridice was extremely well received with rapturous applause at the exquisite Grand Theatre, Leeds. This must be one…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, October 25, 2022
The plot of Bombay Superstar transpires to be a bit of an unofficial biopic of the Bollywood actress Rekha. Rekha’s story has been subtly changed and some life events have been swapped wit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, October 22, 2022
Many great comedies are reimagined and this re-adaptation of Moliére’s Tartuffe, originally commissioned and produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company made with The Rep, is very obliging …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, October 20, 2022
Jenna Fincken’s unsettling and unforgettable play about coercive control chronicles a relationship from meeting to the first act of violence. Funny, disturbing and uncomfortable – Louise…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, October 14, 2022
The Original Theatre Company is currently touring with a new adaption, by Rachel Wagstaff, of The Mirror Crack’d, from Agatha Christie’s 1962 novel, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Sid…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, October 4, 2022
The Famous Five – A New Musical, a collaboration between Chichester Festival Theatre and Theatr Clwyd, brings a fresh vibe that sees writer Elinor Cook and director Tamara Harvey concentra…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM 
