Noël Coward’s 1947 play Peace in Our Time opens with the BBC informing the public that the Nazis have won the Battle
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMJonathan Holloway wrote his loose adaptation of HG Wells’ science fiction tale The Time Machine in November 2019, so any parallels with
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMNo canines take to the stage in Paul Minx’s two-hander The Dog Walker. This is probably something of a mercy for them,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:31PMThe British home front is a popular topic for drama and literature, with tales of the plucky ‘Blitz spirit’. However, the everyday
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:32PMRon Elisha’s play Falling in Love Again is pure conjecture, imagining what might have happened if Marlene Dietrich, a German film star
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMWith Greta Thunberg being celebrated as Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, it feels fitting to hail another uniquely intrepid Swedish girl
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AM“It’s musical comedy – the two most glorious words in English,” declares 42nd Street’s director Julian Marsh when trying to persuade heartbroken
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:50AMIn Michael Fentiman’s and Barnaby Race’s new musical CinderElla, the heart of the story is the intergenerational friendship between the widowed Ella
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMCraig Taylor’s series of sketches was published in the Guardian several years before Britain became defined by Brexit. The stage version of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:31AMSingin’ in the Rain is a fitting Christmas musical for a venue that’s surrounded by water. It wouldn’t usually be a compliment
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:05AMCandida is the fourth early George Bernard Shaw play to be presented at the Orange Tree Theatre by Paul Miller since 2014.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMOlivia Olsen’s play is based on the life of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, who was admired in equal measures by the intelligentsia
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:40PMThough its title has become a platitude, All’s Well That Ends Well remains one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known plays. This ‘problem play’ charts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AMMost people will probably think of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as the film in which Marilyn Monroe (in a role originated by Carol
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMAlthough playwright Georg Kaiser was Kurt Weill’s collaborator for The Silver Lake, James Conway’s production for English Touring Opera still feels thoroughly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AMThe Little Angel Theatre doesn’t shy away from presenting children’s shows imbued with melancholic elements. Edward Lear used ‘nonsense’ verse as a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:52AMThe title Black Chiffon suggests something rather racy and Elinor Glyn-esque. In Lesley Storm’s 1949 play, the titular nightgown is an ‘exotic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMHaving previously presented adaptations of Frankenstein and Dracula, writer and director Ross McGregor turns his attention to Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:59PMOpera and sport both involve feats of technical prowess, dramatic climaxes and intense fervour among their fans. R’Otello, presented by London-based Samoan
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PMThree estranged siblings are forced to come together to sell their father’s flat for his care home bills. As well as the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMWhile the medieval Temple Church is associated with Magna Carta and filled with effigies of Knights Templar, it is the domestic elements
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AMShowtune, also the title of Jerry Herman’s autobiography, is a revue that provides exactly what it says on the tin in terms
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s bold, brash 1978 ‘rock opera’ Evita is the ultimate star-making vehicle. The triple-threat performer playing Eva
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:04PMGail Louw’s play takes the form of a one-sided conversation with a ghost. Harry McNish was the carpenter on board the Endurance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:10AMWhen the lights blew during Jeremy Herrin’s production of Noises Off, it wasn’t yet another misstep in farce-within-a-farce Nothing On – rather
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMTo celebrate a decade of presenting Shakespeare at St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, Daniel Winder’s Iris Theatre is staging Hamlet. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:55AM‘Melodrama’ has become synonymous with far-fetched coincidences and indulgent emotions. Phil Willmott’s entertaining production of Dion Boucicault’s 1868 play After Dark; Or,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:31AMInspired by her mother’s experiences growing up in a large Italian-American family, Meghan Kennedy’s play Napoli, Brooklyn (set in 1960 and performed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMKate Budgen’s production of Oscar Wilde’s evergreen comedy The Importance of Being Earnest is one of warmth and laughter – a chance
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