Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Oh Dionysus, as someone who grew up in Poland, I really do miss political theatre. The real thing, you know? The thing that grabs you, makes you stand up and cheer for the performers. The th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, October 3, 2017
Rape culture is real. Victims are blamed, perpetrators are excused and conviction rates are low. Of reported rapes – estimated to be less than 20% – only 3% are deemed to be false accusa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMA playwright wants to write a play about patricide, but with an actual criminal onstage instead of an actor. Initial research leads him to a young man called Martin Santos, serving consecuti…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, October 2, 2017
Devised by the original company, this Bristol Old Vic and National co-pro has little technically wrong with it – it captures Jane’s spirit reasonably well, using physical theatre to cut …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, September 27, 2017
Some time in the past, there is an island of disparate peoples happily carrying on with their lives. Each group has its own rules, traditions and customs.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSaturday, September 23, 2017
Can violent criminals be rehabilitated, and can their victims ever forgive them? The Listening Room says yes. This verbatim piece tells the stories of three violent crimes, primarily from th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWednesday, September 20, 2017
This is a beautifully made one-woman show in which Natasha Marshall plays all the characters, but chiefly Jaz, a 17-year-young woman of mixed African and British parentage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, September 19, 2017
Co-directors Frauke Requardt and David Rosenberg have created a piece of theatre which might be the closest I have ever felt to being in a dream whilst awake and not under the influence of p…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, September 18, 2017
Asterion wanders through the night, in a world that doesn’t really fit them. The minotaur of Greek myth, Asterion is the only one of their kind to exist. Asterion is bull-ish, neither …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, September 15, 2017
Late one night, a couple fights in bed. After falling asleep angry, Tamino fitfully dreams of a nightclub, a beautiful girl and a quest to save her.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn Shakespeare’s battle-hardy tragedy, Caius Marcius is rebranded Coriolanus after defeating the Volscian army at Corioles.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, September 14, 2017
Alex Gwyther’s Eyes Closed, Ears Covered is a slippery play that continuously raises questions. We’re immediately presented with Alyson Cummins’ concrete-grey, angular set, suggestive …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, September 13, 2017
Inspired by the humour and spontaneity that comes from cold reading, Nassim Soleimanpour has developed what has become his trademark style of reflective, personal writing performed by an act…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:30AMMonday, September 11, 2017
You’re fast asleep in your bed, in a small English town. Then some mysterious noises outside wake you, and on looking out your window you discover a gang of pirates is trying to steal your…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSunday, September 10, 2017
There’s a song for every Britney phase and mistake, combined with anecdotes (both fact and fiction). At times, it even manages to be a little bit poignant, but ultimately it’s fast-paced…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, September 6, 2017
Shon Dale-Jones and Hoipolloi’s Me and Robin Hood has admirable intentions in aiming to raise awareness and money for charity ‘Street Child’.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, September 3, 2017
First produced Off-Broadway in 1987, Eric Bogosian’s brilliant drama has finally been produced in London for the first time by Covent Garden Productions and the Old Red Lion Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, August 28, 2017
In a festival that worships the new and the innovative, Shakespeare adaptations are surprisingly ten a penny at the fringe. Many are school groups, though there are some from professional co…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMTwo men glide around the floor on small wheeled platforms. Like children, belly down on skateboards, they relish the speed and inability to control their paths.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIs there a style of comedy that Steen Raskopolous hasn’t mastered? Having found the Australian comedian as half of improvisation duo The Bear Pack, I knew how quick-witted he is.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSonic was always my go to when playing Sega, but Fiona Sagar has got a slightly different cast of characters to choose from in her show Sagar Mega Drive.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, August 27, 2017
Five women enter the space ready to perform. They are circus performers. But they aren’t just going to do dainty, pretty tricks with big smiles.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, August 26, 2017
Harry receives a children’s book manuscript from an unknown writer, Heather Eames. Impressed, he wants to discuss an advance, rights and making her book the Next Big Thing, but Heather’s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMA British Pakistani Muslim tries to reconcile his faith and family with his love of men and clubbing. A gay guy and his straight female BFF share a flat, a mutual adoration for classic films…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMRotterdam's Jon Brittain has another success on his hands. This time, he teams up with composer and pianist Matthew Floyd Jones and they endow a story of depression with care and hope.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMYou can travel through time on a plane if your trip is long enough to cross time zones. But how far back or forward can you go? What if you could, dream-like, revisit the people you’ve los…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMRebecca Atkinson-Lord speaks with an accent that she stole. Her family all have Wolverhampton accents, but her parents’ decision to send to private school meant that she adopted a voice th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, August 25, 2017
To honour the 50th anniversary of his death, this is the first time we get to see Joe Orton’s original version of the Loot script before the Lord Chamberlain censored it prior to the 1966 …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, August 24, 2017
Cuba Libres in hand, we are invited to pull up a deck chair and enjoy our own private beaches. Two friendly hosts promise us a relaxing, all-inclusive stay at Guantanamo Bay Resort – but g…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMWednesday, August 23, 2017
I have reservations as soon as I walk into bluemouth’s new immersive party show at the Wee Red Bar. Primarily because there aren’t many people there – never a good sign for a party.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMTuesday, August 22, 2017
Eggs Collective are after the #bestnighteva with this joyful show modeled on the great British night out. Gold sequinned dresses, blue eyeshadow, and WKD by the bucketload are vital ingredie…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00PM 
