Shakespeare. Theatre. Press Nights. These are all concepts we are familiar with, but in this unprecedented time of COVID-19 lockdown, for a moment we were unsure how theatre would survive.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn this world turned upside down, emergency legislation has been rushed through to do away with barristers. Now the accused in court have only you.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWe need to use this time wisely. As audience members, what do we want to see; as creatives, what can be made. If the expectations don’t match, then audiences won’t be back.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThis play, written especially for Zoom by John Knowles, looks at a group of people trying to make a seance work when they can't hold hands.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMA fascinating historical curio, Sasha Regan’s production Peace In Our Time is also a fine piece of speculative drama, imbued with Coward’s gift for eloquence and waspishness.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn a world where – if the virus won’t kill us, Donald Trump will – we really, really need good, well delivered, confident silliness and The Importance of Being Earnest delivers.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWhat makes Not Quite Jerusalem such a vivid and enjoyable play, is the nuanced and recognisable characters – backed here by exemplary performances from a talented cast.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe Old Red Lion’s put together an interesting triptych of plays that, if you’re short for time, allow you to experience the gamut of human experience.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMVerbatim plays can often feel static with a view of just letting the words do the work, but the words really lift off the page in The Special Relationship.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThe atmosphere created by the superb cast in Jekyll & Hyde as well as the challenge of the game is enormous fun and the time flew by.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMClearly something in Be More Chill has touched a chord with today’s youth, but catchy songs written by committee to hit the teen feelz doesn’t make up for a weak book and problematic pol…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBased on Simon Callow’s English translation, this version of La Cage aux Folles stays true to the original French text. Callow’s edits and new dialogue has given us a fresh interpretatio…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTemi Wilkey has written a brilliant first play, which grabs you even though you’ve probably seen many of the components of The High Table before.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMGiving up Marty, written by Karen Bartholomew, looks at the impact on adoption when the birth family comes looking.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMChaplin: Birth of a Tramp is a sensitive and interesting take on Chaplin, looking at the artist behind the art and continues to showcase Arrows and Traps as a innovative company.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFrances Barber gives one of the performances of the year (yes I know it is only February) as Billie Trix in Musik, reuniting with Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAlthough Time and Tide ends on a hopeful note, it is not sickly sweet. The characters’ coming out and coming of age stories are grounded in the joys and disappointments of real life. The e…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAlexis Gregory’s script for Sex/Crime takes an uncomfortable glance at our obsession with serial killers, sexual violence and 21st century homosexuality.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMIn this touring production of Beautiful, following on from lengthy London and Broadway runs, Daisy Wood-Davis plays Carole King from innocent 16 year old with enviable talent to an older and…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:04PMPresented by company Holy What, playwright Lulu Raczka’s reimagining of Sophocles Greek tragedy Antigone, uses an all-female cast.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAs an insight into a member of society failed by systemic stupidity and social illiteracy, Athena Stevens’ new play Scrounger is particularly relevant.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMStill, if you don’t mind the preachiness or the admonishment, The Wind of Heaven boasts a suitably earnest cast and fine staging.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWhat makes Crisis What Crisis special is the strong storyline and convincing performances in combination with game play.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAdapting a multi-generational family saga for the small stage takes ambition, confidence and knowing just where to cut, The House of the Spirits has all three covered.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWith a few modern updates, this new interpretation of the Cinderella story in Soho Cinders boasts several top notch musical theatre ballads.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMChemistry is an at times unsettling, but always compelling evening. It humanises the stigmatised and touches the soul using a wonderdrug – intimate performance.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMLorna Dallas is the essence of old school cabaret distilled. She oozes glamour and combines the look of Blanche Deveraux with a spirit of a proper Illinois broad.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMPresenting a revival of Ben Elton’s early 90s environmental farce Gasping in The Space, located just minutes from Canary Wharf, is appropriate.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWunderkind actor-writer Arinzé Kene (how can one man be so talented?) knocks it out of the park with the revival of his 2011 play Little Baby Jesus.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAfter a run at the Southwark Playhouse, Afterglow, S. Asher Gelman’s story of polyamory in modern American, returns with a new cast.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe Knock Knock Club (Reece Connolly, Christopher Keegan, Caroline Buckley) investigate the venue and present their findings in Last Orders, as part of the London Horror Festival.
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