Thursday, August 6, 2020
Now if you think that The House That Slipped is simply a well-meaning, worthy play, you would be wrong. The script, direction and the way Zoom is an essential part of the story, make it witt…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, July 2, 2020
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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, June 11, 2020
In this world turned upside down, emergency legislation has been rushed through to do away with barristers. Now the accused in court have only you.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, May 28, 2020
We 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, May 22, 2020
This 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, March 14, 2020
A 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, March 12, 2020
In 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, March 10, 2020
What 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSaturday, March 7, 2020
The 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, March 6, 2020
Verbatim 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, March 3, 2020
The 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, March 1, 2020
Clearly 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…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, February 24, 2020
Based 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…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, February 21, 2020
Temi 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, February 20, 2020
Giving up Marty, written by Karen Bartholomew, looks at the impact on adoption when the birth family comes looking.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, February 16, 2020
Chaplin: 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, February 15, 2020
Frances 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, February 13, 2020
Although 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…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, January 23, 2020
Alexis Gregory’s script for Sex/Crime takes an uncomfortable glance at our obsession with serial killers, sexual violence and 21st century homosexuality.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, January 17, 2020
In 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…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:04PMWednesday, January 15, 2020
Presented by company Holy What, playwright Lulu Raczka’s reimagining of Sophocles Greek tragedy Antigone, uses an all-female cast.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, January 13, 2020
As an insight into a member of society failed by systemic stupidity and social illiteracy, Athena Stevens’ new play Scrounger is particularly relevant.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, December 2, 2019
Still, if you don’t mind the preachiness or the admonishment, The Wind of Heaven boasts a suitably earnest cast and fine staging.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, November 15, 2019
What makes Crisis What Crisis special is the strong storyline and convincing performances in combination with game play.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, November 13, 2019
Adapting 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, November 11, 2019
With a few modern updates, this new interpretation of the Cinderella story in Soho Cinders boasts several top notch musical theatre ballads.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, November 8, 2019
Chemistry is an at times unsettling, but always compelling evening. It humanises the stigmatised and touches the soul using a wonderdrug – intimate performance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, November 1, 2019
Lorna 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMSaturday, October 26, 2019
Presenting a revival of Ben Elton’s early 90s environmental farce Gasping in The Space, located just minutes from Canary Wharf, is appropriate.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, October 25, 2019
Wunderkind 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, October 24, 2019
After a run at the Southwark Playhouse, Afterglow, S. Asher Gelman’s story of polyamory in modern American, returns with a new cast.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM 
