Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Aimed at ages three to eight, The Emperor’s New Clothes at the Polka Theatre is a fun show with a moral message that remains as relevant today as it ever was.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, March 26, 2022
Mohand and Peter are good friends with a lot in common. For one thing, they’re both actors pursuing their profession far from home.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, February 25, 2022
The teenage years are the hardest to navigate. Everything’s changing. You don’t know what you’re doing and everyone around you is a walking cocktail of hormones.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, December 22, 2021
David Walliams’ style of humour also tends towards the gross side. But in between all the fart jokes is a story with real heart that will resonate with adults and children alike.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, December 14, 2021
In Theatre Peckham's rewriting of Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz, the action takes place much closer to home than Kansas, and there’s no Dorothy or Auntie Em in sight.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, December 7, 2021
Everyone has a list of favourite childhood films and, as you might expect from a family of musical theatre lovers, Disney films feature heavily on ours.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, November 15, 2021
The game is afoot. Or, perhaps more accurately, apaw. The Hound of the Baskervilles is bounding across the country, pursued by Sherlock Holmes and chums.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, October 23, 2021
Polka Theatre has finally reopened its doors after two and a half years, following major refurbishment works which coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, September 2, 2021
Scoot Theatre is out touring cricket grounds (plus a few other places) again this summer with two condensed, family-friendly Shakespeare shows. Alongside the return of A Midsummer Night’s …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, August 31, 2021
This was our second trip to Greenwich Theatre in a week as we returned to watch The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. The production was originally scheduled to run last Christmas but was unfortun…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, August 14, 2021
There are some very nice ideas in Polka Theatre’s Maanika and the Wolf which make it far from an ordinary telling of Little Red Riding Hood.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, August 8, 2021
Iris Theatre’s Arthur/Merlin is an interesting take on the tale, which fuses together the classic and contemporary and includes plenty of comedy to offset some of the darker moments.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, July 22, 2021
With the summer holidays just around the corner, the stage adaptation of the Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ picture book What the Ladybird Heard has just flown into the West End for a su…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, May 27, 2021
After five long months, theatre buildings are finally back in business for in-person performances, meaning our calendar and credit card statement(!) are starting to look […]
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, May 16, 2021
Just like Michael Foreman’s classic book Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish, this makes for a piece of work with enduring appeal, rather than a stop-gap solution to not being able to go to the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, April 10, 2021
An Elephant in the Garden is a poignant production that will unite and delight generations of families as they are drawn into Lizzie’s tale of triumph over adversity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, April 4, 2021
Packed with new jokes and songs, Cinderella Live brings an immersive and interactive home experience through a live-stream performance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, March 6, 2021
With the gimmicks stripped away, what’s left in Creation Theatre’s Grimm Tales for Fragile Times & Broken People is a masterclass in storytelling which, while not exactly heartwarmin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, February 25, 2021
The Secret Society of Leading Ladies is the brainchild of Ryan Carter and puts the viewer in control of a concert which sees five selected leading ladies brought together (digitally) under m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, February 15, 2021
After a gruelling half term of home learning, families across the country are gearing up for another half term holiday with nowhere to go. But staying at home doesn’t have to mean having n…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, December 21, 2020
Polka Theatre’s A Christmas Carol is a brilliant take on a traditional tale which feels more relevant than ever this year.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, December 6, 2020
The Legend of Moby Dick Whittington is a fun, festive frolic for the whole family. So grab yourself a mince pie and kick off panto season in true 2020 style from the comfort of your sofa.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, November 15, 2020
The founders of Roustabout Theatre privilege have turned the challenges of 2020 into creative ideas and continue to find joy in sharing their stories and laughter with people of all ages.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, October 19, 2020
Nothing can replicate the feeling of live and interactive like a production that is indeed live and interactive. Or so we thought until we watched Play-Along Plink & Boo.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, July 30, 2020
With Up, Up, Up and Away, Super Stories With City Actors have put together a fun family adventure that successfully replicates the joy of live children’s theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, July 3, 2020
Guildford Shakespeare Company first performed their adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic in 2015. After a successful series of Zoom murder mystery evenings, they decided to recreate the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, June 24, 2020
Imagine a world where social contact is limited by a raft of regulations. A world where everyone communicates via computer instead of face to face.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, May 4, 2020
It’s a brilliant piece of theatre which will no doubt capture the imagination of anyone interested in space, and is one of those shows which genuinely works as well (if not better) for the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, April 8, 2020
The Polar Bears Go Up sees the Polar Bears off on an adventure to rescue a balloon, utilising multiple inventive methods of transport to climb higher and higher until, eventually, they end u…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThursday, April 2, 2020
In this article, we’ll be rounding up everything that’s available for families to live-stream to their living room.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, March 4, 2020
Lazarus Theatre Company’s production of Macbeth effectively mixes the old and the new, adding to this sense that Macbeth is a cautionary tale for every era.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM 
