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 11:00AMMohand 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 08:00AMThe 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 09:00AMDavid 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 11:00AMIn 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 11:00AMEveryone 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 11:00AMThe 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 09:00AMPolka 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 10:00AMScoot 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 09:00AMThis 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 11:00AMThere 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 11:00AMIris 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 06:00AMWith 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 09:00AMAfter 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 11:00AMJust 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 06:00AMAn 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 09:00AMPacked with new jokes and songs, Cinderella Live brings an immersive and interactive home experience through a live-stream performance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWith 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 11:00AMThe 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 09:00AMAfter 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 11:00AMPolka 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 06:00AMThe 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 11:00AMThe 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 11:00AMNothing 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 06:00AMWith 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 10:00AMGuildford 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 10:00AMImagine 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 10:00AMIt’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 05:00AMThe 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 05:00AMIn this article, we’ll be rounding up everything that’s available for families to live-stream to their living room.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMLazarus 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.
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