23 stories by "Andy Smith"
After a very successful Edinburgh Fringe run in 2015, This Will End Badly has come to Southwark Playhouse to assault, inspire and haunt audiences. This is a machine-gun of a show, with more …
Comedy comes in many, many forms. From sitcoms to stand-up, there is always someone on the circuit trying something new to amuse the punters. However, using the traditional art forms of mime…
The complex and endlessly interesting mindset of a killer can often be seen as fertile ground for creating dramatic work, and here Big Mouth Theatre Company take a run at doing just that. Us…
It's been 12 years since the the beginning of the invasion of Iraq by US and British forces, but it is still a topic that creates political debate and divide. So in this new production, Horo…
Kindness is a concept that does, in everyday life, seem to evade many people. That person who pushes in front of you to get on the train; the guy who doesn't apologise for stepping on your f…
Cashing in on the excitement and glamour of the flappers and moderns of 1920s New York, Thoroughly Modern Millie is an entertaining romp through the prohibition-shadowed streets of NY. The s…
Feminism and beauty are topics that are often tackled by fringe theatre, with varying results. The Feral Foxy Ladies, however, have succeeded in creating an exciting, moving and brilliant pi…
Currently celebrating 20 years since it's first off-Broadway outing, Songs For a New World is one of Jason Robert Brown's finest works. His eclectic and dynamic approach to composition has m…
The still young Duelling Productions return to Camden with their hard-hitting and affecting production of Jane Bodie's A Single Act, proving that this company of performers has talent to kee…
With years of experience and an incredible talent providing the foundation to its shows, it is no surprise that The Showstoppers never ceases to prove itself as being at the forefront of …
Hailing from Bristol, FellSwoop is one theatre company whose fringe and touring theatre shows turn heads every year, and their ever-growing reputation is incredibly well-deserved. Their m…
Fourth Monkey Ensemble is known for its unique and heavily physical, visceral approach to theatre making. All of these elements bleed through this production of Elephant Man in a new adap…
In their attempt to create a higher form of theatre, Soundboxed Collective have mashed together an intense and interesting hour-and-a-half of sound, movement, dance, drinking and rave to bri…
From the puppetry genii who brought the fringe circuit hit Boris and Sergey to stages across the country, Tatterdemalion is a gloriously silly hour of physical comedy and beautiful imagery f…
The world of reality TV is one which is often satirised and picked apart by artists and performers as an exploration of modern intrigue in the personal lives of others. In this new work, fro…
Have you ever had to call HM Revenue & Customs to query a tax form? If you have, then you'll know the struggle faced by our protagonist Ben in this deftly touching comedy written by Jame…
Get nine strangers in a van to reveal their innermost thoughts and ideas to each other, and you've managed to make a rare and tangible connection which is seldom seen in our modern work-stre…
Alan Ayckbourn, considered a classic notable of English playwriting, has seen a number of revivals throughout the last decade from the Fringe to the National Theatre. However, this particula…
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world, serving up a plethora of entertainment in the form of theatre, comedy, dance and everything in between. One of the mo…
The lights go out and the unfamiliar Danish tones of our narrator for the evening, Claus Reiss, welcome the audience with the words “So. Here we are. Together in the dark. About to wat…
It is a bold and brave move from the off-West End company Morphic Graffiti to stage such a huge show in such an intimate setting "a move that is incredibly exciting to see unfolding magic…
“…after all our subtle colour and nervous rhythm, after the faint mixed tints of Conder, what more is possible? After us the Savage God.” (from Autobiographies by W. B Yeat…
(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). A performer walks into a thea…
