265 stories by "John Chapman"
A rom com with a dark edge makes for good Valentine's Day entertainment
The legacy of Britain's involvement in the slave trade is fascinatingly examined in the audio version of The Whip from the RSC.
As I settled to watch Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing yesterday, I wondered whether it might also fall into the category of an historical artefact that had had its day; as it was, I was pl…
Though the story of 6 Degrees Below The Horizon seems simple there's a whole wealth of meaning bubbling away under the surface and it's the sort of piece where different people will find var…
You know you've been in lockdown for far too long when you reattend a show you've already seen and they have had time to restructure the original into a new improved version. That's what's h…
Following a critically acclaimed run at Southwark Playhouse, a transfer to the West End's Trafalgar Studios was in progress when lockdown intervened. Shook has now emerged in a filmed versio…
Three of London's most prolific children's theatres make the OnComm Award finalist's list.
Short and sweet but with a sharp edge the playlets featured in Telling Tales help spread 'a little bit of magic'.
The past and the present are brought together in Flight Paths, a piece which can, at first, seem disjointed but ultimately reveals its intricate design and some clever paralleling.
Snowflake: A Visual EP and Truth To Power Café, two finalists for the OnComm Innovation category, couldn't be more different.
Choose your own programme with some mini delights in and around the Theatre Royal Stratford East building thanks to Press Play Here.
Donna Kay Yarborough and Ted McGrath are to be applauded for putting their monologues Rosegold and Good Enough about coming through the rigours of addiction online.
Two short plays about a difficult subject, Bloom Theatre's Avalanche and Glass Half Full's Walk Of Shame.
OnComm nominated production Cupid's Corner features a young, committed ensemble cast which demonstrates potential.
Public Domain is a verbatim musical winner which lifts the lid on life online and joins an august group of productions streamed from Southwark Playhouse. Strongly recommended.
Michael Mears' committed and well thought out piece This Evil Thing about a tricky subject is dealt with empathetically and entertainingly.
A second online season from TheSpace has an eclectic range " even if what I saw was all comedy.
There is something essentially life affirming about the whole idea of Letters Live and these documents will prove an invaluable way of connecting with others as the dark times close over us …
Prominent among other commemorative David Bowie events is a three-day streaming of Lazarus, the theatre piece that he was working on towards the end of his life and which was ultimately prod…
Quirky in the extreme but great fun, Theater In Quarantine takes limited space performance to a new level in The Neighbor and The 7th Voyage Of Egon Tichy.
Sabrina Mahfouz's play A History Of Water In The Middle East highlights an ages old and still ongoing tale of colonialism and gives an entirely new slant to this exploration of "landscape, l…
Watching the powerful set of monologues Until The Flood brings back powerful memories of the shared experience which we can only hope will return soon.
Powerful set of monologues stirs re…
The Finborough is to be congratulated for delving back and finding thought-provoking piece S-27 to release and extend its winning run of past triumphs.
I've selected 20 of the things that inspired, moved, amused and delighted, which have pushed the boundaries of what it possible and continued to fly the flag for theatre in the UK.
It is the modern parallels which gives The Haunting Of Alice Bowles its depth and resonance and Philip Franks and the Original Theatre Company are to be congratulated for the equivalences wh…
