265 stories by "John Chapman"
Potted Panto is a quick and jolly canter through Pantoland hosted by a couple of energetic and resourceful performers.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland is being freestreamed by Chickenshed, the north London youth-oriented community theatre, and is the latest in a long line of releases from them this year.
The latest account of the Dickens perennial favourite A Christmas Carol comes courtesy of the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield.
The Old House is a melancholy and emotionally charged play which examines a difficult subject from a new perspective.
The Charles Court Opera team, working at the King's Head Theatre in Islington, presents Snow White In The Seven Months Of Lockdown.
Northern Comedy Theatre's Doing The Pub Quiz examines what was practically a national obsession during the first lockdown " the phenomenon of the Zoom based quiz.
Following news that the National Theatre has launched its much anticipated streaming service National Theatre At Home, John Chapman goes back to 2009 and NT Live's very first live streamed p…
It is sometimes possible to get a better perspective on a play through experiencing it as a piece of audio drama rather than seeing it live on stage and I found this to be the case with Haun…
Red beautifully demonstrates the central thesis that sons must challenge fathers, the old must give way to the new and art and theatre must constantly evolve and change in order to survive "…
Death Of England: Delroy is by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams and is a response to their own earlier play, simply called Death Of England which played at the National Theatre before Covid hoved…
The character of Baron Munchausen has a long and illustrious history (he first appeared in 1785) but is probably best known in this country via Terry Gilliam's 1988 film. Some of the spirit …
Dante Or Die's User Not Found is a stimulating and thoughtful piece which pushes the boundaries of what theatre is and can be.
If you're missing socialising but want something a bit more structured than a straightforward video call, then you will find immersive adventure game Agent Venture a real tonic.
One play I have seen consistently recommended over the last couple of years is Emilia which premiered at The Globe in 2018 and transferred to the West End last year and was awarded three Oli…
What really strikes home in The Beast Will Rise series is the sheer range of scenarios which Philip Ridley conjures, all " in one way or another " providing responses to the pandemic, lockdo…
Having had a day to recover (!), I headed back for the second tranche of Frighteners from the Spontaneous Productions Theatre Company, highlighted as part of Scenesaver's Fright Night progra…
While University Of Wonder And Imagination is fun it is also educational and provides a stimulating introduction to a number of topics which can be explored further.
Continuity is just one of the online plays available from the Finborough Theatre's repertoire. It is not an easy watch but has many important points to make about political and personal beli…
The microplays in the Digital Caravan Theatre Series 2 are full of a richness born out of careful time management giving them a leanness which is sometimes lacking in longer works.
The whole creative and production team involved in Original Theatre Company's Apollo 13: The Dark Side Of the Moon can be rightly proud of a superb job which really pushes at the frontiers o…
Finborough Theatre's latest online offering is Adding Machine: A Musical, based on the American expressionist classic of the 1920s by Elmer Rice.
Although a rather more muted celebration than originally planned, The New Tomorrow is a powerful acknowledgment of the theatre's ongoing mission to be a real centre for the community.
Back in April, part of Theatre Royal Stratford East's response to the pandemic was to create a new type of project. They put out a call to key workers in the local community to share their s…
Northern Comedy Theatre has once again brightened up the online drama landscape with Doing The Book Club, the latest in David Spicer's Doing… series.
Edmund Dehn is great in Death of a Hunter as Ernest Hemingway, the role of a 20th century icon who lived and died explosively.
