221 stories by "Liz Dyer"
Marking the centenary of the Armistice that brought World War I to an end, Proud Haddock's excellent revival of Billy Bishop Goes to War is a fitting tribute to all those who risked " and in…
Powerful, polished and utterly absorbing, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu’s Sweet Like Chocolate Boy explores the changing face of Black British identity and protest over the last three decades, …
Scary Little Girls' two-hander "literary cabaret" The Full Brontë is a joyously chaotic homage to the famous writing family, which features song, dance, storytelling, Kate Bush, Black Lac…
An enjoyable romantic comedy, Baby makes for an entertaining evening, in the company of a polished and talented cast.
In Maddie Rice's one-woman play Pickle Jar, Miss is a young English teacher struggling to find her footing both in and out of the classroom
Miriam Gould and Judita Vivas, also known as Double Trouble, tackle the theme of displacement as the creators and performers of Adventures in Black & White.
Following a warm reception in Edinburgh, Chalk Line Theatres brings their show Testament to The Hope Theatre for a limited run, and one thing is instantly clear: this is not a company who be…
Not quite a musical, but somewhat more than a concert, song cycle The Distance You Have Come brings together some of the greatest hits from Scott Alan's star-spangled songwriting career, per…
Written by Lilac Yosiphon, who also directs along with Mike Cole and Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster, Jericho's Rose is a moving and intriguing exploration of the true meaning of "home", seen t…
Murder, She Didn't Write from Bristol-based improv company Degrees of Error is, by its very nature, different every time. It's also extremely silly, slightly nonsensical and very, very funny.
Natural history comes alive in spectacular fashion in The Wider Earth " and appropriately enough, it does so in a custom-built theatre at London's Natural History Museum.
For fans who want to see the beloved film Dirty Dancing re-created faithfully on the stage, this is certainly the right performance to come and watch.
With this production of Jekyll & Hyde, Chickenshed proves once again that it knows how to entertain audiences with a good story. But the show also asks us to consider some pertinent and…
The cast of five does a decent enough job with the material in People Like Us, but there's no hiding the fact that this is essentially one big, self-congratulatory dig at the Remain camp and…
There's a lot we can learn from her " so to celebrate the show's (almost) eighth birthday, here are eight ways we can all #BeMoreMatilda…
In La Tragédie de Carmen, Peter Brook, in collaboration with composer Marius Constant and writer Jean-Claude Carrière, condenses Bizet's four-act original " and all its greatest hits " int…
A sensitive portrayal of devastating real events, Lifeboat is undoubtedly another triumph for the Brockley Jack team. Go and see it while you can.
There's plenty of humour in the one-woman show Hear Me Howl which is beautifully performed at the Old Red Lion Theatre with energy and unflinching conviction by Alice Pitt-Carter.
Arabian Nights is highly recommended for an evening of high-quality escapism and entertainment, presented by a talented and incredibly hard-working cast " with a little help from some seriou…
Federico GarcÃa Lorca's rural tragedy Blood Wedding gets a distinctly urban makeover in George Richmond-Scott's powerful new adaptation.
And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank doesn't allow us to shrug it off so easily, though " in no small part because the production was personally requested by Holoca…
Written by and starring Hatty Jones, That Girl is the story of a young woman who still hasn't quite figured out who she is or where her life is going.
Hamilton (Lewis) by Fiona English and David Eaton, freshly returned from Edinburgh to the King's Head, tells the somewhat less epic story of " you guessed it, British Formula 1 star Lewis Ha…
Long before the Inbetweeners movie was even thought of, there was Summer Holiday, the classic 1963 film in which Cliff Richard and The Shadows enjoyed a far more innocent " but apparently ju…
Set in the 90s, Kevin Mandry's Eros takes us back to the early days of the internet, and into the studio of Ross Black (Stephen Riddle).