835 stories by "Paul Vale"
Leicester Square Lounge, London: Despite calling this show The Music Hall Menagerie, creator and director Stuart Saint has produced more of a hybrid entertainment for his summer season at th…
Finborough, London: The events leading up to the Great War are given an epic treatment in this new play by German author Rolf Hochhuth, receiving its world premiere in English as part of the…
Tabard, London: Writing team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul may be fairly unknown in the UK but their work is gaining popularity and acclaim. The Southwark Playhouse is about to launch their mus…
Donmar Warehouse, London: Until the award-winning My Night With Reg premiered at the Royal Court in 1994, the most prominent plays on the theme of AIDS had been imported from America. Kevin …
St Paul's Church, London: After the warm response to Alice in Wonderland last year, it makes sense that Iris Theatre should tackle the arguably lesser known novel, Alice Through the Looking …
Morden Hall Park, Surrey: An accordion and flute whisper through the warm summer air to announce the opening of this adaptation of Lewis Carroll's eccentric children's story. Estab…
Tristan Bates Theatre, London: It is an extremely playful start to this MA in professional acting graduate showcase, with the company bursting into a lively rendition of Al Green's Take…
Trafalgar Studio 2, London: Based on the novel by Sherley Anne Williams, Dessa Rose tells the story of two women from very different backgrounds, who are thrust together in an act of collabo…
The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park: Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland provides a wealth of entertaining, unusual characters and situations to equal any Christmas pantomime, and the…
Watermill, Newbury: With a successful history of actor/musician productions, including Sunset Boulevard and last year's Witches of Eastwick, the Watermill is stepping back in time to pr…
Oriental Club, London: The original Lord Chamberlain's Men founded in 1594 was one of the two leading acting company of the era, featuring performances in secondary roles by Shakespeare…
Jermyn Street Theatre, London: With a series of successful plays already behind him, William Inge's Natural Affection only ran for 36 performances on Broadway in 1963, apparently the vi…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London: The Park Theatre in north London must be pleased with itself boasting its first transfer to the West End. Daytona originally premiered at the venue last year…
The Hope Theatre, London: The horror of the 1989 Montreal massacre, in which Marc Lepine gunned down 14 women at the city's university before turning the gun on himself, is explored in …
St Paul's Church, London: This climax to the War of the Roses may make a monster out of Richard but accuracy was never the strong point of Shakespeare's history plays. A bold and bloody…
Finborough, London: Receiving its European premiere after a run Off-Off Broadway, Hostage Song is structured around the kidnapping of two American citizens by indeterminate foreign terrorist…
Above The Stag, London: It's been five years since the team at Above The Stag opened their original production of Bathhouse! - The Musical and much has changed for them since. Not least…
London Wonderground, London: Shifting temporarily from its regular home at the Cafe Royal, the Spiegeltent at the London Wonderground seems like a home-from-home for the short and sharp Blac…
Jermyn Street Theatre, London: In keeping with Jermyn Street's policy of mounting rarely performed plays while championing new writing, producer Clive Chenery and artistic director Anth…
Above The Stag, London: Based on the controversial 1960s novel by Angus Stewart, Sandel tells the fictional story of Oxford undergraduate David Rogers' affair with Anthony Sandel, a 14-…
Crazy Coqs/St James Studio/Jermyn Street/Crazy Coqs/Hippodrome/St James Studio/Ambassadors/St James Studio: The fledgling <a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/production/2014/01/l…
Theatre Royal Stratford East, London: Originally staged by Joan Littlewood's legendary Theatre Workshop in 1959, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be, with a book by ex-con Frank No…
Tristan Bates Theatre, London: Arguably the smallest graduate showcase of the season, the tiny Exeter school has a reputation for both individualism and hands-on training, with students perf…
Tabard, London: Set in the horticultural department of a British university, research into the genetic modification of crops is actually a cover for continuing an ancient race to breed a pur…
Drayton Arms, London: This new play, which is based on actual events, explores the relationship between two servicemen who discover love for each other during a final tour of duty in Afghani…