Uncertainty in timetabling is likely to be with us for quite a while. However, I'm keeping my hopes alive that some of the most anticipated plays of the spring and summer season will still g…
Original Theatre's touring production of The Habit of Art was one I missed in 2018. It was due to return this year, but circumstances being as they are, here is a streamed version available …
Last week was Shakespeare's birthday, so The Show Must Go Online went all out with their latest production, holding a Titus Andronicus party in the Bard's honour.
Filming has begun on new productions of Alan Bennett's critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning Talking Heads monologues, to be broadcast on BBC One with an all-star cast.
Les Misérables " The Staged Concert is released on digital download, along with a bonus featurette which is highly amusing.
Charlie (a director) and Jeff (actor and writer) married last spring. Charlie is a workaholic and has spent the last year wishing she could be home more, enjoying married life. Well, her wis…
The lockdown streaming schedule for free-to-view YouTube Channel The Shows Must Go On, continues this Friday with a broadcast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's star-studded 50th birthday concert held…
I couldn't think of a play more apt to raise awareness of the health crisis we now find ourselves in. Tiger Country is a blunt and beautiful portrayal of the real lives in an NHS hospital.
It feels slightly odd that my final show before the curtains came down wasn't a play or musical " instead, it was a dance show.
I hope no one minds these more chatty style posts, but with all that's going on, I wanted to switch it up a little bit and bring some more relaxed posts about how we can keep ourselves sane,…
Making a dramatic property based on a book into a musical can sometimes be hit and miss, whatever the quality of the source material or the best intention of the adaptor.
Online theatre is a great way to see shows, especially in these hard times, and especially for those who cannot afford or are able to watch them live because they live further away from Lond…
Waiting For The Ship To Sail is a worthwhile reminder that while our minds and our media may currently be focused on one crisis, that doesn't mean other, equally urgent, issues have gone awa…
As the weeks of lockdown continue, with theatres up and down the country and around the world closed for the foreseeable future, I caught up with another artistic director, Anthony Biggs of …
'We' the audience help with sound effects or stand-in for mysterious creatures or provide props but if you don't want to get involved it is easy to 'sit out' and just watch. The interaction …
Nicole Raquel Dennis will play the role of Effie White in the first-ever UK tour of Dreamgirls. Dependent on government guidelines around coronavirus, the production is launch from Bristol H…
Due to current government guidelines resulting in a delay to the production, the producers of Sister Act announced today that performances in London and on tour have now been rescheduled.
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most frequently performed plays, and it is a story filled with death, danger and prophesy.
We chatted to the actor about his project The Show Must Go Online, which weekly presents a Shakespeare play for online audiences.
West end star @Florry_Andrews shares lessons learnt from the audition room, and how we can all start to conquer our fear of failure, and step into our spotlight
After the popularity of its lockdown streamings of One Man, Two Guvnors, Jane Eyre, Treasure Island and tonight's Twelfth Night to coincide with Shakespeare's Birthday (23 April 2020), the N…
Judge Cyril Radcliffe has been ordered by the British government to go and map out the territories dividing up India as the empire begins to close down. A somewhat daunting prospect for some…
When DryWrite co-Artistic Director Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote Fleabag back in 2013, it needed to be crowdfunded in order for it to be premiered at that year's Edinburgh Festival.
When I want to scream, I go to see live sport. I can shout, scream and roar in support of my teams and vent any emotions that way. When I want to laugh, or smile (or cry), I have always turn…
Emma Rice's version of Angela Carter's last novel is a beautifully bizarre celebration of alternative families.