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Oor Wullie, the touring musical from Selladoor, Dundee Rep and DC Thomson has moments of comic brilliance.
The Importance of Being Earnest is a laugh out loud witty performance cleverly directed by Bryan Hodgson.
Musician and poet Genevieve Carter and her band The Unsung shine a light on the challenges faced by women in the music industry with their new genre-busting show A Beautiful Way to Be Crazy.…
Maxine Peake stars in Lucy Kirkwood's new play The Welkin at the National Theatre. But what have critics had to say about it?
When is a forest not a forest? When it's a mind. Check out the new trailer for Ana Luiza Ulsig's tale of internal struggle The Journey of a Warlike Mind, then book to see the show running at…
While I can fully imagine Persona working on film " indeed it seems to be generally hailed as a masterpiece " on stage I fear it fares less well.
A fine revival of Lucy Prebble's first play The Sugar Syndrome features a strong debut performance from Jessica Rhodes at the Orange Tree Theatre.
The pace of the cast members' dialogue and interaction with each other is almost always spot on in Blithe Spirit.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Cherie - My Struggle, a one-woman play about Cherie Blair written by Spectator parliamentary sketch writer Lloyd Evans, returns to London's White Bear Theatre in February. Evans told us why …
Costumes play a key role in the success of Mischief Theatre and their latest hit comedy Magic Goes Wrong - so they always call on the designer they trust most. Costume designer Roberto Surac…
Amantha Edmead is a marvel to watch in Sold, a piece that embraces it all, packing this story of family separation, numerous masters & a quest for freedom into an hour.
Angels, premiering at VAULT Festival from 19 to 23 February 2020, will change your perceptions of women who turn to stripping for income. Former dancer Diane Herbert told us how her own expe…
Insofar as it is humanly possible for any one person to know everything that is happening at the VAULT Festival this year, I present a handful of my recommendations for 2020.
Beautifully evoking the late 1950s, there are lots of interesting ingredients in Cops and the successful laugh out loud moments are satisfying.
In opening-up the female experience of the era in Faustus: That Damned Woman, Chris Bush reinforces the decision to switch the gender of the central character.
Huawei? Trump? Brexit? Are you worried about strains being put on the so-called "special relationship" between the UK and the US? Whatever your thoughts, Hassan Abdulrazzak's new play The Sp…
It's still January - just - and Mates founder Terri Paddock has some new year advice for theatre bloggers, pulled together with input from several other Mates. Originally written for and pub…
With racial tensions high, Mob rule rife and the corruption inside the police force ever-present, we embark on what appears to be the downfall of a section of the Mob.
Russian State Ballet of Siberia's Coppélia is an enchanting family-friendly ballet that is joyous and witty from start to end.
The award-winning Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit Baby Reindeer follows a sold-out season at the Bush last year by transferring to the West End's Ambassadors Theatre from 2 April 2020 (press n…
"Amazing", "thought-provoking", "breathtaking" and "powerful" - just some of the words used by audiences at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival to describe Sold. Take a look at their respo…
Cormac McCarthy isn't known for cheery topics as anyone who has sat through (or read) The Road will testify and his play The Sunset Limited is no exception.
More than 50 years after they were founded in a Soho basement, the UK's longest-running alternative theatre company, People Show, bring their latest devised piece to London. What can you exp…
Female friendship is such a fickle, flighty thing so difficult to get right, and Miriam Battye nails both its positives and negatives in Scenes With Girls.
