"Have you ever been dumped?" Rosie Wilby asks the room of anonymous faces, coaxing us to open up before delving into her own five year relationship and subsequent breakup with an ex-girlfrie…
Win a pair of tickets to Last of the Boys at Southwark Playhouse …Plus a poster signed by the company 11 May – 4 June 2016 | Written by Steven Dietz | Directed By John …
A play with real potential, Distortion could benefit from being a longer production. Being able to make its points in only 30-40 minutes is impressive, but doesn't leave enough time to satis…
As a children's story known and loved by many, The Little Prince at Arcola Theatre opens up and reimagines our childhood memories of this cherished tale. Arcola's Queer Collective reinvents …
Is the nine to five routine a mistake that's gone on so long it's now too embarrassing to fix? Lucy is an office manager at an asset management firm, by title that is. However she's not prep…
Tucked away in the heart of Camden, the Pleasance Theatre is a wonderful gem to uncover, especially at this time of year. As a variety show, Pint Sized's run only consists of one night, mean…
The Marked weaves fantasy and fairy-tale into a story set on the streets of modern day London. Jack (Samuel Fogell) is a prince-cum-man who has grown up in the grasps of a damaged queen, his…
Batting crumpets and punchy satire at their audience, fiery feminist duo Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit " aka Sh!t Theatre " bring their boot-stompingly fun show Women's Hour to the B…
Threesome combats the intense controversy of partaking in, you guessed it, a threesome. The Laboratory Company and new writer Jamie Patterson have created a swift comedy in which couple, …
The diversity, or rather inclusivity, debate has been a hot topic in the media and journalistic realm. This year has seen the #OscarSoWhite conversation rise to prominence for the lack of BA…
A young playwright wants her upcoming Dublin theatre production to offer an alternative perspective to young girls regarding the "perfect princess only being straight". 22-year-old Leigh Dou…
First of all, it is important to note that the choice of this text and all its demands represent a challenge that is bigger than what this group of actors can aim to accomplish. Producing th…
Wired Theatre's Dancing in the Dark takes us behind closed doors to tell a story of a dysfunctional, middle-class family consisting of a mother and her three grown-up children. Set in Bright…
I have an awkward confession to make: I'm not really a musical person. There, I've said it. I don't know how it happened or when. I've always been impressed with the three-pronged talents of…
In a world where a 27 year old unmarried woman is cause for concern, Anne Elliott (Rose McPhilemy) has no romantic prospects on the horizon. Eight years earlier Anne was persuaded to break o…
I defy anyone to enter Shakespeare's Globe and not experience a sense of wonder, tradition and dramatic energy. As I sit down on my wooden bench in the middle gallery and gaze around the cir…
Ask someone to name a JB Priestley play, and they’ll instantly say An Inspector Calls, probably because they studied it at GCSE. Ask them to name another and they probably won’t …
Frontier Productions is a recently founded theatre company with a unique mission statement. It aims to open doors for actors in their sixties and seventies, and provide creative theatre role…
If the name doesn’t give it away, Into The Hoods: Remixed is based on Sondheim’s musical Into The Woods. Many people know the plot of the original show from the 2014 film, so her…
For those who are unaware, Iphigenia in Aulis is a Greek tragedy by Euripides concerning the sacrifice of the princess Iphigenia by her father King Agamemnon (spoiler alert: of Troy-conqueri…
A bare bum is on stage in less than ten seconds into Matthew Compling's play, Abominations. Not an inappropriate start for an edgy-sounding production that whisks up dark comedy, Christian h…
I hope you're ready for audience participation, because Follow the Faun is not just a show that only occasionally asks for your interaction, but is an experience that has you dancing, clawin…
In a school playground, it isn't always instantly obvious if children come from a variety of different backgrounds. Social class, cultural heritage, family situations are (in theory) all lef…
In 2014, a video uploaded on Youtube, secretly filmed from a rucksack, showed clips of a woman in jeans and a crew-neck walking the streets of New York City for ten hours straight. In it, th…
Breakin' Convention returns for the thirteenth year to Sadler’s Wells Theatre for a three-day festival of all things hip hop. This year, it is hosted by the founder of Breakin' Conv…