An Oldham theatre education programme has been awarded over £17,000 to help boost the performing arts in the town. The Oldham Coliseum Theatres Education Partnership Scheme (OCTEPS) has b…
Forget everything you know about what a performance ‘should’ look like, or sound like, or even feel like. Leave your preconceptions about music theatre at the door. Because you a…
Where are the artists with learning disabilities in the debate about diversity? What does work by young people with learning disabilities have to teach the artistic mainstream? With a showca…
PENTHEUS. What benefits do these rituals bring to the sacrificers? DIONYSUS. It is not right for you to hear, but it is worth knowing. It began with Anya Gleizer (visual artist) and Matthieu…
Gabriel Bisset-Smith Tells The Most Original And Funny Joke In The Universe! is a fireball of a spectacle carrying the raw energy of the original entrance throughout. This solo show is perfo…
A dishevelled set; a plethora of chairs; an assortment of knick-knacks " Andrea Carr's set certainly creates a dystopian impression. In this underwater submarine live an old couple (Tim Gebb…
In twenty years the relationship between Katherine (Athena Stevens) and Harrison (Tim Beckmann) is planned, realised and eventually demolished. Not unlike the buildings that Harrison has alw…
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While Alistair McDowall's X furiously inspects what becomes of humanity when all one has ever known disappears at the Royal Court, Nick Payne dissects the interplay of identity and memory wi…
With the 400th anniversary commemorations of Shakespeare's death in full swing, it is hardly surprising that there are a number of productions coming up that have the Bard at its core. Tony …
Show Boat was not the first musical ever made, but it was definitely the first to introduce the form and structure of what we now know as the musical. Based on Edna Ferber’s hit novel,…
If you're under five, this is your show. If you've by far reached your pre-prime, then you can rejoice at how simple life once was with The Polar Bears Go Up. Following last year's success T…
Blind Man's Song, currently playing at the Pleasance Theatre, uses music and movement to explore the themes of love, memory and connection. While certainly these are fertile grounds for expl…
Sometimes in theatre, you just want a feel-good show that can lift your spirits. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's classic musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been doin…
Lessing's Emilia Galotti is a prime example of ‘bürgerliches trauerspiel’ apparently, an eighteenth century dramatic movement that was popular in England " where it became kn…
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"Wasn't expecting that." That is what Lizi Patch answered when asked "What words will the audience use to describe your show?" And it is true. Punching the Sky is totally unexpected. It tell…
Gilbert and Sullivan's light operas have such an enduring appeal that they have been produced in many different ways throughout the years. From modern day adaptations to school productions, …
Peeling wallpaper and brown bottles, along with an assortment of knick-knacks and many coats, give a distinctly grubby feel to the living room set. It somehow seems to extend its reach aroun…
Incoming Festival have announced their 2016 programme. The London-based festival for emerging theatre companies, presented by A Younger Theatre (AYT) and New Diorama Theatre, will take place…
Latitude Festival have announced their dance line-up, on International Dance Day. The Suffolk festival have added big names including Sadler’s Wells and Hofesh Shechter to perform at H…
This is a really lovely show. The Box of Photographs is a play that explores the imagination of a young girl growing up in inner city London. The play itself is part of a project that Polka …
I'm very excited to say that York Theatre Royal has finally opened its doors after a yearlong refurbishment. The main house's seating has been re-designed and the café and foyer are newly d…
Tabard Theatre is a very cosy, beautiful venue, the perfect size for this play. When you enter the room the set is already promising something simple. You can clearly notice two different en…
You may well have heard of, or seen, a production of Shit-faced Shakespeare before. Well, it's back in time for Shakespeare 400 celebrations, and this time in the form of Magnificent Bastard…