This all-singing all-dancing extravaganza of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a true credit to the timeless classic. The story is fun, it's funny, it's cheeky and it's performed beautifully.
In our continuing series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out some of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (to 13 October 2019), ranging from Aleks Sierz's thought…
Seeing a group of trans and non-binary people claim space like this in We Dig at Ovalhouse and openly share and reflect on the lives of trans people past and present is beautiful and importa…
Mites at the Tristan Bates Theatre is an extremely well acted, funny piece, that get's you thinking. A must see.
The Good Scout achieves the impossible - finding an original, untold story from World War Two. In the 1930s, boys from the Nazi Hitlerjugend visit British Rover Scouts for a cycling holiday …
Groan Ups has hamster substitutions, unexpected subtler laughs and a moment of real pathos before it swizzles into something more poignant.
Glenn Chandler focuses on events that haven't been spoken about for many years in The Good Scout and in the process a charismatic cast reveals an extremely interesting twist in history.
David Walliams' book Billionaire Boy transfers well to the stage and with this talented cast it makes it a very watchable and enjoyable night out.
Sasha Regan's revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is one of the finest musical theatre productions in town.
Director Sean Foley had a huge success with The Ladykillers, turning the gentle fifties Ealing comedy into a smart farce. You can't blame him for taking a second bite at the same cherry. Unf…
Sheffield Theatres' acclaimed production of Life of Pi, directed by Max Webster, will transfer to London's Wyndham's Theatre in 2020 with performances beginning on 22 June (press night is 9 …
James Mannion's deeply disturbing but bleakly funny play Mites is given a thoroughly gripping production at the Tristan Bates Theatre.
David Hare's award-winning 2003 verbatim drama The Permanent Way, now receiving its first major revival at The Vaults, covers four major disasters that followed railway privatisation. Do you…
Let's stop smilingly pretending that tatty, cramped dives with dreadful lavatories are more artistically expressive than venues which conform to modern standards.
Today Gaslighting is a familiar phrase used by psychologist and domestic abuse organisations. The origins of that phrase are this very play, a dark psychological thriller. Patrick Hamilton's…
This very well presented version of The Merchant of Venice is excellently executed, proving to modern audiences that Shakespeare doesn't have to be complicated in order to understand it.
Do you remember what else was happening in the world in 2003? That was the year The Permanent Way premiered, ten years after The Railway Privatisation Act. It was also the year that the US, …
The Cervantes Theatre, London's home of Spanish and Latin American drama, concludes its female-led 2019 season with a major new staging of Isabel Allende's literary bestseller The House of t…
Ruby Thomas' experimental debut play Either is an intriguing questioning of gender identity that retains an air of politeness.
Sean Foley's adaptation of the 1950s Ealing comedy The Man In The White Suit stars Stephen Mangan as clever but hapless scientist Sidney and Kara Tointon as Daphne, a posh, mill owner's daug…
With direction from Kirstie Davis, the music, choreography, design and talent all coincide for a great production of Daddy Long Legs at the Barn Theatre.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Touching, heart-wrenching and totally original, Islander is the exploration of the turmoil and devastation of small communities in the light of gentrification.
Peter Nichols' 1967 comedy A Day In The Death of Joe Egg demonstrates both how far we've come in our treatment of and attitudes towards disability but equally how the moral dilemmas and stru…
Some cracking choreography and two barnstorming lead performances make Gentlemen Prefer Blondes a musical treat at the Union Theatre.