We're counting down to The Eyes of the Night, premiering next month as part of the Cervantes Theatre's second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season, supported by Acción Cultural …
Relatively obscure British crime writer Ethel Lina White's greatest legacy is her 1936 novel, The Wheel Spins - two years after publication, Alfred Hitchcock directed the film The Lady Vanis…
Tom Lenk is Trash is trash. That's not even a cruel review, it's literally what he told me to say. And after seeing the show, I am not going to be so stupid as to say anything he doesn't wan…
In a special Camden Fringe edition of A Glimpse Inside, I met up with TL Wiswell to talk about her new show Space Age Love Songs, running at the Hen and Chickens from 21 August 2019.
A sold-out Pleasance Grand suggests that Fishbowl may be one of the hits of the summer.
Arthur Schnitzler was, like Chekhov, a doctor; he was an Austrian Jew at a time when mistrust was rising. The Doctor belongs passionately to that time: but director Robert Icke's very free a…
Warheads, a new play about PTSD, features its co-author on stage in a powerful production which is basically a medical case study.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Three conspiracy theorists have gathered to unpick discrepancies and inconsistencies in the 1932 photograph 'Lunch Atop a Skyscraper' in Conspiracy.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed Jerry Springer the Opera. It was non-stop laughs, rude and explicit jokes, and I was impressed with all performers. I would definitely go to see this show again…
Proforca Theatre Company reunites the team behind its acclaimed hit Feel for the premiere of At Last, which opens the autumn/winter season at London's newly relaunched Lion & Unicorn The…
The Kiln Theatre is on a roll! With Blues in the Night packing in audiences in Kilburn this summer and their production of The Son about to open in the West End, it's time to look ahead to t…
"Having re-read the book, I was struck by how powerful Jane's path was " and if it had made me feel that way in the 21st century, the effect on its readers when it was first published must h…
You can't accuse upcoming composer Finn Anderson of resting on his laurels. His fingerprints are all over this year's Fringe, from the buzz-worthy Islanders over at Summerhall, to this, Limb…
The British Theatre Academy's production of the Caribbean-inspired Little Mermaid adaptation, Once On This Island is an enchanting show with dynamic, heart-wrenching performances, energy in …
The female-led 2019 line-up at the Cervantes Theatre, London's home for Spanish and Latin American plays, continues this autumn with the second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season…
"Compelling, concise, and heartbreaking," "powerfully acted" - Take a look at the brilliant reviews for Two's Company's revival of Philip King's Go Bang Your Tambourine, then book your ticke…
Anna Ziegler's Actually is a journey into sexual consent, following a drunken hook up of two college students, and the different perspectives on their encounter.
What on earth can be the connection between 'Brown Sugar' by the Rolling Stones, 'Lola' by The Kinks, 'Eleanor Rigby' by The Beatles, 'Roxanne' by The Police and… Monica? The five characte…
In a world full of fear and worry, we all need a reminder that there's still hope. Luckily, in The Man Who Planted Trees at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, two storytellers and their puppe…
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 3 September 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks comic masterminds behind The Crown parody, The Crown Dual. Got any question…
River in the Sky shows that even for those dealing with the ramifications of fertility issues, speaking frankly and directly is seldom on the cards.
Hot Flush is a great idea and there are some moments that really hit home, but while Hot Flush is far from a complete washout, it's hard to be fully engaged.
Our Walk Through the World is a collection of six sharply written, short plays by Ross Howard that highlight some of the absurdities of modern life.
I commend the writers Taz Skykar and Ross Berkeley Simpson and the director Toby Clarke of Warheads for attempting to tackle the topic of PTSD for soldiers and how it affects their loved one…