"Much more than a history lesson, The Good Scout exemplifies what the Edinburgh Fringe is all about." What else have critics been saying about Glenn Chandler's latest festival premiere? (Wit…
It may be seemingly free of enchanted food, grinning felines and time-concerned rabbits, but you can already see larger than life characters emerging in these rehearsal pictures of Alice in …
Ned Bennett's thrillingly engaging production of Peter Shaffer's play grabs the audience's attention and imagination brilliantly.
Just as much as the emotional impact, though, it's the unique and original approach to the subject matter that makes this debut production from Turn Point Theatre particularly memorable.
It is difficult not to find yourself tapping your toes along to some classic songs and fabulously fun choreography by Bill Deamer.
A weekend in Suffolk at the HighTide Festival is a treat. An even bigger treat? Combining it with this opportunity to chair an event with one of the country's leading directors, of whom I've…
Ned Bennett's direction is another star of the show; the relationship between Ira Mandela Siobhan as Nugget, a Chestnut horse who has a close relationship with Strang, is stunning.
Iris Theatre's adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel is certainly an ambitious and refreshing take on the story " but can't always make up its mind whether it wants to be taken seriously…
One thing I'm really loving about the Camden Fringe is the breadth of creativity and experimentation. Scenic Reality is a prime example of a fresh piece of new writing that explores differen…
Whoopee baby! Thoroughly Modern Millie returns in a splashy, starry staging that distils the very essence of musical comedy into an evening of unabashed joy.
Guided by a web app, participants have 80 minutes to earn as much money as possible by answering cryptic puzzles. They must choose what equipment to spend their cash on before returning to t…
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It initially hit the headlines for controversial reasons about artistic credit. Now that it's opened, what have critics said about Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah's Tree? Premiered as part o…
Touching on themes of religion, sexuality and more than one form of mental illness, the play asks some difficult questions and frequently makes for unsettling viewing, and yet Ned Bennett's …
After my Q&A at Feel, the first production at the newly relaunched Lion & Unicorn Theatre, earlier this year, I'm delighted to return for this next in-house production from the same …
Making use of the intimate studio space, director Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie recreates the indie movie theatre setting of the play, while a cast of locals dive head-first into the dazzling w…
Director Jamie Lloyd offers up a complete reimagining of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical and one which feels sparkingly fresh in every single aspect.
Recent Mountview graduate Olivia Wormald makes her professional debut this month in a regendered stage adaptation of The Mozart Question, Michael Morpurgo's 2007 children's book which she he…
This year's National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) residency at the Other Palace sees this remarkable theatre company tackle Jason Robert Brown's Parade, a musical that is as technically demand…
To commemorate their having opened a new site on St Martin's Lane, Love London Love Culture lists five good reasons why you should pay a visit to The Theatre Cafe if you haven't already been…
Theatre company Sliding Tackle's debut production, new drama Target Man, which is set in the world of Premier League football, comes to the King's Head Theatre later this month. Time to book…
With plenty to say about the shallow foundations of political leaders hiding behind their PR machines, Jamie Lloyd's triumphant Evita is raw, fresh and intense " "oh what a show!"
suspect this show will have a future, evolving life, and it is well worth checking out if it appears on your radar. I'd certainly be interested in seeing what they do with it next.
Ask people below a certain age what palliative care is and there might not be recognition for the term. But as one gets older, and family and friends succumb to the effects of time, there is…
We're counting down to the official opening of the European premiere of Anna Zeigler's Actually. Yasmin Paige and Simon Manyonda star in this provocative new play by the author of Photograph…