One eighteen-year-old is about to become a father, another is running away from his family home and a couple are having a lovers’ tiff over a karaoke version of 'You're all that matter…
Without question, Violet Fox is a wanker. Sonia Jalay, her creator, however, is a hilarious woman. PaperMash Theatre presents an exploration of Violet's complicated relationship with her mot…
Lungs, 2014's big success from Paines Plough, is constantly concerned with time. In an hour, a couple's lifespan has passed. Moments pass by in minutes, seemingly frozen in time, whilst enti…
We This Way is the ultimate theatrical experience for fans of the Choose Your Own Adventure series. Seth Kriebel gently nudges his audience to choose A or B – blue or orange " and shap…
Imagination is a seminal part of so many of childhoods. A stick becomes a sword with which you can slay fierce dragons; a cardboard box is a mighty ship used to flee from pirates; and you…
An audience is a curious, volatile thing. The audience watching Can I Start Again Please react in fascinating ways; they laugh when it's seemingly inappropriate, they gasp and grunt to show …
A woman lies naked on a vast stage. She flexes and writhes, muscles stressed under the light. The woman staggers to her feet, an elk calf dazed and astonished by the world. Around her, cloth…
Monologues are a risky business in theatre. Not least of all for the performer who, without the cushioned padding of their fellow entourage, bear their naked soul to potential rejection from…
Gotta love a unicorn. They're just so horny and precious and long-maned. I Believe in Unicorns isn’t totally devoted to the creatures, but the story does every now and again return …
The six weeks holiday remain a treat for children and a nightmare for adults as they face the challenge of keeping them entertained. With the outdoors being unpredictable because of the grea…
Jacqueline Wilson books were firm favourites of mine as I was growing up, and considering she has penned in excess of 100 children's books, I'm sure Wilson's literary creations sit proudly o…
LIVEARTSHOW's Marsha is that rare thing: questionable in theory, mostly wonderful in execution. In any case, it boasts a star-making turn for Tilly Gaunt. As the titular Marsha and the eveni…
When first hearing of the Secret Theatre project, my intrigue outweighed my apprehension. With runs selling out before they even start, audience members seemingly love the risk of buying tic…
Pulling off a musical in the upstairs theatre of a pub was always going to be an ambitious undertaking. Thus my trip to see Bye Bye Birdie was one filled with apprehension, only further comp…
A depersonalised voice with a disturbing robotic lilt booms across the stage. It is harrowing, authoritative and devoid of emotion. It sets your nerves on the very edge as it trills that one…
As Shane (James Cartwright) struts about the bare stage in his finest keks, the overarching theme of his actions, his words, is the need to feel alive. He describes the lead up to and the ev…
Ask a stranger on the street if they've heard of Eric Arthur Blair and there's a strong chance their answer will be a resounding no. Yet the Eton educated, upper-class, India-born Blair w…
How do we remember and recover in the aftermath of a tragedy? The 56 ends in stillness, the three actors turned away from the audience, as the names of the 56 victims of the 1985 Bradford Ci…
Gay Furnish is a professional flirt coach. She puts people into three categories: introvert, extrovert and pervert. She points out the location of a clitoris on a toy rabbit. She is complete…
Dandy; a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self. Luke Wright, has…
There is, as always, an extraordinarily tall man sitting in front of me. His neck placed directly between my head and the stage, he turns in the middle of the performance and mouths, his eye…
The theme, “What makes a murderer?” usually evokes grisly tales of Jack the Ripper or Sweeney Todd type characters, exploring their inner psyche penny-dreadful style. Molly bring…
Words. Our social relationships are almost entirely based on words. Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons deconstructs words, and builds them back up in eloquence only to destroy them ag…
Boxing is a tough profession. Say you do well as an amature, you get spotted, signed. Things are going well, right? However, in all likelihood  your career is going to be one as a 'journe…
Growing up as the daughter of the Irish dancing teacher is not easy for Marie Clerkin, it seems. For one thing, she’s got to constantly compete with other children for her mother…