The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon is mesmerising. This multisensory collection of neo-folk tales from The Human Zoo takes a look at humanity's obsession with the skies through storytel…
Countess Erzsébet Báthory, considered the most prolific female serial killer in history, murdered 650 young women over the sixteenth century. Fourth Monkey presents a Grimm's tales inspi…
Munch is, in essence, a 60-minute poem about bondage by Ben Richards. The equivalent of Dr Seuss in a latex suit, performers Richards and Will Cousins share their account of a BDSM party (or…
Annabelle is an elephant, the smallest elephant in the world. In fact, she's so small that she can only be seen through a special camera. Â In this charming show from Howard Read, creator …
This summer, I decided to do something either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid: a last minute trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. And if that wasn’t brave/stupid enough, I a…
A London theatre company that focuses on substance misuse issues has appointed a new creative director, following the death of their founder. Outside Edge Theatre (OET) have appointed Susie …
Devised with inmates from HMP Low Newton, Open Clasp attempts to refocus perceptions of women in prison with Key Change. Five women tell their story, equipped with only a boombox, a few chai…
A pub quiz team with a weirdly specific set of skills set out to pull off a casino heist in this hilarious production from DugOut Theatre. Combining a puntastic script from Tom Black and …
There is nothing more gratifying than leaving the theatre having had you mind broadened and preconceptions challenged. Zero Down does just that. Sarah Herir's text explores the human conditi…
Persons A, B and C are all attending a job interview. They've made it through several rounds and now they're in the final three. These characters are, at first, no more than nameless archety…
Kyle Ross’s new play, Islands, takes us into the world of Magnus and Sophie's relationship, a couple with the most spotless middle class credentials you could imagine. Sophie works …
Can an idea truly be original? Is the meaning of art determined by the artist or the viewer? Can monkeys produce art? These questions and more are chewed over in Some Thing New, a coll…
If Testimony has a point, it might be that supercharged masculinity and empathy don't sit well together. It could well be a critique of the kind of savage entitlement displayed by wealthy an…
Puppetry and dementia aren't the most obvious partners. Normally associated with slapstick silliness, it's hard to imagine how puppets would provide a poignant vehicle for expressing painful…
Boys and Girls is a punchy, hour long sketch show exploring the comic facets of the myriad relationships between girls and boys. A two hander, written and performed by Tom Worsley and Ali…
This intimate three-hander centres around Mr M, played by Anthony Ofoegbu, a passionate teacher at the all-black school in 'the location', one of the segregated black areas in South Africa. …
I didn’t really know much about Ada Lovelace, but probably should have.  Born in 1815,  she wrote the first ever program (or algorithm) for a computer. Devised by Edinburgh…
In her first full length play, Camilla Whitehill presents the compelling tale of a woman kidnapped by the most notorious gangsters in East End history, the Kray twins. Presented by Duckdown …
Danny Braverman performs this unique one-man show, sharing the true story of his great uncle Ab, who drew over 3000 pictures for his wife Celie on the back of his wage packets throughout the…
When originally performed in 1920, La Ronde was vehemently controversial, even prompting personal and anti-Semitic attacks towards playwright Arthur Schnitzler. The play is a series of…
The second in a Sarah Kane double bill from Fear No Colours (the first being Cleansed), Phaedra's Love is Kane's contemporary reimagining of Seneca's Phaedra. We're promised a visceral piece…
"In the stitches of her skin she'll wear your say." Annie Ryan's one woman adaptation of Eimear McBride's stream of consciousness novel A Girl is a Half Formed Thing is electrifying. The Cor…
If one set of windows in an urban area is broken and ignored, it sets a precedent for an area and leads to an escalation of crime. This criminological theory forms the springboard for Caitli…
 First performed in 2001, and numerous times since, Jason Robert Brown’s acclaimed musical The Last Five Years is the story of one relationship told over its five year duration, wit…
The choir sings an upbeat hymn before Pastor Paul (William Gaminara) stands to deliver his sermon for the evening. "Let us pray." A few members of the audience bow their heads and jerk backw…