 “This is what it must be like to give birth” Laurence Olivier Stage fright is real. The nerves and anxiety that come with putting yourself out on a stage in front of people c…
It's almost two months since Chris Urch's play Land of Our Fathers, finished its West End run at Trafalgar studios, but the playwright is showing no signs of stopping. Having won one of the …
A season including new commissions and a world premiere has been announced today by Royal & Derngate, Northampton. The theatre introduced its 2015 Made in Northampton season, which will …
It's always great to see classic stories being brought to life in a new way, and that's exactly what Two Bit Classics do with their new adaptation of Jane Austen's timeless story Pride and P…
Praise bejesus Katherine Kingsley hasn’t disappeared during Dirty Rotten Scoundrels‘ current cast change. Instead, Alex Gamound has replaced Rufus Hound as Freddy Benson, joining…
Many cities have stark socio-economic contrasts. Take London for example: one moment you could be standing amongst some of the most obscenely expensive shops and houses, and twenty minutes l…
In a year that has seen funding in the arts cut across the board, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the £26 million annual Arts Council grant awarded to the Royal Opera Hous…
York Theatre Royal's TakeOver Festival has been bringing some exciting new work to the theatre's studio venue, and Metal Rabbit's Johnny Got His Gun is no exception. Amidst the awesome creat…
Company Chameleon has it all: in not much more than an hour, the cast do virtually all the styles of dance to the widest variety of music. The six men explore the idea of what it is to…
If there is one thing that Shakespeare's brilliant comedy Twelfth Night lacks, it is the presence of magic and the supernatural which is so beautifully and mischievously used in his other we…
Dare To Sea is aimed at very young children and so, out of necessity, follows a simple narrative: it uses no words. A fisherman (Colin Jolet) catches a fish for a girl in a yellow dress (May…
After winning a Fringe First at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, The Collector is at the Arcola for a week showing off its critical treatment of the war in Iraq. Henry Naylor has written …
Image by Richard Stanton When I get through to Elizabeth Freestone on a patchy line she's not quite certain where exactly she is: "I'm currently at Darwen Library Theatre… I got a train he…
Image by Chelsea Theatre Since 2006 The Chelsea Theatre have sought out original and interesting performances and given them the stage in their annual SACRED…
Goldy Notay, Ameet Chana, Shabana Azmi, Clara Indrani in Happy Birthday Sunita. Image by Helen Maybanks Thirteen years ago Pravesh Kumar founded Rifco Arts. This British Asian theatre compan…
Run by Engineer Theatre Collective New Diorama Theatre £10 Ticket Offer for Tue-Thu & Sat mat 25 – 29 Nov | 7.30pm, 29 Nov | 3.30pm We want more. We do. An…
Image by Manuel Harlan Alistair McDowall is fidgety and nervous when we meet at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, where his play Pomona is about to open. He recently caused a stir with a…
Susan Hill's novel The Woman in Black has sparked interest for years, and this interest has only grown since its adaptation into a stage play and a film. The former has been called one of th…
In 1995, Sarah Kane brought the walls of a Leeds hotel room crashing down in explosive fashion for her debut play, Blasted. After a decade of playwrights politely rearranging the furniture, …
Win a pair of tickets to see The Lonely Room at The Vaults (as part of Mimetic Festival) with our competition. Read on to find out how to enter. The Lonely Room The Vaults (as part of Mim…
York Theatre Royal's TakeOver Festival has been brilliant " it's been full of fantastic pieces of theatre and has allowed young people the opportunity to see inside the inner workings of the…
Win a pair of tickets to see Theatre Uncut at Soho Theatre with our competition. Read on to find out how to enter. Theatre Uncut Soho Theatre 25 Nov – 30 Nov | 7pm,…
For a younger generation, opera is often thought to be stiff and too pompous, something removing itself from the bluntness and reality of life and staging grand performances only for a well-…
Win a pair of tickets to see LIGHTS! CAMERA! IMPROVISE! at the Duchess Theatre with our competition. Read on to find out how to enter. LIGHTS! CAMERA! IMPROVISE! Duchess Theatre  1 …
American company Burning Coal revives three of David Edgar’s plays on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Your reviewer saw The Prisoner’s Dilemma; the other …