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Let's hear it for pub theatres. Unheard of when I was a London teenager in the 1960s, there are now over 70 of them across the capital and they're beginning to mushroom in other big cities t…
Trouble is, engagement needs a theme, and while A Midnight Visit is entirely Poe-faced with references to Edgar Allan's works, you'd need more than a passing familiarity with both Fall of th…
In the face of protests outside and online, All in Row received its world premiere last night at London's Southwark Playhouse. Theatre critics have started delivering their verdict on the pl…
Four cracking performances make [title of show] a musical highlight of the month at the Above the Stag Theatre, more than holding its own with the West End.
Far from a winter of discontent, March 2019 is the spring of excitement, as Alexandra Palace mounts its first ever co-production, staging Shakespeare's Richard III with Headlong, Bristol Old…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Frantic Assembly's production of Anna Jordan's play The Unreturning about three different men returning from (or amidst) war is a startling delve into the pull and promise of home, and the l…
Something that always impresses me is when a play manages to get the line between tragedy and comedy exactly right; Rattled is disturbing and gripping, but it's also very, very funny.
Marvellous musical improvisers Notflix are set to create fabulous fun-filled films before audiences eyes as they bring their hit, entirely made-up show to the VAULT Festival from 6 to 10 Mar…
I'm not sure whether The Justice Syndicate is a play, event, experiment, or interactive performance. Whichever of this, it doesn't really matter and certainly presents an interesting future …
Rachel Chavkin directs this revival of Arthur Miller's play The American Clock at the Old Vic Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…
Come From Away is a funny, moving and uplifting new musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Having won Best Musical awards across North America, the show now arrives in London where, if the…
The Donmar Warehouse has announced further casting for artistic director Josie Rourke's farewell production Sweet Charity. Joining previously announced cast members Anne-Marie Duff as Charit…
One amazing story in Come From Away is that of Nick and Diane Marson who met on a diverted plane and fell unexpectedly in love. Editor, Olivia, got to chat to Nick and Diane about the show a…
Janet Suzman's first-ever London revival of Athol Fugard's 1978 Apartheid-era, South African classic A Lesson From Aloes comes to the Finborough Theatre next week. Sneak a peek inside rehear…
Manchester-based Box of Tricks Theatre Company has spent two years developing SparkPlug with dual heritage writer/performer David Judge.
Written and performed by Maroussia Vladi, In Search Of Applause examines the choices a young woman makes regarding fulfilment and 'happiness' " from her initial idealism to 'lying in the bed…
Billionaire Boy captures the spirit of David Walliams' novel perfectly. There is humour, warmth, disgust, friendship, minor audience participation, a bit of Fortnite and love. And did I ment…
Amy Ng's tale of tradition vs modern life and personal ambitions vs family loyalty, Under The Umbrella, will have its world premiere at the Belgrade Theatre next month before embarking on a …
Continuing Phil Willmott's 'Enemies of the People' Essential Classics season for 2019 is a new musical, Can-Can!, following on from Arthur Miller's An Enemy of the People.
Inspired by a mother's true account, Rachel Harper's one-woman play Rattled is a short but punchy production tackling the sensitive topics of childhood trauma and postnatal mental health.
What would a dead man do if he came back to life? Shots might be the answer according to these images from the rehearsal room of Maz Nowaz's comedy Cheating Death, which plays at the Cockpit…
Terrific revival of largely forgotten playwright James Saunders' 1977 modern classic in an energetic and thrilling production.
I really enjoyed and was really technically impressed with The American Clock. A decent play, in an amazing production by a truly visionary director, brought to life by a brilliant cast.
As chilling as it is fascinating, Tom Scutt's production of Berberian Sound Studio is an effective slow-burner that captures the audience's attention as much as their imagination.
