They say life imitates art but there are times when the reverse can also be true. And this has certainly been the case for actor Dan Whitlam. The 23-year-old from Clapham is starring in Toba…
Writer Tom Ratcliffe spoke to LLLC's Emma Clarendon about his debut play Circa at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
This Sell A Door tour of the excellent puppet musical Avenue Q shows just how well it is standing the test of time.
Not going to lie. This devised piece - which was 60 minutes straight through - was not what I was expecting. It can be quite difficult to critique such a short play, but I spent more time la…
A Hundred Words of Snow, the acclaimed one-woman play about female empowerment and climate change, transfers to the West End next month. We caught up with playwright Tatty Hennessy about her…
David Suchet is majestically magnificent in this excellent revival of Arthur Miller's 1968 family drama The Price.
Celebrating their 25th year entertaining audiences with their own brand of circus, Montreal-based Cirque Éloize presents Hotel, a new show with an old world feel.
"Fantastic", "excellent", "wicked" - all words that have been used by audiences who have seen Sunrise for the Blind at the Tristan Bates Theatre and have leaped onto social media to share th…
As Endeavour commences its sixth season on ITV this week, one of its stars, Sean Rigby, has entered the rehearsal room for a timely revival of James Phillips' award-winning The Rubenstein K…
How far would you go to achieve domestic perfection? What even is domestic perfection? Is our happiness shaped by or confounded by traditional gender roles? These are the questions Laura Wad…
Following a successful run at The Playground Theatre in January, Christopher Tajah's hit one-man play about Martin Luther King, Dream of a King, returns to the stage this spring. A tour of L…
Fascinating All About Eve is, engaging perhaps not always. But anyone hoping for the same level of emotional payoff that Anderson's other stage roles have demonstrated will likely end up fru…
Which world-changing writer/director/producer popped in to see Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist this week? And what did he think? There's really only one way to find out. We've coll…
Stella chatted to LLLC's Emma Clarendon about co-creating Greyscale, which plays as part of the Vaults Festival.
Cheating Death, Max Nowaz's dark comedy about a dead man who wakes up, will receive a new lease of life when it is staged at the Cockpit Theatre this spring. First Time Productions present t…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Devised in workshops up and down the country, Big Up! places its three to six-year-old audience demographic right at the heart and soul of the piece.
Shunt, a collective of theatremakers that had huge success with their site-specific productions around London Bridge from 2000 to 2010, has also spawned Darkfield, founded by former Shunters…
Art is everything a high-profile touring show should be " a carefully thought out, well-directed production of a hit play featuring a big-name cast at the top of their game.
Confession time. I went into this lively and entertaining show with very little knowledge of Neil Diamond's music " but thanks to A Beautiful Noise I have certainly a new found appreciation …
Lazarus Theatre's The Tempest is a dynamic production of a potentially tedious play, bound together in a stark & bold design " Alexander da Fonseca gives a standout performance.
Ivo van Hove's take on All About Eve ticks all my boxes at the Noël Coward Theatre, great work from Gillian Anderson, Lily James and a stellar Monica Dolan.
Maggie Smith will return to the stage for the first time in 12 years in A German Life at the Bridge Theatre, a new play by Christopher Hampton drawn from the life and testimony of Brunhilde …
This All About Eve is something quite different, same story deliberately new frame with staging that pushes at the boundaries of theatre and film.
Melbourne Theatre Company begins the new year with a showcase for revered actress Miriam Margolyes who takes on the cantankerous title character in Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van.