I've been watching the Showstopper crew for as long as I've been blogging (the King's Head was a great venue for them), so it's a real treat to see them constantly move onwards and upwards.
How has a piece for four actors expanded into a universe of new writing and performing opportunities? We catch up with Proforça Theatre Company artistic director David Brady as he prepare…
Jade City may be set in Belfast, but don't go expecting a play about the Troubles or any other northern Irish cliche. Playwright Alice Malseed talks about her hometown and the characters who…
Writer Rachel Harper spoke to Love London Love Culture about her new play coming to the Old Red Lion Theatre from the 12 February 2019.
Have you ever faced the challenges of a long-distance love affair? Transatlantic partners Scott Kettner and Amy Elliott know exactly what it's like. Just in time for Valentine's Day, they sh…
The BBC's adaptation of Les Misérables has been a huge success, gripping Sunday night viewing for the last five weeks offering the first truly comprehensive dramatisation of Victor Hugo's m…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Aerial, music, narrative and creative audio description will combine in Flight Paths, the new production from Yellow Earth and Extant that embarks on a UK tour this spring. The ground-breaki…
The European premiere of Little Miss Sunshine at Arcola Theatre will star Laura Pitt-Pulford as Sheryl, the matriarch of the eccentric Hoover family and Gary Wilmot as Grandpa. The Off-Broad…
Victor Sanchez Rodriguez's Cuzco makes its English debut with translation by William Gregory. It is a passionate play about a couple She (Dilek Rose) and He (Gareth Kieran Jones) who find th…
What does it really mean to be British and Chinese in contemporary England? That's the question posed by Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹, Jennifer Tang's devised theatre piece which runs…
What does it mean to be a Londoner? How has the city inspired a unique collaboration between writers and actors under the guidance of Proforça Theatre Company? In a series of top tweets, …
Hard-hitting, hysterical and obscure, Welcome to the UK provides a voice to the unheard in this brand new piece.
To Kill a Mockingbird. Oh dear. The production which originated at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in 2015 before touring nationwide including to the Barbican, is now dead. It was due to…
After releasing their album Vision of You, back in December, Rob Fowler and Sharon Sexton have taken their exploration of the backstories of Falco and Sloane (the pair's characters in Bat Ou…
There is a depth and grit to Touching The Void at the Lyceum that threatens to carry all before it.
This new production of American Idiot from Selladoor is as brash, raucous and punchy as you might expect and opens with all guns blazing into the title song. T
Matthew Lopez's epic two-part drama The Inheritance was the big winner at the 2018 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards held today at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London's West End, hosted by Cr…
Currently one of London's hottest tickets, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is a solid entry in the bio-musical genre, combining an inspiring story with a terrific catalogue of hit songs.
David Thame has created a neat drama in Kompromat, but its explicit relationship to such a complex story, with real consequences for people who are very much alive, leaves a lingering sense …
Everyone loves an Agatha Christie tale. Unlike the films and programmes involving Ms Marple or Poirot that are often repeated on television, Witness For The Prosecution (which is directed by…
Winner of Best Fringe Theatre in the 2019 Stage Awards, The Barn Theatre has announced its line-up of five in-house productions for the upcoming 2019 season, including Michael Morpurgo's The…
Welcome to the UK is an emotional, engaging and " most importantly " vital piece of theatre. If only the government could be made to watch this, perhaps it will see that its inhumane policie…
Here's LLLC's monthly guide to some of the best theatre openings in February 2019.
The multi award-winning actor John Malkovich returns to the West End stage after nearly 30 years to play Barney Fein, a top dog Hollywood producer in Bitter Wheat, a new play by the legendar…