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A Christmas Carol at Chickenshed is theatre for everyone, by everyone " and if it doesn't get your Christmas spirit going, then frankly I suspect nothing will.
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, this Wednesday 12 December 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock joins Ex Nihilo Theatre Group at Park Theatre for the world premiere of Jack…
After an acclaimed try-out in September, the world premiere of Simon Perrott's debut play In Conversation with Graham Norton returns for a full new year season at London's Hope Theatre. Time…
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Tim Firth's Take That-inspired musical The Band which has arrived in the West End for a limited season.
Mate Andrew Keates (The Show People Podcast) directs the premiere of debut play Dark Sublime, centring on fans of British sci-fi and starring Star Trek's Marina Sirtis, which will open at th…
Hole, by Ellie Kendrick, is a mixture of speech, song, movement and music exploring female anger through a series of stories, themes and metaphors.
Half Me, Half You, Liane Grant's new play exploring the possible long-term consequences of Donald Trump's regime, comes to London's Tristan Bates Theatre for a fortnight's run after acclaim …
Beauty & the Beast comes to the King's for the first time since 1946 in a pantomime that continues a classic run of hits and is sticking around well into January next year.
In eschewing any trendy political statement to hang around his work, Nunn has made it all the more poignant and powerful. Deservedly sold out for the rest of its Menier run, his Fiddler On T…
Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn star in Matthew Dunster's production of True West now playing at the Vaudeville Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…
We're counting down to the London return of two-hander musical whodunit Murder For Two, which moves back into The Other Palace studio for five weeks from tomorrow night (Monday 10 December 2…
It's the earnestness that doesn't ring true in Simon Rattle and LSO's recording of Bernstein's Wonderful Town, the way in which that which should come naturally simply sounds overworked.
Sibling rivalry and dysfunctional families are at the heart of Sam Shepard's True West, a black comedy that has emerged from an initial drubbing Stateside with a revival in the West End.
Leaving the Royal Court after watching Ellie Kendrick's new play Hole, I overhear another audience member describe feeling like she has just been "hit over the head with a sledgehammer". It'…
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Sunday 13 January 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock joins Wild Child Productions at the Old Red Lion Theatre for the world premiere of…
Kaisa Hammarlund will play the title role in Violet, the multi-award-winning musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, which receives its UK premiere at Lond…
What a difference, er, 16 years makes… Despite the show spending over a decade at the Dominion Theatre, I never managed to make it to see We Will Rock You in the height of my original Quee…
I'm not sure who we apply to for these things but I really would like to see Norm Lewis return to the West End stage " I didn't catch him in Les Mis but I did get the briefest look at him at…
There is plenty of choice and bundles of energy at Nonsense Room Productions' adaptation of the children's picture book, You Choose, for Edinburgh's Christmas at the Festival Square Spiegelt…
Director and performer Sofi Lee-Henson on what keeps audiences coming back to Neural Enhancement with Dr Leon, running at a secret location in SE1.
Did you miss the European premiere of musical whodunit Murder For Two in 2017 at the Watermill Theatre and The Other Palace? Good news for London theatregoers: it returns next week to The Ot…
You enter a dark basement in the heart of the West End. RuPaul is blaring, lights are flashing and there is dancing. Yet this is not a club. Instead, it's Hot Gay Time Machine.
Shane Richie, best known for playing Alfie Moon in BBC's EastEnders will take on the role of Hugo/Loco Chanelle in award-winning musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie from 28 January until…
Directed by Gerald Armin, A Christmas Story looks at the festive season through the eyes of Ralphie " a nine-year-old boy in Hohman, Indiana. But as well as the show having a child's perspec…
