The Nether is the latest production from Falling Doors Theatre which was set up by Sarah Van Parys in 2014 after she graduated from the Young Everyman and Playhouse YEP directors' course.
Where do the political and the personal meet... and, indeed, mirror one another? How dangerous is the rising tide of nationalism? Rib Davis' latest stage play The Sword of Alex has got peopl…
First announced back in July, David Morton's play The Wider Earth about Charles Darwin will be settling in at the Natural History Museum at the beginning of next month in a brand new theatre…
In this episode of The Show People Podcast, host Andrew Keates was joined by Simon Lipkin, just before he went into rehearsal for Nativity " The Musical " a show that is led by improvisation…
The reviews are in for Matt Hartley's Eyam, playing at the Shakespeare's Globe until the 13 October. Love London Love Culture rounds them up…
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 9 October 2018, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will quiz the creators (and the puppets?) behind one of the biggest theatrical eve…
Written by Rib Davis and directed by Brian Woolland, The Sword of Alex examines through a fictional scenario the inherent contradictions in 'independence' and 'keeping the status quo'.
As SummerLight Theatre moves into London's Drayton Arms Theatre in south Kensington, with a three-week season of their bard-on-the-dancefloor hit Much Ado About Salsa, the company have relea…
You enter dark places when you enter the Royal Court and sometimes that can be enthralling and exhilarating. But there needs to be some kind of uplift. Sadly this time, it wasn't present.
Whilst Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory's latest offering yields many strong and a couple of exceptional performances, the ambition and scale never really extends beyond the four pillars o…
If you close your eyes and I mention Arabian Nights what can you see? How does it feel, sound and smell? The description of Hoxton Hall will probably match what you imagine.
After the success of the inaugural season at the new state-of-the-art Barn Theatre, which has quickly made a name for itself since officially opening its doors to the public in March, artist…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
A sensitive portrayal of devastating real events, Lifeboat is undoubtedly another triumph for the Brockley Jack team. Go and see it while you can.
Still Alice is a sharply observed, bold and courageous portrait that captures the bravery of one woman's battle against a malevolent and unrelenting disease.
Ahead of Trevor Nunn's revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Menier Chocolate Factory this Christmas, London theatregoers will have the chance to see the stories of legendary Jewish writer S…
News, reviews, interviews, commentary and farewells from London, New York and beyond, including The Stage Debut Awards, Sylvia at the Old Vic and regional openings in Chichester and Bristol.
Some of the beauty of Flowers for Mrs Harris gets lost at Chichester Festival Theatre but it remains a striking new musical “It’s a work of art… something not real, made t…
Rib Davis is a keen proponent of large-scale, history-based plays. The Sword of Alex is an epic play in a small space. It deserves to be seen.
Full casting has been announced for Caroline, Or Change, the musical written by Tony Kushner, with a score from Tony Award-winning Jeanine Tesori, which will run at the West End's Playhouse …
There's plenty of humour in the one-woman show Hear Me Howl which is beautifully performed at the Old Red Lion Theatre with energy and unflinching conviction by Alice Pitt-Carter.
Poldark actor Aidan Turner has won the Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award for his performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Noel Coward Theatre as part of The Stage Debut Awards 201…
Shifting emotions are filtered through autumnal sunlight in the Lyceum's Twelfth Night, with as much defiant sadness on view as happy resolution.
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon spoke to Chris Larkin about starring in Pack of Lies at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Black musical comedy Heathers The Musical has graduated with honours to the West End, opening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket to whoops of laughter and screams of delight from enthusiastic au…