As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Saturday 6 October 2018, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to Southwark Playhouse for the world premiere of Victorian female boxing …
For his last show at the Bush, Madani Younis has chosen a project close to his heart, Vinay Patel's An Adventure, an epic reading of one Asian family's global migration story.
It's tonight! Iris Theatre's stunning adaptation of Arabian Nights premieres tonight at Victorian London landmark Hoxton Hall, where its limited season continues until 13 October. Check out …
Wasted at the Southwark Playhouse is an explosion of feminist energy, a dark and angsty account of the lives of the four most famous Brontë siblings.
Foxfinder is a mysterious drama that chimes eerily well with the current political climate and general sense of unease " an atmospheric piece with terrific performances from the cast of four.
The traditional Christmas staple of Charles Dickens' much-loved A Christmas Carol returns this festive season to the West End stage starring Simon Callow, running at the Arts Theatre for a s…
Produced by the ever-excellent Proud Haddock, Square Rounds an adroit choice for the centenary of the last year of the First World War.
Olivier Award-winner David Thaxton will play Arthur in London Musical Theatre Orchestra's forthcoming concert version of Camelot at the London Palladium on Saturday 6 October 2018 alongside …
I'm really tired this week, and it has taken a while for me to realise (or maybe remember) this particular freelance syndrome which I get when a certain mix of situations arise. Anyone get t…
Vinay Patel's marvellous history play documenting a couple formed only partly through their own volition traverses decades, continents and the collapse of an empire.
We're counting down to the official opening (on 19 September 2018) of Iris Theatre's brand-new adaptation of Arabian Nights at Victorian London landmark Hoxton Hall. We already feel swept aw…
The Lovely Bones is one of the best plays I've seen this year. In fact, Melly Still's vital production is the best page to stage adaptation I've seen since Curious Incident.
Misty is an outstanding, relevant, vibrant and moving piece of theatre written and performed by a theatrical genius. Arinzé Kene's use of spoken word, movement, rhythm and singing is master…
The cast for Magic Mike Live in London has been announced ahead of rehearsals, which begin in October. Conceived and co-directed by Channing Tatum, Magic Mike Live is a large-scale, live pro…
Michael Greco captains a new cast that also includes Harry Potter star James Phelps as First World War stage play The Greater Game returns for a fresh London season as part of Football Remem…
Timing is everything. When Foxfinder opened at the Finborough in December 2011, it was hailed as a 'darkly thrilling' new voice and subsequently earned its writer, Dawn King, a glut of award…
Henry Goodman, Imogen Stubbs and Katie Brayben have been confirmed to star in Joanna Murray-Smith's drama Honour, running at London's Park Theatre from 25 October to 24 November 2018 (press …
As The Sword of Alex starts previews at London's White Bear Theatre, where it runs until 6 October 2018, Entertainment Views' Helen McWilliams caught up with cast member Kate Terence. She th…
My Theatre Mates' very own Shane Morgan will direct RoughHouse Theatre's latest production, Dougie Blaxland's The Long Walk Back, the story of England cricketing all-rounder Chris Lewis' cat…
Getting its first staging for three decades, Tony Harrison's World War I-set play Square Rounds is based on true events and explores the devastating impact of chemical warfare and weapons of…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon spoke to Colette Redgrave about starring in Picasso's Women at the Gallery Different.
Written and directed by Jody Medland, The Unspoken is a distinctive play whose subject matter is seldom tackled in a theatrical context.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Any musical can only be as good as its underlying book and Wasted, based upon the lives of the four Brontë siblings (three girls and a boy) is written around a very strong core.
Eastern Star is intriguing and for the most part engaging discourse around the intersection of journalism and dissidence but, despite its revision since last year, it still feels like work-i…