Review: The Wind in the Willows, Guildford Shakespeare Company4.0starsAnt Stones adaptation of the traditional family classic The Wind in the Willows has been moulded perfectly to lockdown l…
It's the sixth AYT in Isolation video and we're bringing you not one, but two exceptional women. Joan Iyiola and Polly Bennett are highly regarded artists in their own right, clocking up cre…
Whether we've really had time to think about it or not, most of us theatremakers are feeling pretty crappy right now. Mirren Wilson certainly is and in an effort to make sense of her feeling…
Should The Old Vic be charging audiences up to £65 to watch a live stream of their hit show, Lungs when other theatres are doing it for free? Eleanor Dewar discusses. As lockdown drags on…
Review: Anansi the Spider Re-Spun: Episode 1, Unicorn Online5.0starsWhen Anansi the Spider was first performed at the Unicorn Theatre back in 2019, the world was a completely different place…
Review: The Understudy: Part 2, Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield with support from Anthology Theatre 4.0Stars The Understudy: Part 2 begins with an incredibly useful replay of the key mo…
Review: Love Letters at Home, Uninvited Guests3.0StarsAs you are all no doubt aware, the current global pandemic has caused the theatre industry to grind to a halt. As a theatre reviewer, yo…
Theatre has had to adapt swiftly and intelligently now that people are confined to their homes for the foreseeable future. Here, Sam Nicholls considers where the future may lie. Is it virtua…
In the fifth AYT in Isolation episode, we're very, very happy to be talking to Tori Allen-Martin who, alongside Sarah Henley, makes up half of Burn Bright. The company is driving positive ch…
We thought it was high-time you saw who (some of) the AYT team are, so we spent some lockdown time putting together this (often) completely bonkers video. Here, you get to meet Sam, the Dire…
Chanje Kunda, star of the cancelled Vault Festival show, Plant Fetish writes about the current wellness trends and the empowering feeling that comes from marrying trees. Wellness has been tr…
Review: The Understudy: Part 1, Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield with support from Anthology Theatre.4.0StarsThe Understudy explores the life of an underdog in the theatre. Stephen McQue…
Review: The Way Out, Battersea Arts Centre in collaboration with BBC Arts and Arts Council England4.0StarsThe Outsider (BláithÃn Mac Gabhann) shelters from the pouring rain within the …
Review: No Show, The Yard3.0StarsAs part of The Yard Online, comedian and cabaret artist Christopher Green performed No Show, which originally made its debut at the Yard earlier this year. T…
Today we speak to Luke Wright, whose live poetry readings on Twitter have gone down a storm. As well as speaking about this, he chats to Lindsey Huebner about the online connection he has fo…
Just last week, What's On Stage posted a playwriting competition with the winner receiving a prize of £500. After much aproar over this insulting sum, it was cancelled and taken down. As …
Review: Midnight Your Time, Donmar Warehouse4.0StarsA dimly lit kitchen somewhere in the heart of Canonbury is where we meet Judy (Diana Quick) for the first time. The year 2010 has just beg…
Review: Bare E-ssentials, Encompass Productions3.0StarsThe tenth edition of Encompass Production's reoccurring night of 'micro-theatre', Bare E-ssentials breaks the mould by being the first …
Review: A Spectacular Conference, presented by Be Festival4.0StarsBe Festival blossomed in 2010 with the desire to bring celebrated work from all over Europe to Birmingham. Embracing any per…
Ending her Spymonkey clowning course after two weeks because of Coronavirus was a shock for this writer. Here, she talks about her 'clowning' journey and the incredible experiences she has h…
Review: Radio Local, Hunt and Darton4.0StarsJenny Hunt and Holly Darton, known as Live Art collaborators Hunt and Darton, were due to record their radio show at Norfolk and Norwich festival.…
In the fourth episode of our AYT in Isolation series, we talk to the incredibly inspiring and insightful, Suba Das, Artistic Director of HighTide; a theatre company and charity based in East…
Review: Dem Times, Omnibus Theatre Online3.0starsProduced by Our Days, Dem Times is the story of Samuel Adjei, a British-born troublemaker forced by his parents to attend a rigorous Ghanaian…
Review: The Tell-Tale Heart, Threedumb Theatre3.0starsWho would've thought we'd live through something scarier than a classic Gothic story? Edgar Allen Poe and his short but terrifying tales…
Review: Provok'd: A Restoration, Guildhall School of Music and Drama 4.0Stars It's a tricky time to be a final year drama school student. With showcases cancelled, final shows indefinitely p…