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Apparently, 2018 is the 'Year of the Woman', and it has definitely felt like the world of theatre has stepped up for the occasion.
And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank doesn't allow us to shrug it off so easily, though " in no small part because the production was personally requested by Holoca…
The Pint-Sized Playwriting Podcast exists to help emerging playwrights understand how to get ahead in the world of new theatre. This latest episode is with the fabulous Zoe Robinson, freelan…
Sometimes you know that a particular show or indeed performance will not only be special, but also remain with you for a long time to come. The Thriller Live 4,000th Charity Gala Performance…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Following a sold-out eight-week run at Curve, the first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical Grease will tour the UK and Ireland in 2019, directed by Nikolai F…
John King's script for Eris at the Bunker Theatre has some Greek myth references that give it a nice touch but doesn't add much to the totally contemporary story.
Matthew Warchus' fourth season as artistic director of The Old Vic completes with an Arthur Miller double-bill (featuring Rachel Chavkin's Old Vic directorial debut), a world premiere by Luc…
After a sell-out run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, Taggart creator Glenn Chandler's new, award-winning stage play KIDS PLAY transfers to London's Above the Stag Theatre this week, for a s…
Divorced, Beheaded and now LIVE! Following its run in Edinburgh and its previous run in London, Six brings an electrifying, sexy and entertaining history lesson you won't forget.
The internationally award-winning production of Mary Poppins will return to its original West End home at the Prince Edward Theatre where, after three hit years in London, Disney's Aladdin w…
Vinay Patel's latest play An Adventure is directed by Bush artistic director Madani Younis and stars Nila Aalia, Aysha Kala and Shubham Saraf. Here, Love London Love Culture rounds up the re…
It struck me a few weeks ago, when teaching a group of students, just how overly aware young people are now compared to the distant years of my youth.
Vinay Patel's An Adventure leaves no stone unturned in unpacking the frustrations of reality against two people building a dream.
Suicide is the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. It's a sobering fact to be presented with at the start of Alex McSweeney's exceptional new drama, Distance, which has opened a…
Coyly advertised as Holy Sh!t, actor and writer Alexis Zegerman's new play is a topical account of the lengths that some parents will go to get their kids into the best local schools.
After a sell-out run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, Taggart creator Glenn Chandler's new, award-winning stage play KIDS PLAY transfers to London's Above the Stag Theatre this week, for a s…
Dust was very much worth the wait for me. It's a supremely powerful piece, undoubtedly not an easy watch but a necessary one nonetheless.
Far from providing a straight-up biopic, Michael Oakley's production of Alice Allemano's play About Leo is something much more interesting.
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon spoke to Quentin Dentin about his debut album…
Summer Light Theatre brings its dancefloor Shakespeare hit Much Ado About Salsa to London's Drayton Arms Theatre later this month for three weeks only. What have audiences been saying so far…
The Donmar has set about making this production of Conor McPherson's monologue St Nicholas an exclusive, intimate and atmospheric experience.
Dolly Parton's 9 To 5 The Musical will open at London's Savoy Theatre for a strictly limited season from 28 January to 31 August 2019 starring Louise Redknapp as Violet Newstead, Amber Davie…
When the Arden Performance Edition of Othello arrived recently from Bloomsbury (Methuen Drama) the friend who was staying with me was incredulous. "Surely they don't think you need a copy of…
After a Fringe full of blockbuster productions, the Traverse's autumn season kicks of with Nests, a two-hander that looks at social inequality and considers what we can learn from crows.
