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 wonderful Steven Atkinson and …
I walked out of Queens of Sheba feeling a bit teary in a kind of happy/sad/exhilarated way. It's the first Fringe play I've seen that has evoked such a strong emotional response.
By turns cynical, touching and with a rogue twinkle in its eye, Allelujah! doesn't set the stage alight, and as both a black comedy and state-of-the-nation play it feels underpowered, but Be…
Seeing a Korean company stake a claim on Macbeth and intersperse the story with its own cultural myths and legends is a potent reminder of the relevance of Shakespeare's stories and themes.
After almost ten years, Edward Hall will be stepping down as Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive of Hampstead Theatre in the spring of 2019, the theatre announced today.
Tom Latter's production of The Rise & Fall Of Little Voice is, like the title, one of highs and lows. The only time the show delivers any energy is in the second act when LV is thrust o…
Prehistoric is an impressive drama, which delivers a forgotten history as part of a compelling account of growing up, physically, culturally and politically.
The National Youth Music Theatre does a mighty fine job of eerily atmospheric new musical The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at The Other Palace.
An hour of quintessential absurdist comedy, made into an experience thanks to terrific music and lighting design " and topped off with brilliantly convincing performances.
The multiple Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King & I " currently enjoying West End success " is to be released in cinemas around t…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon spoke to cabaret star Michael Griffiths about his upcoming London shows.
Part exploration of love and relationships in extraordinary circumstances, part tutorial in creative ego clashes (or how not to write a play) You Only Live Forever is a new comedy by Viscera…
From Monday 10 September 2018, Duncan James will join the West End cast of Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre, playing the role of Billy Flynn, a role he originally played in 2008.
In Tom Latter’s stolid revival of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Park Theatre, relocation to Hull does a lot for the pitiable poverty, nothing for the snappy Lancashire dialo…
This is a bright and fun piece of theatre, but young company Poltergeist Theatre is still learning the ropes. Silly, charming ideas aren't always enough to give a show cohesion and clear pur…
What would you do if you lost your smartphone? Are we all in need of a digital detox? In our interview with EROS author Kevin Mandry, he discusses screen addiction, Herbert Lom onstage, his …
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Gleeful physical comedy features in Lucille & Cecilia, a patchy but intriguingly promising piece from new company Bang Average Theatre at C Aquila. (Picture: © Bang Average)
Provincetown, of course, is not an entirely theatre-free zone " there's plenty live entertainment, from a lot of drag cabarets to male strip shows and piano bars, to enjoy.
Writers Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair have strong Edinburgh records, and they join together at Summerhall for a play which generates serious late night energy.
We're counting down to the world premiere of Kevin Mandry's EROS, running at the White Bear Theatre from 28 August to 15 September 2018. This brand-new play is set in a photographers' studio…
A show about knowing (or not knowing) who you are, with a focus on growing up mixed race " Koko Brown is an engaging & captivating performer.
Scene Change Productions, Greenwich Theatre and Nutshell Theatre's co-production A Good Enough Girl? is enjoyable, involving and deceptively important production.
It's a story that sweeps you up in a mixture of warmth, humour and tragedy.
Antosh Wojcik is a poet and a drummer, an unusual but logical combination. In his one-man Summerhall show, he brings his skills to a performance that is highly distinctive " both experimenta…