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Cheerfulness in the face of adversity characterises The Monster in the Hall by Capsize Collective and New Celts at The Space on the Mile.
In what promises to be an exciting event within the Pinter at the Pinter season, Lee Evans will appear in an eclectic mixed bill alongside stage and screen favourite Meera Syal. They join…
Olivier nominee Bryony Hannah (Call the Midwife) and Paul Nicholls (Law & Order, The C-Word, EastEnders) will join the cast of Foxfinder's West End premiere which begins performances at…
I am fully content to hail Alan Bennett as a National Treasure, and while I enjoyed many aspects of Allelujah!, I still hoped for even better and a return to his form in, say, The Madness of…
Shakespeare's plays really are uniquely life changing and if this collaboration between PQA and SSF means that more young people will have access to their power then that can only be a Very …
A labour of love, David William Bryan's latest show In Loyal Company is a tribute to the life of his great-uncle Arthur 'Joe' Robinson and the other ordinary men and women who served during …
Aristocrats does show once again Brian Friel's remarkable ability to understand and cross religious and personal boundaries, but this time it fails to grapple the heart with quite the keenne…
Bat Out Of Hell " The Musical's lead Andrew Polec, who plays the character of 'forever young' Strat, is leaving the West End production of the show.
A truly harrowing tale of survival is told in Heroine, a one-woman show from Scene Change Productions making its world premiere this Fringe.
It's time to head to 17th-century Paris with d'Artagnan, desperate to become a Musketeer " but hiding a secret that could bring those dreams crashing down in an instant.
Mark Shenton rounds up news of singalong performances of Bat Out of Hell, reviews of Aristocrats, Bring It On and Little Shop of Horrors and an extract from an interview with Kathleen Turner.
Rohan Browne deservedly gets his name in lights as he takes centre stage in this spectacular new production of much-loved Australian musical The Boy from Oz.
Proud Haddock commemorates the centenary of the end of the First World War with two major rediscoveries of wartime dramas this autumn: Square Rounds and Billy Bishop Goes to War, both helmed…
Any preconceptions about a play depicting five-a-side football should instantly be put aside for Tom Wells's Jumpers For Goalposts.
Using the word 'strong' to describe women and girls is redundant. Putting up with all the trash that women have to deal with as a result of their gender, on top of everything else life throw…
The National Theatre has announced that Amber Gray and Patrick Page will reprise their original New York Theatre Workshop roles of Persephone and Hades in Hadestown, running in rep at the Ol…
Ontroerend Goed may be based in Belgium, but their varied and inventive work is an invaluable part of the British theatre scene. Their show £¥€$ (Lies), a hit at last year's Edin…
Written by Brenda Callis, and directed by Eden Peppercorn and Oli Grant, Elise looks at the life of Elise Cowen from the perspective of those that knew her.
This one-man show is filled with angst and urgency but could be expanded further for a more in-depth look at the situation the character finds himself in.
It makes for very uneasy watching. On the one hand, her story-telling is gritty and brave, but there's a strand which is deeply exploitative with a terrified young girl tortured and maimed.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical has announced new casting with Hayden Tee playing Miss Trunchbull alongside Rob Compton and Holly Dale Spencer as Mr and Mrs Wormwood.
Adapted from Eugene Ionesco's French absurdist comedy by Patrick Marber (who also directs), Exit the King, in a nutshell, tells the story of the death of the titular King, who's told he must…
Maria Aberg directs this lively and over-the-top production that fully embraces the madness and quirkiness of the musical.
Sweet and true, Handfast by Edinburgh-based company Nutshell at Summerhall, is the wedding day you deserve.
Coelacanth, a dark one-act comedy which is part of this year's Camden Fringe, is set in a world where assisted suicide has been legalised and anyone wanting it can find someone to kill them.
