David Threlfall and Rufus Hound will reprise their lead roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Don Quixote when the production transfers to London's Garrick Theatre from 27 October 2018 to…
The 13th Camden Fringe Festival has announced its 2018 line-up, which sees themes of #MeToo, LGBTQ and mental health taking the forefront, reflecting what has been a groundbreaking year of s…
An entirely contemporary play, Machinal presents themes that are as current on the stage now as they were in Treadwell's time. The Almeida's excellent production should do a great deal to gi…
Following their West End debut earlier this year with the UK premiere of American Joel Drake Johnson's Rasheeda Speaking, Troupe returns to London's Southwark Playhouse this autumn with the …
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Friday 20 July 2018, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to Cirencester's Barn Theatre to quiz the team behind a major new revival of …
Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre have launched Theatre Helpline, a free 24-hour phone and email service supporting theatre professionals with any issue affecting their health …
The Old Vic has announced casting for The Greatest Wealth, curated by Lolita Chakrabarti and directed by Adrian Lester to celebrate 70 years of the National Health Service.
It is always a pleasure to get back to what is now known as Prescot Woodland Theatre, in church grounds where local success story MATE Productions stages its annual ensemble show. Treasure I…
Bingo is a friendly trip through the humorous and hard-hitting. While there is an element of predictability, especially the ending, it is moving; I found myself falling in love again with th…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
We are focusing on Bat Out of Hell for the entire month of June and this week we have an exclusive interview with Andrew Polec and Christina Bennington about their lives while starring in Ba…
I Am Of Ireland is a challenging play to be sure, and one which rightfully provides no easy answers, but it is an intelligent and uncompromising interrogation of a nation's past that English…
The Two Noble Kinsmen is a fun-filled boisterous romp that's worth sticking with. It might not make much sense but there are some outstanding performances and flashes of Barrie Rutter's famo…
Amanda Drew, Lucy Cohu and Patrick Melrose star Anna Madeley will join star of screen and stage Jonathan Pryce and three-time Olivier Award-winning Eileen Atkins in the UK premiere of new fa…
Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane will perform in the world premiere of Martin Crimp's play When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other (Twelve Variations On Samuel Richardson's Pamela), …
Based on Elizabeth Strout's short novel, My Name is Lucy Barton sees Laura Linney making her London debut in this production. Here Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews.
Julie may well be far from a definitive interpretation of Strindberg's classic, but nonetheless makes for an evening of thought-provoking theatre.
Mark Williams, star of The Fast Show, Father Brown, 101 Dalmatians, The Borrowers, Shakespeare in Love and seven of the Harry Potter films, will star as Doctor Dolittle at the first ten venu…
A hundred years since the birth of novelist Muriel Spark, her 1961 tale The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie has been adapted for the Donmar Warehouse by Blackbird playwright David Harrower and dir…
Kinky Boots has posted West End closing notices for 12 January 2019 at the Adelphi Theatre. Its final London cast will be led by Simon-Anthony Rhoden as Lola and, having just taken over 4 Ju…
Alkaline is the latest play premiere from plucky new writing theatre company, pluck. productions. Have you seen one of their previous shows, including, most recently, the three-time Offie-no…
Children are maggots, worms, vipers and disgusting little blisters. Matilda The Musical, the multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's magical book, opened at Milton Keynes Theatr…
In what is the first staging of Return To The Forbidden Planet since the death of its creator Bob Carlton, John Plews has put together a production that captures the show's irreverent spirit.
With Paterson Joseph's charisma generally covering any textual issues, this is a show that entertains, educates and awakens. Regularly touring since its premiere, it deserves to run and run …
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival takes place at various sites from 21 June to 7 July 2018. I spoke to the event's artistic director Bradley Hemmings about what this year's line up …