What's nice about the three plays in 143 is that it feels as if they're all part of the same little world " obviously recognisable as a representation of the world in which we live, but link…
In Worth A Flutter, which is written by Michael Head and directed by Jonathon Carr, one man finds there what he thinks is the answer to his unhappy love life.
Southwark Playhouse has announced plans to finally set down permanent roots in the borough with a flagship venue in Elephant and Castle and a satellite venue back within the arches of London…
Fox Hunting demonstrates the importance of theatre in bringing to light stories that are often overlooked and reminds us how close to home some of these issues hit.
The Fall is a play that lingers on in the mind long after the show has finished and is performed to perfection by all of the cast. Well worth a watch.
With just a couple of weeks left to catch The Ferryman in the West End and the chance to see Rosalie Craig in a non-musical role for once, the offer to return to the Gielgud was one I couldn…
It will be important for dramatists like the author Robert Schenkkan to keep asking the questions raised in Building the Wall. The role of art is not simply in holding a mirror up to a disto…
Pinter at the Pinter, a unique event presented by the Jamie Lloyd Company, featuring all 20 one-act plays written by the great British playwright, will be performed in the theatre that bears…
Jasper Britton will play the irrepressible Johnny 'Rooster' Byron in the first major revival of Jez Butterworth's multi award-winning, West End and Broadway hit Jerusalem which plays at t…
It's the hottest day of the year when this podcast is recorded - and we've got a leading man to match! Actor Alistair Brammer joins host and director Andrew Keates for this episode of the Sh…
Simon David Eden's new black comedy The Gift of the Gab, the first in his Brighton trilogy, is set during the 1979 "Winter of Discontent". Our feature series on the show continues with this …
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
I've seen numerous productions of A Doll's House over the years, but this is the first one that's fleshed out what was hiding in plain sight " the overarching weight of the characters' worri…
Grotty is a sharp new play that's full to the brim with humour, as well as hiding a dark heart " cleverly directed and brilliantly performed.
Yesterday we told you about Dominic Shaw's fresh new, actor-musician production of The Secret Garden, which officially inaugurates The Barn Theatre in Cirencester when it opens to the press …
Harry Enfield and Arthur Darvill will lead the cast of Hampstead's world premiere of Jemma Kennedy's breakthrough play Genesis Inc from 22 June to 28 July 2018 (press night is 28 June).
Inspired by his memories of growing up in South East London, Michael Head's Worth a Flutter is an enjoyable comedy with hidden depths " a love story whose protagonists are simultaneously too…
Acclaimed one-act play Catching Up, which comes to London's Theatre N16 this month after its Edinburgh Fringe success, is written, performed and produced by Octavia Gilmore and Emily Schofie…
The issue of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in men is a worthy theme for a play, and Tom Vallen's script for A Gym Thing presents it without veering into didacticism. With a more developed ending …
Quiz is a thought-provoking piece of theatre that will really make you question what you perceive to be the truth.
Chess is officially back in London, directed by Laurence Connor and starring Alexandra Burke, Michael Ball and Cassidy Janson. Here's what the critics have been saying about it…
For the first time ever Edward Fox, 81, is joined by his son, Freddie Fox, 29, on stage and it is a partnership that brings out the best in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. The surprisingly m…
Following a UK tour, Anthony Horowitz's psychological thriller Mindgame is opening at London's Ambassadors Theatre on 15 May 2018 (running until 2 June, with a press night on 16 May).
After taking my first tentative steps into the world of Strictly I have to admit that I loved every second of this smash hit spectacular. A glorious night of entertainment. Fabulous.
Two hours of sexist lad 'humour' that all too often veers into soap territory, with performances of varying quality " more of a rank outsider than a dead cert.