Preparations are well underway for the Barn Theatre's much-anticipated new production of Simon Stephens' One Minute, the theatre's follow-up to its extended, wildly popular inaugural offerin…
The observations and insights that Bartlett injects in No Talking have an accumulative effect so that by the end of the play, we see the 'magnitude' of the absent conversation.
Theatre has recently taken on more female queer stories with Turkey, Lobster, The Gulf and now Grotty featuring prominently in fringe theatre seasons.
If you don't believe in ghosts, you may have to reassess once you read our interview with writer Matthew Campling, who draws on his own family's experience living in a haunted house for his …
If you have only 30 places to offer on a massively oversubscribed acting or musical theatre course then you must award them to the thirty applicants who have the potential to be industry-rea…
After almost a decade as artistic director and joint chief executive of the Lyric Hammersmith, Sean Holmes will step down in October 2018.
It's momentous indeed to see a debut work at the National and this excellent production of Nine Night, in all the clamour for a National Theatre that actually reflects the demographics of th…
Got your tickets yet for the world premiere of THE OLD ROOM? Reviewers and audiences have been gripped by William Stanton's "Le Carre-esque" cyber-security thriller and struck by its timelin…
A look around at audience reactions is enough to confirm that Grotty does what it sets out to do: bring an often overlooked subculture into the spotlight in a way that's both educational and…
There's no denying that the plot in Chess could, despite changes in this version, be better structured. But this is a show best enjoyed by sitting back and letting the music and staging blow…
Three women and four men in a room... and in an interview. Anita Dobson, Debbie Chazen and Maisie Richardson-Sellers, who play the 3Women of the title in the world premiere of Katy Brand's f…
Though it may lose its way, there is an ambition and complexity to The Writer " and an anger " that is worthy of its hype. It probably could have done with a bit more self-awareness, however…
There will be major cast changes at the West End production of Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre from 11 June 2018. The musical is now in its record-breaking 33rd year.
Grotty is a dark, grimy, and vivid exploration of the subcultures of London's lesbian scene. The end result is a play about nothing in particular. Much like its lead character, Grotty tries …
The all too short season of Don Quichotte provides an opportunity to admire Furlanetto in a signature role. The overall combination of charming music, stirring dance and high production valu…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
It was a first for me to be able to appreciate Little Mermaid performed this way. However, I hope this will be the first of many opportunities as I witnessed something extraordinary in Metta…
It is Alexandra Burke whose star shines brightest in this production of Chess. She oozes charisma and presence and at least she comes out of this show with her reputation not just intact but…
If you're having drinks in the White Bear pub before or after seeing Simon David Eden's 1979-set comedy The Gift of the Gab, don't be surprised if you hear one of these songs. Producers have…
While utterly bewildering, the performances are so spectacular and the play is such fun you can't help but be a little bewitched by One Green Bottle.
Got your tickets yet for Broken Silence Theatre's "utterly phenomenal" Adam & Eve? After a run last year at Brockley Jack, this modern-day Garden of Eden story transfers to London's Hop…
Directed by Douglas Rintoul for Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, this production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert marks the show's regional professional premiere.
It's astonishing that the National should decide to stage a writer's first play in the Dorfman Theatre but their confidence in the quality of Natasha Gordon's Nine Night is justified.
There is certainly no faulting any of the cast's performances or the look of the production as a whole, but it feels as though Jonathan Church's production of An Ideal Husband is just lackin…
Strikingly staged and worryingly contemporary, Creditors at the Lyceum is unsettling and difficult to ignore.