What effect is pornography having on young people's sexual and mental development? This is just one of the questions raised in Abbey Wright's brand new piece Why is the Sky Blue?
Written by Grace Carroll and Bryony Cole, WET looks at two friends' response to standard porn and how they would rectify it.
A treat here in the premiere of Mike Bartlett's first-ever play, never seen before in a theatre. But something of a qualified treat, because 2005's Not Talking was written as a radio play an…
If you want a fun, light-hearted, albeit slightly complex belly laugh-inducing farce to get your teeth into " this is the one to go and see. I'd watch it again if I could!
There's a lot to process in The Whale, sometimes too much, but make no mistake " this is masterful modern drama.
Mood Music is all about the music industry and the pains of creativity. It is a powerful journey into the dark heart of music-making " and surely a candidate for best play of the year.
The National Theatre presents Natasha Gordon's debut play Nine Night, directed by Roy Alexander Weise and stars Franc Ashman, Oliver Alvin-Wilson and Michelle Greenidge among the cast. Here'…
Chess is also a musical about love, about honour, about freedom and about hard choices. It is when these come to the fore that the musical really shines.
If the production backs up a hunch that it is not quite a modern classic, it's still a highly enjoyable take on a play that shows language is a right that shouldn't be taken lightly.
The View From the Bridge is the show to proclaim loudly that Tobacco Factory Theatres is in safe hands and ready to sail into a golden future under its artistic director Mike Tweddle.
This month's UK circus guide was filmed from Toronto, giving it a unique DIY aesthetic! You can also follow my adventures in Audio Description for circus which led me to Canada on The Circus…
Posted on April 30, 2018 by DebbieFor King and Country Photo credit: Owen KingstonJust when you think you’ve got your head around the concept of immersive theatre, a company comes alon…
This show is funny beyond belief and a real joy to watch. If it's a feel-good show you want, then Young Frankenstein is the one for you.
Tiger Lillies spoke to Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon about their upcoming show Devil's Fairground, playing at London's Wilton's Music Hall from the 15 to 26 May 2018.
Tumble Tuck is an uplifting and often hilarious study of a young woman as she comes to the realisation that true empowerment comes from within, not from the validation of others.
There's little sense of an over-arching plot in Absolute Hell which may turn some off but Hill-Gibbins proves that it isn't needed, the connective tissue that holds them together is the stic…
What motivated award-winning comedian Katy Brand to make her playwriting debut with inter-generational, feminist comedy 3Women? Find out with this fantastic video interview with Brand at Tra…
Nine Night is a piece of feel-good theatre that continues the (at times, glacially slow) movement towards more diverse representation on stage and off.
If you can get (or afford) a ticket, go and see Chess, if only because the score is unlikely to be played quite so sumptuously ever again. The whole production makes for an evening of stunni…
The trouble with touring American musicals is… well, where do you start? First of all, they have to be de-skilled from the Broadway originals so that an associate director and a lower-cost…
Dom Coyote's latest show We Can Time Travel is a personal odyssey that wears its influences on its sleeve.
Last week I was lucky enough to see the wonderful Harold and Maude at the Charing Cross Theatre.
This revival of Sarah Daniels' 1983 feminist classic, Masterpieces, is Neil McPherson's latest good idea. It's a play that is often seen, in textbooks, as typical of a militant femintern sty…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
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