Do you remember 1979? Watch this fantastic trailer for The Gift of the Gab, the first in Simon David Eden's Brighton trilogy, for a feel of the swirling social and historical context for thi…
"Over the course of three stories, we draw a very direct line between the young actors the audience see on stage and the people they'll be in 60 years time " asking what conversations do we …
Presented by Acting Gymnasium and updated for the 21st century, Molière's The Misanthrope is directed by Gavin McAlinden and transposed to modern day London.
Cast members from the West End's longest-running musical, The Phantom of the Opera, were hailed the stars of West End Eurovision 2018, scoring a remarkable double victory. The post West End …
The writer and producer spoke to Love London Love Culture about Cream Tea and Incest, now playing at The Hope Theatre following a run at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For those w…
The Pint-Sized Playwriting Podcast exists to help emerging playwrights understand how to get ahead in the world of new theatre. This latest episode is with the superb Janet Fillingham, liter…
There's a lot to like about The Gulf, as it delves insightfully into what makes relationships work, and what makes them fail.
Artistic director Josie Rourke has announced two new Donmar Warehouse productions for 2018: Brian Friel's the Aristocrats, directed by Lyndsey Turner, and her own gender-swapping production …
Reared features a tangled web of secrets that can't all fit under one roof, leading to a hurried conclusion, but Paddy Glynn stands out.
Perhaps the show is preaching to the converted among a largely liberal theatre crowd at Jackson's Lane, but Sarab is a show that should be programmed to visit every small town where people a…
From 4 June 2018 there will be major changes in the West End cast of Kinky Boots with Oliver Tompsett playing Charlie Price and Natalie McQueen playing Lauren. They join Simon-Anthony Rhoden…
Go and see Blood Brothers for yourself, it'll challenge your way of thinking, make you want to sing along, have you crying with laughter and sobbing with heartbreak.
Today, on the birthday of William Shakespeare, full details have been announced for Europe's first ever pop-up Shakespearean Theatre " Shakespeare's Rose Theatre " which makes its debut in t…
When I heard that writer Guleraana Mir and director Madeleine Moore were reuniting with the actress again in Coconut my heart skipped a beat.
This first episode on MyTheatreMates of the Show People Podcast, hosted by director and producer Andrew Keates, is with Mates' own Mark Shenton - so a great one to start with!
Shakespearean silliness continues to entertain, as drunkenness diverts Shylock's scheming in Shit-faced Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Newly installed at the Dominion Theatre, after runs in Manchester, Toronto and at the Coliseum last year, Bat Out of Hell has lost little of the bizarre, baffling energy that saw it find a v…
Inspired by a true court case in the US, Faceless " which is written by Selina Fillinger and directed by Prav Menon-Johansson " deftly tackles this conundrum with tact.
With many moments that hit a powerful punch, Rasheeda Speaking is a powerful and thoughtful piece of drama, designed to make audiences re-evaluate their own attitudes. Well worth paying a vi…
The lack of social commentary serves mainly to enhance the play's simultaneously entirely universal but completely personal quality, which ultimately makes The Gulf a touching and enjoyable …
Shobna Gulati, best known for playing Sunita Alahan in ITV's Coronation Street and Anita in Dinnerladies, is joining the West End cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, taking on the role …
I do hope Photograph 51 might be revived over here one day, though maybe in a more intimate space than the Noel Coward Theatre, to really play up the atmosphere and tension.
Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams traces a true-life story of two Ethiopian brothers who were also responsible for founding the first circus in their country.
Spiked is an intriguing collaboration between women, with all-female cast and creatives, but lacks the subtlety or the focus to deliver the impact it clearly intends.
There are some sharp writing and unexpected laughs from Thomas Eccleshare's script in Instructions For Correct Assembly, and its marriage with design elements makes this a smart production.