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The sound of tapping feet invokes a whole era of classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals and when the curtain rises on this tap-infused extravaganza it pauses 18 inches or so off the stage t…
It's unusual these days to sit in the theatre for more than a few minutes without the darkness and your concentration being disturbed by someone nearby flashing a mobile phone on. It's infur…
A Streetcar Named Desire was full of energy from beginning to end, with some wonderful movement as well as acting, so much so that, at times, it was quite exhausting to watch. I thoroughly e…
The Bunker's Summer 2018 season celebrates exciting work from both emerging and established companies. A highlight of this season is Breaking Out - a new initiative introduced by Artistic Di…
Love him or loathe him there is no mistaking Justin Fletcher. As one of the BBC's top children's TV presenters Fletcher " aka Mr Tumble " is one of the most recognisable faces in the land.
Frequently bizarre, and occasionally downright baffling, Mirrors is a unique experience. The show tackles some serious questions in an entertaining and humorous way, and while it doesn't off…
Takao Osawa, the multi-award-winning actor and star of one of Japan's most popular television series Jin, will join the cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I to play Kralahome, tr…
Ahead of the official opening night of Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell " The Musical at the Dominion Theatre on 19 April 2018, and due to overwhelming demand for tickets, the producers have a…
While Puig's masterpiece Kiss of the Spider Woman doesn't quite work when fleshed into a physical entity, I am reminded of the unique and all-conquering power of the human imagination, and I…
Martin Murphy's hugely enjoyable Victim is a one-woman show about life in prison. It has already had a successful outing in Edinburgh last year and concerns two females on opposite sides of …
Before Brief Encounter, there was Still Life. Audiences now have a chance to see Noel Coward's one-act play, which spawned David Lean's classic film, as part of Jermyn Street Theatre's compl…
Hackney Empire has announced Aladdin as its 2018 pantomime and 20th anniversary production which will arrive in true Hackney style this Christmas as the venue marks its landmark year with th…
Love Me Now made me cry. Actually, my past made me cry, but Love Me Now made me confront it. If " like me " you recognise the story all too well, it's not an easy work " no light-hearted sha…
I've always admired the small intimate venue that Crazy Coqs is. Having seen quite a few cabarets there, it made a perfect venue to house Liza Sings Streisand.
How much does new Edwardian spoof comedy Cream Tea and Incest, with its aristo Eddie Spangler and his servant Jeffrey, owe to PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster? Writer and star Benjamin Albo…
Based on the remarkable true story of two warring Allied meteorologists tasked with predicting the weather conditions for the D-Day landings, David Haig's critically acclaimed play Pressure …
Casting has been announced for Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's five-time Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home, playing at the Young Vic's main house from 18 June to 1 September 2018 (press nig…
Acclaimed author and playwright Jaki McCarrick has achieved notable success with her award-winning play Leopoldville. I caught up with her recently to talk about Belfast Girls, which is curr…
When everywhere else was cashing in on it being the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, London's big theatres passed up the opportunity to bring Karey & Wayne Kirkpatrick's Bard-b…
Chelsea Walker helms a blistering update of A Streetcar Named Desire for English Touring Theatre.
As a new cast of 'some of the world's unluckiest actors' joins the cast of Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, a new booking has opened at the Duchess Theatre with tickets going …
Spring is here (finally) and with any luck, we've seen the last of the snow so time to think about venturing out in our evenings, such as going to see some cracking theatre.
With data thefts and cyber attacks dominating the news headlines, William Stanton’s highly topical new play THE OLD ROOM gets its world premiere at London’s White Bear Theatre, w…
As writer Ali Taylor rightly begins his programme notes, 'there are thousands of Cathys in this country' " we can only hope that, to its audiences, this play will be the impetus to help them.
Will is a very busy production, crammed with anachronisms and too many competing ideas " something of a work-in-progress.
