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A female-led venture, The Glorious Tour distinguishes itself by broaching subjects of adolescence and motherhood, and the range of emotions that accompany them.
While I'm having to scale back my theatregoing this year, the quality of the shows I've seen recently has made up for the reduction in volume. For anyone looking for inspiration, here are my…
Vincent River, written by Phillip Ridley is a new and refreshing play focusing on the plight of hate crime on the LGBTQ+ community and it's an eye-opening, emotional piece of theatre.
At the Hippodrome Casino, in an unusual move from cabaret to a six-week run of a staged musical, Matthew Bugg's Miss Nightingale comes up for air for at least the third time after taking the…
The Australian Ballet honours and celebrates its extraordinary 50-year association with Australian living legend and national treasure Graeme Murphy in the lovingly curated new mixed program…
Rivera and Baker's adaptation does focus more on the personal than the political, so this does feel very much like the story of these two men rather than a searching insight into the LGBTQ e…
Black Men Walking is a hugely enjoyable show which embraces its audience in a warm clinch while zapping your brain with thought-provoking ideas. It's not one of the best black plays of the y…
The glorious inventiveness on display in Travels With My Aunt never quite banishes the whiff of cynicism about the subject material. However, worries hardly matter when the exemplary perform…
Louise Jameson spoke to Love London Love Culture about her latest role in Vincent River, playing at the Park Theatre until the 14 April.
The Barn Theatre in Cirencester triumphantly flung open its doors this week with its inaugural production of The Secret Garden. Dominic Shaw's fresh new actor-musician, folk-influence take o…
The Royal Exchange has succeeded in bringing psychologically unnerving horror to its stage. With an underlying sense of uneasiness, Frankenstein is guaranteed to make you jump out of your sk…
Jordan Clarke's band for Assassins is outstanding, and the two stars awarded by this review are for his quintet. See this show if you enjoy listening to Sondheim's music played superbly. Oth…
An extremely relatable piece of theatre that speaks for everyone on the brink of change " brilliantly conceived and performed by Jesse Fox.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Olivier Award-winning actress Sharon D. Clarke will reprise her much acclaimed performance in the title role of the current production of Caroline, or Change when the musical transfers to th…
Make sure that this masterpiece is seen and heard. Give Misty the visibility that it deserves. Arinzé Kene is a genius, plain and simple.
Casting has been announced for Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Peter Pan (17 May to 15 June 2018), directed by artistic director Timothy Sheader.
Fringe innovators The Pensive Federation return to The Vaults with their annual new writing event, The Significant Other Festival, running from 17 to 21 April 2018. Ten new 10-minute plays w…
Although it is a bit rocky in places, there is an interesting twist at the end of Lock and Key that makes it easier to digest.
Circassians reading this: it's up to us. Let's not feel embarrassed to use our title, let's embrace and enjoy it. Public perception of what we do will never change if we don't change our own.
Be'er Cotton is powerful, heady stuff. The play is an adrenalin ride of fury, racism, broken family units, and video games packaged up with a soaring soundtrack.
Somnai is a dream of a dream. Possibly an android's dream of a dream. But it is no less impressive an experience for that. It will take you out of yourself, even if it can't yet deliver you …
We caught up with television and theatre performer Claire Sweeney as she prepared to take on the role of Irene Roth in the UK tour of Crazy For You, alongside Casualty and Strictly Come Danc…
Lord of the Flies is a strong and stirring production. Making a classic story feel as if it was written yesterday " the performances are excellent.
CJ de Mooi opens to the press tonight (22 March 2018) in the premiere of Banana Crabtree Simon, David Hendon's one-man play about dementia. How does snooker connect author and actor? Why did…
