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The narrative arc of Foul Pages at the Hope Theatre is woolly and lacks clear authorial intent, making for a frustrating experience of unfulfilled potential.
Dust is a truly brilliant piece of theatre that dares to tackle the turmoil of depression and suicide, resulting in a moving and darkly funny play " Milly Thomas is superb.
Lydia Larson is set to star as the title role in Electra until 24 March as part of The Bunker Theatre's spring season. She spoke to Love London Love Culture about what people can expect from…
Enjoyable performances, but I really do wish there had been less words in Electra at the Bunker Theatre, and more music and sharper storytelling.
Kathryn Gardner's script for Treading Water at The Vaults is beautifully paced and observed, drawing nice humour as well as poignancy from the three characters, each of whom variously finds …
Some plays are great for most of their duration, but they're let down by their ending. The Wedding Room is solid entertainment throughout, with a twist at the end that satisfies.
Macbeth is an obvious box office draw for the theatre and the work is fundamentally solid, but it's hard to shake the feeling it's all a little safe, except for one performance that Bristol …
Testosterone is an extraordinary piece of theatre " thought-provoking, powerful, emotional, and a highly enjoyable one too. Not to be missed.
The world would be a better place if we had the room to express like Jubilee at the Lyric Hammersmith does. The honesty and severity of this piece is its crowning glory.
A play which goes into the details of the economics behind the 2008 banking crisis might sound like a pretty dull way to spend an evening, so credit to Proto-Type Theatre for not shying away…
Although The Mousetrap is often dismissed as a mere genre piece, all plot and no characters, I think this does an immense disservice both to Christie's skill and to the pleasure that murder …
Ancient Greece & punk collide to make an inspiring piece of theatre in Electra, performed with heart and spirit " a real call to arms.
What shafts this production of Pippin royally in its fishnet and suspender-clad buttocks is its slavishly dated adherence to Fosse style costume and choreography as though no other interpret…
To commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War, playwright Owen Thomas has teamed up with the Torch's Peter Doran for The Wood to create a story of friendship, redemption and…
So it isn't press night " because you were at another show then. You arrive at the box office and say politely: "Hello. My name's Susan Elkin. There should be a press comp for me for this pe…
Sheffield Theatres' new season includes Standing at the Sky's Edge by Michael Wynne, with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley; A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Robert Hastie with music b…
Lots of different things opening across the country in March. In London there are a lot of Fringe and Off West End productions coming your way.
Jane Horrocks will feature in the world premiere of Instructions for Correct Assembly by Verity Bargate Award winner Thomas Eccleshare, which runs at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstai…
Given that Milly Thomas' one-woman show Dust at the Soho Theatre is centred on a young person's suicide, there's a surprising amount of humour contained therein.
The Olivier Awards with Mastercard, the UK's most prestigious stage honours, has announced Catherine Tate as the host of this year's 42nd Olivier Awards ceremony. The ceremony will be hoste…
Wicked is a modern classic which remains as strong as ever on tour. With stellar performances from a standout cast, it's set to be 'Popular' with audiences throughout the land.
This new stage version of Harold & Maude says more about modern attitudes to ageing, about feminism, migration and seizing opportunities than the current slew of angry Fringe diatribes.…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
For a mystical, magical, mystical, whimsical show that will surprise, make sure you get along to the Southwark Playhouse for the limited run of Pippin.
Carefully curated by Chris Burgess, and starring Kieran Brown, Steven Dalziel, Natalie Green and Laura Sillett, A Night At The Oscars is a charming production of a delightful idea.
