One helluva writer, that Kelly and his 'muse', Carey Mulligan. Will Girls & Boys transfer? It would be a sell-out, if arduous to maintain, I imagine for Mulligan. Time will tell…
After nearly a decade since the last UK tour sold out within days, the Broadway production of Boublil and Schönberg's musical Les Misérables will open at Curve Leicester for a season from …
My verdict? Derailed at the Ovalhouse Theatre is leaving party like no other, and a show that defies description " lots to enjoy, but introverts beware!
In its exploration of artistic compromise and the perils of pursuing both sexual and political freedom, Foul Pages makes for strange eventful history.
The songs are infuriatingly catchy in Eugenius!, they stay with you for days. Its cool cast is energetic and engaging and you can't resist this production's charm.
As Tyrone Huntley and Georgie Henley tackle Philip Ridley's six monologues for Angry alternately one apiece, each of them immerses themselves in a coruscating display of compelling physical …
Victoria's Malthouse Theatre and Black Swan Theatre's joint production of Picnic at Hanging Rock does have its moments of scariness and there are fine, spirited performances from its quintet…
A story, first hand, from the heart. Annie Eves chose her sister, Grace, to be the subject of her debut play Tracing Grace, as part of her mission to raise awareness of Grace's condition.
Plays about women's unashamed sexual activity are still a rarity and Jessica Cornfeld and Anonymous' script for Zina has real potential to open the minds of anyone who sees it.
In its emotional forthrightness and playful theatricality, this touring production of Great Expectations is one to watch out for.
But as a nuanced discussion of the political and emotional minefield facing young women today, a witty takedown of some of the hypocrisies and contradictions of modern feminism, a celebratio…
The best that can be said about Chris Goode's Jubilee is that it must surely be in the running for the hotly contested accolade of the worst show of the whole decade.
In Ad Libido Fran Bushe not finding a 'cure' in the end for her Female Sexual Dysfunction gives the rest of us permission to have less-than-stellar sex lives. In the end, finding a special s…
Comedienne Anna Morris will bring her show Bitchelors to the Soho Theatre from 19 to 21 March. She spoke to Love London Love Culture about the uniqueness of the show…
Recalling the minutiae of one's teens, Amy Tobias taps into the heightened emotions from that period and obliquely shows how growing up is full of doubt and questioning " a perfect attitude …
If you're tired of conventional plot and character, On the Outskirts of a Large Event will be a welcome change.
by Laura Kressly Alice and her husband moved house from a bustling city to sleepy Berkhamsted just 6 weeks ago. She can’t wait to make new friends and get stuck into all that village l…
Behind all this bold, sensual exploration of the seediest side of life, The Last Bordello becomes nothing less than an affirmation of the need " the absolute need " for people to have the fr…
Having the power to change how one is treated by men " that is at the centre of Conquest. And while the impetus to shake things up in the play begins at a personal level, it later sets its s…
If the conflicting obsessions of the characters and the murkiness of the plot in Foul Pages at the Hope Theatre were more brightly illuminated, this could be a sustained and hilarious evenin…
Party Skills for the End of the World balances on the slack line between fun and danger with skill and precision, making for a complex and provocative evening.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
In Angry at the Southwark Playhouse, Philip's Ridley's six monologues are angry, passionate and ultimately heart-wrenching in terms of the range of subjects they cover, wrapped in two electr…
As a work in progress, Conquest has so much potential, but right now the piece feels like a race against the clock rather than a thoughtful and considered piece on feminism, consent and what…
John O'Donovan's two-hander If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You returns to London as part of this year's Vault Festival.