Small Things Theatre Company launches a season of female-focused new work at this year's VAULT Festival, with two new plays and two star-studded fundraising events in aid of the UN Women's #…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
This story of the girl next door who did good, against the backdrop of music that truly stands the test of time, will warm your heart, make you smile, and ultimately leave you sad that we ha…
Ben Jones is starring in the new UK tour of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, currently playing at the Rose Theatre in Kingston. He spoke to Love London Love Culture about the production and taking …
In the claustrophobic atmosphere of Chloe Lamford's design, Vicky Featherstone's production of Gundog provides too little variation of tone, especially as Simon Longman's storytelling resist…
The punches just keep coming in The B*easts. It's one of those "grab a friend and discuss endlessly" productions, and the more we do chat with each other, hopefully the more we can avoid a f…
Nadia Papachronopoulou directs the ensemble cast for the world premiere of Ian Grant's AFTER THE BALL, Time Productions' follow-up to its launch production of Abi Morgan's Tiny Dynamite. Che…
Philip Ridley's Angry is a series of gender-neutral monologues which vary in length and intensity, but most importantly all feature moments of anger (or anger-based incidents integral to the…
At this year's VAULT Festival, Small Things Theatre Company's season of female-focused new work includes two fundraising events for the UN Women's #HeForShe campaign, including a panel discu…
In Bump, directed by Michael Woodwood at The Vaults, the collision of two individuals one fateful day forever changes their respective lives.
Volvas' The Vagina Dialogues is often humorous with a broad appeal, but there also is a weight to the more serious topics, like an iron fist within a velvet glove.
I can appreciate the effort made by the company in I Have a Mouth & I Will Scream to address the fundamental difficulty of being a contemporary feminist, but I am left a little wanting.
Imagine you could take a pill that could bestow prolonged periods of effortless intense concentration. Written and directed by Alex Benjamin, Cotton looks at this hypothesis through the angl…
I love Austen's work and am fascinated by the times in which she lived, so I managed to get to one or two things to mark the anniversary, but one show I really do wish I'd been able to inclu…
Surprise! feels incredibly original and defies genre. It also touched on the issue of mental health in such a poignant way, that once Silver had spoken honestly and directly about how much t…
Matches are resolutely old-school and capable of being taken for granted, but are just as capable of flaring into life as they always were. Which is pretty much the case with Firebrand's The…
Simon Longman's new play, directed by Vicky Featherstone, is being presented as part of the Royal Court's Jerwood New Playwrights programme until 10 March. Here's what critics have had to sa…
Polymath, poet, storyteller, songwriter, visual artist …and arguably one of Britain's greatest living playwright's, Philip Ridley's work is always full of surprises.
Girls & Boys at the Royal Court Theatre is a necessary contribution to mainstream subsidised theatre and unquestionably deserving of a place in contemporary feminist theatre's canon.
Haydn Gwynne will be playing the role of Lady Wishfort at the Donmar Warehouse in James Macdonald's new revival of William Congreve's Restoration comedy The Way of The World, replacing Linda…
Hot on the heels of this week's Anything Is Possible If You Think About It Hard Enough, Small Things Theatre Company will present its second play premiere at this year's VAULT Festival, BOOT…
The York Realist at the Donmar Warehouse is a glorious show which creeps up on you slowly, naturally and beautifully. I couldn't think of a better way to spend 130 minutes.
After success with Caravan Theatre, now returned for a third year at VAULT, Robin Linde Productions presents All Boxed Up, Sammy Kissin's seriously surreal black comedy running for six perfo…
Watching Angry makes you feel as if you've downed several super-alcoholic drinks " and then rushed out into the freezing cold night, under the cold unfeeling stars. Yes, welcome to Ridleylan…
Next week, Pegasus Opera Company presents the UK premiere of a double bill of two new one-act operas showcasing women in lead roles, Ruth and The Dark Lady of the Sonnets. Their American com…