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At the beginning of the week Love London Love Culture paid a visit to see Aladdin The Musical " here's five reasons why you should see it.
Real Magic is definitely a show that makes you think; or rather, forces you to think. A parody of humanity which just continues to surprise you with its slapstick jokes, sexual innuendos and…
The play subliminally hints at the insuperable attraction between men and women, that no conditioning can overcome. The non-verbal lure of the masculine 'other' calls to the women.
Even though officially the oppressive Soviet regime ended at the end of 1992, under Vladimir Putin's leadership the practises of the KGB era still endure and in terms of the sorts of civil r…
It's a layered story that opens with a pub quiz, setting the scene for the world of obsessive competition fanatics, laying a direct trail from that bar to the gameshow hot-seat.
From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII sing their way out of the history books and into the spotlight in the professional premiere of SIX, which runs at the West En…
What is really clever about this play is how it manages to layer up the separate plots and points in time. There is one set (a cheap-looking motel room with a small bathroom and cupboard) an…
As one of Oscar Wilde's most famous plays, one wonders if The Importance of Being Earnest's aged humour and possibly outdated social values will stand the test of time. Thankfully, here, in …
Stewart Pringle's Harry and Denise fortuitously keep meeting over the trestle table in the local village hall rented out for evening classes and meetings. Harry is one of the backbone-of-the…
Les Enfants Terrible, a company now synonymous with this experience-based immersive theatre, take us through white-walled holding cells, to a cathedral with neon Donald Trump and Putin effig…
Phoenix Rising isn't your average play. Written by Andrew Day and directed by Maggie Norris, it takes place in an underground car park beneath Smithfield meat market and uses the whole area …
At the heart of it, Iain Hollingshead and Timothy Muller's new musical has an interesting conceit - exploring the history of the 20th century (at least, from 1919 to 1989) through the experi…
The long-awaited Great Australian Musical has finally arrived. By turns hilarious and heart-rending, Muriel's Wedding the Musical is as meticulously crafted and brilliantly performed as the …
Adapted from the original Monthy Python and the Holy Grail film that is considered to be one of the best Monty Python films, Spamalot really captures the spirit of the original film and the …
The Cervantes Theatre's current staging of Lorca's classic, alternating between English and Spanish, is a powerful and deeply humane examination of the effects of ruling through oppression, …
Director Melly Still fills her stage with a cast of nearly 40 and Anna Fleischle's looming industrial design, whilst a 15-piece orchestra led by David Mahoney fleshes out Daf James' bold sco…
Across the 14 tracks of the collection, there's a variety of approaches as they tackle songs from a wide range of musicals. Each singer gets a couple of solo numbers, and they all chip in wi…
vo van Hove's production, starring Bryan Cranston in the iconic Peter Finch role, makes the case for itself by inviting audience identification with Beale's angry, uncensored, unedited, unco…
Merrier than ever, The Merry Widow returns in a decadent new production: The 1920s art deco update is a completely natural fit for the Widow's world, placing the pleasure-loving characters i…
Chilling in all the right places, the revival of the award-winning tour of Cabaret starring Will Young as the Emcee feels as important a piece of musical theatre as it ever did.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross " not a tartan bonnet in sight, it's an All-American play set in Chicago in the 80's " is about ruthless competition between real estate salesmen, paid largely on…
You don't have to be an ABBA fan to get caught up in this wonderful show. Full credit to the talented performers who, with boundless energy, dance and sing their way through the show, giving…
David Greig's triumphant version of Aeschylus arrives in London trailing banners of glory.
Howard Brenton's adaptation of Strindberg's Miss Julie is sharp and observant in which the tension is carefully built up in Tom Littler's production.
