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Even putting your coat and bag in the cloakroom feels like a scary Soviet Union policy. But without spoiling too much, you don't want to be weighed down by all your life crap in your bag bec…
France 1944. A young French girl Elodike runs to meet her lover, a German soldier Otto. Their love is innocent and pure, the exact opposite of the world around them.
The multi Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I will transfer from Broadway to London next summer following a critically acclaimed 16- month run at N…
The countdown is on for the latest West End offering from Mischief Theatre - and you know as well as anyone what you'll get this time. Because with Mischief Movie Night, which starts perform…
The cast that will join Adrienne Warren, playing the title role in the world premiere of TINA The Tina Turner Musical has been announced, including, making his musical debut, Kobna Holdbrook…
Organised by Stumble Dance Circus director, Mish Weaver, the Serious Circus symposium is the first iteration of an ongoing project to create a network of support and practitioners who are us…
Angus Jackson bookends the Royal Shakespeare Company's Rome season, his traditional dress Julius Caesar having opened it he now caps it off with a modern set Coriolanus.
The National Theatre's current production of Saint George and the Dragon is a modern and ambitious twist on the traditional folk tale of Saint George the dragon-slayer. Described as "a folk …
From its haunting title, to its moments of explosive dialogue, this is a modern classic, which when it was first staged won Mamet the Pulitzer Prize. Set in Chicago, it shows a group of slic…
Marking the inaugural show at the Playground Theatre in west London, Picasso by Terry d'Alfonso takes place in the Afterlife, where the artist is met by three of the many women in his life.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Set in a hotel room in 1954, the play brings together The Professor, The Senator, The Actress and The Ballplayer. None are actually named ("There's a price to pay for fame; your name's the p…
Absurdist: Like a Lynchian movie, Gregg Masuak's Flycatcher doesn't spoonfeed answers, but it gives its audience plenty to think about.
How did you celebrate the fourth annual #LoveTheatreDay on Twitter yesterday? MyTheatreMates' latest addition Debbie Gilpin (who runs Mind the Blog) marked the occasion online by sharing thi…
Tiger Bay is a prime example of 'deeds not words'. I am a Cardiff girl myself so to be able to return to my home City and watch the most beautifully portrayed musical, about the history of m…
In yet another triumph, Melbourne Opera not only presents a superb evening of bel canto opera, but also corrects a long-standing arts omission by staging the Australian premiere of Donizetti…
Tiger Bay the Musical officially receives its world premiere tonight (15 November 2017) at Wales Millennium Centre, where its strictly limited season runs until 25 November 2017 at this icon…
Kate O'Donnell quite literally bares all in her new show, You've Changed, a hilarious and honest account of her transition in 2003. Using the backdrop of the 1930s to add a unique twist, O'D…
It can be tough to get kids to engage with Shakespeare. Many of them see the foreign-sounding language and old-fashioned stories as irrelevant to the issues they battle as growing up today.
Frasier's Kelsey Grammer stars in Nigel Harman's UK premiere of Broadway musical Big Fish, based on the Tim Burton film. The production continues at The Other Palace in London until 30 Decem…
Josie Lawrence gives a great performance as Mother Courage despite the heartache she endured on a daily basis. Giving such a poignant performance you feel like her "On stage" children were h…
I continue to appreciate the work of theatre people like Max Stafford-Clark, Kevin Spacey " and no doubt others yet to come " too. We have to hold on to a balance.
Jermyn Street Theatre's dynamic 2018 spring season 2018 focuses on scandal and its impact with four plays: Woman Before a Glass, Mad as Hell, Hilda & Virginia and The Dog Beneath the Sk…
Simon Callow will perform Frank McGuinness's new stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's De Profundis at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre for a limited run of just six performances from 3 to 6 Ja…
Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Samuel Hodges, today announces their new season for 2018. This announcement also marks the opening of the brand new NST City, NST's newly built the…
