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This production encapsulates the very best of what makes The Production Company such a treasured asset in the Melbourne musical theatre landscape: the re-enlivening of an all too rarely seen…
It's a brave individual who takes up a career in stand up comedy, however Sallyann Fellowes has just done that having left careers in both the police and as a nurse behind her.
What were the reviews and other blogs that got readers clicking most? Any surprises? Our Top 25 Mates Blogs from October 2017 are listed below with summaries and links to read more.
As it's the first of the month, we're taking a brief moment to remind ourselves of the biggest news stories from the month just closed. What were the headlines that got readers clicking most…
After a premiere in Birmingham last year, Sean Mathias' production of The Exorcist has resurfaced in the West End in the hope of recreating the chills and thrills of the 1973 movie, despite …
It's a clever idea by Richard Bean, to envision a story set when Karl Marx was an impecunious migrant living in the 'squalor' of Dean Street in Soho, caught between the pawnbrokers and the b…
The Watermill Theatre's Artistic Director, Paul Hart, announces his spring 2018 season which includes an award-winning new musical, the first major revival of a modern classic, a new Shakesp…
Joy, in which learning disabled characters are played by trained actors with learning disabilities, is a play and a directorial choice commendably at the forefront of diversity and accessibi…
A new UK touring production of Kinky Boots will open on 19 September 2018 at Royal & Derngate in Northampton, returning to the home of this British story, whilst the West End production…
What are the big shows opening in November 2017? Here's Love London Love Culture's monthly guide to shows opening in London's West End and Off-West End, including those led by big-name Ameri…
Spoken word, science and strip clubs combine to create Chanje Kunda's one-woman cabaret show exploring the laws of attraction and the meaning of life.
Mendoza takes the most Scottish of plays to 19th century, which seems a risky and bizarre move but Los Colochos fast-paced and gory production makes Shakespeare accessible and brings passion…
Emma is a role to stand shoulder to shoulder with Rooster from Jerusalem. It wouldn't surprise me in years to come if female actors mention the role in conversations about dream roles in the…
Few bits of theatre news have delighted me more this year than hearing that Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, has taken possession of the Poor Priests Hospital in Stour Street " a large, iconic h…
Glenn Berenbeim's grimly stoic book is set in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 where a group of actors is trying to lift spirits by staging a play.
Geoffrey Streatfeild and Irish actor Emmet Byrne star in the first revival of Simon Gray's Cell Mates, which hasn't been performed since Stephen Fry famously walked out of the 1995 premiere …
When I read that Anything that Flies was her debut play by writer, Judith Burnley, I naturally assumed it was a young playwright being given a big chance by Jermyn Street's new artistic dire…
We worked a few scenes during the audition run, including the iconic movie moment where Regan spins her head around. I made sure I told our director Sean Mathias that my neck was extremely f…
The Open Air Theatre has announced the programme for its 2018 summer season, under the continuing artistic directorship of Timothy Sheader. The headline productions are Peter Pan, As You Lik…
The new Playground Theatre, which officially opens its doors next week, has announced its first Christmas show, the world premiere of a new stage production of the much-loved French children…
Think about your parents, or a parental figure. How have they impacted who you are now? Whether positive or negative some mark will inevitably and irrevocably remain.
JM Barrie's rarely performed 1917 play Dear Brutus comes to Southwark Playhouse for a Christmas season in a new Troupe production directed by Jonathan O'Boyle.
Full casting has now been announced for the West End transfer of new musical The Grinning Man, with West End stars including Julie Atherton, Mark Anderson and Sanne den Besten amongst those …
Sting's debut musical The Last Ship will get its UK premiere in the new year, coming "home" to Newcastle in Tyne and Wear, where the story is set.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
