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The grounding comes in Kwame Kwei-Armah's decision to transplant the play to 1950s Caribbean and in the casting of Nikki Amuka-Bird as Doctor Wangel's second wife, Ellida giving her racial d…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Stephen Leask, having played the role of alternate Dewey since May this year, will now lead the cast as Dewey Finn from 15 November 2017, as the show enters its second year in the West End, …
My time at drama school was otherwise wonderful. It was everything it should have been: fun, stressful, empowering, confusing and thrilling. But it was also something it absolutely shouldn't…
Looking for a bit of thrill or a fright this Halloween? Love London Love Culture rounds up some of the best shows to see.
A girl sits huddled inside an aerial cage, a sphere suspended in space, tethered to the figure of Aman Tamang, glittering in the darkness behind a sail-like rigging structure, which combines…
On the 10th anniversary since their first show, I was lucky enough to go and watch War Horse. The play is emotion filled and the stunning story telling through the music and ensemble work ma…
Mike Bartlett's new play Albion is directed by Almeida artistic director Rupert Goold, marking their first collaboration since King Charles III. It runs at the Almeida Theatre until 24 Novem…
"It follows the story of Joy, an independent, strong and brave woman with Down's Syndrome and her fight to be given the independence she deserves. It's a timely story that follows some of he…
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov delivered mightily on their promise of An Evening of Opera Highlights, giving their all as they performed sterling repertoire in an unforgettable concert.
Albion begins with Audrey, played with indefatigable energy by Victoria Hamilton, in the garden of her deceased uncle's family home, deep in the English countryside. She has bought the prope…
In the opening scene of Jay, it's Jay (Flora Nisbet-Dawson) who's keeping it together. Her girlfriend Alex (Eleonora Fusco) is curled up on the floor, severely depressed and barely functioni…
Living with the lights on is centred around my time at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1995. It was there that the odd and bizarre began happening to me and I had no idea what, why or how t…
Confession time - I've had this album for an unforgivably long time, mainly because I managed to forget about it, despite the fact I was meant to be reviewing it. D'oh, and sorry Mr G. And m…
The opening scene is set in one of Henry's (Laurence Fox) productions, although that's not evident until the action moves on from the set to which Charlotte (Rebecca Johnson) and Max (Adam J…
It seems that when StageArt are not too busy presenting Australian premiere musicals, celebrating diversity in casting or providing affordable high quality entertainment, they are shining th…
Mrs Johnstone is the lynchpin in the story, there wouldn't be a tale to tell without her, after all. The musical numbers that she sings are classics, from Tell Me It's Not True to Easy Terms…
The Colour House Theatre's debut scratch night kicked off with five new pieces of writing. A wide variety of topics and a diverse range of cast, directors and writers made up a night of come…
Elizabeth Kuti's Fishskin Trousers is an ambitious play, a story of loss, grief and mythology spanning eight centuries, featuring only three characters.
Oh my. Every Brilliant Thing is wonderful. It has the biggest heart and the biggest laughs. It is affecting and funny; it is heartfelt and touching. I cannot imagine that you will ever see a…
There are moments of pure awkwardness when the play's central character, Patrice Naiambana's Davies, finds himself caught in the middle of difficult conversations and situations.
Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of Southbank Centre, London, brings her creation inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children, to Manchester, offering our young people a…
The crème of Bristol artistic talent has come together for Ice Road, an immersive work at a former Victorian bathing house near the centre of town, that places its audience directly into th…
Like many UK Kristin fans, I saw Wicked when it opened back in 2006, subsequently listened to the Broadway recording and fell in love with the cast. I then entered an obsessive phase where I…
In Howard Barker's play The Castle, like after the Second World War, a group of men return from the Crusades to find their home 'unrecognisible'. Unfettered by formal hierarchies, a matriarc…
