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Created thirty years ago by Clarke Peters and swiftly transferring from the Theatre Royal Stratford East across town to the West End and then to Broadway, it is a delight to see the show ret…
Finborough Theatre, London – until 30 September 2017 Guest reviewer: Melinda Haunton The signs are excellent when you enter the Finborough's latest set. It's instantly, vividly a cramp…
Former Strictly Come Dancing champion Joanne Clifton continues her run of musicals by starring in the London fringe premiere of all-singing, all-dancing Irving Berlin musical Top Hat.
To chop Mozart's The Magic Flute down into two hours, with an interval; to translate it entirely into English; to set it in a modern-day nightclub-style setting, are all brave moves by Opera…
Moscow's Vakhtangov Theatre's filmed version of a live performance of the play of the novel by its artistic director, Rimas Tuminas has arrived, if only for one screening at the Barbican. On…
Gate takes place on an average Thursday morning at 'The Gate' and, like every first-born child in the generations before her, Eve (portrayed by Emma Dennis-Edwards) is guarding it carefully.
From the outset it was exactly what I expected: cheesy but fun. There's no getting around the fact that its a childish show but what they've done really well with this production is really p…
Asterion wanders through the night, in a world that doesn’t really fit them. The minotaur of Greek myth, Asterion is the only one of their kind to exist. Asterion is bull-ish, neither …
The Autumn Season at Ovalhouse explores the 'unseen' people in our communities: children in care, whistle-blowers, sex-workers, transgender people and asylum seekers.
The titular knowledge is famously what is required to become a licensed London black-cab driver, a process so demanding that 70% of hopeful candidates fail to make the grade.
Each song is playful, catchy, foot-tapping and filled with warmth and affection for one another. The five Moe's are energetic and throw themselves into the fast-paced, jazzy pieces and chore…
Winners were announced for the inaugural The Stage Debut Awards, recognising the best breakthrough actors and creatives in theatre, in a star-studded ceremony held last night (17 September 2…
The floorboards in Sidney Bruhl's isolated barn conversion may squeak underfoot, but there's nothing creaky about Adam Penford's smart revival of Ira Levin's 1978 play Deathtrap.
Have you got your tickets yet for the London premiere of Jane Upton's award-winning play All the Little Lights, inspired by sexual exploitation scandals like the Rochdale sex ring? Watch the…
Stage version of Jack Rosenthal’s classic 1979 film is well acted, although the staging is a little bit static.
Howard Brenton's latest takes a scalpel to the collapsing mind of playwright August Strindberg.
John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt is being revived at the Southwark Playhouse in a limited season running to 30 September 2017. Here is what critics have been saying …
Rich in comic one-liners, song, dance and movement, the company give a tight and entertaining performance, at times coming close to pastiche, but carrying things off with the brio of the per…
A tent has popped up near Hyde Park, right next to the Marble Arch. Step inside and you will be transported to New Orleans, with a bouncing bar, a band to match and Southern-style decor and …
Jane Upton's award-winning play All the Little Lights, inspired by sexual exploitation scandals like the Rochdale sex ring, get its London premiere at the Arcola Theatre in a strictly limite…
To stage Parade at the Frogmore Paper Mill, a preserved factory that dates back to the Industrial Revolution, was an inspired idea from director Dan Cowtan.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Ferociously strict principal Sister Aloysius is convinced that there is inappropriateness occurring between parish priest Father Flynn and the school's first black pupil, but her views are c…
Late one night, a couple fights in bed. After falling asleep angry, Tamino fitfully dreams of a nightclub, a beautiful girl and a quest to save her.
There is great support from Gareth Gates as Willard " surprisingly funny and sweet throughout. Even if at times some of his mannerisms are slightly over the top, he is always endearing.
