Taking the form of a series of briefings to the US troops " that's us, the audience " and including cross dressing, slapstick and audience interaction, Instructions for American Servicemen i…
Peter Hamilton Dyer and Cressida Bonas star as George Orwell and his second, much younger wife in the world premiere of Tony Cox's MRS ORWELL, exploring the private side of one of the most p…
Directed by Joshua Mumby and choreographed by Lily Howkins this two-hour fun-filled show has the audience on its feet and yelling for more " we just couldn't get enough of Joshua Mumby and D…
Kevin Elyot could quite possibly be a national treasure now, had he not died three years ago. His plays are instantly accessible, entertainingly written and have lots of lovely wordplay. ââ…
Just transferred from the Jermyn Street theatre to the Arts Theatre, I Loved Lucy is an autobiographical play, adapted from Lee Tannen's memoirs about his relationship with cultural icon, Lu…
The Hired Man is a love story set at the turn of the last century, amongst the rural fields, industrial towns and dangerous coal mines of northern England. In this moving musical, sensitivel…
As wonderful as Matthew is, the evening really belongs to Sandra Dickinson. She really is Lucy. The voice, the mannerisms and the highly infectious laugh are all there.
Don't Blame The Bankers… $t00pid runs at Camden Fringe 11 " 13 and 18 " 20 August 2017. Here's Break A Leg's vlog with actor, Anne Musisi from the show talking about her role and telling y…
Joshua is spending his summer at the Hippodrome Casino in the Blues Brothers Summer Special. So I caught up with him before they open to discuss The Blues Brothers, the era and who would be …
Benedict Andrews directs this new Young Vic production of Tennessee Williams' classic Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, starring Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell at the West End's Apollo Theatre until …
Next up in our Spotlight feature is Odyssey, which plays Edinburgh Festival from 2 " 28 August 2017. I caught up with Theatre Ad Infinitum.
Tighter dialogue in the latter half and the addition of some physical theatre sequences give this update more sophistication, but a few of the original issues are still there. McNeill, who a…
Though my life has long been filled with musicals, Fiddler on the Roof has never been the one. I've only ever seen it the once (2013's touring version) and though I quite enjoyed it then, I …
The House They Grew Up In is a difficult play to watch though, a drama focused on reclusive siblings Daniel and Peppy whose hermit-like existence in their South-East London home sees them su…
Attila Theatre's devised piece SKIN DEEP comes to Camden Fringe next week. Christopher Montague, co-artistic director of Attila and co-director of the production, flies the flag for collabor…
Next up in our Spotlight feature is Quarter Life Crisis, which plays Edinburgh Festival from 3 " 27 August 2017. I caught up with writer and actor Yolanda Mercy.
Completed shortly before his death in 2014, Kevin Elyot's Twilight Song now belatedly receives its premiere courtesy of the Park Theatre. The play doesn't emerge as one of his strongest thou…
Stalking in with a whisper and out with a boom, Circolombia are on a Welsh stage for the first time, bringing their urban energy and Latin rhythms to Bangor's purpose built circus centre wit…
The Menier Chocolate Factory today announces the English language world première of Florian Zeller's The Lie in a translation by Christopher Hampton, which will run at the Chocolate Factory…
Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre's acclaimed production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night for a limited ten-week West End season in the ne…
When working with a subject so raw as child pedophilia, in the TV industry there is a lot at stake, research and preparation is key. Which is abundantly clear in Steve Brown's City of Champi…
This production and cast has recently been reviewed by one of the team, but I wanted to see for myself how fun it is. Therefore this review will simply be a revised version, however the sent…
Theatre can plumb the depths of despair. It can elevate human glory and achievement. It can stir the heart and still the soul. Or it can throw a fabulous party on a rocket ship full of beard…
No-strings sex and the apocalypse? Hit Off-Broadway black comedy BOOM receives its UK premiere next month at London's Theatre503, where it runs from 2 to 26 August 2017, with a press night o…
Taken from Melvyn Bragg's acclaimed description of England's Lake District as the 19th century passed into the 20th, The Hired Man is a richly fruited glimpse of a way of life long since pas…