Chicago's tale of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery whispers back into the Edinburgh Playhouse with a thrum of double bass, a twitching off-beat on th…
Emma Clarendon chatted to Maia about directing and designing the puppets for There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom and Other Stories for the Little Angel Theatre.
Parodies of familiar tales are a well-loved staple of comedic storytelling. Everyone from the Carry On films to Spike Milligan and Mel Brooks have successfully employed this strategy, often …
As part of the London Horror Festival 2021, Revenge: The Horror Cabaret will scare audiences for one night only at north London's Pleasance Theatre on Thursday 21 October 2021.
The arrival of a trio of splashy big new musicals in the West End at roughly the same time " the others being Frozen and the ALW Cinderella " feels both like a brave move by producers but a…
Ardent Theatre Company's new play Rethink highlights the inequality of opportunities breaking into the theatre industry, particularly in the aftermath of Covid.
Luck Be a Lady is a one-woman extravaganza exploring the successes of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra from the perspective of the women who made it happen.
This is the first show in the Jermyn Street Theatre's Encounters season, and they have certainly started it off on a high note. This is a production of one of Alan Ayckbourn's first plays fr…
Matthew Bourne's latest production, is described as "intoxicated tales from the darkest Soho" and based on the novels of Patrick Hamilton. All the action takes place at The Midnight Bell, a …
Creating socio-political change and even recognition doesn't just happen, somewhere, sometime, someone has to fight for it, and history is full of organisations who since the end of absolute…
In Other Words was inspired by writer and performer Matthew Seager's experiences volunteering in a care home before the pandemic. First performed in 2017 (when Theatre Things reviewed it dur…
As the West End reopens with the welcome return of blockbusters which will get the massive press coverage with red carpets and celebrities, my gaze turns to off West End, Regional, and new w…
After multiple extensions and an endorsement from Stephen Schwartz himself, Pippin must finish at London's Charing Cross Theatre this Sunday. We checked in with the show's stars ahead of the…
We round up the reviews for the European premiere of Paula Vogel's play now playing at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
The trio chatted to us about bringing the magic of Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks to the stage. Aren't we due a bit of magic in our lives? Dianne Pilkington thinks so. She is staring in B…
Luck Be A Lady is a one-woman extravaganza that explores the stratospheric successes of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra from the perspective of the powerful women who made it happ…
New online theatre material keeps popping up all the time " or at least it eventually comes to my attention which amounts to much the same thing; this latest one did so by a somewhat circuit…
Every person who has ever been diagnosed with cancer asks at some point "What do I do now?" and "How can I carry on?" While the 'tropes' of behaviour post-diagnosis are familiar to people as…
Filled with energy and strong characterisations, you really do feel as though you are part of one of Jay Gatsby's parties.
It's been a while since I've reviewed one of the many shows which youth theatre Chickenshed put out during the pandemic. In fact, their last released piece came out in May so apologies to th…
Beautifully written and emotionally devastating, Cordelia O'Neill's two-hander Anything Is Possible If You Think About It Hard Enough sensitively explores the impact of losing a child to sti…
Originally devised as an educational piece in the height of the Zoom era of the pandemic, Alfie James' My Boy Danny will have its live performance debut at the Lion & Unicorn next month.
Jonathan O'Boyle's production is wonderfully poignant and intimate experience, with detailed performances from both Oli Higginson and Molly Lynch.
It is not with a little sense of surprise that I found myself yesterday experiencing my 800th online production which is the subject of this review. Back in April 2020 I, probably along with…
This Autumn, the UK is the first stop for Canadian contemporary circus company, The 7 Fingers, with their international tour of Passagers. Travel is an integral theme to the show but, after …