Review: The Magic Flute or the stories they tell, Above The Stag Theatre4.0Overall ScoreThe Magic Flute is an emotional opera about romance, passion, and deceit. The Magic Flute or the stori…
Review: Talent, Crucible Theatre2.0Overall ScoreVictoria Wood's Talent follows ambitious 24-year-old Julie (Lucie Shorthouse) chasing her dreams of stardom and escaping her dead-end job. The…
Review: Bach and Sons, The Bridge Theatre3.0Overall ScoreBach and Sons is a new play by renowned playwright Nina Raine about composer Johann Sebastian Bach's later years and his complicated …
Review: Marvin's Binoculars, Unicorn Theatre Online5.0Overall ScoreFrom bird watching and nature to life and friendship, Unicorn Theatre's new show, Marvin's Binoculars, is a must-see for yo…
Review: Can You See Into A Black Hole?, Iris Theatre4.0Overall ScoreBefore sitting down to watch this show, I did not know an awful lot about epilepsy. I did not know the precautionary sacri…
We're bringing you more theatre opportunites this week, from companies like Graeae and Vault Festival. Good luck! Black Scottish theatre-makers can sign up to the National Theatre of Scotlan…
In the latest of our video interviews, we speak to Jade Samuels, the Executive Producer of Mawa, the first all-black, all-female Shakespeare Theatre Company ever. Jade Samuels is a founding …
Review: Suitcases, Hit the Ground Running Dance Theatre Company4.0Overall ScoreThe story of the Willard Suitcases is undeniably fascinating. In 1995 construction workers discovered hundreds …
Review: Down the Line, 45North5.0Overall ScoreI attended the listening party for this production via Zoom. In these uncertain times, attending a listening party virtually from my living room…
Review: Staircase, Southwark Playhouse3.0Overall ScoreIn a new age perfectly suited to a smaller cast, Southwark Playhouse presents a revival of the late Charles Dyer's Staircase. This two-h…
Review: Emerge, Theatre for Life3.0Overall ScoreThe premise of this film is very much to tie in the history of a family affected by the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and the contrast with m…
Review: Beyond These Walls, Sheffield Crucible Studio3.0Overall ScoreIs it Tennessee Williams if there isn't any jazz? Director Laurie Sansom certainly doesn't think so. Sansom does a fantas…
Today we speak to Tanya Bridgeman whose one-woman show, Shoes to Fill arrives at the Iris Theatre next month. Expect some nostalgia, being a person of colour within the industry and taking b…
Review: Outlier, Bristol Old Vic 3.0Overall Score Gigs may currently be off, but this co-production with Old Vic Ferment fuses their kinetic atmosphere and music-informed storytelling into a…
Review: J'OUVERT, Harold Pinter Theatre5.0Overall ScoreUpon leaving the Harold Pinter Theatre, I turn my head left as I walk up the stairs. Adorning the walls are posters of plays and actors…
Review: My Son's A Queer, But What Can You Do?, The Turbine Theatre 5.0Overall Score My Son's A Queer, But What Can You Do? has burst onto The Turbine Theatre stage this month and it is cert…
Review: Under Milk Wood, The National Theatre 4.0Overall Score Michael Sheen stars in Under Milk Wood, a heavily adapted production of the play by Dylan Thomas. Now on the National Theatre's…
Review: Shedding a Skin, Soho Theatre5.0Overall ScoreAmanda Wilkin's, Shedding a Skin, is nothing short of a comically emotional slap in the face. Wilkin's character of Myah speaks to us as …
We're bringing you more theatre opportunites this week, many of which are for people of colour and those that identify as disabled. Best of luck! UK New Artists 'Future Producers' callout is…
Review: Everything I Own, Hull Truck Theatre4.0Overall ScoreI have seen many plays which carefully weave music into the storyline, but I have never been provided with a playlist to listen to…
Review: Rock Bottom, The Lion and Unicorn Theatre3.0Overall ScoreIf you have ever wondered what Shakespeare's beloved clown Bottom is up to these days, don't wonder any longer " he is at the…
Brazilian actor, Catharina Conte writes about being a migrant actor in 2021, having to return to her place of birth and its barbaric inequality during the pandemic and her hopes for the soun…
Review: The Dream, Brighton Fringe4.0Overall ScoreThe Dream, a radio-play by Nnenna Samson Abosi, is a reminder of how important context is to how a production is received. Where, when and h…
Review: If We Ended This, Colours Hoxton4.0Overall ScoreThe intimacy created by Colour Hoxton's compact orange box of a theatre space is perfectly matched for the personally evasive and gent…
Review: Look Who's All Grown Up, The Space 3.0Overall Score Look Who's All Grown Up is an impressive piece of new writing by Abigail Chandler, performed at The Space in East London. It track…