In this second holiday podcast, the London theatre bloggers discuss pantomimes at Hackney Empire, Theatre Royal Stratford East and New Wimbledon Theatre, as well as West End comedy Peter Pan…
The pleasures to be found in the pitfalls that are part of live performance rear their accident-prone head yet again in Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the latest exercise in controlled (or is it?) ch…
Not too long ago, a comedy opened at the Duchess Theatre, and at that moment not many could have predicted that it would become a huge success (Olivier award for Best New Comedy included).Â…
Apollo, LondonIn this neat retread of the Play That Goes Wrong formula, Neverland is cleverly assailed by electric shocks and flying mishapsOver the years, I've seen plenty of Peter Pans goi…
Peter Pan Goes Wrong Apollo Theatre 4 December 2015 " 31 January 2016 STARRING THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT-PRONE CAST OF THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG The original cast of the West End’s hit come…
For a limited run over the festive season at the West End's Apollo Theatre, the original cast of London's The Play That Goes Wrong (which is now continuing its run at the Duchess The…
For a limited run over the festive season at the Apollo Theatre, the original cast of The Play That Goes Wrong will bring their trademark comic mayhem to the J.M. Barrie classic and timeless…
✭✭✭✭✩ Never Never stop laughing:
To die, that would be an awfully big adventure. So said Peter Pan, but he might have been talking about mounting an am…
The Lowry is hosting a Christmas production where going wrong is celebrated in the mould of Michael Frayn's Noises Off. We chat to actor, Alex Bartram to find out more.
…AND MISCHIEF THEATRE GETS IT TRIUMPHANTLY RIGHT My latE Dad hated the theatre, for the kindest and most dignified of reasons. He preferred cinema : in live performance he feared th…
JOYFUL DISASTERS FROM COMEDY MASTERS The director is grandiose as only a student thesp can be; his assistant ("Co-director" he snaps) surly. The actors playing Pan and Wendy are an i…
A set that falls down, countless missed cues, and an accident-prone cast. You would be forgiven for thinking that these calamities were merely symptomatic of staging a press night on Friday …
Who doesn’t love the story of Peter Pan? Well, it doesn’t quite go to plan in Mischief Theatre’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong. As the title suggest, you’re bound to find t…
Mischief Theatre's production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong will play at the Pleasance Theatre, Islington from 10 December. Guardian Extra members buy tickets for selected performances when they b…