Monday, July 25, 2022
Simon Godwin’s new production of Much Ado About Nothing for the National initially seems to be going for the full-on romantic escapism, from the bougainvillea and sun-kissed (Amalfi?) coas…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, July 20, 2022
Lucy Roslyn’s Pennyroyal takes Edith Wharton’s 1922 novella The Old Maid as its initial inspiration but feels immensely immediate and relevant. It centres on a very specific theme – Pr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, July 1, 2022
Theresa Rebeck’s Mad House at the Ambassadors Theatre is a tremendously engrossing and satisfying tragicomedy, given a flawless, blazingly well acted production by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, June 12, 2022
Mark Ravenhill’s The Haunting Of Susan A is a creditable and often gripping attempt to marry contemporary issues with Islington’s somewhat grim past, and an interesting, evocative way to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, May 28, 2022
Make no mistake, this is a world class Passion, and one which any Sondheim nut, or indeed anybody who wants to see a collection of remarkable talents at the top of their game, would be mad n…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, May 15, 2022
Daniel Fish’s sexed-up, pared-down version of Oklahoma! at the Young Vic Theatre (co-directed for London by Jordan Fein) is less a revival and more a full blown deconstruction of the origi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, May 7, 2022
With The Burnt City, Punchdrunk’s biggest show to date, they take on Greek myth, although the aesthetic is anachronistic: boho chic meets old school Hollywood glamour meets monochrome star…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, April 29, 2022
We knew Mike Bartlett was brilliant, but with this third piece to come to a major London venue in 2022, he displays yet another facet to his virtuosity while staking a claim to be as prolifi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, April 24, 2022
Premiered in New York in 2006, David Lindsay-Abaire’s robust yet delicate piece, which considers the fallout from a child’s death, is a compelling tragicomedy.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, April 10, 2022
There have been numerous screen and stage versions of the Dracula legend over the decades, including a couple of musicals ranging from the misconceived to the riotously camp.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, April 4, 2022
Any study of the history of popular music would be a very slim tome indeed without the contribution of Jewish songwriters, and that’s doubly true when it comes to considering the greatest …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, March 12, 2022
This thrilling Donmar revival comes at a particularly interesting time in global history, where an unchecked leader invading a neighbouring country on which he has no authentic claim is like…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, March 8, 2022
Not since the original 1990 production of Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing at the Bush (which featured a pre-stardom Jonny Lee Miller) have I seen a new play and young actors that come of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, February 23, 2022
“You should be dancing, yeah!” goes the oft-repeated chorus of the Bee Gees hit that loomed large in the original Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack and closes the first half of this …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, February 5, 2022
Moulin Rouge is ensconced now at the Piccadilly, probably for the foreseeable future, and it’s a true extravaganza, almost completely lacking any restraint
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, January 16, 2022
Joe Orton had been dead six years when Alan Bennett’s 1973 Habeas Corpus made its West End debut in a production starring Sir Alec Guinness.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, January 9, 2022
I’m not sure anything prepared me for quite how earth-shatteringly sensational Rebecca Frecknall’s take on Cabaret would turn out to be.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, December 29, 2021
I’m not sure even the greatest admirers of this 2006 Broadway smash will be prepared for the emotional and visceral impact of this jaw-droppingly fine new production by the Almeida’s art…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, December 7, 2021
Big burly men who sing like angels while dispensing free beer….what’s not to love, right?! It isn’t hard to fathom the appeal of The Choir Of Man.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, December 1, 2021
It might seem a bit odd to come out of a Shakespeare play raving about the singing and music. Yet these elements are part of what lifts Phillip Breen’s captivating new RSC production.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, November 23, 2021
A long-standing darling of the avant-garde downtown Off-Broadway theatre scene where she has her own company, Young Jean Lee is known for creating plays that are punchy, free-form and advent…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, November 19, 2021
Every so often a little show comes along pretty much unheralded and without star casting that strikes a chord with audiences and critics alike, and ends up sticking around in the West End fo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, November 14, 2021
Nobody who sees this award-nominated Australian drama is likely to accuse playwright Alana Valentine of lacking ambition.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, November 9, 2021
The birth of a new star is always a source of theatrical excitement, and it’s been a while since we’ve seen a professional debut as impressive as that of Abigail Weinstock.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, November 6, 2021
Unlike the critically mauled Broadway tuner Pretty Woman, Michael Conley and Dylan Schlosberg’s tangy and surprising chamber musical is only “inspired” by, as opposed to slavishly foll…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, October 21, 2021
Jordan Hall’s multi-award-winning Canadian comedy, in a smart staging by Proud Haddock artistic director Jimmy Walters, is so engaging you don’t really need a glass of overpriced wine to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, October 13, 2021
Disparaging somebody else’s passion project is a bit like telling a doting parent that their baby is ugly. This stage tribute to Art Nouveau darling Ida Rubinstein is one such endeavour.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, October 6, 2021
A musical that riffs on Shakespeare while plundering the back catalogue of one of the most successful and prolific songwriters in pop history (Max Martin, who is only not a household name be…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:31PMTuesday, September 28, 2021
One of the Urban Dictionary definitions of “nasty” is a word to describe something that is ridiculously good. Between that and the more traditional meaning of the word, I have no hesitat…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, September 27, 2021
Written and premiered in the early 1940s while WW2 raged on and the prospect of losing a precious loved one at short notice felt like a very real possibility, Noël Coward’s ghostly comedy…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, September 24, 2021
Jonathan O’Boyle’s inspired actor-musician take on Jason Robert Brown’s song cycle-cum-musical felt like an eye-opening reinvention of a fascinating but conflicted piece (one half of t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:20AM 
