Chichester Festival Theatre’s premiere of Andrea Levy’s moving saga, The Long Song, doesn’t hit a wrong note both as a telling reminder of this country’s involvement in the slave tra…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMRoy Williams’ incendiary 2002 play, Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads, which attacks grass roots racism with all the finesse of a vintage Vinnie Jones tackle, is back and spewing vitriol in …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMBig, the film, holds a special place in everyone’s hearts but this musical version is out of step and time.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMRoss McGregor, artistic director and powerhouse behind Arrows & Traps Theatre Company, has captured the zeitgeist with his modern, political adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMChichester Festival Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Macbeth, led by John Simm and Dervla Kirwan as the corrupted couple, marks a homecoming for director Paul Miller.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe Weatherman, Eugene O’Hare’s full-length debut play opens with brief sunny spells but it’s clear that the forecast is for a stormy and changeable production.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThere are probably not many people left alive who remember the controversial coast to coast US tour of Othello from 1944. It was remarkable for two reasons. Singer and political firebrand, P…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWhile it would probably go down well at, say the Edinburgh Fringe, The Actor’s Nightmare’s maverick style and piecemeal production, not to mention a reliance on a clued-up audience, make…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMPeter Shaffer’s shocking, disturbing and provocative thriller Equus has galloped back into the West End this week with an electrifying revival from Ned Bennett.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe stage adaptation of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis De Bernières’ award-winning book about love in the war-torn Island of Cephalonia, has come to London’s West End after a succe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMGregory Doran’s timely and riveting adaptation of Measure for Measure is filled with laugh-out-loud humour, but there is also a bleaker side to it that makes it very much a play for today.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe ‘technical difficulties’ that unexpectedly halted the opening night of Noises Off at the Lyric Hammersmith brought the house down. They couldn’t have been funnier than if they’d …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMNoël Coward would have thoroughly approved of Andrew Scott’s gloriously outrageous turn as ageing matinée idol, Garry Essendine, in The Old Vic’s reinvention of Present Laughter.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMIf I could look into Madame Arcati’s crystal ball I think I would see a West End transfer on the cards for Richard Eyre’s playful production of Blithe Spirit.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMUltimately, all eyes are on Rachael Stirling in Plenty and she stylishly carries this story of disillusionment to its inevitable, if uncertain, conclusion.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMAnthony McCarten has put together a top-notch drama in The Pope which is brought to life by the outstanding performances of gifted character actors, Anton Lesser and Nicholas Woodeson.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMStrictly ’s meanest judge, Craig Revel Horwood, sashays into Milton Keynes Theatre next month with a perfect score of terrific reviews for his performance as the gin-sozzled, tyrannical Mi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMBeneath the Blue Rinse, running at London’s Park Theatre – along with a Glover short called The Answer – is a morality tale where the elderly get their own back on a society that would…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMGitha Sowerby used her own upbringing as the daughter of a Tyneside glass-making family for her breakthrough play, Rutherford and Son, but whether her father was as cold, insensitive and bul…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAmelie The Musical oozes Gallic charm from Daniel Messé’s evocative music to the enchanting performance of its luminous star, Audrey Brisson.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe halcyon days of school and the opportunities it afforded her mother has led Wise Children artistic director Emma Rice to adapt Enid Blyton’s classic boarding school story, Malory Tower…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMYork Theatre Royal is behind the wheel for a new production of Alfred Uhry’s award-winning comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy which takes to the stage next month with Maurey Richards steering…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSherlock Holmes is back on stage in a thrilling new adaptation of The Sign of Four that takes audiences from the heat of India and the height of the British Raj to the foggy streets of Londo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAndrea Levy’s award-winning and sprawling epic Small Island retells an uneasy moment in Britain’s recent history through the eyes of the people involved. But what a glorious story it is.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTim Firth’s charming and warm-hearted musical This Is My Family has opened Festival 2019 at Chichester Festival Theatre and it’s impossible not to leave the show with a cheesy grin on yo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMShadowlands isn’t an all-out weepie but there are a few who will find it hard to control their emotions. A well made and moving revival.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMJane Clegg hasn’t been seen in London for 75 years but audiences at the Finborough Theatre are being thrilled by its compelling storytelling in a sizzling revival.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFirst time director Tyrone Huntley and choreographer Oti Mabuse have created a sizzling revival of Ain’t Misbehavin’ which is electrifying audiences at London’s Southwark Playhouse.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAt a time when everyone has an opinion about Brexit and national policy comes Sam Steiner’s dystopian drama Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons to London’s Barons Court Theatre next month.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMDirector Josie Rourke ends her tenure at the Donmar Warehouse with a hip revival of Sweet Charity that pushes Anne-Marie Duff out of her comfort zone and shows a new side to Adrian Lester.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThe House on Cold Hill is a pleasant enough way to spend the evening but is rather dated and no different than dozens of other haunted house mysteries that have appeared over the years.
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