Monday, January 22, 2018
This Curve staging of Sunset Boulevard successfully manages to keep the glamour and scale required of a show documenting the golden age of Hollywood whilst making it suitable for a touring c…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMGecko’s seventh touring production, The Wedding, is an artistic exploration of a number of sociopolitical issues still present in our world today.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, January 21, 2018
With some super performances, smart direction and staging, this is a production that is well worth seeking out.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, January 16, 2018
Seeing is believing, isn’t that what “they” say? Well, I’d certainly agree when it comes to the performance of Garrett Phillips as Frank Sinatra. Every characteristic of old blue eye…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, January 10, 2018
All generations must have their superheroes; for children in the 1980s, tea-time television presented awe-struck audiences with the adventures of Bananaman, a particularly dim-witted super-h…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, December 30, 2017
The Chuckle Brothers were the perfect foil for Craig Revel-Horwood’s evil Queen Lucretia who was sexy, sultry, evil and really rather beautiful with a powerful singing voice.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, December 29, 2017
The Grinning Man is an astonishing piece of theatre which will appeal to anyone with an appetite for an entertainment which is piquant, curious, original and just a little bit macabre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, December 27, 2017
As another year passes it’s time to reflect on this years theatre trips. There have been some massive openings this year, a few well-deserved West End transfers and as always a few little …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSunday, December 24, 2017
This production twists the Cinderella story a little too far for younger audiences who would be more suited to the traditional fairy tale version by Sir Frederick Ashton. As expected this is…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, December 13, 2017
Robert Lindsay is sublime as Scrooge and throughout the evening delivered some delicate comic moments and gestures without ever detracting from his impeccable and endearing characterisation.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, December 9, 2017
Are you a fan of Victorian melodrama? Are you a fan of Musicals? And finally, are you a fan of the work of ’The Lord’ – you know who I mean? If you can answer yes to at least two of th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, December 8, 2017
Satori is a Buddhist term, meaning enlightenment. Polunin begins in First Solo and then the rest of the evening he is joined by a stellar international line up including the Royal Ballet pri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMWednesday, December 6, 2017
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker is a truly spectacular score. There are three ballet versions this season in London alone. ENB have brought their production to the Mayflower, before heading home …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, December 4, 2017
An evening with La Soirée offers a heady mix of cabaret, vaudeville, circus, nightclub, dance, acrobatics and highly original comedy.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, December 2, 2017
Welcome to the Charles Court Christmas party. Their seasonal panto has achieved legendary status in north London over the last 10 or more years, playing to packed houses, both in its origina…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, November 29, 2017
Olivier Award-nominated West End sensation Hetty Feather has hit Southampton for the Christmas period in its 2nd UK tour. It’s author Jacqueline Wilson is well-known for creating Tracy Bea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, November 28, 2017
"The play is set in Brighton in the sixties around the time that Joe Orton came to prominence. At the end of the piece, he is dead and homosexuality has been partially decriminalised."
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, November 24, 2017
Perfectly cast as Bobby, Tom Chambers is a charming leading man and plays this giddy, amusing character with enthusiasm
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, November 23, 2017
David Mamet’s obscenity-strewn script won a Pulitzer Prize in its day and it is easy to see why. Amidst the coarse language, this tale of desperate real estate agents is a testosterone-fil…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, November 22, 2017
Based on the 2001 film of the same name, it is the heartwarming tale of Elle Woods, a rich, blonde, airhead sorority girl from California who follows her snake of an ex-boyfriend to Harvard …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMReal Magic is definitely a show that makes you think; or rather, forces you to think. A parody of humanity which just continues to surprise you with its slapstick jokes, sexual innuendos and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, November 15, 2017
Josie Lawrence gives a great performance as Mother Courage despite the heartache she endured on a daily basis. Giving such a poignant performance you feel like her “On stage” children we…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, November 13, 2017
Kelsey Grammer brings gravitas and empathy to this largely bed-bound role. His decent singing voice does its best to wrest emotion from Edward’s gruff Southern accent but on boisterous son…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, November 3, 2017
Be warned, The Exorcist is, quite rightly, billed as age 18+ and definitely not for the faint-hearted. An atmospheric and very dark evening's entertainment.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, November 2, 2017
The authentic era staging, from a huge Teletext screen showing the Top 40 with Take That’s ‘Pray’ topping the chart, down to references of Smash Hits and Top of the Pops, catapult you …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, October 23, 2017
In a swanky London theatre probably more suited to an M&S crowd, Venus In Fur seems an odd choice for a plot which evocatively explores the very origins of S&M.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, October 6, 2017
Based on the cult movie of the 1980’s The Toxic Avenger is a gloriously silly and immensely enjoyable spoof on comic book heroes. It doesn’t take itself seriously, it’s just one deligh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSaturday, September 30, 2017
Are there laughs after death? Award-winning playwright and librettist Stephen Clark’s comedy-drama Le Grand Mort makes its world debut almost a year after the celebrated writer died and se…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, September 26, 2017
This production’s look is over-the-top and blatantly kitsch – the sorority house screams Polly Pocket whilst the looming bookcases of Harvard have a distinct faux-Harry Potter feel.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, September 24, 2017
Natasha J Barnes as Mabel must surely be on her way to an Olivier at some point in the near future.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:16AMI have eagerly anticipated this production since its announcement last year and after the glimpse of the livestream rehearsal The Little Mermaid, Beneath the Surface (still available on YouT…
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