C.O.N.T.A.C.T is an opportunity to reacquaint oneself and make contact with an art form so close to so many, on a whole new level.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMDillon rose to public prominence in 2006, competing in TV’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? and from there has gone on to leading roles in musical theatre. Away from the spotlight, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMJonathan O’Boyle’s production of The Last Five Years has to be a definitive production of this complex and unusual work.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWho knows, in years to come a Fringe theatre may manage to hit the right tone with The Prince of Egypt. In the meantime, this production could do with a little more creative flair and re-wri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMClever and entertaining, Elton John It’s A Little Bit Funny is a musically brilliant tribute to one of our greatest showmen.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThere is fine work from Jodie McNee as Johanna Faustus in Faustus: That Damned Woman but the piece is overshadowed by a disappointing structure that sidelines real, factual female achievemen…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAbove all it is Kretzmer’s stunning lyrical treatment of those soaring French melodies (on press night, immaculately delivered under Steve Moss’ baton) woven around a story that is breat…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSimultaneously an homage to talent, love and friendship – with others and oneself – Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is a masterclass in musical theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMIn Rags director Bronagh Lagan has assembled some gifted talent in her Park Theatre company with Carolyn Maitland as Rebecca driving the show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTraditional circus but with a defiantly modern, cutting edge, Lexicon’s live music sets a stunning pulse to the evening, with a backing that ranges from folk, to rock to balladry.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWith dazzling choreography, slick humour and top-notch performances musical whodunnit Curtains is well worth seeing this Christmas.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMatthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes returns to Sadler’s Wells three years after it first premiered – and while the score and dance remain exquisite, there is a depth to this ballet that has…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFor the run up to Christmas, Peter Andre takes over the leading performance in Gary Lloyd’s Thriller Live.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMGreg Doran has translated the play’s Viennese setting to the 1900s, but while there has clearly been an imaginative attempt at a credible interpretation of the yarn, this production is ham…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe true story behind Touching The Void and the endeavours and trials that befell mountaineer Joe Simpson and his climbing partner Simon Yates on the Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian An…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThe Taming of the Shrew remains an undoubtedly stimulating evening and well worth a visit, if only to witness the script re-imagined and reinterpreted – a pleasing rarity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMDirector Kimberley Sykes embraces the playful text of As You Like It with a diverse and tuneful cast so at ease with the text that off-the-cuff moments and audience interaction are plentiful.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSasha Regan’s revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is one of the finest musical theatre productions in town.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMForget a four hour flight, airport transfers and the like because now Mamma Mia! The Party is whisking audiences straight into the heart of the Greek island of Skopelos – and all within Lo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMJudging the production at face-value though, Falsettos is well sung, ultra-smart and ultimately gutting. Those who buy a ticket will have plenty to look forward to.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIn a production that is as much rally as world class musical, Jamie Lloyd transforms Evita into a commentary on recent times as well as a showcase of some of the finest performing talent to …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThis year’s National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) residency at the Other Palace sees this remarkable theatre company tackle Jason Robert Brown’s Parade, a musical that is as technically de…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMEquus remains a fascinating, if dated, piece of writing from Peter Schaffer, exploring the psycho-sexual complexities of the adolescent Alan Strang, a boy who has just, horrifically, blinded…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFor this week only, the capital can again savour the vocal excellence of Molly Lynch in her one-woman show Rodgers and Hammerstein & Me Too
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMJeremy Sams and his creative team have delivered theatrical magic in Oklahoma! at Chichester Festival Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThere may be a whiff of sensationalised cliché to this world premiere of Bitter Wheat, but no matter. Mamet’s subject is timely and relevant and Malkovich's performance is electrifying.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWith its first major cast change since opening – as well as a shift across the Thames – Trevor Nunn’s Fiddler On The Roof remains one of London’s musical theatre jewels.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMOnly on until 4 July before an international tour, The Light In The Piazza is a must see for all who appreciate modern writing and quality musical theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThere are momentary gasps and occasional laughs in The Starry Messenger but ultimately this is a stretched out evening at the theatre, albeit one with a starry cast.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMPhilip Ridley’s tawdry words in Vincent River, at times offering little more than a virtual peep show into graphic descriptions of verbally violent torture porn, tell us nothing new.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMNotwithstanding its flawed message, in these times of unparalleled political polarisation The Lehman Trilogy will be lapped up by eager audiences. And for sheer technical theatrical genius, …
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