Tuesday, January 31, 2017
There's a madcap edge to David Spicer’s new comedy that spoofs so much of modern England.
Stephen Boxer is Gerry Duffy, a middle aged frog farmer who's been supplying amphibians for diss…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMDreamgirls is now well settled into the Savoy Theatre and comfortably booking up until the autumn. So for a reviewer with no real interest whatsoever in the TV series Glee or its much lauded…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AMTuesday, January 24, 2017
It is rare that a musical is presented with such exquisite elegance as Thom Southerland delivers with Death Takes A Holiday, making its European premier at the Charing Cross Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, January 18, 2017
Southwark Playhouse, London****Music by Burt BacharachLyrics by Hal DavidBook by Neil SimonBased on the screenplay "The Apartment" by Billy Wilder and I.A.L DiamondDirected by Bronagh LaganG…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, January 16, 2017
*****Certificate 12Written and directed by Damien ChazelleEmma Stone and Ryan GoslingOpening in the UK with a haul of Golden Globes, La La Land deserves every one of its awards and possibly …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:30PMWednesday, January 11, 2017
There's a broad canvas painted in Matthew Spangler's adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel in a story that traces the troubled recent, tribal history of Afghanistan from its pre-Soviet days …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSaturday, December 31, 2016
In a year that brought seismic political changes, alongside the tragic deaths of a huge number of talented artists, the showbiz talents of the world continued to turn out first class gigs.&#…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:15PMThursday, December 22, 2016
Million Dollar Quartet offers up some of the finest cuts of vintage rockabilly and rock n roll procured from some of the most legendary names in the history of music.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn quite possibly the finest musical to have been staged at The Gatehouse in recent years, John Plews and his cracking company deliver musical theatre magic in their ambitious staging of Col…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, December 20, 2016
At just under an hour's length The Gruffalo makes for perfect entertainment for the little ones, with Tall Stories promising a sequel of The Gruffalo's Child for next year!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe influences of cinema on Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes are everywhere. Walking into Sadler's Wells one sees that the stage is hidden behind an old style cinema curtain. The impression …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, December 19, 2016
Predating the UK's entry into the EEC/EU (and quite possibly outlasting it too!) the Cambridge University European Theatre Group has over the years amassed a fine degree of cross-Channel cul…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00PMSt James Theatre, London*****Music, lyrics and book by Jonathan LarsonDirected by Bruce GuthrieThe cast of RentThis 20th anniversary production of Rent is a heart wrenching piece of theatre …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWednesday, December 14, 2016
Of course, a good Peter Pan is all about the star-billed talent playing the dastardly Captain Hook – and to be fair, they don’t come much bigger or more dastardly than David Hasselhoff.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMonday, December 12, 2016
Garrick Theatre, London****Written by Daniel Clarkson, Jefferson Turner and Richard HurstDirected by Richard HurstJefferson Turner and Daniel ClarksonPotted Panto, the Olivier nominated offe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:07AMTransferring in to London from Stratford, Antony Sher's King Lear is a Shakespearean masterclass. With no headline-grabbing casting to this, one of Shakespeare's greatest works, the producti…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMSaturday, December 10, 2016
It’s a brave ask that has any composers title their show Muted - a name that by its very nature suppresses aural beauty. In this new musical that has been a long time in development, we me…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:51AMTuesday, December 6, 2016
Spindlewood, like most towns, has its time old traditions. But no tale is so firmly adhered to as ‘The Turning of the Key’. Every year, on the last night of winter, as the first day of s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:15AMMonday, December 5, 2016
Hackney Empire's award-winning Susie McKenna has created a brand new take on the fairy-tale story of Sleeping Beauty, bringing the classic yarn up to date for this year's pantomime.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMIt might be more of a 'play with songs' than a full blown musical but Bryony Lavery's Her Aching Heart now playing at the Hope Theatre, is one of those rarely performed gems that displays ju…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:30AMSaturday, November 26, 2016
Shifting London's Old Compton Street south of the river, the run up to Xmas sees the Union present Stiles & Drewe's newish Soho Cinders, their Cinderella for the 21st Century, as a fest…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:45AMThursday, November 24, 2016
The Unmarried is an originally styled production that attempts to break down barriers and cross into a more modern, urban side of musical theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:45AMTimeless and yet innovative, Stephen Daldry’s production of An Inspector Calls is a treat as the director reprises his bold take on JB Priestley’s famed work. Ian MacNeil’s dynamic and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:45AMMonday, November 21, 2016
Dan Burton who plays Sawyer's love interest Billy Lawlor is another of Mear's regular ingénues, last seen in the West End's Gypsy. Arguably the best of his generation in musical theatre dan…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe musical Half a Sixpence bounds into the West End from Chichester, newly adapted by Julian Fellowes, with a spring in its step and an infectious grin. The story of Arthur Kipps, a lowly h…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:23AMThursday, November 17, 2016
The tale of Dracula (although not quite as Bram Stoker may have intended) comes to The King's Head for a joyous night of quintessentially British comedy. Danny Wainwright and Daniel Hallisse…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:30AMWednesday, November 16, 2016
Terry Johnson deftly directs the West End revival of his 1994 play, a sharply observed often painfully funny dark comedy with several dramatic twists, as well as a good dose of slapstick and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMThe true story behind Rumpy Pumpy is both noble and remarkable. Jean Johnson and Shirley Landers, two stalwart Hampshire grandmothers and pillars of the WI no less took it upon themselves to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AMThursday, November 10, 2016
An evening of two short plays sandwiched between the verbatim thoughts of Reprieve’s Clive Stafford-Smith, Drones, Baby, Drones examines the psychologies at play behind the controllers of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, November 8, 2016
Designing Side Show has been a blessing and a challenge at the same time. A blessing, as the audience have an inclusive, immersive experience of a freak/vaudeville show and are able to obser…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:45AMMonday, November 7, 2016
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad” wrote Philip Larkin and it is precisely that sentiment that sits squarely at the heart of Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love currently playing at Found 11…
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