Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Although Legally Blonde has its hiccups, overall it is still a load of fun. With the huge production budget you can’t help but leave the theatre feeling great and covered in confetti.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, June 25, 2018
An insight into the stark realities of the film industry, the Finborough Theatre’s production of Finishing the Picture is a perfect mix of grit and comedy.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, June 22, 2018
If you fancy an evening of cutting-edge, experimental, hard-hitting theatre, you might want to look elsewhere. But if you want to see a British institution, directed by a British institution…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, June 20, 2018
Playing to a much more intimate audience in the Underbelly’s Spiegeltent this year, Australian company Head First Acrobats carefully adapts its relationship with the audience which is brou…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, June 19, 2018
A clearly talented playwright and actor, Alan Flanagan creates a world that is not only drenched in reality but gives you a sensation of hope that will have you leaving the theatre all warm …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, June 18, 2018
There are definitely some nice ideas at work here, but the dramaturgical execution is pretty poor. Unbelievable dialogue and tenuous narrative events are too big to be held up by the story a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, June 15, 2018
The stories that unfold take the audience on an invested, emotional journey of struggling lives in a changing London, and bring people together in a moment of stillness in a world that inevi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
With Paterson Joseph’s charisma generally covering any textual issues, this is a show that entertains, educates and awakens. Regularly touring since its premiere, it deserves to run and ru…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, June 11, 2018
It really is an evening of entertainment celebrating not only this form of music but how far we have come as the human race. Cafe Society Swing is supported by a fantastic musical score and …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, June 10, 2018
Leave Taking is a stunning production and one I think our political leaders would highly benefit from seeing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSaturday, June 9, 2018
Brian Friel’s searing attack on British imperialism and entitlement is still painfully relevant, nearly 40 years after it was and nearly 200 years after the events depicted in the story.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, June 8, 2018
Weaving together three centuries and four women’s stories, Offside tackles the ongoing search for equality in women’s football with high energy and verve.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, June 7, 2018
It is rare that a large-scale musical can be performed to its full potential in a tiny, unventilated room above a pub, but MKEC’s latest production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spellin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, June 6, 2018
Excellent writing and grounded performances give this necessary piece a vibrancy that elevates and exposes the chaos resulting from Tory disdain for anyone but the rich and powerful.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
Mary Laws’ Blueberry Toast is definitely a play worth seeing. It says a lot about contemporary American society in the age of Trump. The last image alone, of a smiling teenage boy sitting …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, June 3, 2018
Though no one comes out well in The Daughter-In-Law and the script simmers for too long before it starts to boil over, this is a clear and engaging revival of a lesser known English play.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, May 29, 2018
RashDash’s female-centred, millennial take on Chekhov’s story of three women trapped in the Russian countryside pining for their old lives in Moscow is a gloriously irreverent and refres…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, May 23, 2018
H.R. Haitch is a brilliant example of the future of musical theatre in Britain and walks a playful line between politics and humour that provides an important dialogue about the ridiculousne…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, May 22, 2018
Whether you like or not, time and technological developments are marching on. Nessah Muthy’s new play proposes that soon the technology behind life-like robot Sophia will combine with hype…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, May 21, 2018
Though there are plenty of positive elements across As You Like It and Hamlet, they don’t cohere as part of an over-arching style or concept.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, May 18, 2018
Pyar Actually plays an excellent role in increasing representation on stage, and it’s well-written and performed to boot. It’s charming, funny and empowering to women who may feel constr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, May 17, 2018
With some extra material added to the end of Isaac Came Home From the Mountain, it would widen the lens to include the wider implications of these characters’ actions and add further weigh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, May 16, 2018
Though there are certainly something things to like about this production of Nightfall – Rae Smith’s set and some glimmering gems of dialogue – it is largely a limping story with littl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, May 15, 2018
Thomas Ostermeier’s production Returning to Reims is an extended examination of European class politics through reading and discussion of French sociologist Didier Eribon’s memoir, a sur…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe Buzz evokes laughter and heartbreak through dark comedy about how fame and success can cloud people’s judgement, and the lengths they go to in order to get what they want.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWith a reworking of the dance routines by a choreographer and the sexualised gestures and motifs replaced by explorative circus skills, Soap will clean up into a subtly subverting show rathe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, May 14, 2018
There are some great moments between characters, and some laugh-out-loud dialogue – Izzy Tennyson certainly has a way with words. The cast is strong and characters engaging, but as a whole…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, May 11, 2018
Worth A Flutter written by Michael Head and directed by Jonathan Carr is a simple story of love and its complications that sadly misses the mark.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, May 10, 2018
Fox Hunting demonstrates the importance of theatre in bringing to light stories that are often overlooked and reminds us how close to home some of these issues hit.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, May 9, 2018
The issue of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in men is a worthy theme for a play, and Tom Vallen’s script for A Gym Thing presents it without veering into didacticism. With a more developed endin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, May 8, 2018
It’s momentous indeed to see a debut work at the National and this excellent production of Nine Night, in all the clamour for a National Theatre that actually reflects the demographics of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM 
