One Giant Leap is a very silly story with no other mission in mind but providing two hours of pure entertainment.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMDark Sublime is a rare personal drama about an older gay woman trying to find her place and identity in a changing world, with plenty of laughs – particularly aimed at the world of showbiz…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMIn touching on topical issues like knife and gun crime, drugs, discrimination, misogyny and the disaffection of young people in the UK today, Othello: Remixed demonstrates how Shakespeare’…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThere’s nothing historic about the issues Bare: A Pop Opera tackles, as is emotionally demonstrated in the powerful finale of this new London production at The Vaults.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMJames Martin Charlton is an award-winning playwright whose previous work includes the critically acclaimed Fat Souls, I Really Must Be Getting Off and Coward. This week sees the premiere of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMInsightful, relatable and beautifully performed, let’s hope, unlike the eponymous hedgehog, Hedgehog has a long life ahead.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMRobert Khan and Tom Salinsky could have come up with a more creative title for their acclaimed political comedy Brexit – but they didn’t really need to, given that actual Brexit has been…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMOver the last five years, 13-time Offie-nominated Arrows & Traps have become a regular fixture both on the London Fringe scene and on this blog. And the good news is they’re not going …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMCuttings is a sharp, witty and hugely enjoyable play about an industry we all know exists, but somehow seem to forget every time we watch an emotional YouTube apology or read a remorseful st…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMAction-packed, irreverent and hilariously weird, Kill Climate Deniers nonetheless still succeeds in making a serious and important point, and provides more than enough food for thought to gi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMIt may be called Precious Little, but this thought-provoking play at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre has plenty to say.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThe image we’re left with is not one of violence in J’Ouvert at Theatre503, but of pride, friendship and resilience, and a community that’s prepared to keep fighting for as long as it …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe plot of Country Music may at times be slightly muddled, but the sense of waste and irretrievable loss at its heart comes through powerfully in this excellent revival.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMA complex, surprising and very wordy play, Harper Regan by Simon Stephens certainly fulfils the remit for newly formed theatre company Contentment Productions, whose aim is to champion excit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThis week playwright, director and performer Michelle Payne brings her one-woman show Sad About The Cows to Tristan Bates Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSummer Street never pretends to be anything other than what it is: a spoof comedy musical that takes an already over-the-top TV format and takes it up another notch or three.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMaybe what’s most shocking about Hair isn’t the nudity or the drugs, but the fact that 50 years have passed and nothing’s really changed.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMA polished and carefully directed production, Lemons is the kind of thought-provoking play that keeps giving, with plenty of material to ensure an excellent debate in the bar afterwards.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe Sign of Four is fast-paced family fun, a great piece of storytelling with a little bit of everything: mystery, comedy, romance (and bromance), and even a bit of a history lesson.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMichael Black’s two-hander Starved is a quietly challenging and impactful play, which provides an eye-opening insight into what it’s like to live in poverty in Britain today.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFlorence Keith-Roach’s two-hander Eggs is a story of two very different women, known only as Girl One and Girl Two. They’ve been friends for years, but lately it’s been becoming harder…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMNamed for the only song her parents wrote together, which opens and closes the performance, Miriam Gould’s Empty Room is a deeply personal one-woman show that explores her family history a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMOVO’s reimagining of Twelfth Night brings a fresh perspective to a story many of us will have seen several times before, and that in itself is quite an achievement.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThe Trials of Oscar Wilde, co-written by John O’Connor and Oscar Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland, is based on court transcripts from the two trials, and charts Wilde’s rapid downfall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAndy Barrett’s play Tony’s Last Tape is a sympathetic and respectful portrayal of a man who went into politics for the right reasons and who never wavered from his convictions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFunny, heartwarming, fascinating, tragic and devastating, Fiddler on the Roof is an unusual but hugely powerful musical, and this production brings out the very best in it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFor the most part, though, Mary’s Babies is enjoyable and witty, and surprisingly easy to follow despite its complicated structure. A thought-provoking play, and an impressive feat of endu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMNever Trust a Man Bun is a promising and well performed debut, peppered with some great one-liners and laugh out loud moments.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThis time around Chickenshed’s inclusive theatre company is exploring mental health in new show, 100% Chance of Rain.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMAngry Alan might appear at first glance to be a comedy (albeit a pretty dark one), and there are plenty of laughs to be had at the expense of both Roger and his new friends in the men’s ri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMOccasionally bewildering and frequently ridiculous, Strike Up The Band is nevertheless always great fun.
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