Occasionally bewildering and frequently ridiculous, Strike Up The Band is nevertheless always great fun.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSo if you’re in the mood for something silly, fun and boasting some serious improv talent, Notflix – The improvised Musical is an hilarious hour of entertainment that’s also totally un…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMYou might think twice about going back online after watching Theatre Témoin’s Feed. You might, but you probably won’t – which is exactly the point this darkly humorous and deeply unse…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAll in all, Calendar Girls is a really enjoyable evening’s entertainment and it’s great to see a British musical flourishing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIt’s almost eight years since the riots that spread across London, sparked by the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan by police in Tottenham. Arinzé Kene’s good dog tells the story of that su…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMCome From Away is a funny, moving and uplifting new musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Having won Best Musical awards across North America, the show now arrives in London where, if the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMInspired by a mother’s true account, Rachel Harper’s one-woman play Rattled is a short but punchy production tackling the sensitive topics of childhood trauma and postnatal mental health.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMsoft animals at Soho Theatre is a powerful piece of new writing that will break your heart – but then might just quietly put it back together again. Highly recommended.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSurprisingly The Band – the new musical by Tim Firth interwoven with a plethora of Take That hits – is not a story of how The Band rose to fame, and their ups and downs. Instead the tale…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe show must go on… but at what cost? In Jean Anouilh’s The Orchestra, set just after World War II, petty in-fighting and lingering suspicions between the members of an orchestra in a s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:10AMTaro focuses on an incredible life honoured by a gorgeous, goosebump-inducing production – you really don’t want to miss this one.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMachu Picchu isn’t the only thing in ruins by the end of Cuzco, an intense two-hander about the fiery death of a relationship by Spanish playwright Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMEllie Dubois’ No Show is a circus performance with a difference. It features five talented female circus professionals – Francesca Hyde, Kate McWilliam, Michelle Ross, Alice Gilmartin an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMA haunting exploration of human nature with a side helping of political intrigue, Outlying Islands is highly recommended for bird-watchers and people-watchers alike.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMGentleman Jack shines a light not only on Anne Lister’s life and legacy as both a woman and a lesbian, but also on the rigid 19th century attitudes that she set out to challenge.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSam. The Good Person is a cleverly written, darkly humorous and exquisitely performed piece of theatre that will make you question everything you thought you knew about yourself and the peop…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSaturday Night Fever does have its flaws, and it might not be the most memorable start to the theatre-going year, but that doesn’t mean you won’t head home with a skip in your step, all …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFunny, sad, brilliantly performed and with a cautionary message that feels more necessary by the day, Original Death Rabbit kicks off Jermyn Street Theatre’s 25th anniversary year in trium…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMAnomaly at the Old Red Lion Theatre is a gripping and troubling family drama that takes a scenario we know and invites us to see it from a perspective that’s often overlooked.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThink you know the story of Rumpelstiltskin? Think again. This Christmas, the classic fairy tale gets a distinctly bizarre new look courtesy of Windmill Theatre Company’s Rosemary Myers an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe promise “Everything you could wish for in a panto” I would say underplays what we actually got. Aladdin at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford was so much more.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMIf you enjoy a good festive fairytale but you’re not a fan of panto, Cinderella: A Fairytale, this year’s Christmas production at the Brockley Jack, offers an excellent alternative.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMriginally written as a monologue by Amelia Marshall Lovsey, Walk of Shame has been expanded into a hard-hitting two-hander with the addition of an alternative point of view, written by Steph…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMA Christmas Carol at Chickenshed is theatre for everyone, by everyone – and if it doesn’t get your Christmas spirit going, then frankly I suspect nothing will.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFor one, it’s a night of glory – for the other, a walk of shame… Glass Half Full Theatre returns with a topical new production next month, as they bring Walk of Shame by Stephanie Silv…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMColourful, feel-good and more than a little bit mad: Seussical is pretty much everything you’d expect from a musical based on the stories and characters created by Dr Seuss.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMPhilip Ridley’s Radiant Vermin, which sees a young couple resort to murder to secure their dream home, is a disturbing supernatural fantasy based on an equally depressing reality.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBoujie is not perfect (yet), but this is a promising debut from Hassan Govia and Unshaded Arts, and with a bit of tightening in places it has the potential to make an even more powerful stat…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMChris D’Arienzo’s 2005 jukebox musical Rock of Ages has a lot going for it: a soundtrack of epic 80s rock classics, a feel-good LA love story, and perhaps most importantly, an absolute r…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM“On the face of it Renaissance Men is about three art school dropouts who discover a lost masterpiece in a charity shop in Streatham,” explains Bag of Beard co-director Alexander Knott.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMExploring what it is to be young in Ireland today, Lisa Carroll’s debut play Cuckoo comes roaring to life at Soho Theatre, leading us without preamble into the world of best friends – an…
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