Wednesday, October 30, 2019
While MPs were voting for an election that is likely to accelerate the UK’s lurch to the right, I was back at Above The Stag Theatre last night talking about the increasingly worrying pa…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:08AMThursday, October 24, 2019
After several years’ development, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s highly anticipated new musical – an adaptation of best-selling children’s author David Walliams‘ 2008 debut novel�…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:30AMTuesday, October 22, 2019
Despite singing the songs of Sinatra since he was a teenager in Wolverhampton, Richard Shelton was turned down multiple times for a part in concert show The Rat Pack. So when he was invited …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:49PMSunday, October 20, 2019
I’m a huge fan of the late, Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright (and Oscar-nominated actor) Sam Shepard. How wonderful to be able to see and discuss one of his late plays, Ages of…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:18PMSaturday, October 19, 2019
This one will get you into the Christmas spirit, guaranteed. I’m gearing up for the holidays with the hilarious duo of Dan & Jeff and their festive favourite Potted Panto, another in m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMFriday, October 18, 2019
As part of an ongoing series, I’ve chaired post-show talks with various Mischief Theatre casts this year, all of whom waxed lyrical about the brilliance of the company founders. Last night…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:52AMThursday, October 17, 2019
I feel like I’ve known writer Sarah Rutherford for years… that’s one of the positives of social media. (We follow each other on Twitter.) The irony is it’s her new play, The Girl Who…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:10AMAhead of my post-show Q&A tonight, I was at the Vaudeville Theatre for the official opening of the world premiere of Mischief Theatre's new comedy Groan Ups last Thursday (10 October 201…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMWednesday, October 16, 2019
A philosophising cat, a famished dog and a family of mites all make appearances – and strong impressions – in Mites, a new play by up-and-coming young British playwright James Mannion,…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:18AMTuesday, October 15, 2019
I’m delighted to return to the Cervantes Theatre, London’s home of Spanish and Latin American drama, for my last of three post-show Q&As in the 2019 season. After new original plays …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMTuesday, October 8, 2019
I was back at Trafalgar Studios last night for this much-anticipated revival of Peter Nichols’ 1967 masterpiece A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. And there was so much to discuss with this …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:46AMSunday, October 6, 2019
I was disappointed not to see Emma Rice's adaptation of Angela Carter's much-loved final novel Wise Children last year at the Old Vic Theatre or on its extensive tour, but delighted to be gi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:06PMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back at The Vaults giving thanks to the Almighty herself for the European premiere of "sinfully funny" come…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AMThursday, October 3, 2019
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock reunites with producer Debbie Hicks at The Vaults for her production of the much-anticipated UK premiere of Sa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:30AMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to writer-director (and Taggart creator) Glenn Chandler and the company of The Good Scout in its Lon…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMWednesday, September 25, 2019
I was lucky enough to see the original Out of Joint production of The Permanent Way at the National Theatre in 2003. I remember being horrified by David Hare’s verbatim play about railway…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:55AMSunday, September 22, 2019
Can you be a racist if you don’t think you are? Is there a difference between racism and ‘racist attitudes’? How do you find sympathy for white supremacists? By finding sympathy are we…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 12:51PMFriday, September 20, 2019
What fun to return to the Criterion Theatre to see a brand-new cast put their stamp on Mischief Theatre’s The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, as the first in a series of monthly post-show Q&a…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:46AMMonday, September 16, 2019
At this year’s annual HighTide Festival in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, I was privileged to chair an hour-long “In Conversation With” platform discussion with legendary director Deborah Warner,…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:28PMSaturday, September 14, 2019
After the opening performance of Sinatra: Raw at Wilton’s Music Hall on Tuesday 22 October 2019, I’ll be joined by Richard Shelton to discuss his journey with the show and Frank Sinatra�…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMA middle-aged businesswoman hires a blind man to spend an hour with her in a hotel room. Why are they really there? Will she be able to experience the darkness in order to see the light? The…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:00AMFriday, September 13, 2019
Are you worried about the state of politics and society in the UK today? That’s the question I asked at the start of last night’s post-show Q&A at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theat…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 11:08AMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock reunites with Stage Traffic at Trafalgar Studios for the world premiere of Sarah Rutherford's The Girl Who Fel…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMThursday, September 12, 2019
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to the Old Red Theatre for the timely return of Danelaw, a grisly tale of British neo-Nazis, inspired …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMWednesday, September 11, 2019
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back at Tristan Bates Theatre for the world premiere of Mites from Blueleaf Theatre. Got any questions for …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMSunday, September 8, 2019
Arrows & Traps’ 18th production in its five-year history is also its tenth at London’s Brockley Jack Theatre, where it is now an associate company, and its third in a Gothic trilogy.…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:23PMThursday, September 5, 2019
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A programme, and the third in a monthly Mischief Theatre series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to the Duchess Theatre for the show that starte…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMTuesday, September 3, 2019
We were all madly checking our phones for news in the bars afterwards, but while much of last night’s Westminster drama was going on, at Wilton’s Music Hall, we were getting to glorious …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:30PMSunday, September 1, 2019
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A programme, and the second in a monthly Mischief Theatre series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks to the cast and creatives for brand-new show Gro…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMFriday, August 30, 2019
I’ve seen Rufus Norris’ multi-award-winning revival of Kander & Ebb’s Broadway musical classic Cabaret twice before in the West End: when it first opened at the Lyric Theatre in 2…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:10AMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back at The Vaults for the major revival of David Hare's 2003 play The Permanent Way. Got any questions for…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AM 
