Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Incredibly, it is over two decades since Irvine Welsh's cult classic, Trainspotting, landed on bookshelves and twenty years since Danny Boyle's film impacted on modern culture in a way rarel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMTuesday, November 8, 2016
A revue is a rare theatrical treat these days. In its heyday, the irresistible combination of light comedy, song and dance sketches was incredibly popular. Its golden age lasted from the ear…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51AMFriday, October 28, 2016
Kelly Hunter, a Royal Shakespeare Company actress, began working with autistic children in 2002. Through this work and a desire to bring Shakepeare to children who do not have access to it, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMFriday, October 21, 2016
It is an unusual way to earn a living manipulating your genitals on stage for the entertainment of others. ButPuppetry of the Penis, or The Ancient Australian Art of Genital Origami, is just…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16AMWednesday, October 19, 2016
Carol Churchill is one of our greatest playwrights gems such as Top Girls and Far Away have challenged the concepts of theatrical writing in wonderful and exciting ways. Blue Heart at Orange…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14AMFriday, October 14, 2016
In the theatre it is well known that no matter what, the show must go on. This sentiment has rarely been portrayed so poignantly as it is in Ronald Harwood's Olivier award-nominated play The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22AMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Somewhere in England is a piece of 1940s war-time nostalgia with a big heart, brought to life in the cosy surroundings of New Wimbledon Studio this week.The show is an escapist and pastoral …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMSunday, October 2, 2016
Theresa Ikoko's brilliant debut play, Girls, is a visceral portrayal of life for three young girls, kidnapped and held captive by Islamic extremists somewhere in West Africa.As the danger to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21AMThursday, September 22, 2016
The first thing to say about Good Canary is it is not always an easy play to watch. Zach Helm's expletive-ridden play is a darkly comic portrayal of mental disintegration, drug addiction and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44AMThursday, September 15, 2016
The genius of Roald Dahl created some wonderfully villainous characters and two of the most vile must be the disgustingly horrible Mr and Mrs Twit. Bringing their story to life, with details…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19AMWednesday, September 14, 2016
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia The Barber of Seville is perhaps the most famous 'opera buffa'- an informal style of comic opera developed to appeal to the lower classes in the early 18th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54AMTuesday, September 13, 2016
Zoe Cooper's new play, Jess and Joe Forever, taps into an experience that so many of us have had the intensity and importance of a friendship made on a childhood holiday.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20AMWednesday, August 24, 2016
It is rare that you might see a Jewish florist, a sadistic dentist and a giant singing, flesh-eating plant on the same stage, but in Little Shop of Horrors, this is all part of the show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52AMThursday, August 11, 2016
As part of the celebrations of its 60th anniversary, the National Youth Theatre is presenting a trio of new plays at the Finborough Theatre. This week sees Olivier Award-nominated writer Jam…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18AMFriday, July 29, 2016
As a new year approaches, Alice is attempting to come out to her parents. Her partner of seven years, Fi, has a revelation of her own she wants to become a man.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMTuesday, July 19, 2016
Commissioned by the Finborough Theatre in its search for exciting new works from Canada, Proud is the European premiere of a satirical political play written by multi-award winning, Canadian…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00AM 
