Sunday, July 1, 2018
This is a superb and brilliantly performed production of Shakespeare’s ‘problem’ play. If you know the Globe, this Winter’s Tale is a terrific summer show. If you don’t know the ve…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSaturday, June 30, 2018
Director Thom Southerland, at the helm since 2013, has created a masterpiece of modern theatre in Titanic that is packed with emotion and winning performances.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, June 29, 2018
A bold and exhilarating production that, at a time when Brexit is uppermost in our minds, looks at the dark side of patriotism and nationalism.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, June 26, 2018
This powderkeg of a play, from award-winning writer Mufaro Makubika, explodes halfway through leaving you in no doubt that this is anything but a feelgood domestic drama. It’s incendiary.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, June 25, 2018
There are no overblown performances or histrionics in The Unexpected Guest, but, instead a pacey and engaging thriller with terrific turns by the entire ensemble.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, June 20, 2018
Beirut benefits from a slick production from Robin Lefevre, the sumptuous design from Liz Ashcroft, and two knockout performances from Rees and Connolly-Burnham.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, June 15, 2018
William Wycherley’s Restoration romp, The Country Wife, has been given a makeover in Jonathan Munby’s modern, monochrome production at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
The Two Noble Kinsmen is a fun-filled boisterous romp that’s worth sticking with. It might not make much sense but there are some outstanding performances and flashes of Barrie Rutter’s …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
Children are maggots, worms, vipers and disgusting little blisters. Matilda The Musical, the multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s magical book, opened at Milton Keynes Thea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, June 8, 2018
Mussolini never killed people, just sent them to holiday camps. So says the tagline, borrowed from Silvio Berlusconi, for San Domino, Tim Anfilogoff and Alan Whittaker’s curious little rom…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, June 7, 2018
The Chalk Garden is a pleasant enough play but it needs a good dollop of something rich and nutritious to get it back to looking its best.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
I loved every wonderful, heart-stopping, minute of this terrific show. Could It Be Magic? You betcha.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, June 4, 2018
Stars of the An Officer and a Gentleman musical tour, Jonny Fines, Emma Williams, Ian McIntosh and Jessica Daley, sat down with me before a recent performance to discuss the musical.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSaturday, June 2, 2018
Legally Blonde is a real team effort with everyone turning in star performances, whether they are principals or part of the ensemble.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, May 28, 2018
First Knight Theatre's production of Conor McPherson's The Night Alive captures the loneliness and vulnerability of Dublin's singletons, with Eoin Lynch and Howie Ripley giving memorable per…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSunday, May 27, 2018
I had only been watching The Case of The Frightened Lady for just a few minutes when I scribbled in my notebook “sociopath” and “misdirection”. And that just about tells you everythi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, May 26, 2018
I hope that F*cking Men continues to evolve and resonate with new audiences. Expect scatterings of nudity throughout, brief simulated sex scenes, naughty words, and a really gorgeous ending.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, May 25, 2018
This riveting, emotionally-charged, gritty production of One Minute, only the Barn Theatre’s second after opening with Secret Garden The Musical, is a real triumph for this little powerhou…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, May 24, 2018
Sex With Robots and Other Devices gives us a glimpse into what could be our future, wittily and succinctly exploring whether or not we should be okay with it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, May 23, 2018
Athena Stevens' Schism is a bold and candid two-hander about ambition, power and determination, played out over 20 years in a stormy relationship that is more Machiavellian than true romance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, May 22, 2018
Gift of the Gab, set in 1979 Brighton, takes place in Rizzini’s, an Italian greasy spoon run by fiery Ric and his bellissimo daughter, Concetta. It’s here we meet Gabe, Arthur and Stan, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, May 18, 2018
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain is thinly plotted and shows that, despite having two accomplished, leading actors in Robert Powell and Liza Goddard, it is time to permanently retire the n…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWednesday, May 16, 2018
Playwright Torben Betts has turned to the kitchen for inspiration with his latest play, Monogamy, delving into the pantry of celebrity chef Caroline Mortimer and discovering that there’s n…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, May 11, 2018
Overall it is a good, if uneven, workman-like production of The Importance of Being Earnest that struggles, at times, to be funny. It delivers the goods without any flourishes of inspiration.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, May 9, 2018
For the first time ever Edward Fox, 81, is joined by his son, Freddie Fox, 29, on stage and it is a partnership that brings out the best in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. The surprisingly…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, May 8, 2018
After taking my first tentative steps into the world of Strictly I have to admit that I loved every second of this smash hit spectacular. A glorious night of entertainment. Fabulous.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, May 7, 2018
It’s astonishing that the National should decide to stage a writer’s first play in the Dorfman Theatre but their confidence in the quality of Natasha Gordon’s Nine Night is justified.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, May 2, 2018
Packed full of humanity and defiance, if a trifle long, The Last Ship is an impressive first show from pop legend Sting.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, April 30, 2018
Rodney Ackland’s great disappointment, his ill-timed 1952 play, The Pink Room, is given another chance at the National Theatre with its reworked and renamed production called Absolute Hell.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, April 29, 2018
Yes, the Present Laughter is a bit jokey and, as one critic has said, cartoonish, but perhaps that is just what audiences want. You can’t say that it isn’t entertaining.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSaturday, April 21, 2018
High octane musical Bat Out of Hell deserves its five stars simply for the high quality of the musical numbers and their performance. Polec, Bennington, Fowler and Sexton are simply stupendo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM 
