This exhilarating adaptation by Sir Matthew Bourne OBE is based on the Academy Award winning 1948 Powell and Pressburger film The Red Shoes, which is renowned for its Technicolour cinematogr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTales of plague-ridden London were Christine Foster’s inspiration to write the play, so it’s no surprise that this is where the story’s strongest. Because we never leave the cell, we �…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSeeing An American in Paris made me ponder the question what constitutes the perfect musical? If I’m honest, I haven’t got the answer, but I’m pretty sure having seen this production, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThat is the Garland I want my play to celebrate. Let’s not ignore the troubles she had, but let’s also not become solely transfixed by them.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMAristophanes' The Frogs, originally adapted by Burt Shevelove and later adapted by Nathan Lane is a modern retelling of Dionysus’ journey to Hades to retrieve the great dramatist Euripides…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMI had high expectations for The Miser with a cast that boasts Griff Rhys Jones, Lee Mack and Mathew Horne. It promised to be full of wit and mirth but if anything by trying too hard it conse…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMI can safely say that there were no ‘weak links’ in the performances of this show but there were highlights. Carolyn Maitland, as Molly Jensen was stunning.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMIt is both Amanda Holden and Tracy-Ann Oberman who for me totally steal the show as busybody Vera and Maxine respectively. Holden is delightfully over the top only to crushingly bring you to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMHoneymoon in Vegas ★★★★★ Review by Soraya Scrivener Freddie Tapner, London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s founder and principal conductor introduced th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe London premiere of an overlooked gem from the back pages of the playbook of a genius; a Nobel winning, genre defining, mould breaking titan of 20th century drama. One was Nude & One…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMBeing obsessed with crime drama, I was interested to see how something that would usually be a six part television series would adapt to the stage. I was surprised and delighted to find that…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIn Other Words – A lifetime of love and loss is condensed into this touching play about the pain and confusion of losing yourself, and those around you, to Alzheimer’s.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMYou’ll enjoy a retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night whilst being served an Elizabethan inspired five course feast by chef Annie McKenzie.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM"It’s really hard to find the words to describe it – I’ve been lucky to be in it since I left drama school. I went in as second cover and then progressed to lead role."
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMIn 1998 a husband of one of the wives in a WI branch in Yorkshire was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The close-knit picture postcard village was rocked by this devastating news.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWe first meet Brummell sitting in his tin bath being attended to by Austin, his faithful valet (note the t is pronounced). He is preparing to dress in anticipation of being reunited with his…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThis lovely revue show takes its audience on a journey spanning over a hundred years. From the mass migration of Jews in the 19th Century, from the shtetl or Eastern Europe.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThis eclectic mix of science fiction, rock music and theatre combine beautifully to create an enjoyable, albeit totally bizarre show in Summer Nights In Space.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMIn most patriarchal societies, it is taken as fact that the men rule the proverbial roost. Of course, the truth is totally different.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMThis Must Be The Place is a very relevant piece of theatre in this day and age. It looks at how life can change in an instant; how we can run to, or run away from our hopes or our fears.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:30PMOne of my regrets in life, was not seeing “The King Of Pop” Michael Jackson perform live. Like many people I was going to book tickets but just never actually got around to it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMUsing a play within a play format, this version of Henry V begins in a field hospital in France in 1915 a group of French and English patients decide to put on a version of Henry V.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMRemember the old song,"if you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise”? Well, let’s bring it right up to date with some new lyrics so, altogether now “If you go dow…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSalome takes place in an altogether different age and the archaic language and prosaic story arc reflect this. The title character is both victim and victimiser, and Wilde plays strongly on …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe Glass Menagerie ★★★★ Review by Franco Milazzo Its taken her a lifetime but finally the American stage and TV actress Cherry Jones has finally made it to London in…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWritten in 1986 by Roddy Doyle, The Commitments tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians into an amazing live act…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMEver fancied being in a focus group? You know, the dreadful prospect of sitting on substandard office furniture under acidic fluorescent lights while ticking away your personality on a slidi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThis was my first experience of a Bare Essentials new writing night, and I was unsure what to expect - an opportunity to observe a supportive and encouraging platform for new, rising writers…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMKevin Kennedy is currently on tour with the stage show The Commitments. I had the opportunity to catch up with Kevin before the tour arrives in Southampton.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMA Year From Now is everything you hope it would be. It’s very clever, it sounds good, it looks good, it has philosophical messages. A true delight.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMClosely following the traditional Cinderella story and split into 3 short acts this would delight audiences, young and old.
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