Made popular by the MGM 1955 film starring Marlon Brandon, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine this show is undoubtedly in my top three all time favourite shows. Consequently I’v…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:35AMHoward Goodall and Melvyn Bragg’s rousing 1984 musical The Hired Man will receive its first major concert presentation in over twenty years at London’s Cadogan Hall on 22 September 2016,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:06AMThe Original Theatre Company and Salisbury Playhouse in association with Eastbourne Theatres will present the national tour of Emlyn Williams’ psychological thriller, NIGHT MUST FALL, dire…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:44AMStarting life as a Edinburgh Fringe seven minute piece of theatre, this marks Liam Borrett‘s first foray into a full length show. Lasting one hour and fifty minutes it is both intense and …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:05PMNew cast have joined the London production of Disney’s THE LION KING this month. Alongside changes in the ensemble cast, Nicholas Afoa has taken on the role of Simba at the West End's Lyce…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:31AMThe Stephen Sondheim Society and Mercury Musical Developments have announced the winners of the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and Stiles + Drewe Prize. The winners w…
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SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:15PMThe Theatre Room is probably one of the quaintest performance spaces I’ve ever had the opportunity to visit. It’s recently become the new headquarters of The So & So Arts Club and i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:40AMAre you interested in Edinburgh Fringe or starting to programme your events calendar? The lovely Chloe Nelkin has sent a useful little summary of the twenty-two shows that they are represent…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:15AMSunny Afternoon - West End ★★★★★ Outstanding Performances ensured "You Really Got Me" Returning for more! Review of Performance Friday 29th April
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:47AMBased on the cult movie of the 1980’s The Toxic Avenger is a gloriously silly and immensely enjoyable spoof on comic book heroes. It doesn’t take itself seriously, it’s just one deligh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMThe long title does the job of explaining what this show is about so I don’t have to. However, what I will say is that it also includes hilarious cross identities, infidelity, an incredibl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:05AMWe take to our seats, having been handed a blindfold and told where the concept came from. Written by Samuel Beckett for radio in 1956, it was first broadcast on 13th January 1957 by the BBC.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMCLAIRE SWEENEY TO PLAY BARONNESS BOMBURST IN THE 2016-17 UK AND IRELAND TOUR OF THE SHERMAN BROTHERS’ CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG FROM 3 AUGUST 2016
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:09AMWith the popularity of TV shows like Making a Murderer, injustice seems to have become the stuff of entertainment, allowing us to feel righteous anger that such terrible things can happen, w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:18PMA story of four generations of strong women, an exploration into the meaning of family, being a mother, a child, sister and grandmother. Do we learn from the mistakes we or others make or is…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMIn the intimate setting of the Hope Theatre, I feel this is a staging of a classic Shakespeare play that the bard would thoroughly have approved of. From interweaving through the audience, d…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:27AMhe evening started well with a small selection of the cast moving amongst us whilst we sat in the bar full of anticipation waiting for the house to be opened. The beautiful costumes and friv…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:05PMThis is an interesting and intriguing piece. The set of a Tokyo hotel bar in 1969 gives an air of sophistication, steeply raked the audience clearly see the cast on stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:45AMJersey Boys For die-hard fans of a particular show, it is never easy when cast change happens. However, for the first time in the history of Jersey Boys eight-year run all four “boys” …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:13PMI remember watching a 15-minute excerpt from Joe Sellman-Leava’s solo show Labels at a scratch night at Morley College about a year ago. In an evening full of talent, the piece stood out f…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:33AMWritten by Lee Tannen, this is his story of his friendship with Lucille Ball and principally the last ten years of her life. Lucille (Lucy) Ball is arguably the most famous female American c…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:32AMThere’s no real storyline but then you don’t need one for here we are listening to Jon Lee, Keith Jack, Matthew Quinn and Luke Striffler deliver consistently, vocally stunning performanc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:41AMThe evening has to be given to Close, who exceeded every expectation and was every ounce the Hollywood star she is. Charisma, dramatisation, characterisation, timing and delivery, all outsta…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:20AMAs someone who’s never seen a live opera, in part because of the exorbitant prices and pretension associated with it, I guess I’m the ideal demographic for Pop-Up Opera.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:47PMYou know you’ve seen something good at the theatre when you’re still thinking about it 24 hours later. Catherine-Anne Toupin’s darkly comic drama Right Now is as unsettling as it is of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:37PMWith exquisite costumes and graceful execution, there is an undeniable elegance to Scena Mundi’s production of Twelfth Night. The striking French Protestant Church in Soho provides a fitti…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:16PMHighly successful at the Edinburgh Fringe last year If I Were Me is part of the Soho Rising Season at the Soho Theatre and I could definitely see why. This quirky, sometimes baffling, bemusi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:18PMIn the middle of the stage is a bed. A dressing table to one side. Littered with makeup, bottles, used cotton wool pads, clothes all over the chair. A hectic, busy young woman is in the midd…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:50AMIt’s a rare and wonderful thing these days to see a brand new musical – not a revival, not a musical based on a movie, but a shiny, original, fresh-out-the-box show. Not that Miss Atomic…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:34AMA play with aspirations of uncovering the hidden angst of the teenage experience that didn’t quite hit the mark. It’s a bold move, making a play about a group of drunk teenagers. They’…
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