Wednesday, December 18, 2019
A traditional panto brimming with feel-good vibes, laughter and festive goodwill, Aldershot’s Jack and the Beanstalk boasts a cast of familiar faces
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMTuesday, December 11, 2018
Aldershot’s festive offering is a traditional, vibrant and very polished panto. There’s not a hint of smuttiness and the performances are all
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:46AMMonday, December 19, 2016
Written and set in the early 1960s, Murray Schisgal’s Luv opens with a 30-something man, Harry, preparing to jump off a bridge,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMThursday, December 15, 2016
Opening with a video introduction that gives a slice of history about the British pantomime tradition and why it’s so important to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMTuesday, December 13, 2016
It’s always a challenge to tackle the fact that for the majority of Sleeping Beauty everyone, including our beautiful heroine, is supposed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMTuesday, December 6, 2016
A Christmas tale about a lonely young man who lives on his own and suffers from acute social anxiety sounds like an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PMMonday, December 5, 2016
This homegrown production of Cinderella while traditionally presented and lacking in star names in not without charm or excitement. The Ugly Sisters,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMFriday, February 13, 2015
Greenwich Theatre, London: In this Sell a Door production of Jekyll and Hyde set in the near future, Dr Jekyll is a fame-hungry cancer specialist who is trying to find an escape route for hi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMMonday, February 9, 2015
Old Red Lion Theatre, London: A London fringe production about warring Leeds football hooligans in the 1980s has the potential to be uncomfortably inauthentic, but such fears are short-lived…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMFriday, January 23, 2015
Park Theatre, London: The pursuit of equal rights and pay by a group of east London female munitions workers during the First World War is brought to life in an informal, almost confidential…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMWednesday, December 24, 2014
Middle Temple Hall, London: The setting for this Christmas tale is so ornate and enchanting that it gives the production an air of excitement and sophistication even before the opening line …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:49AMFriday, December 12, 2014
Pleasance Theatre, London: As much a part of Christmas as roast turkey and the Queen's speech, the festive season wouldn't be the same without a fringe performance of A Christmas C…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMMonday, November 17, 2014
Lion and Unicorn, London: A play about aid workers running a Middle Eastern refugee camp runs the risk of being terribly worthy, but, despite Warehouse of Dreams being frequently educational…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:19AMTuesday, November 4, 2014
Aldwych Theatre, London: Strictly Come Dancing's top tango duo share an interesting history: known to TV audiences through their regular appearances on the BBC show, originally Flavia C…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMThursday, October 16, 2014
Old Red Lion, London: The lives of older women is a theme that is being increasingly explored in theatre, as writers and actors seek to give a more prominent voice to 50-something females. H…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:23PMMonday, October 6, 2014
Theatre 503, London: A mood of instability is forcefully established from the off as this play, about international law and personal morality, begins with frantic changes of setting. The moo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMLion and Unicorn Theatre, London: It is a difficult challenge to bring such a horror-filled, action-packed story to the fringe (presumably on a tight budget), so the team should be congratul…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMMonday, September 1, 2014
King's Head Theatre, London: A series of couples have conversations at the wheel of a car in this exploration of relationships, dialogue and unspoken emotions.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMTuesday, August 26, 2014
The Jetty at Greenwich Peninsula, London: Given that The Boy Who Climbed Out of His Face is an immersive experience and, as such, contains many elements of surprise, it is a challenge to art…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMMonday, August 18, 2014
The Scoop at More London, London: Given that - including intervals - the play in its entirety has a four-and-a-half-hour running time, it is astonishing how fresh and fast-paced it feels thr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMTuesday, August 5, 2014
Leicester Square Theatre, London: An intense two-hander based on the fictitious final few hours of the Beatles manager's life, Epstein - The Man Who Made the Beatles is an attempt to fl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21AMFriday, June 27, 2014
Lyric Theatre, London: An innovative concert performance rather than a story wrapped around the songs of Michael Jackson, Thriller Live is a simple concept that works only because it is perf…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AMFriday, June 13, 2014
Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London: It is essential that a role so focused on physical beauty should have an indisputably handsome man playing Dorian Gray and Michael Batten's universal a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMTuesday, June 10, 2014
Doon Street Car Park, London: The pointers are there to indicate the type of show this is going to be - Fuel's description of an "outdoor, purpose-built venue", "360 degr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMThursday, April 17, 2014
Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London: In contrast to the amazing special effects and explosions you will find in most children's films and video games, the openi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMThursday, April 10, 2014
Rosemary Branch Theatre, London: It's quite a challenge to evoke the wild, windy Yorkshire Moors in a poky pub theatre in north London, but led by director/adaptor Helen Tennison, this …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMMonday, March 3, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, London: The Act is a swift, high impact study of the trials (and trial) of a gay man in 1960s London, interspersed with the House of Commons debates that led to the decrim…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMFriday, February 28, 2014
Finborough Theatre, London: Inspired by Dumas' La Dame aux Camelias, Rattigan's Variation on a Theme is admittedly a rather romantic, simple storyline but, directed by Michael Oakl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMMonday, February 10, 2014
Greenwich Theatre, London: In this one-man show, Stephen Chance impressively delivers a narrative of almost two hours as the self-pitying Harry Shawmut, rehearsing an elaborate apology to a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16AMWednesday, February 5, 2014
Jacksons Lane Theatre, London: This play originates from an intriguing concept - how cells, life and death are forever intertwined - and focuses on three eras.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMWednesday, January 29, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, London: As soon as Luke Kempner launches into a comic scene that could be straight out of the real Downton Abbey, the audience knows this is going to be a light-hearted bu…
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