Sunday, November 25, 2018
Fresh from Arts Ed, Daniel Grice makes his professional debut playing the title role in the world premiere of Glenn Chandler's The Boy Under the Christmas Tree at the King's Head Theatre. Wh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:47PMFriday, November 23, 2018
What do you get if you mix two pals, a trampette and a puzzle? Antler's hit play about friendship and obsession Lands, as you can see from Helen Murray's fabulous pictures (below). Take a l…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:27AMCast has been announced for the King's Head Theatre's acclaimed 2017 revival of Kevin Elyot’s Coming Clean, which transfers to the West End's Trafalgar Studios 2 in January. Time to get bo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:57AMThursday, November 22, 2018
Child-marriage drama AISHA, which plays at a trio of London venues this winter, does not shy away from the harrowing realities of a horrendous situation. Neither do the two short trailers cr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:17AMWednesday, November 21, 2018
The Gate Theatre's staging of Jamaica Kincaid's anger-filled essay on Antigua, A Small Place, is drawing audiences and critics to Notting Hill. With four-star reviews and assertions that the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:24AMMark Ravenhill's The Cut shocked audiences when it premiered in 2006. Twelve years later, it's being revived at the Lion And Unicorn Theatre. But this new version has made its own changes - …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:22AMTuesday, November 20, 2018
Antler's two-handed tale of friendship and obsession, which was originally a hit at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, has bounced its way to west London's Bush Theatre, where it currently has audie…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:12AMFriday, November 16, 2018
How do you celebrate Christmas in incarceration? Weighed In Productions presents the first major revival of Head-Rot Holiday, Sarah Daniels' 1992 play set in a 'secure hospital', at the Hope…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:11PMAfter its current critically acclaimed hit with Proud Haddock's production of World War One musical two-hander Billy Bishop Goes to War, Jermyn Street concludes this year's Rebels season wit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMDead Woman Walking Productions, a new theatre company formed by a group of LAMDA graduates, are bringing Mark Ravenhill's The Cut back to the London stage for the first time since it premier…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:29AMWednesday, November 14, 2018
Audiences are raving about the Gate Theatre's production of A Small Place, as the Notting Hill venue brings Jamaica Kincaid's book to the stage for the first time. Check out the Twitter buzz…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:27AMTuesday, November 13, 2018
"Must-see", "perfect", "hysterics" - audiences and critics have been laughing their way through Sexy Laundry at the Tabard Theatre since the comedy opened at the Chiswick venue in early Nove…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:32AMFor the first time ever, Jamaica Kincaid's acclaimed book about Antigua and its exploitation by the West, A Small Place, is brought to the stage at the Gate Theatre this month. Starring Cher…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:45AMMonday, November 12, 2018
Soho Theatre has announced casting for the world premiere of Chasing Bono, Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement's new play based on Neil McCormick's memoir about his rivalry with his childhood fr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:48AMSunday, November 11, 2018
Rehearsals are well underway for the Barn Theatre's much-anticipated, actor-musician revival of Stiles & Drewe's 1984 family musical Just So. As part of his preparations, director Kirk …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMThursday, November 8, 2018
Politics seems crazy everywhere at the moment. How much crazier could it get here in the UK? Political adviser and author Michael McManus's debut play An Honourable Man considers how populis…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:52PMAJ, the young playwright, director and producer of AISHA, is not afraid of speaking his mind. He's unafraid of battling the status quo, butting heads with convention or airing his truth. Thi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:16AMWednesday, November 7, 2018
Saul Reichlin performs his new one-man show Sholom Aleichem in the Old Country, featuring characters from the master Jewish storyteller. Find out how Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof became th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:50PMTuesday, November 6, 2018
This weekend, we officially mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Adam Morley's new production of Michael Head's The Greater Game is one of the theatre productions marking th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:57AMHard-hitting drama, AISHA, which explores the taboo subject of child marriage in the UK, returns to the London stage this winter. Created by theatre company Ailia, the pertinent play runs fr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:33AMOlivier Award winner Matthew Kelly will provide the voice of Pau Amma The Crab in the Barn Theatre's much-anticipated revival of Stiles & Drewe's family musical Just So, which concludes…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:26AMMonday, November 5, 2018
Following the success of Kids Play, Taggart creator Glenn Chandler premieres his latest stage play, alternative festive comedy treat The Boy Under the Christmas Tree, at London's King's Head…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:58AMPolitical adviser and author Michael McManus makes his playwriting debut with An Honourable Man, the story of how Momentum's attempt to deselect a mainstream Labour MP unleashes a populist u…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:55AMThursday, November 1, 2018
How do you celebrate Christmas in incarceration? Weighed In Productions presents the first major revival of Head-Rot Holiday, Sarah Daniels' 1992 play set in a 'secure hospital', at the Hope…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:10PMBathrobes, pyjamas and a very specific textbook - what else would you need for a hotel trip to reinvigorate a marriage? Here's your first glance at what's going on behind closed doors in Sex…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:53AMDick Clement and Ian La Frenais - the writing partnership behind screen hits including The Likely Lads, Porridge and The Commitments - have adapted Telegraph music critic Neil McCormick's me…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:20AMAfter its British premiere in 2016, Buddy Thomas Off-Broadway hit The Crumple Zone returns for a new festive season this year at London's King's Head Theatre, running from 24 November to 9 D…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:34AMTuesday, October 30, 2018
Take a look at Alex Brenner's fantastic production shots to get a hint of what to expect from Tiny Fires' production of Joanna Murray-Smith's Honour at Park Theatre. The marital drama, which…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:43AMSunday, October 28, 2018
Preview audiences are loving the Barn Theatre's new production of Sherlock Holmes' three-hander The Hound of the Baskervilles. If you love The 39 Steps and The Play That Goes Wrong coupled w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:23PMThursday, October 25, 2018
Ken Urban's A Guide for the Homesick received its European premiere last week at the West End's Trafalgar Studios. This "blisteringly intense evening" is "simultaneously warmly funny and dee…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:47AMAs Tiny Fires' revival of Joanna Murray-Smith's acclaimed drama Honour begins its run at Park Theatre, the cast speak about why this hit play excites them. Watch the footage (below) then …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:13AM 
