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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

‘Get your head up out of your girdle’: Elsie Bennett on why she enjoys playing a 1950s Bronx beatnik in Two for the Seesaw by Featured Content

In the second of our two-part interview series for Two for the Seesaw, we catch up with leady lady Elsie Bennett, who tells us why she loves the 1958 play's old Hollywood charm and how much …

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FIRST LOOK: Sneak a peek into rehearsals for Oscar Wilde’s reimagined Reading Gaol by Featured Content

It's TONIGHT (24 July 2018)! As Proforca Theatre' new adaptation of The Ballad of Reading Gaol opens to the press at London's Theatre N16 for a limited run to 2 August 2018, here's a stunnin…

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PHOTOS: Sneak a peek inside rehearsals for the premiere of teen suicide play Breathe by Featured Content

Athenaeum Productions, founded by then 16-year-old actor-producer George Jaques, is gearing up for the premiere next week of its second play BREATHE. Sneak a peek inside rehearsals with Jaqu…

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Monday, July 23, 2018

NEWS: 18-year-old George Jaques premieres Breathe in support of Childline by Featured Content

BREATHE, a gritty new stage play about teenage suicide written by and starring 18-year-old George Jaques, gets its world premiere this month at London's Bunker Theatre in a limited season in…

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WATCH: Edith Piaf sings her Hymn to Love to boxer Marcel Cerdan, who died on his way to see her by Featured Content

Hymn to Love, Elizabeth Mansfield's much-lauded tribute to Edith Piaf, transfers to London's Jermyn Street Theatre this week after sell-out performances and an extended run at Theatre By The…

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Sunday, July 22, 2018

PHOTOS: Sneak a peek into rehearsals for Oscar Wilde’s reimagined Reading Gaol by Featured Content

We're counting down to the opening of Proforca Theatre' new adaptation of The Ballad of Reading Gaol, running at London's Theatre N16 23 July to 2 August 2018. In David Brady's new productio…

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Friday, July 20, 2018

PHOTOS: Elizabeth Mansfield is Edith Piaf in Hymn to Love at Jermyn Street by Featured Content

As Jermyn Street gears up for its just-announced autumn Rebels season, this summer's Reaction season continues apace. The European premiere of Boo Killebrew's The Play About My Dad finishes …

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WATCH: In Oscar Wilde’s Reading Gaol, who is Hero? Human? Guardian? by Featured Content

In Proforca Theatre' new adaptation of The Ballad of Reading Gaol, running at London's Theatre N16 23 July to 2 August 2018, Oscar Wilde's original poem is melded with five pieces of new wri…

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

NEWS: Proforca combines Oscar Wilde’s Reading Gaol with new writing at Theatre N16 by Featured Content

Proforca Theatre premieres Reading Gaol, a fresh new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's final work combined with new writing, at London's Theatre N16 for a limited season from 23 July to 2 August 2…

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‘I’m a big fan of writing from the 1950s’: Charles Dorfman on why he wanted to bring Two for the Seesaw to the West End by Featured Content

William Gibson's 1958 Broadway hit Two for the Seesaw is currently being revived at Trafalgar Studios care of Buckland Theatre. In this interview with Buckland founder and leading man Charle…

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‘I love a domestic drama with vicious characters’: Director Gianluca Lello on Gustavo Ott’s Your Molotov Kisses by Featured Content

Venezuelan writer Gustavo Ott's Your Molotov Kisses is relocated to London for its UK premiere at Camden Fringe next month. Director Gianluca Lello tells us what drew him to the piece, why C…

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Camden Fringe Featured Show: New theatre company Sycorax debuts with one-woman BLUE by Featured Content

What kind of show takes you to the moon with a lobster named Spock? The answer is BLUE, a one-woman abstract fairy tale created by new theatre company Sycorax Collective that explores mental…

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Monday, July 16, 2018

FEATURED SHOW: ‘Bloody hell!’ ★★★★ reviews are in for ‘must-see’ Little Voice at the Barn Theatre by Featured Content

"Bloody hell!" said The Stage of newcomer Sarah Louise Hughes, who takes the title role in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, the final hit offering in the Barn Theatre, Cirencester's inaugu…

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FEATURED SHOW: Alkaline at the Park Theatre, ★★★★★ reviews – & a tweet from Mark Gatiss – are in! by Featured Content

If Mark Gatiss tweets his love for your show, you must be doing something right! Just opened on Friday (13 July 2018), the world premiere of Alkaline has already garnered some great reviews …

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FIRST-LOOK: Travel back to 1950s New York with Two for the Seesaw by Featured Content

Travel back to 1950s New York with these first-look photos of the long-overdue West End premiere of William Gibson's 1958 Broadway hit Two for the Seesaw, which officially opens to the press…

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Thursday, July 12, 2018

WATCH: Two desperate souls, one nervous breakdown & hours of set model work on Two for the Seesaw by Featured Content

We're counting down to the long-overdue West End premiere of William Gibson's 1958 Broadway hit Two for the Seesaw, which starts performances at Trafalgar Studios 2 care of Buckland Theatre …

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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

FIRST-LOOK PHOTOS: Little Voice is back in the limelight at the Barn by Featured Content

Ahead of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice's opening tomorrow night (11 July 2018) at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, you've got to check out our gallery of production photos of the cast in…

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Camden Fringe Featured Show: Venezuelan Gustavo Ott’s Your Molotov Kisses gets UK premiere at Etcetera Theatre by Featured Content

Do you like your fringe theatre to be provocative and grotesque? Your Molotov Kisses will not disappoint. Written by award-winning Venezuelan writer Gustavo Ott, the premiere of this new Bri…

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Monday, July 9, 2018

‘There are decisions you make as a producer it’d be better not to know about as an actor’: Interview with pluck. co-founder & Alkaline star by Featured Content

After the critically acclaimed run of Birthday Suit at the Old Red Lion Theatre in 2017, pluck.productions are bringing their latest show to the Park Theatre this July. Alkaline is a play ab…

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Sunday, July 8, 2018

PHOTOS: Sneak a peek into rehearsals for .pluck’s world premiere of Alkaline by Featured Content

We're counting down to the opening of Stephanie Martin's Alkaline, the latest play premiere from plucky new writing theatre company, pluck. productions. What happens when religion gets in th…

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Thursday, July 5, 2018

FEATURED SHOW: The Play about My Dad at Jermyn Street Theatre, ★★★★ reviews are in! by Featured Content

American playwright's autobiographical The Play About My Dad, based on her experience in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, has just received its European premiere at London's Jermyn Street Thea…

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How the Edinburgh Fringe family inspired Lita Doolan to make Time for Tea at Camden Fringe by Featured Content

Theatremaker Lita Doolan was performing in Edinburgh Fringe one summer when she was inspired to write a story about Scotland's iconic capital. She took her inspiration from how the city and …

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

FEATURED SHOW: Sirens of the Silver Screen at the Tabard Theatre, ★★★★ reviews are in! by Featured Content

Following a successful run last November at Highgate's Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Beth Burrows' one-woman cabaret Sirens of the Silver Screen has transferred to west London's Tabard Theatre,…

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Monday, July 2, 2018

Camden Fringe Featured Show: Lita Doolan’s Time for Tea, about Edinburgh’s 2002 Cowgate fire, opens festival by Featured Content

Which shows have you earmarked so far for this year's Camden Fringe? As part of our Featured Show series, we'd like to draw your attention to Lita Doolan's Time for Tea, which opens the mont…

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Friday, June 29, 2018

PHOTOS: Inside rehearsals for Two for the SeeSaw’s overdue West End premiere by Featured Content

We're counting down to the long-overdue West End premiere of William Gibson's 1958 Broadway hit Two for the Seesaw, which starts performances at Trafalgar Studios 2 care of Buckland Theatre …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:04PM
Thursday, June 28, 2018

PHOTOS: Sneak a peek into Little Voice rehearsals as final cast & creatives announced by Featured Content

Preparations are well underway for Michael Strassen's much-anticipated revival of Jim Cartwright's 1992 modern classic The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. which concludes the acclaimed inaugu…

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Monday, June 25, 2018

WATCH: Can you tell the difference between Cilla Black & Sarah Louise Hughes in her Little Voice audition? by Featured Content

Meet Sarah Louise Hughes, who, straight out of drama school, has been cast in the title role of Michael Strassen's major new production of Jim Cartwright's modern classic The Rise and Fall o…

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

‘The Barn’s is a stunning energy to witness’: Michael Strassen on directing The Rise & Fall of Little Voice by Featured Content

Michael Strassen directs the new Barn Theatre, Cirencester production of Jim Cartwright's Olivier Award-winning play with music, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In the latest in our Featu…

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

WATCH: Take a new look at old Hollywood in Sirens of the Silver Screen’s teaser by Featured Content

Got your tickets yet for the return of Beth Burrows' "exceptional" one-woman cabaret Sirens of the Silver Screen? Watch this fantastic video trailer from the show's London premiere last year…

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

FIRST-LOOK PHOTOS: Steven Dietz’s AIDS classic Lonely Planet gets its overdue West End premiere by Featured Content

Ahead of Lonely Planet's official West End opening tonight (14 June 2018), take a look at these stunning new production photos of the show's stars, Aaron Vodovoz and Alexander McMorran, in a…

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New post-show Q&A: Join Terri in Cirencester for Jim Cartwright’s The Rise & Fall of Little Voice by Featured Content

As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Friday 20 July 2018, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to Cirencester’s Barn Theatre to quiz the team behind a major new revival o…

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