Friday, October 11, 2019
David Hare's award-winning 2003 verbatim drama The Permanent Way, now receiving its first major revival at The Vaults, covers four major disasters that followed railway privatisation. Do you…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMThursday, October 10, 2019
Do you remember what else was happening in the world in 2003? That was the year The Permanent Way premiered, ten years after The Railway Privatisation Act. It was also the year that the US, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:51AMThe Cervantes Theatre, London's home of Spanish and Latin American drama, concludes its female-led 2019 season with a major new staging of Isabel Allende's literary bestseller The House of t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:03AMTuesday, October 8, 2019
If these first-look photos of Mischief Theatre's Groan Ups don't put you in touch with your 'inner child', we don't know what will. Just two days to go until the brand-new comedy officially …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:55PMWith heavy machinery, hard hats and shovels galore, check out the trailer for Emma Frankland's hole-creating new show We Dig, then book your tickets!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:35AMGold lame curtains, hoodies and hi-vis - we wouldn't naturally associate them with Shakespeare, but this is the world of the new production of The Merchant of Venice, currently playing at Dr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:32AMMonday, October 7, 2019
"Superb", "modern and thrilling" and "pulls out every available stop" - take a look at what audiences and critics have said about Rona Munro's new adaptation of Frankenstein, then head to th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:20PMAs Ovalhouse brings its residency in its current South London home to a close, Emma Frankland opens its final season with We Dig, a show exploring the trans experience in which a giant hole …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMSunday, October 6, 2019
It's cruel to ask one of the original Mischief Theatre company to choose their favourite comedy to date? But we couldn't resist. We caught up with the fabulous Charlie Russell about Groan Up…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMFriday, October 4, 2019
A new musical exploring mental health issues and recovery following child sexual abuse will receive its London premiere this autumn. Dissociated, written by psychotherapist Dave Bain and pro…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:52AMLess than a week until Mischief Theatre's brand-new comedy Groan Ups officially opens and we're loving all the audience buzz on social media. Also on Twitter, we've been carefully studying t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:17AMThursday, October 3, 2019
Have a peek at what a modern take on Shakespeare's drama of vengeance, commodities, appearance and reality with rehearsal images from the new production of The Merchant of Venice directed by…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:52AMWednesday, October 2, 2019
Joseph Marcell and Christopher Fairbank play lifelong friends in the UK premiere of Sam Shepard's acclaimed two-hander Ages of the Moon. How are they getting on so far in rehearsals? Sneak a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:15PMLess than three weeks until performances start for the world premiere of Indian dramatist Anupama Chandresekhar's When the Crows Visit, inspired by Ibsen's Ghosts and true events. What have …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:33PMWe're counting down to the world premiere of The Girl Who Fell, Sarah Rutherford's darkly funny new play about parenting and social media dangers, opening this month at Trafalgar Studios. Sn…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:42AMTuesday, October 1, 2019
Gothic, leafless trees, towering buildings, fork lightning; the design of Rona Munro's Frankenstein is an Halloween treat full of theatrical tricks. Take a look at these fantastic productio…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:15AMAn isolated woman, a pest controller and a talking cat... but which is which? We think we've got one character sussed! Take a look at these candid images from the rehearsal room of new darkl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:46AMHow much do you know about "the Einstein of sex" Magnus Hirschfeld and his film Anders als die Andern? Discovering this 1919 silent gem one night on YouTube inspired playwright Claudio Macor…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AMMonday, September 30, 2019
A new musical exploring mental health issues and recovery following child sexual abuse will receive its London premiere this autumn. Dissociated, written by psychotherapist Dave Bain and pro…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:04AMGlenn Chandler's latest Edinburgh Festival hit The Good Scout now transfers to London's Above the Stag Theatre, and Amanda Bailey is once again relishing being the only woman in the cast and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:44AMFriday, September 27, 2019
Sam Shepard’s 2009 play Ages of the Moon at last receives its UK premiere, in a production directed by Alexander Lass and produced by Debbie Hicks at The Vaults, where it will run alongsid…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:54PMSarah Rutherford explores the dark side of social media in her new play The Girl Who Fell - but, on the plus side, she also has Twitter to thank for the play getting its premiere next month …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:11AM"Expect scares, laughs and perpetual darkness." It's a description of new horror theatre piece Haunted that should fill audiences with trembling, nervous excitement. As Uncanny Collective pr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:29AMThursday, September 26, 2019
"White hot", "astute" and "superbly intense" - critics and theatre fans have had their say on the new production of Peter Hamilton's darkly comic tale about a far-right group? Take a look at…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:31PMCasting has been announced for the world premiere of Claudio Macor's new play Different From the Others, which tells the story behind the first pro-gay film ever made and premieres 100 years…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMWednesday, September 25, 2019
Following a slew of five- and four-star reviews and an OffWestEnd.com Offies Awards commendation, Proforca Theatre's At Last finished its world premiere season at London's Lion & Unicorn…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:13PMCritics such as the Guardian's Michael Billington who saw the premiere of David Hare's modern masterpiece The Permanent Way are amongst those praising its first, timely return in a limited O…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:53AMOn 3 October 2019, Emma Rice's critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Angela Carter’s Wise Children hits the big screen via More2Screen. The multi-award-winning director has written movi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:15AMTuesday, September 24, 2019
As actor Eilidh Loan prepares to brings Frankenstein to Coventry's Belgrade Theatre, she talks about her first connection with the story, discovering more about Mary Shelley and overcoming a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:30AMWhat does a far-right enclave or a revived Viking state look like? Take a look at these production images from Danelaw to find out, then book your tickets!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:28AMAs The Kindling Collective's new production of Andrew Bovell's When The Rain Stops Falling takes to the Lion and Unicorn Theatre stage, we take a peek at some exclusive videos from rehearsal…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:27AM 
