Thursday, April 4, 2019
There's a consensus of opinion on Twitter - Killymuck and Box Clever, both playing at The Bunker, are brilliant and hit audiences right in the gut. See what's being said on social media then…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMFriday, March 29, 2019
Fight or Flight Productions, one of the recently appointed associate companies at the relaunched Lion & Unicorn Theatre, brings its new writing debut, Tom Lodge's Like You Hate Me to the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMLiane Grant's provocative new political play Half Me, Half You has now commenced its UK premiere season at London's Tristan Bates Theatre, where it continues until 6 April 2019. Scroll throu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:36PMChris Sonnex, the Artistic Director of The Bunker, took to Twitter this week to passionately encourage audiences to see benefits-class double-bill Killymuck and Box Clever, and to offer supp…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:21AMThursday, March 28, 2019
‘Sublime... mesmerising... captivating.’ What else have critics been saying about Maud Dromgoole's new play Mary's Babies, inspired by the shocking true story of fertility pioneer Mary B…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AMWednesday, March 27, 2019
"Fantastic", "Spectacular", "Glorious" - critics have run out of superlatives with which to describe Emma Rice's touring production of Wise Children. We've collected together some of the bes…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:22AMAs benefits-class double-bill Killymuck and Box Clever opens at The Bunker this week, we take a look at at what happened in rehearsals for these hard-hitting, vital plays. Check out our gall…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:28AMTuesday, March 26, 2019
Women's voices are always centre stage for Damsel Productions. They now premiere their fifth female-led play, Tabitha Mortiboy's The Amber Trap, with a limited run season at London's Theatre…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:05PMSt John Ervine's pre-First World War tale of a woman attempting to escape her marriage, Jane Clegg, will be revived at Finborough Theatre this spring, marking the first time the play has bee…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:25PMMonday, March 25, 2019
Though many of the tales surrounding the Soviet space race are well known, the darker side of the sprint for the stars is explored and exposed in Idle Discourse's production of Tales from St…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:41AMSunday, March 24, 2019
Maud Dromgoole's new play Mary's Babies, just opened at Jermyn Street Theatre, looks at ethical and personal choices relating to genetics, family and donor conception. During the run, two po…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMFriday, March 22, 2019
Tonight's the night! Katy Stephens and Emma Fielding star in the world premiere of Maud Dromgoole's new two-hander Mary's Babies, inspired by the true story of fertility pioneer Mary Barton.…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:37PMWe continue our Featured Content series around Eleanor of Aquitaine: Mother of the Pride, now released on audio care of Tara Theatre and B7 Media. Watch these video snippets of 92-year-old E…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:30AMWhat do you do as an actor if you don't know where you fit in? We catch up with Half Me, Half You's Kalea Williams on diversity, creating your own work and why this play is so relevant to ri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMThursday, March 21, 2019
"Pure unadulterated theatre", so says Broadway World's review of Emma Rice's Wise Children. This trailer gives a hint of exactly what they mean. Have a watch, then book tickets for the final…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:03AM"A plot worthy of Inside No. 9" - could there be a greater compliment to pay We Know Now Snowmen Exist? Take a look at what reviewers said about the all-female claustrophobic thriller, then …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:39AMMy recent theatre trips have included A Lesson from Aloes, A Hundred Words for Snow and Strike Up the Band. Here's a round-up of my on-the-night reactions to each.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:29AMJames Phillips' award-winning drama The Rubenstein Kiss can now be seen for the first time in London since its 2005 premiere. What have critics - including Mates co-founder Mark Shenton - be…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMTatty Hennessy and Maud Dromgoole's last collaboration, Acorn, was a hit in 2016. Now, as her own play A Hundred Words for Snow continues to critical acclaim at Trafalgar Studios, Hennessy a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
What happens when the systems that should be there to support you let you down and in fact, work against you. That's the issue faced by a mother in Monsay Whitney's Box Clever. In her interv…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:49PMA Hundred Words of Snow, Tatty Hennessy's coming-of-age adventure story, officially received its West End premiere last night at Trafalgar Studios, where Gemma Barnett stars until 30 March 2…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:13PMAs previews begin tonight (20 March 2019) for the world premiere of Maud Dromgoole's Mary's Babies, at London's Jermyn Street Theatre, sneak a peek inside the rehearsal room with stars Katy …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:05PMFemale-led with diversity at the heart of the play and the production. What have the company of the UK premiere of Liane Grant's provocative new political play Half Me, Half You been up to i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMFrom struggling with anxiety to the influence of Pinter, Osborne and Mamet, and following the success of Sunrise for the Blind, actor and playwright Lee Lomas tells us everything about Killi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:26AMAs Pegasus Opera prepares to stage it's latest production, Shaw Goes Wilde, at the Royal Academy of Music, Artistic Director Alison Buchanan tells us about playing a character with dominatri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:36AMTuesday, March 19, 2019
Throughout March, the Cervantes Theatre, London's home of Spanish drama, is celebrating Madrid with Madrid is a Female Name, its mini-season of monologues imported from the Spanish capital. …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:17PMFrom his first experience of Martin Luther King to why a telephone plays such an important role in his play, writer and performer Christopher Tajah tells us about his hit one-man Martin Luth…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:08AMInfrasound frequency, unsolved mysteries, paranoia and raising the profile of Cumbrian theatre - director Lexie Ward tells us why she's so excited about bringing acclaimed all-female thrille…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:21AMProductions created by Emma Rice have a reputation for glorious theatricality. It's a reputation that, judging from these production images, Wise Children more than lives up to. Take a look,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:35AMEileen Page first played Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1964, but it wasn't until many years later, when she was 70, that she first laid claim to the one-woman play that has so firmly associated he…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMMonday, March 18, 2019
It's opening night tonight (18 March 2019) for the first London revival of James Phillips' multi-award-winning espionage dramaThe Rubenstein Kiss at Southwark Playhouse. Check out our full g…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:09PM 
