Thursday, February 6, 2020
The perils of midweek drinking writ large – After(s) examines what it means to be in your mid-twenties today at the White Bear Theatre in Kennington.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, February 5, 2020
The Misadventures of David and Sam proves a good-natured and light-hearted piece of fun family theatre at the VAULT Festival.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, January 30, 2020
A fine revival of Lucy Prebble’s first play The Sugar Syndrome features a strong debut performance from Jessica Rhodes at the Orange Tree Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, January 29, 2020
Insofar as it is humanly possible for any one person to know everything that is happening at the VAULT Festival this year, I present a handful of my recommendations for 2020.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, January 26, 2020
Conor McPherson’s adaptation of Uncle Vanya featuring Toby Jones and Richard Armitage at the Harold Pinter Theatre is so good you can forgive the “wanging on”.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, January 25, 2020
Lucy Kirkwood returns to the National Theatre with The Welkin, starring a brilliant ensemble led by Maxine Peake.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, January 23, 2020
With its focus on the small things, Sam Steiner’s play You Stupid Darkness! is a delicate but delicious thing at the Southwark Playhouse.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, January 19, 2020
The Other Room’s The Story and Hela make a delightful and daring double bill of Welsh drama at Theatre503.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, January 17, 2020
BAZ Productions’ The Process proves bold and striking in its use of BSL and spoken English, if a little flawed too, now running at the Bunker Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, January 16, 2020
A musical adaptation of Tom Brown’s School Days at the Union Theatre has some moments, and performances, to treasure.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, January 12, 2020
As well as providing a welcome opportunity for performers to really cut loose, Six also – sadly – remains at the cutting edge of the zeitgeist.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, January 11, 2020
Holy What’s Antigone at the New Diorama shifts the focus of Sophocles’ play onto two young sisters to powerful effect.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, January 5, 2020
Ought To Be Clowns tackles a trio of Broadway cast recordings in the shape of Cole Porter’s The New Yorkers, Kiss Me, Kate! and Beetlejuice.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, January 4, 2020
Ought To Be Clowns barely saw 250 shows this year, quiet by his standards. And as is the way of these things, here’s a rundown of some of the productions that moved me most…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, January 2, 2020
Looking ahead to some of 2020’s exciting shows, most with an emphasis away from the West End and instead focusing at the London Fringe and across the UK.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, December 30, 2019
Ever behind the curve, I present 10 of my top moments in a theatre over the last ten years (plus a few bonus extra ones because whittling down this list was hard, and it will probably be dif…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, December 22, 2019
A Kander & Ebb premiere in the West End you say? Curtains makes its bow at the Wyndham’s Theatre and I had an arrestingly good time with it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, December 20, 2019
Not too much more to say about Amélie the Musical, now in London at The Other Palace, other than book now for un moment merveilleux.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, December 19, 2019
Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse does extremely well in dealing with disability but I think we’re kidding ourselves if we’re yet in a place where this would happen organically.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, December 18, 2019
Inua Ellams’ relocation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters to the Biafran Civil War proves devastatingly effective at the National Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, December 13, 2019
Not much festive cheer around at the Royal Court, but plenty of grimly insightful writing in Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s A Kind of People.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, December 6, 2019
Because nothing says Merry Christmas like a stage mum going off the rails! Gypsy offers a different festive treat at Manchester’s Royal Exchange.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, December 4, 2019
As light as a madeleine and as frivolous as a macaron, Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend proves a festive treat at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, November 29, 2019
No doubt about it, Nikolai Foster’s production of West Side Story for Curve Leicester is damn close to musical theatre perfection.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, November 26, 2019
Jonathan Groff and Darren Criss elevate Glee star Lea Michele’s first holiday album Christmas in the City.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, November 25, 2019
A musical theatre album with a difference, RE:arrangement – An Album by Nick Barstow is refreshingly bold.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, November 23, 2019
Luke Evans’ debut album At Last is full of emphatic pop covers and his powerful voice at full stretch, not always a winning combination.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, November 21, 2019
There’s much to like about Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, not least a brilliant lead performance from Sam Tutty.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThursday, November 14, 2019
Really, in the end, Mary Poppins is the kind of production full of uncomplicated fun that can’t help but
uplift the soul in the most delightful way.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMSaturday, November 9, 2019
A genuinely updated I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a really rather lovely thing at the newly renamed Chiswick Playhouse.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, November 6, 2019
This amiable revival of Soho Cinders makes for an alternative festive treat at the Charing Cross Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM 
