Thursday, January 5, 2017
Whilst nothing comprehensive can be drawn from the 300 or so plays that I saw in 2016, I think it is interesting to break down the figures and see how they look.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMMonday, January 2, 2017
In addition to lists of top productions, Mates contributor Ian Foster reviews his reviews from the past year to award his personal prizes for the best performances for Best Actor and Best Ac…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:15PMIn addition to lists of top productions, Mates contributor Ian Foster reviews his reviews from the past year to award his personal prizes for the best performances for Best Actor and Best Ac…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:15AMIn addition to lists of top productions, Mates contributor Ian Foster reviews his reviews from the past year to award his personal prizes for the best performances for Best Actor and Best Ac…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:15AMIn addition to lists of top productions, Mates contributor Ian Foster reviews his reviews from the past year to award his personal prizes for the best performances for Best Actor and Best Ac…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:15AMIt's that time of year again when I am publicly shallow in my appreciation of the men that grace our stages - and given the hit counts I get on these annual posts, you're all just as thirsty…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:15AMSaturday, December 31, 2016
I started the year intending to see fewer shows than in 2015, when I made 304 visits to the theatre - but, somehow, I seem have crept up to 332 for 2016. The only consolation is that it is s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMWednesday, December 28, 2016
The end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances should be on their way soon, once the food coma has abated, but to tide you over, here's my list of 9 of my top moments in a theatre…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, December 26, 2016
This list is looking a little further afield to the London fringe and some of the regional theatres I hope to get to throughout the year.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSaturday, December 24, 2016
Managed to sneak into After October at the Finborough in its final week due to several people raving about it and glad I did, for it was a Christmas cracker.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIt's tough to go into a show like Art with no preconceptions and whilst sometimes when I go in with low expectations, I end up being pleasantly surprised, this was not one of those occasions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, December 22, 2016
Through the trial and its aftermath, the production soars, mainly on the strength of Arterton's superlative performance. A woman alone, literally so in this all-male company.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, December 21, 2016
I didn't realise quite what a tradition this concert is for some people as witnessed by the level of tinsel, fairy lights, and light-up Christmas jumpers and hats on display, Jingle Bell Chr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThough smaller in scale, Ovation's productions have never been lacking in ambition and so I was most pleased indeed to see Cole Porter's Anything Goes on the slate for this festive season.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, December 20, 2016
I don't think I've ever been disappointed by this company in the many many times I've been. So I really do recommend making going to see Austentatious one of your New Year's resolutions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMSunday, December 18, 2016
It may be in the English language but this production of 42nd Street is in a French theatre, the glorious Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris which, under Jean-Luc Choplin's artistic directorshi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:33PMFriday, December 16, 2016
In many ways, I don't deny Dreamgirls the extravagance, it's good to have a huge rollercoaster blowout of a blockbuster musical every now and then, it helps to balance the slightly more seri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThere's added spice here too since leading players Lia Williams and Juliet Stevenson do not know which of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots they will be playing until the beginning o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, December 13, 2016
Following on from the re-release of his self-titled album earlier this year, Leslie Odom Jr gives us another opportunity to sink into his world of soulful jazz with an album of reinterpreted…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMuted is tender and thoughtful, beautifully reflective in the way it probes into the different ways in which we grieve. And it uses its structure well, songs are less about narrative propuls…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMIn this new version of Ibsen's play by Patrick Marber, director Ivo van Hove has the equally extraordinary talents of Ruth Wilson leading his company. And as with his revelatory A View From …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, December 12, 2016
It is perhaps appropriate that for Stewart Pringle's final show at the helm of the Old Red Lion, he's gone with his beloved horror genre. And following in the success of their Arthur Miller …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:45PMI left it a little while to watch Fleabag on television, for though Phoebe Waller-Bridge's ascension to the ranks of hugely buzzworthy writer has been pleasing to watch, I haven't - dare I s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:15AMPhoebe Waller-Bridge would have every reason to look stressed as she has certainly been keeping busy - writing and starring in two TV shows this year alone - and she also point to extraordin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAnchored by a properly star-making and heart-breaking performance from Kaisa Hammarlund, Derek Bond's Royal Exchange production of Sweet Charity just works.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:40AMSunday, December 11, 2016
And because things come in threes, here's the news about West End Sings' Christmas single 'If We Only Have Love' by Jacques Brel. Released to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Childline and …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAlso giving up precious time before Christmas in aid of a good cause, is this motley crew to the left. Rufus Hound will be hosting a concert featuring them at The Actor's Church in Covent Ga…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AM'Tis the season for goodwill to all, and proving most generous with their time are various sets of musical theatre performers who are doing all sorts of charitable endeavours this December. …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, December 9, 2016
Crucially, Foster's production doesn't skimp on ambition or scope in its evocation of late 1950s Americana as Colin Richmond's design uses the full width and height of the stage and Nick Win…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMThursday, December 8, 2016
With book and lyrics by Sean Grennan and music by Leah Okimoto and a rare talent for attracting a top-notch cast - this two-hander stars Olivier award-winning George Maguire and Rachael Wood…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMIt is now Drew McOnie who takes the directorial chair, the choreographer-director's rising star an ideal fit for a musical all about dance. And what dance it is.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM 
