Sunday, July 25, 2021
Viper Squad writer James Dillon’s new show Siren takes the tropes of the sci-fi horror genre (there’s a heavy debt to Alien here) and throws the audience into the middle of the action.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, July 23, 2021
The fourth and final Cultural Recovery Fund funded show from production company Seabright has been, like its predecessors, filmed at Wilton’s Music Hall before a live audience and is being…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, July 22, 2021
In what I think may be a first, Original Theatre Company has released a filmed-as-live, onstage rehearsed reading in the shape of A Cold Supper Behind Harrods.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, July 19, 2021
The first new piece for Queers references a moment in history while the second takes a broader more contemporary sweep of recent events but what unites them is that they present the experien…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, July 8, 2021
What makes Black Is The Color Of My Voice stand out from the crowd is Apphia Campbell’s performance which is multi-layered, dynamic and assured and, when she’s singing, spine-tingling.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, July 6, 2021
Silent Uproar’s cabaret style show A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) is a highly sensitive and nuanced performance which nails the debilitating effects of what is still a misun…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, July 3, 2021
The piece in question is Alan Ayckbourn’s The Girl Next Door which harks back to earlier plays such as Whenever, Miss Yesterday, Surprises and especially Communicating Doors in its central…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, June 28, 2021
The Finborough Theatre’s latest show to hit the ether is Leather which is now available on demand. It is a play which isn’t for the faint hearted and comes trailing clouds of notoriety a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, June 24, 2021
Simply called Knot, this is a three-part play which requires the listener to be at a specified (though general) location at a certain time, then to connect to an app and let Darkfield do the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, June 23, 2021
Footprints Festival at Jermyn Street celebrates female empowerment
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, June 18, 2021
Ode To Joyce is an enjoyable 75 minute celebration of the wit and wisdom of a self-effacing performer who did much to pave the way for a later generation of women to seize the comic nettle.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, June 14, 2021
45 North’s audio play series Written On The Waves kicked off Season 2 with a trilogy Lifted a couple of weeks ago. This has swiftly been followed by a second play from one of the same writ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, June 12, 2021
While The Cloak Of Visibility from The Space may not particularly break any new ground thematically or stylistically it is a solid enough piece which plays well and will give pause for thoug…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, June 8, 2021
Following a rather busy week there was only time yesterday to dip a toe into the waters at the Brighton Fringe (see what I did there?). Quite by chance I came across a pair of short solo pla…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, June 5, 2021
45 North’s second series of Written On The Waves has opened with a trio of short plays under the collective title of Lifted. They are performed by the writers themselves who are all relati…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, June 2, 2021
Noga Flaishon’s immersively creepy piece Broken Link for Harpy Productions uses Zoom and other modern tech to generally good effect to tell what is, essentially, a good old fashioned ghost…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, May 28, 2021
Touching The Void is a very fine production to revive and John Chapman is glad to have finally caught up with this thrillingly staged real life story of facing mortality and winning.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMThursday, May 27, 2021
Quite apart from its quirky title, A Brief List Of Everyone Who Died, what immediately strikes the viewer is the elegance of the structure of this piece from American writer Jacob Marx Rice.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, May 24, 2021
One of the first to hit the airwaves is Love In The Lockdown by Clare Norburn featuring the music of medieval music ensemble The Telling.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, May 23, 2021
Justin McDevitt’s plays for Severed Heads deal with forms of obsession and angst in which someone loses their head – often literally.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, May 22, 2021
This is a timely revival of Herding Cats from the Soho Theatre who have pushed back the barriers to find another new way to innovate.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, May 19, 2021
Prompted by the recent retirement of their artistic director – the visionary Lou Stein – I decided to opt for Chickenshed’s latest to video release Rapunzel which turned out to be one …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, May 18, 2021
Verbatim testimony from New York health workers in The Line demonstrates the problems faced are universal.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, May 15, 2021
With some subtle Hitchcock references and more than a hint of Sam Shephard about it, Rocky Road, like its confectionery counterpart, is a sweet moreish treat with some hidden surprises.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, May 14, 2021
Folk by Nell Leyshon tells the true story of Cecil Sharp, the musicologist and collector of English folk music at the turn of the 20th century who was responsible for kick starting the reviv…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, May 13, 2021
Two intricately constructed online pieces from Chronic Insanity push at the current boundary definitions of theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, May 10, 2021
Sometimes good things DO come in small packages – a pair of mini musicals, Suddenly and Cells, make a pleasurable watch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, May 7, 2021
A Killer Party is a camp musical comedy murder mystery based around the world of showbiz - what's not to like?
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, May 5, 2021
For The Secret Connection Dr Will Houstoun has taken his act online and threaded together various tricks and illusions to baffle and delight.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, May 3, 2021
Philip Ridley’s Tarantula is another stunning showcase for a young actor who commands the stage and leaves the viewer exhausted – in a good way.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, May 2, 2021
The practice of “greenwashing” is examined in Money, a pertinent interactive drama from new company represent.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM 
