Sunday, February 14, 2021
A rom com with a dark edge makes for good Valentine's Day entertainment
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, February 13, 2021
The legacy of Britain's involvement in the slave trade is fascinatingly examined in the audio version of The Whip from the RSC.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, February 11, 2021
As I settled to watch Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing yesterday, I wondered whether it might also fall into the category of an historical artefact that had had its day; as it was, I was …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, February 8, 2021
Though the story of 6 Degrees Below The Horizon seems simple there’s a whole wealth of meaning bubbling away under the surface and it’s the sort of piece where different people will find…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, February 6, 2021
You know you’ve been in lockdown for far too long when you reattend a show you’ve already seen and they have had time to restructure the original into a new improved version. That’s wh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, February 5, 2021
Following a critically acclaimed run at Southwark Playhouse, a transfer to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios was in progress when lockdown intervened. Shook has now emerged in a filmed vers…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, February 2, 2021
Three of London's most prolific children's theatres make the OnComm Award finalist's list.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, January 31, 2021
Short and sweet but with a sharp edge the playlets featured in Telling Tales help spread ‘a little bit of magic’.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, January 28, 2021
The past and the present are brought together in Flight Paths, a piece which can, at first, seem disjointed but ultimately reveals its intricate design and some clever paralleling.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, January 26, 2021
Snowflake: A Visual EP and Truth To Power Café, two finalists for the OnComm Innovation category, couldn't be more different.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, January 25, 2021
Choose your own programme with some mini delights in and around the Theatre Royal Stratford East building thanks to Press Play Here.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, January 21, 2021
Donna Kay Yarborough and Ted McGrath are to be applauded for putting their monologues Rosegold and Good Enough about coming through the rigours of addiction online.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, January 20, 2021
Two short plays about a difficult subject, Bloom Theatre’s Avalanche and Glass Half Full’s Walk Of Shame.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, January 19, 2021
OnComm nominated production Cupid’s Corner features a young, committed ensemble cast which demonstrates potential.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, January 17, 2021
Public Domain is a verbatim musical winner which lifts the lid on life online and joins an august group of productions streamed from Southwark Playhouse. Strongly recommended.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, January 15, 2021
Michael Mears’ committed and well thought out piece This Evil Thing about a tricky subject is dealt with empathetically and entertainingly.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, January 13, 2021
A second online season from TheSpace has an eclectic range – even if what I saw was all comedy.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:25PMMonday, January 11, 2021
There is something essentially life affirming about the whole idea of Letters Live and these documents will prove an invaluable way of connecting with others as the dark times close over us …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, January 10, 2021
Prominent among other commemorative David Bowie events is a three-day streaming of Lazarus, the theatre piece that he was working on towards the end of his life and which was ultimately prod…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, January 8, 2021
Quirky in the extreme but great fun, Theater In Quarantine takes limited space performance to a new level in The Neighbor and The 7th Voyage Of Egon Tichy.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, January 7, 2021
Sabrina Mahfouz’s play A History Of Water In The Middle East highlights an ages old and still ongoing tale of colonialism and gives an entirely new slant to this exploration of “landscap…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, January 6, 2021
Watching the powerful set of monologues Until The Flood brings back powerful memories of the shared experience which we can only hope will return soon.
Powerful set of monologues stirs re…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, January 5, 2021
The Finborough is to be congratulated for delving back and finding thought-provoking piece S-27 to release and extend its winning run of past triumphs.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, January 3, 2021
I’ve selected 20 of the things that inspired, moved, amused and delighted, which have pushed the boundaries of what it possible and continued to fly the flag for theatre in the UK.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, January 2, 2021
It is the modern parallels which gives The Haunting Of Alice Bowles its depth and resonance and Philip Franks and the Original Theatre Company are to be congratulated for the equivalences wh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, December 31, 2020
Potted Panto is a quick and jolly canter through Pantoland hosted by a couple of energetic and resourceful performers.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:15AMThursday, December 24, 2020
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland is being freestreamed by Chickenshed, the north London youth-oriented community theatre, and is the latest in a long line of releases from them this year.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, December 22, 2020
The latest account of the Dickens perennial favourite A Christmas Carol comes courtesy of the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMonday, December 21, 2020
The Old House is a melancholy and emotionally charged play which examines a difficult subject from a new perspective.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, December 17, 2020
The Charles Court Opera team, working at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington, presents Snow White In The Seven Months Of Lockdown.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, December 12, 2020
Northern Comedy Theatre’s Doing The Pub Quiz examines what was practically a national obsession during the first lockdown – the phenomenon of the Zoom based quiz.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM 
