Saturday, 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 11:00AMSaturday, December 5, 2020
Following news that the National Theatre has launched its much anticipated streaming service National Theatre At Home, John Chapman goes back to 2009 and NT Live’s very first live streamed…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, December 3, 2020
It is sometimes possible to get a better perspective on a play through experiencing it as a piece of audio drama rather than seeing it live on stage and I found this to be the case with Haun…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, December 1, 2020
Red beautifully demonstrates the central thesis that sons must challenge fathers, the old must give way to the new and art and theatre must constantly evolve and change in order to survive �…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:11AMSunday, November 29, 2020
Death Of England: Delroy is by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams and is a response to their own earlier play, simply called Death Of England which played at the National Theatre before Covid hoved…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, November 23, 2020
The character of Baron Munchausen has a long and illustrious history (he first appeared in 1785) but is probably best known in this country via Terry Gilliam’s 1988 film. Some of the spiri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, November 17, 2020
Dante Or Die’s User Not Found is a stimulating and thoughtful piece which pushes the boundaries of what theatre is and can be.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, November 16, 2020
If you’re missing socialising but want something a bit more structured than a straightforward video call, then you will find immersive adventure game Agent Venture a real tonic.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, November 12, 2020
One play I have seen consistently recommended over the last couple of years is Emilia which premiered at The Globe in 2018 and transferred to the West End last year and was awarded three Oli…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, November 8, 2020
What really strikes home in The Beast Will Rise series is the sheer range of scenarios which Philip Ridley conjures, all – in one way or another – providing responses to the pandemic, lo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, October 30, 2020
Having had a day to recover (!), I headed back for the second tranche of Frighteners from the Spontaneous Productions Theatre Company, highlighted as part of Scenesaver’s Fright Night prog…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, October 25, 2020
While University Of Wonder And Imagination is fun it is also educational and provides a stimulating introduction to a number of topics which can be explored further.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, October 22, 2020
Continuity is just one of the online plays available from the Finborough Theatre’s repertoire. It is not an easy watch but has many important points to make about political and personal be…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, October 19, 2020
The microplays in the Digital Caravan Theatre Series 2 are full of a richness born out of careful time management giving them a leanness which is sometimes lacking in longer works.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, October 16, 2020
The whole creative and production team involved in Original Theatre Company’s Apollo 13: The Dark Side Of the Moon can be rightly proud of a superb job which really pushes at the frontiers…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, October 15, 2020
Finborough Theatre’s latest online offering is Adding Machine: A Musical, based on the American expressionist classic of the 1920s by Elmer Rice.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, October 13, 2020
Although a rather more muted celebration than originally planned, The New Tomorrow is a powerful acknowledgment of the theatre’s ongoing mission to be a real centre for the community.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, October 11, 2020
Back in April, part of Theatre Royal Stratford East’s response to the pandemic was to create a new type of project. They put out a call to key workers in the local community to share their…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, October 6, 2020
Northern Comedy Theatre has once again brightened up the online drama landscape with Doing The Book Club, the latest in David Spicer’s Doing… series.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, September 30, 2020
Edmund Dehn is great in Death of a Hunter as Ernest Hemingway, the role of a 20th century icon who lived and died explosively.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, September 29, 2020
The pleasure of Sherlock In Homes: Murder at the Circus lies in watching half a dozen brains quickly scramble to come up with answers to what can be some pretty left field questions from the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, September 27, 2020
Buried Child is a family drama which transcends its genre and this excellent production enhances its already considerable reputation.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, September 26, 2020
Feelgood musical Romantics Anonymous at Bristol Old Vic certainly works on both the level of a light confection and something more robust for the committed chocolatophile/musicophile.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, September 24, 2020
A Marvellous Party, commissioned by the Noël Coward Foundation, ostensibly marks the centenary of Coward’s first appearance on stage and has been produced to raise funds for actors on bot…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, September 23, 2020
John Chapman asks Martin Sherman, the author of online hit Rose, a number of impertinent questions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, September 21, 2020
Writer/director Jack McNamara’s clever play The Boss Of It All remorselessly targets the ineptitude of the governing classes and, along the way, takes some delightful pot shots at the pret…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, September 19, 2020
The third of the Old Vic’s ‘In Camera’ live streamed performances is Brian Friel’s 1979 play Faith Healer, often described as his masterpiece.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, September 16, 2020
This version of Look Back in Anger is from 30 odd years later and was mounted by Renaissance Theatre, then a relatively new company formed by a young Kenneth Branagh. The play was directed b…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSaturday, September 12, 2020
Magnificently played and realised by Maureen Lipman, Martin Sherman and Scott Le Crass, Rose is well worth viewing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, September 7, 2020
John Chapman ties up a few loose ends by catching up with short play/film Shielders as part of the Traverse Theatre Festival and the live stream of Stephen Beresford’s play Three Kings, st…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, September 2, 2020
Two one act plays – For Quality Purposes and The Ockenden Witch – have a great deal to say about modern life – even if one is set in 1564!
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