Garry is a play that deserves to be staged again, and to be considered part of the canon of gay plays. Its homophobia and self-repression are a hard watch and could certainly be triggering f…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn her female-led, debut play J’ouvert, taking place over a day at Notting Hill Carnival, Yasmin Joseph pays homage to the people, young and old, that make up the event’s vibrant landsca…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThis revival of American classic The Glass Menagerie is given new, unfamiliar, and achingly resonant life with its kitchen-sink drama set in the home of a black family.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMOverall Harper Regan is a strong starting point for a company which is striving to tell more female-led stories.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMDead Dog In A Suitcase comes with stellar ensemble performances and a visual feast, making for a show that is both highly theatrical and political – an effective combination with a necessa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMDoes My Bomb Look Big In This? points out that in a world where sensationalist headlines are brandished as political weapons, it is easy to forget that behind them, there are real people who…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAll of the actors in Our Town create a beautiful puzzle of different personalities, dynamics and ages that really make their performance shine as a whole.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe true story of a British intelligence operation is told with plenty of panache and satirical social commentary (and heaps of high camp) in smashing new show Operation Mincemeat.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWhite Pearl is a thematically dense play that tells a compelling story at a pace that matches the speed of social media downfall, but with nuance, tension and ferocity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMYet for Norman and Vivian, the elderly couple in Ridiculusmus’ new show about ageing, time is a languid, sluggish force. Every weighty moment is stretched to its limits, threatens to stall…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSubtle Drag Becomes Her is not. But, if you are familiar with the source material and stars, there is no chance you’ll have a bad time.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMDido attempts to make opera accessible to young people, but it hasn’t gone far enough to create a vibrant, engaging story for adults or children.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMClass, a play from Ireland co-written and directed by Iseult Golden and David Horan, is set around a teacher-parent meeting in a Dublin primary school.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMusically, Amour soars and Michel Legrand’s score is in good hands with the brilliant band and musical director Jordan Li-Smith.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAlix Sobler’s new play The Glass Piano is a full-length fairy tale based on the true case of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, born in 1826, who convinced herself that as a child she had swal…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMthey have made a noticeable effort to share the experiences of many, to both hilarious and humbling effect in word, movement and dance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWriter Tabitha Mortiboy has succeeded in creating a succinct little world that feels very cut off from the town that must (presumably) surround it in The Amber Trap.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe dresses sparkle, the band swings, and the dancers fly at the Southwark Playhouse, where Ain’t Misbehavin’ runs through June.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMVirtual reality might be the largest innovation the theatre has seen in a long time, and it’s happening on your sofa.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWhat makes some people obsess over fitness? That’s the question at the heart of Brawn, a new play written and performed by Christopher Wollaton under the direction of Matt Staite.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWritten with deft humour, Mouthpiece is a sharp scalpel used to dissect the highly sensitive and nuanced issues of representation, consent, agency and the ongoing ignorance between the oppos…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAngelique’s story in Funeral Flowers at The Bunker Theatre is one that demands action and puts accountability on adults who work with young people. An excellently written, important story …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThere’s plenty to like about Wow Everything Is Amazing, particularly the young performers. But it feels simultaneously too simple of story, and one that was created by adults and foisted o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMElephant in the Room piece still feels like it’s in development what with its simple structure, but its otherwise a compelling capture of a feeling that can eat you alive, and the struggle…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMIn May, the new Poet Laureate will be announced and Luke Wright thinks he’s up for the job. I agree. His lyrical, immediate collection of poems confronting modern Britain’s ills and prai…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTo see Andy Bell as Torsten in Queereteria TV, relatively up close, in the flesh, was for me a piece of pop history, big deal again, nostalgia.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMIt is a richly ironic title then. Pah-La takes aim at the social and emotional structures of patriarchal revenge, and explores a radically non-violent alternative.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMDespite a three-hour running time, this production of The Crucible is pacy and tense enough to be completely enthralling. Thanks to the power of the play itself, some interesting creative de…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMDespite Wolfie at Theatre503 being the first play from Ross Willis and certainly not a flawless one, it demonstrates a laudable ambition and sense of scale.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMEstelle Savasta’s story of motherhood, unconditional love and the refugees’ perilous journey in Going Through is elevated and mythologised, brought dreamily to life in a highly visual an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThis charming kaleidoscope takes the model invented by Craig Taylor in his landmark play One Million Tiny Plays About Britain to present a few dozens vignettes about daily life in Reading.
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