New musicals like the award-winning Islander continue to challenge the status quo of what the genre can offer. The two-hander cast of Kirsty Findlay and Bethany Tennick p...
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMA six-part web series about social influencers, Controversy is filmed entirely on Zoom. It is written by Maya Katherine, who stars as Hayley, a student who aims to hit the big time and becom…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMScott McQuaid’s short play premiered on the virtual Thornhill Theatre Space. At just 14 minutes, I Stole Satan’s Girlfriend feels more like a television comedy sketch than a fully-fledge…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWhat starts as a glimpse into a private chat between friends becomes something much more complicated and dark as Broken Link progresses.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMNew play Overflow by Travis Alabanza returns as a digital stream and proves to be an intriguing hour about the politics of women’s bathrooms and who is allowed in them.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAlive feels a very sensitive exploration of close companionship despite clear differences, and the discussion around “letting go” were starkly presented, slickly directed by Penny Cole.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe beauty of Avalanche is not just in the poetry of its words, but also the honesty it displays on tough subjects within scene changes and forbidding musical motifs.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMA double whammy of festive musical frolics for the festive season reached us with the launch of Thespie’s All I Want For Christmas Is Theatre and The Theatre Channel’s fourth episode Hop…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThe wide range of characters, sound and visual effects, and pithy commentary make for excellent entertainment in Creation Theatre’s The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMDirected by Michael Strassen and produced by Ginger Quiff Media and Guy Chapman, We Need a Little Christmas from St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden is a hearty bowl of punch you will not wa…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThespie has “done it again” with Oops! I Streamed It Again, a lively concert featuring some of the stars of West End musical on hiatus, & Juliet. In a pause where the singe...
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe Showstopper gang haves had a busy time of it in lockdown (including their Alternative Eurovision and an online musical improv) and now they are back for a residency at the Garrick Theatr…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMLuke Bateman and Michael Conley have written a piece in The Fabulist Fox Sister which may still have the odd rough edge, and which rushes through their subject’s string of misfortunes late…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMA glorious, campy and traditional pantomime conceived and co-directed by Peter Duncan, Jack & the Beanstalk steams into Everyman cinemas/online from 4 December 2020 and Showcase cinemas …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMDarkfield Radio is back with a new show, Eternal, this time for one person, in bed. It is just as creepy as the others, using a soundscape through headphones to give you the shivers.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe Half Moon Theatre has been sharing a wide variety of shows for children during theatre lockdown, and in its latest, The House That Jackson Built written and performed by Justin Coe, they…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFilmed inside The Theatre Cafe and out and about, this latest episode of The Theatre Channel’s series of musical theatre showcases features songs from rock musicals.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMCurrently streaming via The Actors Centre, Shaken is a one-person production by writer/director/performer Mariana Lafón.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMUnfamiliar is a sensitive piece of work which explores a facet of queerness and masculinity we do not often see.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAn “absurdist adaptation of Kafka” by CVIV Arts, The Hunger Artist opens with three people brightly lit on a stage with wooden flooring. A chalk board detailing “warder” and “day…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMA tour de force performance (mark Joseph Potter as one to watch) in a brilliant monologue on an empty stage, you will not want to miss Philip Ridley’s The Poltergeist.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMore of a dramatic piece than a concert, Ute Lemper (once described as “the new Marlene”) brings back the memory of the progressive woman, “Hollywood icon, chanteuse, soldier”, throu…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWhen the writing is tight, fresh and more character driven, Misfits is very much worth a watch.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThis 50-minute film of STIGMAcollective’s right left with heels, returning for a second year to the Voilà Europe Festival at The Cockpit, remains a piece of power and intellect on the scr…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMLockdown theatre has offered a lot of inventive ways to deliver performances – Zoom, email, through the post, on WhatsApp, and in the case of You Don’t Know Me, But…, a one-to-one perf…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMYou will quickly feel involved, in Viper Squad and have to think on your feet, retain a lot of information and trust your instincts. The Viper Squad relies on you.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMJim Cartwright’s Two is a snapshot of its time and its people, their abject poverty and aspiration to escape clearly underlined.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMRichard O’Brien returns like a welcome glass of fine wine to take centre stage in the six-part audio piece, The Barren Author, written by Paul Birch from a treatment by director/producer B…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe world of Little Wars is one where women can make a difference, and bond together, despite their obvious differences.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn the spirit of continued inventiveness under these odd times, spooky drama Stay Safe from New Perspectives takes place entirely over WhatsApp.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMA season of new digital performances written and performed by a female-led creative team, Press Play offers bite-sized chances to escape from the worries of the current world situation.
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