Sunday, April 23, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
Emma Fielding and Forbes Masson are to lead the cast of courtroom drama Terror at the Lyric Hammersmith where the audience decides on the verdict.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:09PMThursday, April 20, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
Ben Whishaw, Simon Russell Beale, Rory Kinnear and David Morrissey are among stars lined up for the first productions at the new Bridge Theatre opening in London in October. F…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:54AMBy Mark Ludmon
The full cast has been announced for the new production of Shakespeare’s Richard III starring Greg Hicks at the Arcola Theatre in London. Hicks, who is associate artist at t…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:47AMWednesday, April 19, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
The cast has been announced for the European premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Obie Award-winning play, An Octoroon, at the Orange Tree Theatre in London. The line-up comp…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:53AMBy Mark Ludmon
From small beginnings, Brighton Fringe has grown over the past five years and now features nearly 1,000 events from comedy, cabaret and music to theatre, dance and visual arts…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:50AMTuesday, April 18, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
Bertie Carvel and Richard Coyle are to lead the cast of James Graham’s new play about The Sun newspaper at the Almeida Theatre. Carvel will play a “young and rebellious”…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:45AMBy Mark Ludmon
Natives is a sharply written chronicle of coming of age at a time when digital technology presents new challenges for young people but could also provide their salvation.
This…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:14AMThursday, April 13, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
In her illuminating new book, Brutus and Other Heroines, she takes us through the processes and thinking that led to Lloyd's ground-breaking all-female versions of Julius Caes…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:41AMWednesday, April 12, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
We are pleased to bring you these great production images by Simon Annand of F Murray Abraham in Daniel Kehlmann’s comedy The Mentor which plays at Theatre Royal Bath’s Us…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:45AMBy Mark Ludmon
Kate Wasserberg, the award-winning founder and artistic director of The Other Room in Cardiff, is to join Max Stafford-Clark and producer Martin Derbyshire to lead Out of Join…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:53AMTuesday, April 11, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
The Royal Court Theatre has announced an exciting new temporary theatre space, The Site, which will specialise in presenting experimental new work. Curated by Royal Court asso…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:09AMBy Mark Ludmon
A new cast has been announced for the London production of The Play That Goes Wrong as it continues on its path to world domination.
This post New London cast for Play That Go…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:42AMBy Mark Ludmon
A production of Molière’s classic comedy, The Misanthrope – performed in English and French – is coming to London’s Drayton Arms Theatre.
This post Moliere play to be…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:27AMMonday, April 10, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
A new musical based on classic 1970s sitcom The Liver Birds is to be presented for one night only at The Epstein Theatre in Liverpool.
This post 1970s sitcom The Liver Birds i…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:17PMThursday, April 6, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
Aside from the device of making it an all-female cast, this is a powerful, enjoyable production. It may lose some of the masculine menace of the original but brings out more o…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:17AMBy Mark Ludmon
It touches on the brutality of the death penalty at a time when the number of executions is on the rise around the world but it is ultimately a sharply written tale of what mo…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:58AMMonday, April 3, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
Sea Fret captures the human story behind this disintegration of homes and ways of life. While the narrative lacks clarity and drive at some points, the play confirms Brown as …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:13AMSunday, April 2, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
With planks and bales of hay as well as more inventive props, the farmyard world has been cleverly conceived by designer Emily Bestow. It all comes together flawlessly under d…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:31PMWednesday, March 29, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
With a twisting plot and strong characters, Chinglish leaves you laughing but aware of an inevitable chasm of difference between the two cultures that means something will alw…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:34AMFriday, March 24, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
While the play will particularly delight film buffs like myself, it is a stunning and inventive piece of theatre that tells the story of Evans's life with as much drama and ex…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:39AMWednesday, March 22, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
In Joe Hill-Gibbins' re-imagining of A Midsummer Night's Dream, long gone are the delightful fairies and light-hearted romance you might expect of a traditional production.…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:14AMFriday, March 17, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
George Fletcher embodies the Creature with sinuous movement and anguished expression with no need for extra make-up.
This post REVIEW: Frankenstein, Wilton’s Music Hall …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:11AMWednesday, December 28, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
We asked our reviewers to take a look at 2016 and to nominate some stand out productions for 2016. Mark Ludmon replied with the following:- In another wonderful year for Briti…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:40AMFriday, December 23, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
The Children is a thought-provoking play that entertains while presenting us with a dilemma about the responsibilities we all have to face.
This post REVIEW: The Children, Roy…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:08PMTuesday, December 20, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
This production brings out Schiller’s themes in a compelling and lucid way while also being an exciting political thriller and a very personal drama about two women trap…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:06AMFriday, December 16, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
Despite the downbeat ending to Love’s Labour’s Lost and the troubles over Claudio and Hero’s wedding in Much Ado About Nothing, the two plays are very funny …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:18AMThursday, December 15, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
While we may have no actual glass slippers or fairy godmother, this is a magical production full of laugh-out-loud humour and delightful songs – enough to satisfy the mo…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:19AMSaturday, December 10, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
The joy of the play and the original text comes from the inverted morality of Screwtape’s world, where good is bad and sinning is applauded.
This post REVIEW: The Screwt…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:16AMWednesday, December 7, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
It cleverly blurs the line between reality and what we are seeing on stage in a way that is unsettling and leaves you questioning the theatrical experience itself.
This post R…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:00AMFriday, December 2, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
This is an accomplished show, capturing the spirit and social comedy of Austen with added humour from the multiple casting. It has come to the Jermyn Street Theatre at the end…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:17AMWednesday, August 31, 2016
By Mark Ludmon
While the musical inevitably simplifies complex issues, it seamlessly integrates some of the debate about Britain’s attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers. With these…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:39AM 
