Written by Abi Zakarian and directed by Hannah Hauer-King, Fabric looks at one woman’s experience of sexual assault.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWritten and directed by Jody Medland, The Unspoken is a distinctive play whose subject matter is seldom tackled in a theatrical context.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIn this latest production of Blood Wedding which is adapted and directed by George Richmond-Scott, the play has been updated to present day Britain, but retains the crucial and distinctive S…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWritten by Tony Harrison and directed by Jimmy Walters, Square Rounds examines the dichotomy of science and the ambivalence (in the truest sense of the word) regards its capacity to facilita…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMPlaying ‘herself’, That Girl (which is directed by Tim Cook) is a metaplay that chronicles Hatty Jones’ life post-Madeleine and by the same token life for young women in the 21st centu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWritten by Alison Carr and directed by Yasmeen Arden, Caterpillar begins with guest house proprietor Maeve (Tricia Kelly) and daughter Claire (Judith Amsenga) during one summer weekend.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWritten by Kevin Mandry and directed by Stephen Bailey, Eros takes place in the mid-1990s when dial-up internet connections were just beginning to be used and glamour models adorned popular …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMyra Collins recognises a national yearning for hope and what people are willing to pay for assurance… Written and performed by Lucy Roslyn, Showmanship is an intimate portrayal of one wom…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMBy acknowledging the life-threatening trend of social isolation and the restorative qualities of touch and human interaction, Lovecraft is a heart-warming reminder of why people need people.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMA labour of love, David William Bryan’s latest show In Loyal Company is a tribute to the life of his great-uncle Arthur ‘Joe’ Robinson and the other ordinary men and women who served d…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWritten by Brenda Callis, and directed by Eden Peppercorn and Oli Grant, Elise looks at the life of Elise Cowen from the perspective of those that knew her.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMIn this age of digital technology, it is perhaps paradoxical that aspects of genuine human communication have been lost. But nothing is irreversible
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMA “hero’s” greatest possession isn’t whether they can fly or have a utility belt. It is their ability to chose, their ability to know – regardless of their misgivings – what need…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe Odyssey by Homer is one of the great epic sagas of Ancient Greece. Unlike other contemporary ‘heroes’, Odysseus wasn’t celebrated because of how strong, swift or brave he was.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMMost people also know that in the days leading to the ‘November Revolution’ in Russia, his cousin Tsar Nicholas II and family weren’t allowed to enter Britain and were eventually execu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMIf Eigengrau has anything to say, it’s that relationships are anything but logical pursuits, and that even with the most open of people, there is a tendency to not lay all of one’s cards…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn Twenty Theatres To See Before You Die, Amber Massie-Blomfield has travelled the length and breadth of the British Isles to follow-up on the suggestions others have given and see these the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe White Rose is a reminder that ‘speaking out’ is never a ‘passive’ option – that’s one’s words do matter and have consequences. It also serves to remind us that true bravery…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWritten by Lucy Burke and directed by Peter Taylor, Weird looks at the arduous task of trying to live a ‘normal’ life, while coping with an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe inception of The Laundry is unusual in that its narrative is interwoven from three separate plays by Audrey Thayer, Nicole Palomba and Brandon Force. Under Tracy Collier’s direction, t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMDirected by Jess Williams and Sareen, Other People’s Teeth addresses the notion of being paid to hurt and kill people, yet still holding down a meaningful relationship.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMBlue Tights is funny, with well-observed comments, but its greatest strength is its emotional honesty and its overall message regarding how much latitude we give other people to affect how w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWritten by Joseph Skelton and directed by Luke Davies, Fat Jewels isn’t your average play about male bonding.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMuch like the tone in Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory, For King And Country deftly shows that when it comes to the rites of war, the inhumane treatment of soldiers begins at home.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAs much a memoir as a chronicle of the people of Mississippi, Boo Killebrew’s meta-narrative The Play About My Dad is a nod in the direction of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAre morals dropped at the first sign of trouble and civilised people will ‘devour’ each other? Written by Cordelia Lynn and directed by James Macdonald, One For Sorrow examines this hypo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMAsides from the obvious overtures to dancing, Stepping Out could be said to describe the momentary release from day-to-day worries that the women find. If life isn’t about moments like the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMLibby Eyes is a play that has a voice – a show that has something meaningful to say and reveals the personality of its author.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAs much a tribute to Mary Shelley’s classic novel as a way of scrutinising its themes from a 21st-century perspective, SISATA Theatre’s Frankenstein straddles the past and the future.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:19PMI Am Of Ireland packs a lot into its two-hour running time, mixing humour with a solid focus what makes history so important – not dates or even ‘big events’, but how the lives of ever…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWritten by Steven Dietz and directed by Ian Brown, Lonely Planet is set in ‘Jody’s Maps’, a specialist store in the US, not unlike the shop in Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road.
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