Saturday, August 8, 2020
Blindness is adapted by Simon Stephens from a novel by José Saramago and tells the story of an epidemic in which people suddenly go blind.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, June 28, 2020
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, hate crime targeted at East and South-East Asians has tripled. We R Not Virus is a series of monologues, films and poetry responding to that.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, June 17, 2020
Head of theatre and artist development at Brixton House (formally Ovalhouse*) Owen Calvert-Lyons talks about life during the lockdown, the post-Covid future for fringe theatre and streaming.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, June 13, 2020
While there might not be quite as many meaty stage roles for actresses as there are actors (is that changing?), the plethora of acting talent I've seen over the past 10 years made this quite…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, June 2, 2020
The idea of re-performing Lungs while the actors safely socially distance got me thinking about other plays which have been performed over the past year or two that could be similarly revive…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMWednesday, May 20, 2020
You can't beat the experience of sitting in a theatre watching a live performance, but one of the lockdown-positives is a chance to watch stuff I sadly missed and Barber Shop Chronicles is o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, May 18, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has thrown a whole new light on certain plays, the ones about isolation, loneliness and surreal landscapes.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, May 6, 2020
Not to let a decade of theatre bloggery go by without marking the occasion, to kick things off, I've compiled a list of my favourite play for each year I've been blogging. It has been fun re…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, April 24, 2020
'We' the audience help with sound effects or stand-in for mysterious creatures or provide props but if you don't want to get involved it is easy to 'sit out' and just watch. The interaction …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, April 16, 2020
Creation Theatre this month invited audiences to watch an interactive, virtual version of Shakespeare's The Tempest - from the safety of their sofa.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, March 31, 2020
Last year I was introduced to the BalletBoyz and their show Them/Us moved me to tears. I was looking forward to their new show Deluxe which, fortunately, was filmed before theatres closed an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, February 25, 2020
It doesn’t matter if you've never seen Ben Elton’s TV comedy series Upstart Crow (I hadn’t) as the stage play is a stand-alone piece
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, February 10, 2020
It is stuffed dogs, ladders and individual performances in Endgame which stay with me rather than anything more philosophical about the human condition.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, February 7, 2020
Albion is a meaty, emotional and funny play with a superb Victoria Hamilton drawing out the complexity of Audrey, even if you don't feel sorry for her.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, January 28, 2020
Cormac McCarthy isn’t known for cheery topics as anyone who has sat through (or read) The Road will testify and his play The Sunset Limited is no exception.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, January 25, 2020
Given everything that is going on in the world politically and environmentally You Stupid Darkness! feels like it has captured the mood, the battle to stay cheerful and hopeful when everythi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, January 13, 2020
Lullabies For the Lost is one of two plays by Rosalind Blessed about mental health that are being performed in rep at the Old Red Lion.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, January 9, 2020
While I’ve seen circus shows with more thrilling moments, the air of carefree fun and mischief in Lexicon made me laugh out loud and put a smile on my face.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThursday, January 2, 2020
A magnetic stage presence, Lydia Wilson is a strong woman in The Duchess Of Malfi, clever, kind, stoic and justifiably angry. It makes her an all the more tragic figure.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, December 28, 2019
Here is a snapshot of my favourite theatre from the past 10 years, the plays that stand out most in my memory, the ones I talk about if people ask.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, December 16, 2019
While A Kind of People generates a lot of laughter it is nonetheless an uncompromising reflection of modern British society that sometimes makes for uncomfortable viewing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, December 13, 2019
Teenage Dick is one of those play titles you have to be careful mentioning or googling, a bit like Cock at the Royal Court – but it is wholly appropriate for Mike Lew’s play.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, December 8, 2019
The beauty and rawness of Cyrano de Bergerac pull you in and envelopes you and the performances combined with the tragedy of the story haunted me for days.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, November 23, 2019
Land Without Dreams at the Gate Theatre is a surreal, existential meta ‘drama’ created by Danish company Fix & Foxy.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, November 21, 2019
Queens of Sheba is a play of contrasts it is angry and joyous, fun and sad, quietly contemplative and in your face loud.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, November 18, 2019
There is a festive start to the La Clique cabaret of song and acrobatic show but naturally, it is ironic. This is the church of misfits and weirdos where difference is celebrated in a decade…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThursday, October 24, 2019
Vassa, adapted from Maxim Gorky’s original by Mike Bartlett, is a pitch-black comedy rather than a farce, so pitch black that you struggle to see where the laughs are.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThursday, October 10, 2019
Sean Foley’s adaptation of the 1950s Ealing comedy The Man In The White Suit stars Stephen Mangan as clever but hapless scientist Sidney and Kara Tointon as Daphne, a posh, mill owner's da…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, October 9, 2019
Peter Nichols’ 1967 comedy A Day In The Death of Joe Egg demonstrates both how far we’ve come in our treatment of and attitudes towards disability but equally how the moral dilemmas and …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, October 8, 2019
Master Harold & The Boys is a play about lessons and devastating loss, about how you can't dance around injustice and its impact.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, September 23, 2019
Black Chiffon is an interesting play, slowly building enough psychological intrigue and drama to keep you hooked.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM 
