Thursday, April 26, 2018
Under the tenure of Paul Miller, the Orange Tree Theatre has shown a fierce commitment to new writing, but Joe White’s Mayfly is the first debut play to be staged there since Miller’s as…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, April 25, 2018
The depiction of lesbian relationships in theatre was until recently still a novelty, even on the fringe. The Gulf examines the up and downs of a relationship whilst fishing and relaxing on …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMonday, April 23, 2018
When I heard that writer Guleraana Mir and director Madeleine Moore were reuniting with the actress again in Coconut my heart skipped a beat.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, April 21, 2018
How to be a Londoner in an Hour is a lovely, charming piece of fringe frippery. And it's no worse for knowing what it is and delivering on it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, April 20, 2018
"There’s a lot of dark humour, a lot of very bad punning and some interesting 2000’s fashion choices – what’s not to like?"
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, April 19, 2018
Twang!! is a camp and fabulous journey through Sherwood Forest but despite the high energy and filthy innuendo, there is something missing from this much-anticipated revival.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, April 18, 2018
This piece has so much promise it is worth seeing this week in its raw form to understand the journey that the hopeful end product will go through.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:15AMSunday, April 15, 2018
Hidden Theatre’s Island Song is the first professional adaptation of Sam Carner and Derek Gregor’s American musical. I would describe it as a millennial but heteronormative Rent set in N…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMThursday, April 12, 2018
I loved this one. Siobhan Macmillan’s one-woman show Mirrors uses a modern fairytale to bring a series of women vividly to life in a rich, action-packed hour of fantastical theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWednesday, April 11, 2018
With two performances in the original French, which will feature the playwright in an acting role, together with the English ones still to come before the play ends its run on 21 April, Will…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, April 8, 2018
Kevin Armento’s Devil With the Blue Dress at the Bunker Theatre is a brutal look back at the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, April 6, 2018
Originally produced in Edinburgh and Chichester in 2014, Pressure is worth the four-year wait for London audiences. If you miss it at the Park then it is moving to the West End in June 2018,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, April 4, 2018
Love Me Now made me cry. Actually, my past made me cry, but Love Me Now made me confront it. If – like me – you recognise the story all too well, it’s not an easy work – no light-hea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, April 2, 2018
Beginners just isn’t engaging enough for adults and children alike for much of the time and I wish the playful element had been consistent because the emotional aspects failed to hit the m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, March 30, 2018
George Attwell Gerhards has written a very thought-provoking play. For a 60-minute piece he manages to give us a full range and depth of experiences which crack open difficult subjects.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMThursday, March 22, 2018
Somnai is a dream of a dream. Possibly an android’s dream of a dream. But it is no less impressive an experience for that. It will take you out of yourself, even if it can’t yet deliver …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWednesday, March 21, 2018
I can’t help thinking Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? would make a better podcast than it does a live performance. It’s not bad by any means, but it will suit audiences with an interest i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMTuesday, March 20, 2018
Ultimately, This Restless State is, I think, a timely and intermittently compelling exploration of fractured societies and disengaged individuals.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, March 19, 2018
No Offence Theatre’s Things That Do Not C(o)unt is a bold look at female sexuality, body positivity and Nastazja Somers’ homeland Poland through her own story and that of the generations…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00PMThursday, March 15, 2018
Auden and Isherwood may have had no stomach for a real fight, but no one can say they didn’t weaponise their words in a piece like The Dog Beneath the Skin – a bid to blunt the attack on…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, March 13, 2018
Alzheimer’s is such a complicated, painful experience but One Last Waltz sadly doesn’t even touch the surface of that.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, March 12, 2018
Ian Grant’s new play is on an old theme: the impact of war(s) on families. Or is it the impact of love on relationships? Either way, After the Ball goes out of its way to show impact echoi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, March 11, 2018
Hennessy is a strong writer, it would be difficult to ruin her work. In Lucy Jane Atkinson’s vision of A Hundred Words For Snow, it is a lot more scaled back than at the Arcola and I found…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00PMFriday, March 9, 2018
Hidden Figures makes an important point about the contribution to the war effort made from across the commonwealth, and by those more often shunned by society. But it does so subtly and in w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, March 8, 2018
Naomi Sheldon’s monologue Good Girl makes its way to West End after Fringe runs at the Old Red Lion and Vault Festival. It is an exceptional piece of work that has not only made me conside…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, March 7, 2018
With tighter and more consistent direction, Mosley Must Fall could become of the finest new plays of the year. Kudos to Martin McNamara for another solid and moving production that will stay…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, March 2, 2018
To commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War, playwright Owen Thomas has teamed up with the Torch’s Peter Doran for The Wood to create a story of friendship, redemption a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, March 1, 2018
Painful as this is to watch, Dust needs to be seen, and we need to take note of the devastation even a single death can cause, and take action wherever we can.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, February 26, 2018
I found Gone Fishing a compelling piece of drama that would work on screen (if only we had Play for Today on the television these days) as well as in a more traditional setting.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSunday, February 25, 2018
Plays about women’s unashamed sexual activity are still a rarity and Jessica Cornfeld and Anonymous’ script for Zina has real potential to open the minds of anyone who sees it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSaturday, February 24, 2018
As a work in progress, Conquest has so much potential, but right now the piece feels like a race against the clock rather than a thoughtful and considered piece on feminism, consent and what…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AM 
