Now if you think that The House That Slipped is simply a well-meaning, worthy play, you would be wrong. The script, direction and the way Zoom is an essential part of the story, make it witt…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMShakespeare. Theatre. Press Nights. These are all concepts we are familiar with, but in this unprecedented time of COVID-19 lockdown, for a moment we were unsure how theatre would survive.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn this world turned upside down, emergency legislation has been rushed through to do away with barristers. Now the accused in court have only you.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWe need to use this time wisely. As audience members, what do we want to see; as creatives, what can be made. If the expectations don’t match, then audiences won’t be back.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThis play, written especially for Zoom by John Knowles, looks at a group of people trying to make a seance work when they can't hold hands.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMA fascinating historical curio, Sasha Regan’s production Peace In Our Time is also a fine piece of speculative drama, imbued with Coward’s gift for eloquence and waspishness.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIn a world where – if the virus won’t kill us, Donald Trump will – we really, really need good, well delivered, confident silliness and The Importance of Being Earnest delivers.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWhat makes Not Quite Jerusalem such a vivid and enjoyable play, is the nuanced and recognisable characters – backed here by exemplary performances from a talented cast.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe Old Red Lion’s put together an interesting triptych of plays that, if you’re short for time, allow you to experience the gamut of human experience.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMVerbatim plays can often feel static with a view of just letting the words do the work, but the words really lift off the page in The Special Relationship.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThe atmosphere created by the superb cast in Jekyll & Hyde as well as the challenge of the game is enormous fun and the time flew by.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMClearly something in Be More Chill has touched a chord with today’s youth, but catchy songs written by committee to hit the teen feelz doesn’t make up for a weak book and problematic pol…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBased on Simon Callow’s English translation, this version of La Cage aux Folles stays true to the original French text. Callow’s edits and new dialogue has given us a fresh interpretatio…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTemi Wilkey has written a brilliant first play, which grabs you even though you’ve probably seen many of the components of The High Table before.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMGiving up Marty, written by Karen Bartholomew, looks at the impact on adoption when the birth family comes looking.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMChaplin: Birth of a Tramp is a sensitive and interesting take on Chaplin, looking at the artist behind the art and continues to showcase Arrows and Traps as a innovative company.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFrances Barber gives one of the performances of the year (yes I know it is only February) as Billie Trix in Musik, reuniting with Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAlthough Time and Tide ends on a hopeful note, it is not sickly sweet. The characters’ coming out and coming of age stories are grounded in the joys and disappointments of real life. The e…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAlexis Gregory’s script for Sex/Crime takes an uncomfortable glance at our obsession with serial killers, sexual violence and 21st century homosexuality.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMIn this touring production of Beautiful, following on from lengthy London and Broadway runs, Daisy Wood-Davis plays Carole King from innocent 16 year old with enviable talent to an older and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:04PMPresented by company Holy What, playwright Lulu Raczka’s reimagining of Sophocles Greek tragedy Antigone, uses an all-female cast.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAs an insight into a member of society failed by systemic stupidity and social illiteracy, Athena Stevens’ new play Scrounger is particularly relevant.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMStill, if you don’t mind the preachiness or the admonishment, The Wind of Heaven boasts a suitably earnest cast and fine staging.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWhat makes Crisis What Crisis special is the strong storyline and convincing performances in combination with game play.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAdapting a multi-generational family saga for the small stage takes ambition, confidence and knowing just where to cut, The House of the Spirits has all three covered.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWith a few modern updates, this new interpretation of the Cinderella story in Soho Cinders boasts several top notch musical theatre ballads.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMChemistry is an at times unsettling, but always compelling evening. It humanises the stigmatised and touches the soul using a wonderdrug – intimate performance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMLorna Dallas is the essence of old school cabaret distilled. She oozes glamour and combines the look of Blanche Deveraux with a spirit of a proper Illinois broad.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMPresenting a revival of Ben Elton’s early 90s environmental farce Gasping in The Space, located just minutes from Canary Wharf, is appropriate.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWunderkind actor-writer Arinzé Kene (how can one man be so talented?) knocks it out of the park with the revival of his 2011 play Little Baby Jesus.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAfter a run at the Southwark Playhouse, Afterglow, S. Asher Gelman’s story of polyamory in modern American, returns with a new cast.
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