From the opening moments, Skin Tight bursts with passion and energy. The physicality of the opening sequence seduces and intrigues, creating a disarming sense of disorientation when the acto…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMI was surprised when I discovered this is Robert Boulton’s debut play as a playwright, as there is a confidence and natural dark humour I’d associate with a more experienced writer.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMBurnt Lemon Theatre’s Tokyo Rose shows that you don’t need a big budget to stage a compelling musical. Written by Maryhee Yoon and Cara Baldwin (with additional book by William Patrick H…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMDeciphering is billed as “an inter-continental journey to the origins of human creativity” and it certainly lives up to this epic ambition.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMProforca’s Lately was definitely worth the wait, I was crying by the end. I can only hope this production has a life beyond this short London run, as it is a show that would resonate with …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMarcus Hercules’ Prison Game is a deeply human story, showing the devastating ripple effect of that first, flawed, guilty verdict.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWritten by Gail Louw, the good dad (a love story) is a compelling piece about the devastating impact sexual abuse and incest has on 3 different women. It is a masterclass in shifting perspec…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMBren Gosling’s new play Invisible Me focuses on the life of three people who have recently turned 60. It is refreshing to see a show that talks about sex, life and relationships for the ov…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMBlowhole is a hilarious and surprisingly moving solo show about life as a 20-something gay man looking for love, and the ultimate fabulous gay lifestyle.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSix Serpents and a Tarantula is a new play written and directed by Maryanna Clarke and presented by Old School Players.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThis brand new English version of Pierre de Marivaux’s classic comedy The Game of Love and Chance, adapted by Quentin Beroud and Jack Gamble, takes great delight in modernising this almost…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMIt was a lovely evening to be back in the beautiful gardens of St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden for The Red Side of the Moon, a new musical running as part of Iris Theatre’s summer fest…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSet in 1965, Staircase takes us back to a time when homosexuality was still criminalised in Britain. Written by Charles Dyer (who only passed away recently in January 2021 at the age of 92),…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSet in an isolated Direct Provision Centre in Ireland in 2017, I and The Village is a powerful piece of theatre, telling the story of three asylum seekers waiting to find out if they will be…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFanny & Stella is a funny, bawdy, light-hearted musical that provides a very welcome distraction from the seriousness of the world.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMHere I am, a freelancer with no active paid projects at the moment, and a very uncertain pipeline, and I’m feeling happy and grateful with life.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMNuclear War, Buried and Graceland at the Old Red Lion Theatre become a compelling triptych of plays all connected by the themes of love, loss, trauma and existence.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMBy focusing on her specific story, and unravelling the sense of the universal within it, ‘Medusa’ provides a timely mirror on the world we live in.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM‘tell it slant’ at the Hope Theatre is a funny and engaging dark comedy that keeps you hooked from start to finish.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMLove, Loss & Chianti brings together two collected works of poetry by Christopher Reid. First up is Scatterings, a collection he wrote after the death of his wife, which brings to life h…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThere are puzzles, and codes to be cracked, jobs to be planned, people to be hired, revenge to be had & scores to be settled in the fun experience that is Colab Theatre’s Crooks 1926.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAll in all, Netflix & Chill is a funny yet powerful play about mental health, self image, lad culture and the importance of human connection.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWritten by Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys, Musik is a one-woman show that spins off from their 2001 musical Closer to Heaven.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMGiven the current state of the country, the battle of wits and words, vs the search for real connection with those who disagree with us, For the Sake of Argument is very topical.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThere are no superfluous gimmicks in The Glass Will Shatter, this is a piece where all the creative elements come together to amplify the whole.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBeautifully evoking the late 1950s, there are lots of interesting ingredients in Cops and the successful laugh out loud moments are satisfying.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe Canary and the Crow is full of humour and warmth and describes the challenging reality of being trained to be the “acceptable” face of Black Britain and how that impacts identify and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe shifts in storytelling dynamics in JEW…ish at the King’s Head Theatreare fluidly brought to life, so they never jar, but continue to entertain.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAntic Disposition’s A Christmas Carol is true to both the spirit and detail of the book, while adding its own sense of playfulness that feels fresh and modern.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMLittle Miss Burden fizzes with energy and charm. With this powerful piece of new writing, Matilda Ibini fuses the colloquial and poetic, with modern cultural references to create a moving, g…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTrauma, comedy and playfully adapted song lyrics are brought together by Amanda Broomell to create Mandy Picks A Husband, her solo show inspired by her own Instagram experiment.
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