Saturday, December 7, 2019
Trauma, 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.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, December 1, 2019
Homing Birds is a rich and evocative play that is well worth seeing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:20PMWednesday, November 27, 2019
Off the Cliff’s production of Luigi Jannuzzi’s 1981 short play A Bench At The Edge at the Tristan Bates Theatre is an enjoyable and sensitive production of a thought-provoking and off-be…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSunday, November 24, 2019
Spiderfly at Theatre 503 is that powerful combination of a beautifully written play, imaginatively produced and perfectly cast.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, November 15, 2019
Gaping Hole at Ovalhouse is packed full of laughs and film references, it makes for an entertaining and quirky night of theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, November 1, 2019
The reverence Claudio Macor clearly has for the history he is sharing comes through strongly and adds to the overall emotional impact of the play. I defy anyone not to be moved by Dr Magnus …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, October 31, 2019
Will Keith’s production of Soho Cinders brings out the emotional heart of the piece, while also celebrating the comedy and spectacle.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, October 28, 2019
What S. Asher Gelman has achieved with Afterglow is a thoughtful and nuanced piece of theatre that addresses the challenge of maintaining a relationship through life-change, as well as manag…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, October 14, 2019
We Dig is part of the Ovalhouse’s final season in the venue’s Oval based building before it is demolished and preparations are made to move to a new home in Brixton in the spring.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, October 5, 2019
Essentially a play about friendship and whether relationships can survive divisive times, Florence Bell has created an entertaining and original piece of theatre in The Open at The Space.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, September 20, 2019
The Hound of the Baskervilles is packed full of so many wonderful little touches that work together to create a truly entertaining night out.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, August 27, 2019
The comic and the personal meld beautifully in this honest and heartwarming show, Carly Jurman’s Unlovable.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, August 24, 2019
Ophelia Rewound is an autobiographical, interactive, solo performance devised, performed and directed by Antigoni Spanou. Threading together the story of Ophelia, and Antigoni’s own experi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSpace Age Love Songs is a treasure trove of goodies, brought together to create a feel-good and compassionate queer love story.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMFriday, August 23, 2019
All or Nothing Repertory Theatre Company’s My Other Self: The Evolution of Shakespeare’s Richard III weaves together elements of Henry VI Parts 2 and 3 and Richard III to show the influe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, August 22, 2019
The Werewolf of Washington Heights is a play by Christie Perfetti Williams that was first staged in the US in 2017.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, August 21, 2019
In a special Camden Fringe edition of A Glimpse Inside, I met up with TL Wiswell to talk about her new show Space Age Love Songs, running at the Hen and Chickens from 21 August 2019.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, August 18, 2019
Our Walk Through the World is a collection of six sharply written, short plays by Ross Howard that highlight some of the absurdities of modern life.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMMary Jane Figtree’s play is based on the concept of an Italian 90s play called Orgasmo e Pregiudizio. With this, her first play, she has written something that succeeds in being both funny…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:12AMFriday, August 16, 2019
Sh*t Happens at Camden People’s Theatre is full of humour, honesty, poetry and physical theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, August 15, 2019
The Geminus is an atmospheric new play by Ross Dinwiddy and is based on Joseph Conrad’s novella The Secret Sharer. By incorporating a romantic twist, Dinwiddy creates an emotional centre t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSunday, August 11, 2019
One thing I’m really loving about the Camden Fringe is the breadth of creativity and experimentation. Scenic Reality is a prime example of a fresh piece of new writing that explores differ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThursday, August 8, 2019
suspect this show will have a future, evolving life, and it is well worth checking out if it appears on your radar. I’d certainly be interested in seeing what they do with it next.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMFull disclosure, I was not excited about seeing a show about Boris Johnson. Frankly I’m feeling a tad Boris-ed out these days, but fortunately, given a lively and plentiful audience, not e…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, August 7, 2019
This year I have the great privilege of getting to cover lots of the Camden Fringe shows, my only regret is that I can’t see them all (literally impossible, so many shows running, Londoner…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, July 27, 2019
The View Upstairs at the Soho Theatre was reminded me just how transformative theatre can be.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, July 18, 2019
Last night I had the great pleasure of seeing Whodunnit (Unrehearsed) at the Park Theatre. Today my mouth feels a whole lot wider from excessive laughing and smiling. That is a thing right?…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
In this, my latest instalment of A Glimpse Inside, I had the great pleasure of speaking to playwright Paul Stevens about his new play True Colours at the Hope Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, April 23, 2019
Recently I was lucky enough to catch up with Michael Black whose latest play Starved will be coming to the Bread and Roses Theatre at the end of the month (30 April to 11 May 2019).
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, April 15, 2019
Kieran Hurley has created a masterclass in playwriting with Mouthpiece, and is unafraid to shine a light on the darker aspects of the theatre world.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, March 10, 2019
While still reflecting on International Women’s Day 2019 I am delighted to be able to share the first part of my interview with the generous and inspiring playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm. …
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