If you know next to nothing about the Cameroonian War of Independence, you are not alone. A quick poll of the audience at my post-show Q&A for Under the Kundè Tree proved that ignorance…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:37AMJoshua Hepple is a hugely accomplished person. But, as he joked with me via WhatsApp, he received no major attention until he revealed publicly that, with his severe cerebral palsy, he can't…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:38AMAfter One Who Wants to Cross at the Finborough in February, I’m thrilled to chair the post-show talk for another new play care of Clarisse Makundul Productions, Makundul’s own Under the …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFollowing the news yesterday of Paul O'Grady's unexpected death, last night's performance of The Way Old Friends Do at London's Park Theatre was dedicated to the comedian and drag legend, wh…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:02AMCalling all ABBA and new writing fans! I’m delighted to return to the Park Theatre for the premiere of The Way Old Friends Do, written by and starring Ian Hallard and directed by Mark Gati…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIf you think the life of a jobbing actor is hard and full of rejection - and it is - spare a thought for non-British actors trying to make their way in London theatre who may not even make i…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 02:39PMFollowing the 5.30pm performance on Sunday 12 March 2023 at London’s Cockpit Theatre, Terri Paddock talks to cast and creatives of A Tailor for Ladies. Georges Feydeau’s early 1886 comed…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSouthwark Playhouse is my neighbourhood theatre. Over the past decade, I've chaired countless post-show talks at what was meant to be its temporary home on Newington Causeway, a three-minute…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 02:21PMNegotiations seem to be in the news every day - which makes Winner's Curse, conceived by former diplomat and veteran of countless Middle East negotiations Daniel Taub, a highly topical piece…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:32AMA note in the programme for One Who Wants to Cross cites a sobering statistic: according to the 2020 IOM World Migration Report, the number of international migrants, as of June 2019, had r…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:58AMHow central are Gertrude, Claudius and Polonius to the story of Hamlet? If you remove those adult characters and the scenes that revolve around them, what are you left with? The post Hamlet …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 12:21PMFollowing the 7.45pm performance of Enda Walsh’s acclaimed 2006 play The Walworth Farce on Tuesday 28 February 2022 at Southwark Elephant, I’ll talk to creatives and cast. Any questions?…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMI’m at London’s Finborough Theatre in February for the UK premiere of Marc-Emmanuel Soriano’s multi-award-winning French play One Who Wants to Cross (Un Qui Veut Traverser), directed b…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMNot long left to catch Life of Pi in the West End. If you possibly can, I recommend you beg, borrow or steal to get one of the last remaining tickets – or plan ahead now for the five-time …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 02:16PMOne hundred and twenty-two years ago tonight, on 15 December 2000, three lighthouse keepers disappeared on the island of Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides. What happened to them? The p…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 03:28PMTo celebrate the re-release of Original Theatre’s critically acclaimed, on-demand online production of Into the Night: The Story of the Penlee Lifeboat, and to commemorate the 41st anniver…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAfter a spine-chilling post-show talk for ghost story When Darkness Falls last year, I’m looking forward to reuniting with writer Paul Morrissey at London’s Park Theatre for his latest n…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMHot on the heels of my post-show Q&A for Doctor Faustus, I’m pleased to announce I’ll return to Southwark Playhouse in January to continue my long-time association with Lazarus Theat…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMOne of the few things I enjoy even more than theatre is talking politics. Chairing a post-show discussion about a brilliant new political play, written and directed by a Westminster insider,…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:56PMA Single Man post-show Q&A at London's Park Theatre. © Anthony Kelly Cinemagoers will probably best know A Single Man from the 2009 film starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Troupe…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:40AMI’m thrilled to reunite with Troupe – after events for acclaimed productions including The Sweet Science of Bruising, Rasheeda Speaking, Dear Brutus and The Cardinal – to chair a post-…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAfter post-show Q&As for Tonight with Donnie Darko, Vincent River, Angry and Tender Napalm, I’m delighted to be invited to chair another discussion with Philip Ridley, one of the UK’…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThe Quality of Mercy, a new one-man play about notorious British serial killer Harold Shipman, premieres at London's Courtyard Theatre this month. Taking a break from rehearsals, writer and …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWhat might entice you to sell your soul to the devil? Fame? Riches? Immortality? World peace? A rent-free London flat? Four pints of Guinness? At my post-show Q&A for a production of Doc…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 12:58PMThe death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced just before my arrival at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre. Like the rest of the country, the theatre staff had been braced for the sad news. So t…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:59AMAfter fascinating discussions around Feel, At Last and Lately, I’m back with Proforca Theatre to discuss Flashbang, the company’s fifth new play by James Lewis, as well as exciting new w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMHow do you cope in a world gone mad? That seems to me to be the central question in two of Romanian-French playwright Eugene Ionesco's one-act plays, The Lesson and The Chairs, written in th…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:41AMFollowing the 8pm performance of Doctor Faustus at Southwark Playhouse on Wednesday 14 September 2022, My Theatre Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to director Ricky Dukes, leading ma…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSet in the final days of World War II, new play The End of the Night centres around the true but little-known secret meeting between Norbert Masur, a Swedish Jew and volunteer member of the …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:04AMWhat role does theatre play in exploring historical and political themes? Mates founder Terri Paddock will explore that very question with an expert panel following a performance at the Park…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMeeting the right person and starting a new relationship is hard enough, but when you also have to do it in rhyming couplets while searching for the meaning of your life... in Woking - well,…
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