There is a real debate to be had in examining the impact that theatre can have. Can it indeed have a truly revolutionary effect? This play from Neil Weathereall uses the history of Ireland i…
The 1933 original film King Kong began a phenomenon that has led to the cinematic fascination of giant monster movies. Seven films later, we arrive at the always atmospheric Vaults for this …
A run-down detective and a potential serial killer. This set up has fuelled drama to the point of exhaustion. These mystery stories easily slot into the world of noir thrillers that plunge u…
The truth as we know it has become subjective and individual. Facts that may be true to you and I may be complete falsehoods to another. The story of real life writer Miguel de Cervantes, as…
Originally opening in the summer, Tommy Murphy's Strangers in Between has been revived at The King's Head Theatre to begin their 2017 season. This is simply a warm, witty tragedy that explor…
The Winter's Tale has been regarded over the years as one of the most problematic of Shakespeare's works, a difficult to achieve blend of emotional drama and light-hearted comedy. Director N…
Lurking sheets of ashes cover the stage, drifting by its disturbers. The warn down branches of isolated trees have been stripped and burnt. We are here to bear witness to director David Bös…
'You gotta fight, for the right, to party!' As an answer to the polished West-End jukebox musical, this show is every inch the opposite. The Beastie Boys began as a hardcore punk band and th…
As ballet and dance becomes ever globalised and appears to be merging ever-closer, it is worth remembering that the National Ballet of China has always embodied this principle, originally fo…
The mistakes of an older generation impacting the young. A group arrival to a mysterious isle. Flitters of much needed redemptive romance. There could not be a more relevant time for directo…
The princess. Often in fairy-tales they have been the rescued, the man obsessed with nothing in place of a Bechdel Test. The world has since moved on and this brand-new dance piece from Stua…
We walk through the door, take our seats and look out on a bare stage. We are here to see a show, and Donny is determined to give us one. This teenage magician's desire is to be famous; to f…