The Arcola has opened the doors to its annual Grimeborn Opera Festival, showing its great diversity and flavour in its programming but also that it's a theatre that welcomes new work from ma…
The country is marking the centenary of WW1 this year with countless events and productions inspired by the outbreak of WW1 in 1914 and its consequences for our heritage, a generation los…
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's screen play Shakespeare In Love took the public by storm, and even though critics weren't exactly impressed (when are they ever) it harvested several Oscars an…
Following its sold-out run in 2013, The Events return to the Young Vic questioning how far our humanity and forgiveness can stretch. Exploring what it is that makes us human and how we const…
Some stories live in our hearts forever. Particularly great love stories " and always tragic ones, notably " stay with us, haunt us and somehow make us believe in the better in mankind, desp…
It has been said by many theatre-practitioners (and most recently by David Wood in an interview with Lyn Gardner) that creating theatre for younger audiences is not only one of the most rewa…
Theatre at its best should be thought-provoking but with tones of lightness making it a mix of enjoyment and heartache, stimulating both the mind and soul. In the financial crisis it seems t…
Forbidden Broadway, the cult off-Broadway musical revue, has hit Menier Chocolate Factory and is ready to spice up the world of musical theatre with saucy, on-point slaps to old as well as n…
What is so powerful about Greek mythology is that its worldly themes have survived a myriad of generations. What was a re-telling of the human condition, meant to entertain and move its rece…
One of the treasures of the London theatre scene is when summer finally shows its face and the open air season begins. There is a charming sense of community when one is sharing a theatrical…
Oscar Wilde's provocative tale of the innocent Dorian Gray's transformation from virtue into a life of hedonism is often retold on stage and is a wonderful play of vanity, sex and the comple…
Terry Gilliam, member of cult comedy team Monty Python, is renowned for his anarchic style, vivid imagination, and his use of surreal imagery in his storytelling. With his successful directi…
When the Globe opened the doors for foreign companies performing Shakespeare in their native language with Globe to Globe in 2012, they opened up Shakespeare's beloved texts to new possib…
John Burgess' new production Between Us at the Arcola Theatre mixes stand-up and thought-provoking monologues, questioning inequality and how we are living our lives today. Not easy to diges…
With technology booming in the creative world, the argument is that some things should be left to blossom on its own, without high-tech interference. Some say a simple set and natural stagin…
Così Fan Tutte, Mozart's dark comic opera, tells the story of love, fidelity and desire in a new production at the ENO by the exciting theatre company Improbable. Exploring 1950s Coney Is…
Othello is one of Shakespeare's most beloved tragedies, a play that reveals a very true image of the human condition with jealousy, passion and betrayal. Othello is a victim of his own tempe…
"Through song and through dance, the human being manifests his belonging to a superior community; he has unlearnt to walk and to speak and, by dancing, he is on the point of taking a flight …
As Thebans, a new opera by Julian Anderson, has its world première at the London Coliseum, ENO proves its commitment to the future of opera and nurturing new work and talent, bringing Sopho…
Opera is an exceptional art form " to speak five languages fluently, master your lung capacity as well as a professional freediver and be able to produce a sound that can break glass, but al…
Last summer Iris Theatre conquered Covent Garden as their smash hit production of Alice in Wonderland enchanted and entertained audiences in the hidden grounds of St. Paul's Church. Going th…
In September 2013 the Globe held auditions for their Globe Young Players, a new initiative aimed at giving new young talent a once in a lifetime opportunity to train with the theatre's profe…
All children want their parents to be there for them, to care for them and protect them. But when a parent is deployed and leaves for military service, the balance is disrupted and it's hard…
With Elizabeth II's reign coming to an end in the foreseeable future, tension over the future of the throne raises questions " not only of how Charles will succeed her and if he in fact shou…
What is incredible about dance productions is the realisation that words are not always necessary and that so much is expressed through our body language. A three-hour story can be told thro…