149 stories by "Jessica Handscomb"
Long before the days of Google maps and Satnavs, decades before Uber was even a twinkle in CEO Travis Kalanick's eye, and before we had access to the entire world via an oblong in our pocket…
'Restoration for the new generation' " a bold claim, but I think Marooned Theatre's production of The Provoked Wife pulls it off. It is the second of John Vanbrugh's comedies, after The Rela…
 Twins Polo (Timothy Renouf) and Twitch (Katrina Allen) are celebrating their 25th birthday. Born with only one heart between them, the twins are something of an unexplained medical mirac…
Written in 1606, King Lear is Shakespeare's classic tale of the titular mad monarch. George Bernard Shaw wrote of the play 'No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear', and Nancy Meck…
Apologia, noun: a formal written defence of one's opinions or conduct, not to be confused with an apology. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, Apologia is a volatile family drama set in 2009 in the Eng…
After a successful run at the Hampstead Theatre, followed by a transfer to Trafalgar Studios 2 " The Wasp has made its way to the Jermyn Street Theatre. A two-hander centred on two childhood…
Of all the dystopian post-apocalyptic 'comedies' I've seen in the past year, The Community has undoubtedly been the most enjoyable. Reading the show's synopsis, you'd expect another angst-fi…
Minnesota, 1934. Following the Wall Street crash of 1929 America entered the Great Depression. The winters in the four years after were harsh and hit Americans hard, with more out of work, h…
Festival47 is currently running at the Kings Head Theatre, Islington, until 22nd July, and playing at the festival is Fall of Duty, a story of a baby boomer Mother and millennial Son who att…
Arguably one of his most famous tragedies, Macbeth is a crafted tale of a fight for power, regicide, murder and psychosis. Initially performed in 1606, Shakespeare taps into the fears of the…
Eleanora Fagan was just 44 when she died. Born in 1915, she was the great grandchild of a slave. Her mother had her when she just was a teenager and her father abandoned them both. She was r…
Based on Alexandre Dumas fils' 19th Century novel La Dame aux caméllias, Verdi's beloved opera has returned to the Royal Opera House once again. Richard Eyre's revered production is back, a…
Eddie ‘super-duper businessman’ Costello (Joe Dixon) runs a roller diner in a dreary gang-riddled Birmingham, with the help of his daughter Chantel (Lucie Shorthouse) and waitres…
Written by George Johnston, Snapshot is somewhat of a modern-day love story. Plagued by social media, internships, and rising rent costs, it follows James (Brian Martin) and Daniel (Joey Aku…
Adapted by Lee Hall, the creator of Billy Elliot, and based on the novel The Sopranos by Alan Warner, comes the new musical Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour. It follows the story of six Catho…
After a successful run at 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, Paper Hearts has returned to the stage at Upstairs at the Gathehouse. Originally 75 minutes, the home-grown musical written by Liam O'Raffert…
Threads, written by David Lane, imagines a world in where 'there are these invisible threads stretching between lovers and husbands and wives and couples'. The two-hander is the story of wha…
How many of us can look back at a specific night in our lives and recognise that it has changed who we are forever? Bill Rosenfield can, and 46 Beacon is a semi-autobiographical account of a…
Nina Raine, writer of well received Tiger Country and Olivier-nominated Tribes, is back with a fiercely witty new play that brings the politics of the courtroom into everyday life. Consent f…
Modern drama, for me, often evokes the same reaction as modern art does. I consume it, I often enjoy it, but I also am left wondering 'why?'. Why would someone make something like that? Or, …
Modern drama, for me, often evokes the same reaction as modern art does. I consume it, I often enjoy it, but I also am left wondering 'why?'. Why would someone make something like that? Or, …
Nina Raine, writer of well received Tiger Country and Olivier-nominated Tribes, is back with a fiercely witty new play that brings the politics of the courtroom into everyday life. Consent f…
The Labour party is divided. Its left-wing leader is unpopular within the party, and there are MPs and cabinet members threatening to leave. Labour is tearing itself apart from the inside an…
Synergy theatre project, along with Theatre503, bring us Homecomings, a festival of new plays by prisoners and ex-prisoners about getting out and going home. The Monkey, John Stanley's first…
After a couple of successful off-broadway runs, Stephen Karam’s Speech & Debate has been brought to the West End. Directed by Tom Attenborough, Karam’s play follows three mi…
