61 stories by "Laura Peatman"
John Boyne's novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas became a worldwide bestseller on its publication in 2006; told from the point of view of nine-year-old Bruno, it has faced many criticisms f…
In the week that "covfefe" both baffled and delighted the Twittersphere, it seems appropriate to be watching a play that examines just how quickly news can spread through the medium of 140 c…
Bill Russell and Henry Krieger's Side Show has had two Broadway outings, neither lasting long on the Great White Way; this Southwark Playhouse production marks the show's UK premiere and bri…
My Mother Medea flips the ancient tragedy of Medea on its head by removing the focus from the tragic heroine and placing it on her doomed children, while transporting them to 2016. The show …
The Amish Project was originally written by Jessica Dickey as a one-woman piece, designed to show off an actress's character skills in multi-roling. The students from Saint Mary's University…
To a soundtrack of mid-2000s classics, Some Girl(s) sees groom-to-be 'Guy' (is it a name or a moniker for all of the male sex?) on a trip across the USA to see a selection of his ex-girlfrie…
George Price is an intriguing figure. Originally a staunch atheist, he married then divorced a Catholic woman before undergoing an intense religious conversion. His work was enough to gain h…
Minor Delays was one of the toasts of the Edinburgh Fringe last year, with stars a-plenty and a bright future predicted for this sketch comedy trio. Now the show has transferred to the Soho …
Chris Urch's Bruntwood award-winning second play is an example of an excellent script translated into a stunning performance by truly fine acting " no gimmicks, no flashy lighting design or …
For this year's Christmas show, the Eastern Angles have teamed up with Shanty Theatre from the south west for a caper inspired by a fishing dispute of 1896 " it sounds unlikely, I grant you,…
In October, several media outlets reported the story of a woman being ejected from a performance of The Bodyguard for singing obnoxiously and disturbing the show. Perhaps she should take a t…
This production of The Bogus Woman was first seen at Keswick's Theatre by the Lake, and audiences around the country have now had the opportunity to see the show as part of the theatre's rec…
In the last year or so, London has welcomed a flurry of Greek drama to its stages; while the Almeida Theatre most notably offered its Greeks season, other venues have seen revivals of Electr…
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby has long captured the imagination of artists in all different fields, with adaptations of the story showing up in drama, dance, film, opera, radi…
It's 1988, and Thatcher's government has just brought in Section 28 " legislation that stated schools “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality" or “promote the teaching… …
Shortly before IdeasTap was sadly forced into closure earlier this year, the charity announced the winners of a playwriting competition; subsequently these four playwrights were left without…
Think Jane Eyre and you probably think corsets, grand houses and Yorkshire moors " but maybe not confetti, flames and Gnarls Barkley? Then think again, because this production is imaginative…
On a clean white stage, a father and daughter engage in banter about Little Mix, his lack of cleaning skills, and her refusal to buy the 'right' school shoes. He keeps her in line, but lets …
The writers at this year's HighTide Festival seem to love a prolonged silence to start: Luke Norris does it in So Here We Are, and in Brenda E V Crowe utilises the same trick of making her a…
Winner of a 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Luke Norris's debut play is now co-produced with the Royal Exchange Theatre and is heading for a Manchester transfer later this month. It's …
Jonathan Holloway’s reincarnation of Stevenson’s Gothic classic Jekyll and Hyde claims to “appropriate and reinvigorate the story for contemporary audiences” and prov…
The grittiest work in Bourne's repertoire, The Car Man returns to Sadler's Wells after a new UK tour, bringing its stifling heat, brutal murder and deadly revenge to the capital's leading da…
OperaUpClose aims to bring operas to whole new audiences by showing off the form in all its glory, in accessible, surprising stagings of classics "without compromising on musical standards".…
And Then There Were None is one of Agatha Christie's most popular and widely-read crime novels, and one of her most difficult conundrums to crack. It has been adapted for film, TV, radio and…
A touring co-production between Black Country Touring, Cast Doncaster, Oldham Coliseum and Southbank Centre, United Colours of FrustrAsian fuses storytelling and live music in an exploration…
