44 stories by "Lucy Cave"
Canada Water Culture Space has been open for a while now, but the billing of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf  has probably been the most well-kno…
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever is probably not the first thing that pops to mind when you think of Broadway musicals, but this musical, originally by Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane, is …
There is no doubt that the National Theatre is bringing fresh ideas to its quite traditional line up, and The Hush certainly proves that. But does different equal interesting? Not quite. As …
When it was performed as part of NT Connections back in 2012, The Grandfathers proved to be the break-out performance of the event, with even Artistic Director of the National Theatre Sir Ni…
It is very unusual to find a play that actually does what it says on the tin, and Joel Horwood's Short and Stark does exactly that. Following four stories, we see short bursts of these chara…
If you do not know who Patti LuPone is, it is quite possible that you have been living on a different planet for the past 30 years. Broadway and West End star LuPone originated some of the g…
Sappho… in 9 Fragments is a solo performance told through two characters: the first, a young chorus girl named Atthis, who is seduced by an older woman she is performing with, and second i…
The Winslow Boy tells the story of a father's fight to clear his son's name after he is expelled from Osborne Naval College. While this Terrence Rattigan play might seem a little bit outdate…
1001 Nights, which is currently showing at the Unicorn Theatre, is a play that hits you in the gut from the get go. The story follows a young girl named Shahrazad (Danusia Samal) and her fat…
[CONTAINS SPOILERS] Liar Liar tells the story of a 14-year-old girl named Grace (Danusia Samal) who is stuck in a world of video games and Blackberry. Desperate to make herself feel like a r…
Just over 10 years since making its debut at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, Port has a new run at the National Theatre. The story looks at the life of a young girl named Rachael Keats …
The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs tells the story of the man behind one of the world's biggest products and his rise to success. But we also see a harrowing side of the story, with tal…
Fair Em is a bit of a tricky one to get your head around. While it was compelling visually, with some moments of pure comedy, the whole show was let down by its age. According to the play's …
Christmas is nearly upon us, and with the holiday cheer comes the swarm of good old-fashioned theatre. The Unicorn Theatre is hosting one of the best tales out there, Mark Twain's The Prince…
While the West End is overrun with musicals filled with glam rock anthems of the 60s, a new type of musical has made its way into town: one filled with enough angst ridden pop punk anthems t…
Naked sergeants, rogue policemen, faulty babies sold in a supermarket – only at Theatre Uncut would you have such bizarrely real stories. In its second year, Theatre Uncut started as a…
If you're looking for a big, ballsy, Broadway-style evening you might not be expecting it in a theatre beside the arch of a bridge in South East London, but you'll be pleasantly surprised. "…
Charley's Aunt tells the story of Jack Chesney (Dominic Tighe) and Charley Wykeham (Benjamin Askew), two Oxford graduates who are madly in love with Kitty Verdun (Leah Whittaker) and Amy Spe…
I Am a Camera tells the story of a young Christopher Isherwood (Harry Melling) and his struggle to follow up his not-so-recently published novel as he lives in 1930s Germany. He has kept him…