40 stories by "Rob Ellis"
John Patrick Shanley has an impressive resume to his name. As the Oscar-winning writer of films such as Moonstruck and Joe Versus The Volcano, you might know him best as the scribe behind th…
One-man shows involving Jewish heritage must be like buses. One week after seeing the excellent Tailor of Inverness, an entirely theatrical and resonating production, now we've got Bubble Sc…
Do you know what's great? Stories about people. Being sat down and taken upon this journey, by someone who has the grace and goodwill to share their life with you, is an experience both fasc…
It's 2035. The Earth's resources are depleting and a corporation called Tricorps want you to escape into the 'Experience Machine', a new virtual reality system, built to preserve the human r…
Let's talk about sex. Tricycle Young Company has come together with a group of teenagers from local schools and colleges, as part of the Takeover at the Tricycle Theatre. Their mission? To g…
Political thrillers on stage are seldom seen. You get your average locked room drama, but throw politics in there and we're usually talking BBC miniseries. In order to really feel the weight…
It's nearly March and we're still getting panto. Well, sort of panto " more like the cold, corporate, Disney-fied product that is children's theatre. Pick a fairytale, get some famous wri…
George Orwell's seminal 1945 novel Animal Farm is not the easiest text to dramatise – it's crammed with metaphors, ideologies and satire that only Orwell himself could write. In any…
The word Opera might go hand in hand with Grandiose. It's lavish, it's colossal, the magnitude of the production design matched only by the level of drama onstage. So when you strip all of t…
There's a great scene in the 2009 rom-com (500) Days of Summer where Joseph Gordon-Levitt goes to a party, hoping to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend. The encounter plays out in split screen…
Have you ever wanted to go back in time and do things differently? Change your fortunes for the better? That's the question posed to us by Viscera Theatre in their very charming, very funny …
Fear of the unknown " it's an interesting premise for a play. How To Survive A Swarm of Bees, a new piece of writing from Lo/Fall Theatre Company and part of Evolution, the current festival …
It's easy to be cynical when discussing LARP (Live Action Role-Play). Usually associated with Game of Thrones obsessed university students or folk reenacting the battle of Waterloo just off …
Nothing beats a good old fashioned Christmas Panto. Hoxton Hall, surely one of the most beautiful music halls remaining in London, caps off the season with its first ever one – Snow Wh…
Rapunzel, the latest Christmas offering from The Park Theatre, and the third installment in their Chronicles of Waa series, is a refreshing take on your average pantomime. Many conventions o…
