There's something exciting about adapting a piece of work that's only ever been staged twice in the UK, especially when it's by a playwright as brilliant as Ibsen. However, The League of You…
Based on the book by Frances Hodgson- Burnett, The Secret Garden follows little orphan, Mary Lennox (Alana Hinge) who is brought to Yorkshire to live with her uncle after her parents die of …
Radiator has humour, pace, and wit. It delves into serious mental illness, unhindered by its harmless jokes and portrayed by a character who questions the meaning of identity. Radiator seemi…
Nigel (Gareth Cooper) arrives at a failing further education college to replace the Deputy Head of Faculty. He join board members, a group of peculiar and dysfunctional principals and …
Villain is a one-woman show with a clear aim: to show audience members that social workers are, in fact, people. Writer and director Martin Murphy, an individual who has seen the impact this…
It all starts at breakneck speed with two lovers clashing fencing foils. Cassandra wants only to marry, move in together and nest. But don't confuse her for a gentle flower; her temperament …
What is unsayable in the 21st century? If you've been watching Donald Trump on the other side of the Atlantic, you might think 'not much'. But in a celebration of new writing by the Royal Sh…
Noël Coward tends to take a bit of a bashing nowadays. The average Coward production is about as unfashionable as its octogenarian audience is unaware of where they are. But now that Terr…
The preset for OPIA Theatre Company's Unnatural Selection makes a rather accurate observational comment on a doctor's waiting room. Two smartly dressed women sit bored, one picking lint off …
Pauline, the landlady of Oldham's Hare & Hounds has a hard but lovely life working at her pub. She is surrounded by crazy friends and regulars, as well as a plethora of disappointing lov…
Pixie Lott glitters as socialite Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. She makes the part more brazenly modern than the sophisticated glamour that Audrey Hepburn had in the 1961 film. H…
It's impossible to escape the numb uncertainty that has screeched in our mostly, dumbfounded faces for the last month. Like a banshee that has devoured four bags of Skittles, the Brexit resu…
It's just a week until the magic and mayhem of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival kick off. Are you going to be in Edinburgh? Are you looking to develop y…
Any play that opens with the Spice Girl’s ‘If you wanna be my lover‘Â seems to be promising, but unfortunately the hype ends there. Miranda is the star of the Heartbreake…
We’re so hell-bent on maintaining the idea of nature or nurture – an either-or that it has become ubiquitous in determining humanity’s actions. But what if it’s domin…
'The course of true love never did run smooth', once wrote William Shakespeare, and Operation Love Story follows one matchmaker's attempts to ensure a local couple's pursuit of true love run…
With just five days to go before she leaves for Edinburgh, Molly Freeman, co-artistic director of Smoking Apples, shares her top ten tips for keeping your team tight and together. Because no…
The Two Sides of Eddie Ramone, is as the title might suggest, a play built on conflict and tension. We see the titular character (played by Chris Sullivan), a formerly popular comedian now c…
'I hope they never force you to wear it, and I hope they never force me to take it off' Veils attacks a subject head-on which we are all too afraid to really talk about, a subject that const…
Do not be fooled from the title, you can learn a lot from That's Entertainment. Thelma Ruby, aged 91 performs a one woman show, with minimalist direction and only a piano on stage. The…
Unless you’ve been asleep or on sabbatical for the last eight weeks or so " you’ll know that the EU referendum has taken over the news and our social media feeds. The democratic …
Festival 46 is a vivacious little festival of new writing at King's Head Theatre. All the pieces are short – perfect theatre for hot summer days at Islington's pub venue. They are snip…
Win tickets to Strive festival Strive | Southbank Centre | 6-7 August Proudly sponsored by Gumtree. Under 25? Come and unleash your creativity at Strive " our festival for young th…
The Soul of Wittgenstein, by Ron Elisha, is a sensitive and clever two-hander set during the Second World War. A patient and his hospital attendant develop a deep relationship based on learn…
Tell Me Anything | Shoreditch Town Hall | 25-27 July 2016 When David was 15, he loved punk, house parties and poetry. But most of all, he loved Kate. They loved each other so much …