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10, 12, 14, 16… 10, 12, 14, 16… Yasmin (Amy Doyle) like to count things. Or rather, the voice in her head
Hastings, 2018, and three glitter-covered women (Rosalind Hoy, Florence O'Mahony and Fleur Rooth) wash up on the beach. "Oi oi!" shouts a
Theatre is by its nature manipulative. But in Daughter, written and performed by Adam Lazarus, such manipulation is not earned. Lazarus eases
There are galoshes, buckets and cuppas galore in A Clown Show About Rain, a gently poignant piece of physical theatre about the
Ian McKellen gave an impromptu 'Audience with…' event at the weekend, after an injury forced him to pull out of performing the
A group of female comedians has set up a fund to ensure women and members of vulnerable groups can get home safely
Beleaguered venue the Broadway Theatre in Peterborough is once again in the spotlight, after its current operator went bust due to an
Earlier this week, Fiona Mountford, theatre critic for the Evening Standard, tweeted: "I am so tired of seeing some male critics asleep
It's strange to think that the nature of grief has changed over the years. It seems like one of those permanent emotions,
The bastard child of Joel Gray and Liberace, Reuben Kaye is the Blizzard from Oz. There must be something about Australia that
Yikes. Gary McNair's After the Cuts, one of a few shows about the NHS this Fringe, paints a pretty startling picture of
Back in the 1990s, when she was 17, Scottish theatre mainstay Cora Bissett was in an indie band called Darlingheart. They were
The Debut scheme " a programme of four shows by first-time writers, jointly produced by BBC Arts and Avalon " is the
It is 60 years since Vanessa's successful premiere at New York's Metropolitan Opera in New York, but this is the first professional
Mark Thomas' new show does not set out to romanticise the NHS. He's not blind to its failings. Globally there are far
In discussion with a writer recently, it was fascinating to hear their puzzlement at how someone could direct work while developing new
Midsummer "Â The Hub, Edinburgh Ten years after it premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, David Greig and Gordon McIntyre's funny, romantic and
Earlier this week, Fiona Mountford, theatre critic for the Evening Standard, raised the question: “I am so tired of seeing some male
The first thing that knocks you out is the theatre itself. The stage is covered in glistening and glowing reds and features
It seems incredible to conceive how big the entertainer Michael Barrymore was in his heyday. He was the undisputed king of Saturday-night
Pink Mama Theatre's Jungle purports to be about the legacy of colonialism. It is baffling, tedious and momentously misguided. For 45 minutes,
BBC Arts' new Debut scheme, co-produced with talent management and production company Avalon, was created to showcase the work of writers who
Birdie lives on her own, surrounded by the detritus of her life. She is a hoarder, clinging desperately to the objects that
When Michael was eight, his father died as a result of motor neurone disease, leaving his mother to bring up four children
For the past 13 years or so, Nir Paldi and George Mann have taken it in turns to create a show for
