Tuesday, July 9, 2019
One Giant Leap is a very silly story with no other mission in mind but providing two hours of pure entertainment.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Dark Sublime is a rare personal drama about an older gay woman trying to find her place and identity in a changing world, with plenty of laughs " particularly aimed at the world of showbiz "…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 1, 2019
In touching on topical issues like knife and gun crime, drugs, discrimination, misogyny and the disaffection of young people in the UK today, Othello: Remixed demonstrates how Shakespeare's …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 28, 2019
There's nothing historic about the issues Bare: A Pop Opera tackles, as is emotionally demonstrated in the powerful finale of this new London production at The Vaults.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 27, 2019
James Martin Charlton is an award-winning playwright whose previous work includes the critically acclaimed Fat Souls, I Really Must Be Getting Off and Coward. This week sees the premiere of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 22, 2019
Insightful, relatable and beautifully performed, let's hope, unlike the eponymous hedgehog, Hedgehog has a long life ahead.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 16, 2019
Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky could have come up with a more creative title for their acclaimed political comedy Brexit " but they didn't really need to, given that actual Brexit has been a m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2019
Over the last five years, 13-time Offie-nominated Arrows & Traps have become a regular fixture both on the London Fringe scene and on this blog. And the good news is they're not going an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 13, 2019
Cuttings is a sharp, witty and hugely enjoyable play about an industry we all know exists, but somehow seem to forget every time we watch an emotional YouTube apology or read a remorseful st…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Action-packed, irreverent and hilariously weird, Kill Climate Deniers nonetheless still succeeds in making a serious and important point, and provides more than enough food for thought to gi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 11, 2019
It may be called Precious Little, but this thought-provoking play at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre has plenty to say.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2019
The image we're left with is not one of violence in J'Ouvert at Theatre503, but of pride, friendship and resilience, and a community that's prepared to keep fighting for as long as it takes …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 2, 2019
The plot of Country Music may at times be slightly muddled, but the sense of waste and irretrievable loss at its heart comes through powerfully in this excellent revival.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 28, 2019
A complex, surprising and very wordy play, Harper Regan by Simon Stephens certainly fulfils the remit for newly formed theatre company Contentment Productions, whose aim is to champion excit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 21, 2019
This week playwright, director and performer Michelle Payne brings her one-woman show Sad About The Cows to Tristan Bates Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 20, 2019
Summer Street never pretends to be anything other than what it is: a spoof comedy musical that takes an already over-the-top TV format and takes it up another notch or three.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Maybe what's most shocking about Hair isn't the nudity or the drugs, but the fact that 50 years have passed and nothing's really changed.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 13, 2019
A polished and carefully directed production, Lemons is the kind of thought-provoking play that keeps giving, with plenty of material to ensure an excellent debate in the bar afterwards.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 10, 2019
The Sign of Four is fast-paced family fun, a great piece of storytelling with a little bit of everything: mystery, comedy, romance (and bromance), and even a bit of a history lesson.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 6, 2019
Michael Black's two-hander Starved is a quietly challenging and impactful play, which provides an eye-opening insight into what it's like to live in poverty in Britain today.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 2, 2019
Florence Keith-Roach's two-hander Eggs is a story of two very different women, known only as Girl One and Girl Two. They've been friends for years, but lately it's been becoming harder for t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Named for the only song her parents wrote together, which opens and closes the performance, Miriam Gould's Empty Room is a deeply personal one-woman show that explores her family history and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 28, 2019
OVO's reimagining of Twelfth Night brings a fresh perspective to a story many of us will have seen several times before, and that in itself is quite an achievement.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 8, 2019
The Trials of Oscar Wilde, co-written by John O'Connor and Oscar Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland, is based on court transcripts from the two trials, and charts Wilde's rapid downfall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 7, 2019
Andy Barrett's play Tony's Last Tape is a sympathetic and respectful portrayal of a man who went into politics for the right reasons and who never wavered from his convictions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Funny, heartwarming, fascinating, tragic and devastating, Fiddler on the Roof is an unusual but hugely powerful musical, and this production brings out the very best in it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 25, 2019
For the most part, though, Mary's Babies is enjoyable and witty, and surprisingly easy to follow despite its complicated structure. A thought-provoking play, and an impressive feat of endura…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 21, 2019
Never Trust a Man Bun is a promising and well performed debut, peppered with some great one-liners and laugh out loud moments.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 19, 2019
This time around Chickenshed's inclusive theatre company is exploring mental health in new show, 100% Chance of Rain.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 15, 2019
Angry Alan might appear at first glance to be a comedy (albeit a pretty dark one), and there are plenty of laughs to be had at the expense of both Roger and his new friends in the men's righ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 11, 2019
Occasionally bewildering and frequently ridiculous, Strike Up The Band is nevertheless always great fun.
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