September 2023 “A Play For The Living In A Time of Extinction” is described as “a bold experiment in eco theatre-making” which sees the performance powered by bicycles generating electricity. The show is set to arrive at York Theatre Royal later this month (27-30 September) and here, Director Mingyu Lin chats to Steve Pratt about... Continue Reading →
Friday, 15th September 2023 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ian Stroughair once more takes to the York Theatre Royal stage as alter ego Velma Celli - this time with a show celebrating “pop royalty”: God Save the Queens. Celli’s style is very much that classic brand of cabaret in which the audience is treated as... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 14th September 2023 at Park Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman *Spoilers ahead* 'Italians really love their absurdism, don't they?', the woman sitting to my left murmured to me following the cast's curtain call. Absurdism? But this is real life! Emanuele Aldrovandi's Sorry We Didn't Die at Sea certainly has flavours of works such... Continue Reading →
Saturday, 9th September 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Described as “Doctor Faustus cosmically collides with Deal or No Deal”, Cosmic Collective’s Edmonds is a whacky show which marries improv with the absurd to take audiences through Noel Edmonds’ life and career. The show is written and performed by Joe Feeney, who is joined briefly... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 6th September 2023 at York Theatre Royal. Les Enfants Terribles’ take on Sophie Anderson’s young adult novel, The House with Chicken Legs, is a quirky, heartfelt and visually rich show. Co-directors James Seager and Oliver Lansley (who also adapted the story for the stage) deliver heart and humour in a fine balance, allowing the... Continue Reading →
Monday, 4th September 2023 at Soho Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman A musician ensemble sparkles in crystal accessories and all-white outfits: a nod, perhaps to David Byrne's all-metallic grey ensemble in American Utopia? Or maybe, it's a nod to the world of Xanadu... Salty Brine (Bigmouth Strikes Again) has many creative "nods" in what... Continue Reading →
August 2023 A cracking story that was born to run… The House with Chicken Legs is heading for both York Theatre Royal (6-9 September) and Leeds Playhouse (13-16 September) this month. Here, author Sophie Anderson chats to Jo Haywood about this magical stage adaptation. For a long time, bestselling children’s author Sophie Anderson didn’t think... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 23rd August at Camden People’s Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Joe Marshall VESSEL, the latest output of Oxford-based company ‘Dawn Productions’, rounded up its three-week national tour in Camden last week to a near sold-out audience at the Camden People’s Theatre. It’s an ambitious production, with a clear point of view in driving wider awareness... Continue Reading →
August 2023 Jan Noble, poet, performer and former member of the punk band Monkey Island, has a new show currently playing at the Hope Theatre (until August 26th). Described as “a mini verse-drama, a tale of inner and outer journeys in explicit homage to Dante’s Divine Comedy”, “Body 115” promises to be a fascinating sixty... Continue Reading →
Friday, 18th August 2023 at Southwark Playhouse, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman What you might expect from a piece like Dumbledore is So Gay is something that skirts the very edge of copyright infringement laws. I was thinking Harry Potter, but taking place in some imaginary, queer fantasia. I was thinking it would be pure... Continue Reading →
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