…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Thursday 3rd August 2017 at Etcetera Theatre in Camden, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Falling Pennies Theatre Company's Doomed Resistance is a new play and a farce set in Belgium in 1914. Directed by Rebecca Blake, this three hander delivers a manic, comic take on war and its tendency to make people do strange things....like pretending to be... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 1st August, 2017 at The Tristan Bates Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Flood is a new play by Tom Hartwell and the debut show of new London based company Paper Creatures Theatre. This comedy drama is a great example of fresh writing about modern living which explores relatable ideas with heart and substance rather than dull... Continue Reading →
Friday 23rd March 2012 at Unity Theatre, Liverpool and Wednesday 4th July 2012 at Grantham Guildhall Arts Centre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spike Theatre's The Games, produced in association with Unity Theatre, Liverpool and The Met, Bury, was an absolute joy. So much so that I saw it twice! Written by the original company Liam Tobin, Jamie Wood... Continue Reading →
In part II of my interview with Tom Adams of Elephant and Castle, we talk all things theatre in the (relatively) quick fire round! Who or what has inspired you most in theatre and why? My friend Laura Mugridge. She is a theatre maker who has a similar background to me - so acting and... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 11th July 2017 at RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Well, Oddsocks have gone and done it again! Approaching one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet, they decided, naturally, to frame the whole story as a Mods and Rockers themed farce. Does that work? Well, yes actually! In the beautiful outdoor setting of... Continue Reading →
Paper Creatures Theatre are a new company on the London fringe scene; focusing on new writing, millennials and 'simple, compelling, bold stories', they are making their debut with the comedy drama 'Flood', by Tom Hartwell. The production will run at the Tristan Bates Theatre from July 31- August 5 as part of the Camden Fringe... Continue Reading →
'West Yorkshire Playhouse's Autumn/ Winter 17 Season is a vibrant collection of diverse stories from across the world, retold by exceptional theatre makers.' -WYP It's official: West Yorkshire Playhouse has a very exciting Autumn/winter season planned... I went along to their launch event yesterday and found myself very impressed with the line-up; the season is... Continue Reading →
Thursday 8th June, 2017 at Harrogate Theatre (studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Uncanny Theatre's Something Terrible Might Happen explores the things that frighten us, and does so with buckets of fun. It touches briefly on emotional fears and anxieties but excels in its Fun House approach to the irrational and the adrenaline-filled fears that we have. Relying heavily... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 7th June 2017 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Elephant and Castle is a gig-theatre show which explores the humour, the confusion and the darker side of sleep walk and sleep talk. Real-life couple Tom Adams and Lillian Henley use recordings from three years of sleep talk as the catalyst for songs and narrative snippets... Continue Reading →
