Justin Moorehouse is back with a new show - Northern Joker - which tours until January 2020 (tickets here). Here he talks new material, family and where he stands on the ‘anything goes in comedy’ debate... The scope of your material is wide - from politics to family life and plenty in between. Is everything... Continue Reading →
Friday 9th August 2019 at the Etcetera Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️ Ah, the world of work - what could be more ripe for a dressing down, a cheeky chinwag or a show intelligently reassuring us that our rates of unhappiness have little to do with things we actually have power over? In this show Mel Byron... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 31st July 2019 at the Tristan Bates Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ When It Happens combines powerful and topical issues spanning motherhood, sexual harassment, the ‘policing’ of women’s bodies and behaviours and the roles of women in general - more specifically, the oppressive roles of women. It feels reactionary and relevant but also a little too... Continue Reading →
Monday 23rd July 2019 at Nottingham Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Marie Jones’ award-winning play is a thoroughly entertaining two-hander with a dark twist. First impressions declare it to be a whacky comedy with a spirited cast performing a large variety of roles at speed. With the close of Act 1 however arrives a surprising shift in... Continue Reading →
Saturday 20th July 2019 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Austentatious is improv with a lovely and quirky twist (the clue is in the name). A quick-thinking cast of six take an audience-suggested title of a ‘lost’ or under-appreciated Austen novel and spend an hour and something bringing it into being. Among... Continue Reading →
Dolls in Amber are bringing a lively new show to the Camden Fringe with Villain, Interrupted which plays the Etcetera Theatre from 7th - 11th August 2019 (tickets here). Fascinated by the idea of villains being therapised (yes, I am inventing a word there) into heroes, I caught up with writer KT Roberts and Director... Continue Reading →
Friday 21st June 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We’re all fascinated by the backstage scene - we want to know about the hilarious shenanigans, the gripes and the bust-ups. Oh No It Isn’t! looks at both the scenes on stage and back stage, switching between the two for some fantastic quick-time comedy which bursts... Continue Reading →
Thursday 13th June 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ First and foremost, this show is beautifully written. It’s darkly philosophical, deeply human and irreverently celebratory of the self in all its singularity. Little time passes between striking quips and dramatically existential sarcasm which smacks of great lyricism - the quality of the material is the... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 5th June 2019 at the Grand Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The hit film hits the stage with Little Miss Sunshine: A Road Musical currently touring U.K. theatres in a production which jovially joins the adaptation craze with mixed results. Little Miss Sunshine is of course based on the runaway hit 2006 movie (written by... Continue Reading →
