…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Wednesday 31st October 2018 at The Old Vic, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Emma Rice’s adaptation of Angela Carter’s Wise Children is both the first production and the inspiration for the name of her brand new company. As a spring board into new territory, Wise Children is by no means the safest choice and is therefore a great... Continue Reading →
Monday 20th August 2018 at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ After a string of trying dates in the modern techno-centric dating cycle, Rachel Salisbury asked friends on Facebook for a throwback to old school set-ups with decent single men in their modern techno-version of Rolodexes. The post went viral and Salisbury learned a brutal lesson... Continue Reading →
Monday 20th August 2018 at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ed Lees’ Into the Deep casts a wide net. It takes on mental health, familial relationships, gender roles, inter-generational struggle, financial struggle and the futility of ambition. Most of this subject matter is covered with insight and care in this production by Popcorn Productions, but... Continue Reading →
Monday 20th August 2018 at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sycorax Theatre’s Obsolete Tomfoolery is a quirky, high-energy affair with some well considered social commentary underlining a decidedly lively brand of comedy. The show looks at the life of Helen Duncan, a woman demonised in the 1940s and imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act - the... Continue Reading →
The King’s Shakespeare Company are heading to the Camden Fringe with a condensed, fast-paced production of one of Shakespeare’s best comedies: The Comedy Of Errors. They’re passionate about bringing a love of the bard to modern audiences and their production plays the Camden Fringe at The Cockpit 17th - 18th August, so I caught up... Continue Reading →
7th Sense Theatre Company bring a moving, gritty new drama to the Camden Fringe this year with Memory Soldier, a play which looks at the impact of PTSD not just on those returning from war, but their loved ones too. Memory Soldier will play at Camden People’s Theatre 13th - 15th August so I caught... Continue Reading →
K. B Morris brings a modern tale to the Camden Fringe this year with O.L.D - a show which dives into online dating, modern relationships and London living. The show plays the Camden Fringe at The Water Rats 25th - 26th August so I caught up with Morris to talk all things O.L.D: Online Dating... Continue Reading →
Friday 3rd August 2018 at The Tristan Bates Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Chewboy Productions’ Euan is a barmy new play making its debut at the Camden Fringe. The tag line gives fair warning: ‘This is a play about who knows what’, but you should know is that they’re not just being mysterious - they mean it. We quickly... Continue Reading →
Friday 3rd August 2018 at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Camden. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Faded Ink’s new play In the Wake Of by Michael Black is a gritty look at modern relationships and what holds them together or tears them apart. It’s also an exploration of what we’d do for one another and what we’d do to... Continue Reading →
