…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
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 →
Wednesday 15th August 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds (final Dress Rehearsal). Calendar Girls is inspired by the real women of a Yorkshire WI who created a nude calendar after a loved one was lost - first a real story, then a play and a film, and now a musical; this is certainly... Continue Reading →
Friday 3rd August 2018 at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden. ⭐️⭐️ Jack is a meaningful and affectionate one man show written by and starring Stephen Wale, who tells the story of his Uncle Jack. Wale takes on the role of Jack for us as well as performing repeated conversations Jack had with various people in his... 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. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Nightingale & the Rose is an adaptation of some of Oscar Wilde’s lesser known and lesser performed work. Orange Moon Theatre bring ‘Wilde’s two most haunting fairytales’ to the stage with whimsy, style and assured performances from the five-strong cast. The Infanta... 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 →
Thursday 2nd August 2018 at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden. ⭐️ Contradictions from Nivedita Gokhale and Not a Dull Boy Theatre presents an interesting vision of relationships, modern dating and technology, but doesn’t always do so with clarity and the central aim of the piece to explore how two Indian ‘skilled migrant workers’ are ‘adjusting to... Continue Reading →
Thursday 2nd August 2018 at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 The New Irish Playbook is a collection of six short plays from Joe O’Neill and Little Shadow Theatre Company, played in sequence across sixty minutes. Each play is self-contained but some seem nicely linked thematically and all of them deal with interesting human experiences. Most... Continue Reading →
Thursday 2nd August 2018 at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Miranda Porter stuns, mystifies, enlightens, amuses and moves with S/he/it Happens - a solo show looking at Gender Dysphoria and a struggle with identity as a whole. One character arrives to a pristine office space (stylish set design sees clock, message board and coat rail... Continue Reading →
