Monday, 4th November 2024 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This Olivier Award-winning comedy is back out on the road with a new tour and a new cast. In Isobel McArthur’s adaptation (which she also directs), we see a group of maids take on Jane Austen’s tale, telling it from their spot on the sidelines and... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 18th April 2024 at the King’s Head Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Amassing a cult following from its Edinburgh Fringe 2023 run, Diana, The Untold and Untrue Story solidifies Awkward Productions' uniquely wacky and unhinged formula. As always, they manage to make the audience laugh until they cry through whatever means necessary. Enlisting... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 9th April 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Kirsty M Drop the Dead Donkey, the award-winning 1990s satirical comedy has been reimagined for a 2024 audience in the stage play Drop the Dead Donkey: The Reawakening! Old enough to remember the original show, I went with my Gen Z daughter, unsure whether the play... Continue Reading →
Friday, 2nd February 2024 at Pleasance Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Based on real events- which you can hardly believe actually happened- Awkward Productions’ Gwyneth Goes Skiing is a deliciously campy drag/comedy that, despite the occasional hiccup, will leave any audience member (in the words of Linus Karp’s Gwyneth) “gooped and gagged” for more.... Continue Reading →
August 2023 What happens when in the space of one year, your political parody videos take you viral (including a parody Liz Truss campaign video that actually gained more views than the original), you get to the semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent as part of a trio, and then see it all disappear without onward... Continue Reading →
Liv Morris and George Heyworth’s Bourgeois & Maurice are back with a new flamboyant show which is set to play Soho Theatre until April 30th 2022. “Pleasure Seekers” promises their signature “darkly camp satire and outré fashions” complete with catchy satirical songs and a feast for the senses, but this new show also invites audiences... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 4th February 2020 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absurd anarchy abounds in the best possible way in Kneehigh’s latest offering. This 'promenade musical' and 'sing along satire' is a real mix - night club scene, street protest, circus act and avant-garde fearlessness come together to take us on a wild ride of satirical mudslinging. We’re... Continue Reading →
February 2018 The ability of good design to capture different worlds, times and moods can make a production brilliant... a rickety or poorly conceived design can break a production by the same token. The resourceful minds behind extravagant, clever or intricate designs are names we should all know, so here’s a run down of my... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 18th October 2017 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kneehigh's latest venture is Carl Grose's adaptation of Günter Grass' surreal novel The Tin Drum. It's a whirling frenzy of action and darkness which centres on the woes of the human condition through Oskar, a morose and magnetic youngster refusing to engage with a flawed world.... 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 to listen to some of the creators of the line-up, and... Continue Reading →
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