March 2024 Taking a chance – and having a chat – with actor Rachel Stockdale Rachel Stockdale is bringing her funny and politically powerful show, “Fat Chance”, to Leeds Playhouse next month (April 5-6). The show is a one woman play written and performed by Rachel - a 'fat, benefit class northern actor' - who explores... Continue Reading →
Saturday, 16th March 2024 at Theatre @41 Monkgate, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jane Austen’s women are some of the most entertaining characters to be found within the pages of classic novels, and the wit and intelligence of her writing shines brightly in Dyad Productions’ Lady Susan. Drawing on key missives from Austen’s epistolary novel and playing every... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 5th October 2023 at Leeds Playhouse (Bramall Rock Void). ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Light House is an interesting, heartfelt piece exploring mental health crisis and suicidal ideation. It does so not from the perspective of the person in crisis, but from the person seeking to support and save the “drowning man”. The show lassos the story... Continue Reading →
Saturday October 1st 2022 at Bread & Roses Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Tender Mercies is a one-woman show that presents a promising turnaround for the true crime genre. It doesn’t exploit or use death as a means for continued audience engagement. In fact, it does quite the opposite. Collette Cullen, the playwright, has... Continue Reading →
Saturday 20th August 2022 at the Hen & Chickens Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman An all-too-familiar subject matter plops into a post-dramatic structure, giving birth to Gabriel Phelan’s Glass Boy. Tight performances, direction, sound design, and choreography ensure that Glass Boy leaves an impression long after you have left the theatre. Being a one-person... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 28th June 2022 at Bush Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Written and performed by Nikhil Parmar, Invisible is a one man show that delves into the psyche of a man overwhelmed with the feelings that his race and social positioning in the world reduce his desirability in the world of acting. Zayan wants the... Continue Reading →
Agustina Dieguez Buccella is heading to the Camden Fringe with a very personal show this year. Here, she talks about her journey into the industry, influences on her work and the intentions of this new play, “Fragile”, which plays the Etcetera Theatre on Saturday 7th August and Saturday 28th August. First of all, how are... Continue Reading →
The talented Orla Sanders returns to the Camden Fringe with a brand new and very ambitious show this year: a one woman “Twelfth Night”. You can catch this mammoth undertaking of twelve characters and 7,500 words performed by one actress in just sixty minutes at the Etcetera Theatre on August 23rd and 24th (1.30pm). Here,... Continue Reading →
Friday 7th February 2020 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Alexis Gregory’s arresting solo show takes the testimonies of three important figures in the LGBTQ+ community and places their words and experiences at the centre of an impressive hour long verbatim piece. None of the three recognised the momentous nature of their experiences at the time,... Continue Reading →
Louis Hill heads to the Camden Fringe this year with his debut solo show Love and Tigers - a venture he’s undertaken as a newly graduated go-getter. The show plays at the Hen and Chickens 15th-17th August 2019 (tickets here) so I caught up with Louis to talk all things telling stories and being an... Continue Reading →
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