REVIEW: MACBETH (Wimbledon Studio Theatre)
There are many ways in which to portray the character of Macbeth. Do we want the audience to sympathise, hate or pity? Whose side should they choose and how should they feel when they leave the theatre? Arrows and Traps are renowned for telling famous stories in different ways, shocking and surprising the audience with […]
TRAVESTIES by Tom Stoppard comes to the Menier Chocolate Factory
With David Baddiel’s My Family – Not the Sitcom running at the Menier, Into the Woods in rehearsals in New York, Funny Girl and The Truth in the West End, and Tony-winner The Color Purple on Broadway, the Menier Chocolate Factory today announces a major new revival of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties – the first London […]
Sheridan Smith’s understudy Natasha J Barnes is the greatest star in FUNNY GIRL
On 12 May 2016 it was announced that Sheridan Smith would take a 2-4 week break from performing the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre due to stress and exhaustion. Understudy Natasha J Barnes stepped into the role (something she had previously done for one week during its run at […]
Musical comedy about gay strippers opens at Above The Stag Theatre
Just got dumped and need some attention? Dreams of stardom gone awry? Desperate for cash? Or perhaps you just like getting your sack out in front of a room full of strangers?! The UK’s only full time LGBT Theatre presents an outrageous new musical comedy about amateur gay strippers, by resident pantomime writers Jon Bradfield and […]