Two Short Plays About Gays / Doctor Who come to the HOPE Theatre

“WHO’S ZOOMING WHO?” “Dr Who” star and a complete “Who?” share the London Fringe It’s a case of “Who”’s Zooming “Who?” as fringe veteran Gregory Ashton (Madam Butterfly’s Child, Diary of a Welshcake) shares the stage with both celebrated Doctor Who actress Louise Jameson and completely unknown Joseph Martin Who is making his London stage […]

SAINT JOAN starring Gemma Arterton and Hadley Fraser to be broadcast live in cinemas

Artistic Director Josie Rourke’s revival of Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan, starring Gemma Arterton as Joan of Arc, will be broadcast live in cinemas around the world, directly from the Donmar Warehouse on Thursday 16 February 2017. Broadcast in partnership with National Theatre Live, this will be the 4th Donmar production to be screened in cinemas, […]

REVIEW: THE ENTERTAINER (Garrick Theatre) ★★★

My, how time flies. The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s 13 month long ‘Plays at the Garrick’ season is drawing to a close and most would agree it’s been an artistic and critical success. There have been few wobbles along the way — a stylized but not totally captivating Romeo and Juliet for example. In the […]

REVIEW: MADE IN DAGENHAM (Queens Theatre Hornchurch) ★★

Based on the 2010 movie of the same name, Made In Dagenham the musical (which premiered at the West End’s Adelphi Theatre in 2014) comes home to the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch. The story of the 1968 equal pay strike by female sewing machinists at Ford’s Dagenham factory was a daring choice by the Queens’ […]

The Watermill Theatre presents THE WIPERS TIMES

The Watermill Theatre today announces the cast for its autumn production of The Wipers Times, opening on 22 September until 29 October at The Watermill Theatre, and then on tour to Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Salisbury Playhouse. Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, this stage premiere of their award-winning BBC […]