REVIEW: SID (Arts Theatre) ★★★★★
Before the play begins, we are serenaded by a backing audio of Jeremy Kyle’s YouTube channel excerpts that are confrontational, amusing, but also rather tragic too – it later becomes clear that this audio is purposefully setting the tone for the play. ‘Sid’, written by acclaimed playwright Leon Fleming, is based on the infamous punk […]
INTERVIEW: Oliver Savile talks about the 10th Anniversary of WICKED
You have performed in some amazing shows so far in your career. What have been some of your highlights? Performing at The Oliviers as both Rum Tum Tugger in Cats & Enjolras in Les Miserables. You are about to start your second year as Fiyero in WICKED. For anyone who may have been living under […]
REVIEW: BOY STROKE GIRL (Etcetera Theatre) ★★★★
Can you fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? That’s the question posed in Boy Stroke Girl when Peter meets the sexually ambiguous Blue. The play is written and directed by Ian Dixon Potter and has been performed at Brighton Fringe and Tristan Bates Theatre before coming to Etcetera Theatre in […]
REVIEW: THE WOMAN IN BLACK (Richmond Theatre) ★★★
The Woman in Black is a quintessential gothic horror featuring all the usual tropes of the genre – a bleak rural location, a haunted house, engulfing mist, a funeral, a graveyard, a mysterious family tragedy, an empty, self perpetuating rocking chair and the obligatory haunting chimes of an old music box, set into motion by […]
APOCALYPSE CRUISE SHIP LOVE AFFAIR to open at Arts Theatre
Hot on the heels of a critically acclaimed sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run and smash-hit Vampire Hospital Waiting Room, which garnered rave reviews and an off-West End transfer, Beach Comet return to London with their new comedy B-musical Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair, complete with original songs, a live band and the end of the world. […]
Michael Morpurgo’s RUNNING WILD to tour the UK in 2017
Children’s Touring Partnership is delighted to announce, on Elephant Appreciation Day (22 September), the first UK Tour of Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo in an adaptation by Samuel Adamson, beginning at Chichester Festival Theatre on 10 February 2017. Michael Morpurgo’s novel, based on a true story, is brought to life in this award-winning production, which […]
Harry Enfield to make his theatre debut in ONCE IN A LIFETIME at the Young Vic
Harry Enfield will play studio boss Herman Glogauer in Christopher Hart’s adaptation of Kaufman and Hart’s classic Hollywood comedy. Joining Enfield in the company are Daniel Abelson, Claudie Blakley, Okorie Chukwu, Lucy Cohu, Lizzy Connolly, Buffy Davis, Otto Farrant, Amy Griffiths, Amanda Lawrence and John Marquez. Further casting is still to be announced. Three actors in a struggling […]
Cast announced for AN INSPECTOR CALLS at the Playhouse Theatre
Clive Francis (The Crown, Netflix), Barbara Marten (Casualty) and Liam Brennan (Diary of a Madman – winner of a Stage Edinburgh Award) will lead a dynamic cast in the much-anticipated return of Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning production of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. As Clive Francis bursts onto our TV screens in the brand new […]
Cast announced for THE CHILDREN at the Royal Court Theatre
Francesca Annis, Ron Cook and Deborah Findlay have been cast in Lucy Kirkwood’s new play The Children which runs in the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs 17 November 2016 – 14 January 2017 with Press Night on Thursday 24 November. Directed by James Macdonald. With design by Miriam Buether and lighting design by Peter Mumford. […]
Cast announced for PETER PAN GOES WRONG at the Apollo Theatre
Peter Pan Goes Wrong today announces the cast for its return to the Apollo Theatre for a limited run from 21 October 2016 – 29 January 2017. Nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Peter Pan Goes Wrong sees the team behind the award-winning box office hit The Play That Goes Wrong bring […]