Famous Puppet Death Scenes comes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Nathaniel Tweak Name of Edinburgh show: Famous Puppet Death Scenes Venue: 73B: King’s Hall Performance time: 8:30 PM Show length: 70 minutes Ticket price: 9 to 11 pounds Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? How did you develop an interest in puppet death scenes? I am the […]
REVIEW: The Mould that Changed the World (Surgeon’s Hall) ★★★★
It’s quite a bold title and aptly staged at the Surgeon’s Hall. The show begins at a UN conference for Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR), which is at once a curious place to start, considering that this is a musical. Yes that’s right. Musical theatre. About antibiotics. Stay with me. The action goes right to the dawn […]
Eastenders star Tameka Empson to star in Hackney Empire’s Aladdin
Olivier Award nominated actress, television star and comedian Tameka Empson (EastEnders, The Big Life, 3 Non Blondes) for its landmark 20th anniversary pantomime from writer and director Susie McKenna in a sparkling new production of Aladdin opening this Christmas. Tameka Empson makes a much-anticipated return to the Hackney stage where she performed regularly between 2004 […]
Cast announced for THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIER at Hope Mill Theatre
The cast has been announced for musical The Return of the Soldier which has its regional premiere at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester next month, following its critically-acclaimed London run in 2014. The show, the fourth in-house production at the award-winning Ancoats theatre, is a musical adaptation of Rebecca West’s remarkable novella written at the […]
Yianni Agisilaou talks about the way humanity is changing technology at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Yianni Agisilaou Name of Edinburgh show: I, Human Venue: Pleasance Dome – 10Dome Performance time: 9:40pm Show length: 60 minutes Ticket price: £6 previews, £9 concession, £10 full price Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’ve been a professional stand-up comedian for almost 15 years. Before that, […]
REVIEW: Showmanship (C Royale) ★★★★
I’ve seen Lucy Roslyn in performance a few times: The People Versus John Haynes; a rehearsed read of the first instalment of stories set in Boon & Dogget’s circus, Goody; and now Showmanship, the second in the four episode series. It’s clear from everything I’ve watched previously, Ms Roslyn is truly exceptional at physical characterisation. […]
Theatretrain Theatre Company bring ALICE to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Theatretrain Theatre Company Name of Edinburgh show: ALICE Venue: Triplex Big @ theSpace (Venue 38) Performance time: 1:05pm Show length: 45 mins Ticket price: £8 / £6 concession Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? Next year, marks my 10th year as the Centre Director for Theatretrain Reading, […]
There’s Big Trouble in Little Monkey’s Daycare at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Benjamin Leach (cast) Name of Edinburgh show: Big Trouble in Little Monkey’s Daycare Venue: theSpace on the Mile 39 Performance time: 6:20 Show length: 45min Ticket price: previews, 3rd – 5th August: £5 (£3 conc.) 6th – 11th August: £7 (£5 conc.) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing […]
The cast of HOT GAY TIME MACHINE talk about their Edinburgh Fringe Festival show
Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? Zak: We are Zak and Toby and we do a little show called Hot Gay Time Machine, which we write with our amazing director, Lucy. Toby: We all met at University doing musical theatre and in a very drunken turn of events, […]
Must see shows this Summer
I live in Paris these days (did I mention that before?!) and so am only back in London every now and again and so with my next trip looming, I am starting to look at what shows I want to see whilst I’m there. I thought it would be fun to give you some of […]