European Premiere of A GUIDE FOR THE HOMESICK to open at Trafalgar Studios
A powerful new play by the award-winning American writer Ken Urban, A Guide for the Homesick will make its European debut at Trafalgar Studios Two from 16 October – 24 November, with press night on 18 October 2018. This gripping thriller will star Douglas Booth (Jupiter Ascending, Speech and Debate) and Clifford Samuel (McMafia, The […]
REVIEW: Kate Smurthwaite: Clit Stirrer (Banshee Labryrnth) ★★★★★
I follow Kate around social media (don’t worry, she doesn’t mind) and I really enjoy her specific brand of comedy and we agree on many subjects – particularly feminism and not accepting on line abuse. I’ve been trying to get to a show of hers for quite some time. I was very excited about Clit […]
Shortlist announced for The Stage Debut Awards 2018
As the shortlist for this year’s The Stage Debut Awards 2018, in association with Access Entertainment, is announced below, voting opens for the Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award 2018. This award celebrates a first performance in London’s West End and is the only award that the public are able to vote for. Votes […]
REVIEW: Super Sonic 90’s Kid (The Globe) ★★★★★
I managed to catch Sooz Kempner’s show last year and she has a very specific brand of comedy, which uses projection (it’s very fashionable now, isn’t it?) and stories from her past, covering her personal development in a very relatable and funny way. I loved last year, but this year’s show is without doubt – […]
REVIEW: Fiddler on the Roof (Curve) ★★★★
This month Curve audiences have been treated as the Curve Young Company and Community team bring Joseph Stein’s musical Fidder on the Roof to the stage. Early on, we meet Tevye the milkman – a family man with a wife, Golde, and five daughters. Tevye is negotiating rapidly changing times as his community in the […]
Mark Thomas: Check Up: Our NHS at 70 (Traverse Theatre) ★★★★
Mark Thomas turns his attention to the NHS in its 70th year. His mother was a midwife and he was born at St Thomas’s Hospital in London, across the river from the Houses of Parliament; he wonders what state the NHS will be in when he draws his last breath. Through morbid conversations with a […]
REVIEW: Social Media Suicide (Laughing Horse) ★★★★
Social Media Suicide is Clare McCall’s debut show, directed by Callie Nestleroth, in Edinburgh for a short run. McCall is Izzy, or @izzybaby1991 to her online fans. It’s her 27th birthday and the audience is invited to celebrate with her; she’s even baked a cake. In the Wee Room at The Three Sisters there’s nowhere […]
REVIEW: Lost in Thought (Underbelly) ★★★
I really like the premise of being stuck in a toilet freaking out when you’re on a date (we’ve all been there) and the lovely thing about this script is it doesn’t go in the direction you think assume it will. In fact it takes a very dark turn. Lovely! We meet Felicity in the […]
Sally Field ands Bill Pullman to star in ALL MY SONS at the Old Vic Theatre
Sally Field and Bill Pullman will star as Kate and Joe Keller in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, directed by Jeremy Herrin, in a co-production with Headlong Theatre at The Old Vic in Spring 2019. Further casting and dates are to be announced. ‘You don’t realize how people can hate, Chris, they can hate so […]
REVIEW: Brexit (Pleasance) ★★★★
There’s a lot of Brexit at this year’s Fringe but this show is probably the starriest. Written by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, the team behind other Edinburgh hit shows, and starring Timothy Bentinck, Jo Caulfield, Hal Cruttenden, Pippa Evans and Mike McShane. It’s 2020 and the Brexit negotiations are on-going. Bentinck plays Adam Masters, […]