Isabel Palmstierna talks about bringing her political dark comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Isabel Palmstierna Name of Edinburgh show: A Beginner’s Guide To Populism Venue: The Space Triplex (Venue 38) Times and dates: August 13-18, 12:35, August 20-25, 17:35 Duration: 50 mins Ticket prices: £9 (£7 concessions) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’m originally from Stockholm, Sweden where I […]
Broadway’s 9/11 musical COME FROM AWAY is coming to London!
The Tony Award-winning new musical COME FROM AWAY tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. It will land in London for its long-awaited UK premiere at the Phoenix Theatre next year with performances from 30 January 2019 and […]
Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney head to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney are announced to star in Don’t Tell Me Not To Fly, which will play at newly refurbished McEwan Hall, Bristo Square at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Each day a celebrated West End star will take centre stage to perform songs from smash hit West End and Broadway […]
Jonathan Blakeley talks about bringing his enchanting little play IN PURSUIT OF ANDROMEDA to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Jonathan Blakeley Name of Edinburgh show: In Pursuit of Andromeda Venue: Greenside Venues – Lime Studio Performance time: 8:45pm Show length: 1 hour Ticket price: Mon – Wed (£9 full / £7 concession) Thu – Sat (£10 full / £8 concession) Can you tell me a little about yourself and your performing background? Originally […]
REVIEW: Sh*t Faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Leicester Square Theatre) ★★★★
It turns out that if a group of young classically trained actors get sh*t faced and do Shakespeare, they make it infinitely funnier, pacier and more feminist without insulting the original. The Sh*t Faced Shakespeare gang have been a fringe hit for years with their improvised retellings of Shakespeare’s most well-known works before making it […]
Grace Chapman talks about bringing her show IT’S NOT A SPRINT to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Grace Chapman Name of Edinburgh show: It’s Not A Sprint Venue: Jackdome Performance time: 13:30 Show length: 50 mins Ticket price: £10 / £8.50 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I have been working in theatre for almost 10 years during which time I have written, performed […]
David Fenne talks about bringing his gay love story FORGET ME NOTS to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: David Fenne Name of Edinburgh show: Forget Me Nots Venue: Army @ The Fringe in association with Summerhall (Drill Hall) Performance time: 1:00PM Show length: 50 minutes Ticket price: £10/£8 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? Sure! I am a country lad from Dorset, but I’ve been […]
West End Wilma award winner Mazz Murray to join the London cast of CHICAGO
West End Wilma award winner Mazz Murray will join the West End cast of CHICAGO at the Phoenix Theatre, playing the title role of Mama Morton from Monday 2 July alongside Martin Kemp as Billy Flynn. They will join Sarah Soetaert, Josefina Gabrielle and Paul Rider as Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and Amos Hart respectively. Martin […]
Peter Michael Marino talks about bringing his improvised comedy show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Peter Michael Marino Name of Edinburgh show: Show Up, Kids! Venue: The Counting House Lounge Performance time: Noon Show length: 55 minutes Ticket price: Free Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? Ahhhh…I’m one of those people who wears many hats. I’m a writer, performer, producer, director and […]
REVIEW: Shebeen (Theatre Royal Stratford East) ★★★
The Theatre Royal Staratford East, despite its boarded-up appearance due to refurbishments, is certainly still open as usual. Writer Mufaro Makubika, winner of the Alfred Fagon for best play 2017, brings us ‘Shebeen’. Set in 1950s Nottingham, the play follows Pearl and George, a Jamaican couple who hold secret, illegal parties in their house to […]