Dark comedy RAISING MARTHA comes to the Park Theatre
Raising Martha, a brand new dark comedy by award-winning writer David Spicer, and directed by Michael Fentiman, will have its world premiere at Park Theatre from 12 January 2017, playing until 11 February, with a press night on Tuesday 17 February. Morgana Robinson has unfortunately had to withdraw from the production due to unforeseen personal […]
World Premiere of ABIGAIL to play at The Bunker
The world premiere of Abigail by Papatango award-winning playwright Fiona Doyle will close The Bunker’s highly-acclaimed inaugural season. Abigail will be directed by The Bunker’s Artistic Director, Joshua McTaggart. Originally written in 2013 when it was long-listed for the Bruntwood Prize, The Bunker’s production stars Tia Bannon (The Winter’s Tale and Pericles, The Globe) and […]
Clipboard or no clipboard – don’t be a troll
I wasn’t going to chime in on the Stacey Soloman, clipboard saga but after seeing her talk about it yesterday on ITV’s Loose Women, it got me thinking about the whole situation again. For those of you who haven’t seen the news, Stacey flew back to London from Australia where she had been presenting the […]
Casting announced for Southwark Playhouse’s THE TEMPEST
Casting announced for Southwark Playhouse’s THE TEMPEST, adapted and directed by Amy Draper will give out 1,500 free tickets to schools across its three-week run. Southwark Playhouse’s annual Shakespeare production for younger audiences returns in 2017 with his magical final play. Usurped as Duke of Milan and abandoned with his daughter to die on a […]
THE SOUTH AFREAKINS comes to VAULT Festival
After a critically acclaimed, sell-out performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016, Robyn Paterson’s one-woman family drama The South Afreakins transfers to the Vaults Festival in February 2017. Inspired by Paterson’s own parents’ experience of emigrating from South Africa to New Zealand, she rapidly switches between Helene and Gordon to create a very human story […]
AFTER ORLANDO to play at The Vaults tomorrow instead of PARK Theatre
On the six month anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Chaskis Theatre presents After Orlando. After Orlando is a global theatre action in response to the Florida attack: a playwright driven project comprising over seventy short pieces specifically written and curated by emerging and established international voices in theatre, including Neil Labute, Winter […]
Should understudies be reviewed?
There have been some issues this week in theatreland, as four of the principal cast members of Dreamgirls were struck down with illness, which caused some performances to be cancelled entirely. Usually, in a production of this size, understudies would assume the roles so the show can go on without disruption. However, due to Dreamgirls […]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to play its final performance on June 3 2017
After nearly five successful years in London, the National Theatre have announced the final extension of its West End run of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, with 50,000 extra tickets on sale today. The last performance at the Gielgud Theatre will be on Saturday 3 June 2017, whilst the show continues its […]
Can you hate a show just because of the theatre it is in?
One of my reviewers went to see Dirty Dancing at the Phoenix Theatre the other night and didn’t have the time of her life (boom boom). I saw it about ten years ago at the Aldwych Theatre and wasn’t in a rush to go back and see it again this time around, so I let […]
ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND and ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND return to the Vaults
Les Enfants Terribles and ebp in association with Creature of London are delighted to announce the smash hit “ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND” and the children’s show “ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND” will both return to The Vaults in 2017. Following sell out performances of this unmissable show last summer which had over 100,000 visitors, culminating in a nomination […]