The Man Inside
Most people know the dark tale of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which was perhaps the initial story that inspired so many dual personality characters. Respectable scientist Dr Jekyll takes his experiments one step too far and turns himself into his immoral counterpart Mr Hyde. As Hyde grows stronger, […]
Molly Wobbly’s
Originally titled Molly Wobblys Tit Factory, the show was planned to be staged at the Hackney Empire in September 2013. Sadly, just hours before the first show, a financial backer pulled out and the show was cancelled. Six months later and producer Jamie Chapman Dixon has given the show a new lease of life in […]
Ushers
Ushers is a new comedy musical, set around the lives of the youngsters who work front of house in theatre, selling programmes and ice creams at Andrew Lloyd Mackintossers production of Oops I Did It Again. After a successful run at the new Hope Theatre in London, Ushers has transferred to the much larger Charing […]
Urinetown
Imagine a world where using the toilet was only something you could do if you had enough money (a bit like being trapped in a train station for your whole life where you can’t get through the barriers without paying 50p). This is a world that exists in Urinetown, a world heavily policed and anyone […]
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Priscilla Queen of the Desert has been delighting audiences since 2009 when it spent almost three years at the Palace Theatre. It has spent the last year touring the UK with it’s scaled down version of the more recent broadway production. Based on the 1994 film, Priscilla Queen of the Desert sees three Sydney drag […]
A Hard Rain
It’s always nice to see important historical events brought to life on stage but it can be hard to get the balance right between demonstrating your point and over loading the audience with information that they don’t particularly want to know. A Hard Rain is the first drama by regular Above The Stag writers Jon […]
Each of Us
Show and tell presents Ben Moor in this one man, hour long play entitled Each Of Us. A man, a past relationship and his treasure. The idea that everyone has their own individual treasure is something that I believe everyone should look into as it gives added purpose to our lives. The set was […]
Dog Days
One of the brilliant things about Annie Hulley’s debut play Dog Days, is that it is completely and utterly unexpected. The audience walk in the theatre with their glasses of white wine and coats slung over their arms and simply don’t expect to be blown away by this raw and dynamic piece of writing. Set […]
Poilu and Tommy
The pressures of war, patriotism and family are strikingly churned together by Théâtre Volière in the latest work from Anglo-French company Jolly Good Show as we are thrust back in time to the years leading up to and including the Battle of the Somme. Almost a century has passed since the earth encountered its first World War yet Poilu and […]
The A-Z of Mrs P
This new musical by Gwyneth Herbert, Sarah Travis and Diane Samuels tells the story of Phyllis Pearsall, a painter who it’s said walked 3,000 miles around 23,000 of London’s streets to create the A-Z atlas, although this is now regarded as something of an exaggeration. Far-fetched or not it’s an intriguing subject for a musical […]