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NEWS: The Good Scout transfers direct from Edinburgh for four-week London run
22nd August 2019After ★★★★★ success at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, The Good Scout becomes the latest Glenn Chandler festival hit to transfer directly to London's Above the Stag Theatre. Time to get booking! The Good Scout had its Edinburgh previews at Above the Stag, London's home… .. Read more
Who’s who? The company of Proforca premiere At Last introduce themselves
20th August 2019Only a few weeks to go until Proforca Theatre Company follows up its hit play Feel with the premiere of At Last at its home base, London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre. The company took to Twitter to tell theatregoers about who's… .. Read more
NEWS: Ayesha Dharker & Bally Gill star in When the Crows Visit world premiere at Kiln Theatre
20th August 2019The Kiln Theatre is on a roll! With Blues in the Night packing in audiences in Kilburn this summer and their production of The Son about to open in the West End, it's time to look ahead to this autumn's… .. Read more
NEWS: Cervantes Theatre’s female-led line-up continues with The Eyes of the Night, cast announced
19th August 2019The female-led 2019 line-up at the Cervantes Theatre, London's home for Spanish and Latin American plays, continues this autumn with the second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season, supported by Acción Cultural Española and Arts Council England. It's headlined by the UK premiere of The Eyes… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: The reviews are in for hit ★★★★ drama Go Bang Your Tambourine
19th August 2019"Compelling, concise, and heartbreaking," "powerfully acted" - Take a look at the brilliant reviews for Two's Company's revival of Philip King's Go Bang Your Tambourine, then book your tickets for the final weeks of the show's run at Finborough Theatre.… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: Reviews are in for ‘highly watchable’ European premiere of Actually
14th August 2019Yasmin Paige and Simon Manyonda exude "chemistry" in the "highly watchable" and the zeitgeisty European premiere of Anna Zeigler's Actually, which is now running at the West End's Trafalgar Studios until 31 August 2019. We've rounded up review highlights below - time to… .. Read more
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‘Comes from a good and worthy place’: THE WEATHERMAN – Park Theatre ★★★
23rd August 2019Park Theatre, London – until 14 September 2019 The trafficking of human beings – 7,000 identified in the UK in 2018 – is a disgusting blight on our country. The fledgling playwright Eugene O’Hare is among many earnest contemporary writers (working… .. Read more
‘Twisting, thought-provoking play’: THE WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS – Cockpit Theatre
22nd August 2019Cockpit Theatre, London – at until 23 August 2019 The Werewolf of Washington Heights is a play by Christie Perfetti Williams that was first staged in the US in 2017. It is set in a near future, one that imagines… .. Read more
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‘Genre-defining’: ELECTROLYTE – Edinburgh Fringe ★★★★
22nd August 2019Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – until 26 August 2019 One of the breakout hits of last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Wildcard Theatre returns in 2019 for a new run of its acclaimed show Electrolyte at Pleasance Forth. Written by James Meteyard, it… .. Read more
‘You feel you have seen an epic’: 8 HOTELS – Chichester ★★★★
22nd August 2019Minerva, Chichester Festival Theatre – until 24 August 2019 In 1944 the adventurous British director Peggy Webster cast the first black Othello in the USA, where for a white woman even to walk with a black man still attracted spitting… .. Read more
‘Queer identities couldn’t be explored in a more delicate way’: THE HAPPINESS PROJECT – Edinburgh Fringe
22nd August 2019Army @ The Fringe, Edinburgh – until 25 August 2019 Guest reviewer: Federica Balbi The first thing that strikes about The Happiness Project is the colours. Shocking pink and neon yellow on a plain background and plastic-grass floor. Five actors are on… .. Read more
NEWS: The Good Scout transfers direct from Edinburgh for four-week London run
22nd August 2019After ★★★★★ success at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, The Good Scout becomes the latest Glenn Chandler festival hit to transfer directly to London's Above the Stag Theatre. Time to get booking! The Good Scout had its Edinburgh previews at Above the Stag, London's home… .. Read more
‘Will be long remembered’: LES MISERABLES – THE STAGED CONCERT – West End
22nd August 2019Gielgud Theatre, London – until 30 November 2019 After 34 uninterrupted years, Les Misérables has a strong claim to be the greatest musical ever written and 2019 is proving to be one of the most memorable in its history. Victor Hugo’s… .. Read more
PHOTOS: Behind the scenes with the English & Spanish casts of The Eyes of the Night
21st August 2019We're counting down to The Eyes of the Night, premiering next month as part of the Cervantes Theatre's second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season, supported by Acción Cultural Española and Arts Council England. Simone Coxall has been running both the English and Spanish… .. Read more
‘Proves that classic mysteries never go out of fashion’: THE LADY VANISHES – Touring
21st August 2019Touring - reviewed at Theatre Royal Glasgow Relatively obscure British crime writer Ethel Lina White’s greatest legacy is her 1936 novel, The Wheel Spins - two years after publication, Alfred Hitchcock directed the film The Lady Vanishes, widely regarded as one… .. Read more
‘He’s funniest on the fly’: TOM LENK IS TRASH – Edinburgh Fringe
21st August 2019Assembly George Square, Edinburgh – until 25 August 2019 Guest reviewer: Meredith Jones Russell Tom Lenk is Trash is trash. That’s not even a cruel review, it’s literally what he told me to say. And after seeing the show, I am… .. Read more