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NEWS: National Theatre will feature new production of Romeo & Juliet starring Josh O’Connor & Jessie Buckley
15th November 2019The National Theatre has announced it programmes of productions between December 2019 and June 2020, with highlights including: Simon Godwin directs Romeo & Juliet with Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley as the star-crossed lovers and Fisayo Akinade as Mercutio Sea Sick, written… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: ★★★★ reviews are in for The House of the Spirits, now extended at the Cervantes Theatre
14th November 2019'Absorbing, compelling, excellent, visually beautiful'... Is it any wonder that The House of the Spirits has extended its sell-out, bilingual run at London's Cervantes Theatre? We've rounded up review highlights from Mates and others below. Only a few tickets remaining up to 11… .. Read more
‘My determination was fired up by the junior doctors’ strike’: Tania Amsel on writing & performing Blood Orange
13th November 2019When helping others is at the heart of your career, what happens when you're the one who needs help? We talked to Tania Amsel about her new one-woman play Blood Orange, told from the perspective of an overwhelmed junior doctor at Christmas, which… .. Read more
NEWS: Old Red Lion Theatre opens 2020 with a Blessed family affair
12th November 2019Two plays by Rosalind Blessed, The Delights of Dogs and The Problems of People and Lullabies for the Lost, will open the Old Red Lion Theatre's 2020, featuring a cast including the playwright and her mother Hildegard Neil. Book those tickets… .. Read more
NEWS: Laura Wade’s The Watsons transfers to the West End
12th November 2019Following sold-out runs at both Chichester Festival Theatre and the Menier Chocolate Factory, Laura Wade’s The Watsons transfers to the West End in 2020. The production opens at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 19 May, with previews from 8 May, and runs until… .. Read more
Best of the Blogs: The House of the Spirits, The Green Fairy, Death of a Salesman & more
12th November 2019In our continuing series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out some of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (to 10 November 2019), ranging from Aleks Sierz’s thoughts on Caridad Svich’s “excellent” adaptation of Isabel Allende’s 1982 modern classic The House… .. Read more
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Text Of The Day: On Bear Ridge at Royal Court Theatre
15th November 2019Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk. Favourite stage direction: “Dark. Then slowly, almost imperceptibly, lights up on the ghostly outline of a solitary, classic, rusted petrol pump. It… .. Read more
NEWS: National Theatre will feature new production of Romeo & Juliet starring Josh O’Connor & Jessie Buckley
15th November 2019The National Theatre has announced it programmes of productions between December 2019 and June 2020, with highlights including: Simon Godwin directs Romeo & Juliet with Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley as the star-crossed lovers and Fisayo Akinade as Mercutio Sea Sick, written… .. Read more
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‘A fun & informative night of politics’: CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS – Colab Factory
15th November 2019Colab Factory, London – until 8 December 2019 Taking audiences back to 1979 when Britain was on the brink of political collapse for the second time in a decade, Crisis? What Crisis? is Parabolic Theatre’s thrilling live-action board game. I had issues… .. Read more
‘A must for the film geeks among you’: GAPING HOLE – Ovalhouse
15th November 2019Ovalhouse, London – until 23 November 2019 Gaping Hole has been my third show of Ovalhouse’s Demolition Party Season, and while I am sad to say farewell to the venue (although the plans for their new building in Brixton looks amazing),… .. Read more
‘Understand that we are all accountable’: Melissa Phillips on reprising her role in dystopian drama At Last
15th November 2019As Proforca Theatre's lauded dystopian drama At Last returns by popular demand with new dates in London and Coventry, we caught up with actor Melissa Phillips, who reprises her performance as a peacemaker in a future, highly divided UK. How has the experience changed… .. Read more
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre
15th November 2019Richard Eyre’s production of the musical has flown back into the West End – but what do the critics think of it? The Guardian: ★★★★★ “Travers scholars may still miss the darkness of the books, but for the rest of us the… .. Read more
‘Too much of what occurs on stage is simply invisible’: TOUCHING THE VOID – West End
15th November 2019Duke of York’s Theatre, London – until 29 February 2020 The true story behind Touching The Void and the endeavours and trials that befell mountaineer Joe Simpson and his climbing partner Simon Yates on the Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian… .. Read more
‘Good old-fashioned entertainment at its best’: CURTAINS – Touring ★★★★★
14th November 2019Touring – reviewed at Darlington Hippodrome One of the newer and lesser known Kander and Ebb productions, Curtains has played Darlington as part of its UK tour – with a Christmas residency announced for the Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End. An absolute… .. Read more
‘If it doesn’t get bought up for a film I’ll eat my Santa hat’: THE SEASON – Touring ★★★★
14th November 2019Touring – reviewed at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich How romantic New York is to the British heart! From Superman to Friends we seem to know it, from Elf and 34th Street (not to mention the Pogues) we hanker for… .. Read more
‘Opens up very real debates’: CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS – Colab Factory ★★★★
14th November 2019Colab Factory, London – until 8 December 2019 Parabolic Theatre‘s insightful and thought provoking immersive political inspired production effectively sweeps the audience back to 1979. Taking audiences back to 1979, Crisis? What Crisis? is an intriguing piece of immersive experience… .. Read more