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NEWS: Jack Albert Cook makes Lion & Unicorn debut with first full-length play, Fast Love
14th June 2019Associate Artist, Jack Albert Cook, makes his Lion and Unicorn Theatre debut in July, when his tale of mental health within the gay community, Fast Love, runs at the Kentish Town venue. Book your tickets now! Cook's first full-length play… .. Read more
NEWS: Fall Prettier gives Medea a glittery make-over at The Space
14th June 2019New international performance collaboration Wet Paint brings its first production, Fall Prettier, to The Space later this month, promising a wacky, brutal and glitter-dusted take on appropriation of women’s narratives. Time to book your tickets! The production, which takes the Medea… .. Read more
NEWS: West End run for Ian McKellen On Stage as the actor continues to raise funds for British theatre charities
14th June 2019Ian McKellen will bring his show Ian McKellen On Stage: With Tolkein, Shakespeare, Others And You to London’s Harold Pinter Theatre from 20 September 2019 to 5 January 2020, directed by Sean Mathias. All profits from the shows will benefit… .. Read more
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri, Matthew Broderick & Elizabeth McGovern for The Starry Messenger
14th June 2019As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 18 June 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock chairs an unmissable event at the West End premiere production of The Starry Messenger, starring Broadway legend Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern. Got any questions? In the… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: Check out the brilliant ★★★★★ reviews for PR comedy Cuttings
13th June 2019"A fantastic production," "achingly precise," "Quick witted and fun" - There's much more than spin to these reviews of new comedy Cuttings, set in the world of PR. The critics loved it. Take a look at our collected reviews, then… .. Read more
NEWS: National Theatre announces 15 productions of new plays & fresh adaptations by leading writers
13th June 2019The National Theatre has announces 15 productions of new plays and fresh adaptations by leading writers. Olivier Theatre My Brilliant Friend 12 November 2019 to 18 January 2020 (Press day is 26 November). Plays in rep, with further performances to… .. Read more
Other recent articles
‘Jaded view of a Britain that has lost its way’: PLENTY – Chichester ★★★
15th June 2019Chichester Festival Theatre – until 29 June 2019 David Hare’s Plenty, a story about post war disillusionment coupled with a woman – a nation – struggling to get back on its feet, caused considerable controversy when it first premiered 40… .. Read more
‘Brings out the marvellously intoxicating flavour of the original’: WHILE THE SUN SHINES – Orange Tree Theatre
15th June 2019Orange Tree Theatre, London – until 27 July 2019 Since playwright Terence Rattigan’s rehabilitation in the early 1990s, after the comprehensive trashing of his reputation by the Angry Young Men of the 1950s, all of his greatest plays have been revived.… .. Read more
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‘A highly recommended piece of viewing for all’: AFTERGLOW – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★
15th June 2019Southwark Playhouse, London – until 20 July 2019 Guest reviewer: Shaun Dicks Afterglow is ‘The little play that could’. After its impressive Off-Broadway run of 14 months and 467 performances, it has made its way across the pond to the Southwark… .. Read more
WATCH: Art, power, manipulation – it’s all in the trailer for new play Reformation
15th June 2019"One look in her eyes tells us how she has been wronged" - The trailer for James Martin Charlton's new play Reformation gives a flesh-creeping taste of how model Eva is manipulated and misused. Take a look then book your… .. Read more
‘Splendidly sharp & biting satire’: BREXIT – King’s Head Theatre
15th June 2019King’s Head Theatre, London – until 6 July 2019 I’ve been to see a couple of new plays this week both, coincidentally, in Islington at small venue theatres and both marked by rapid fire dialogue issuing from the mouths of… .. Read more
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the premiere of Verity Bargate Award winner Citysong
15th June 2019As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, next Saturday 22 June 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is at Soho Theatre for the premiere of Citysong, transferred direct from Dublin's Abbey Theatre. Got any questions? I had a blast with the stage premiere of… .. Read more
Rise Up: Flat 4 Theatre wants to see women being more than one thing on stage
14th June 2019“We started Flat 4 Theatre because we agreed that theatre isn’t telling women’s stories the way women deserve,” say Holly and Natasha behind the company. The women met while working at a cinema, soon became housemates and over conversations complaining… .. Read more
CD Review: Company 2018 London cast / Follies 2018 National Theatre cast
14th June 2019We should celebrate the fact that within the space of a year London has played host to stagings of not one but two Sondheim masterpieces that have all but redefined them in theatrical terms. Dominic Cooke’s handsome revival of Follies… .. Read more
‘I’m very proud of the work we’ve made’: Arrows & Traps – The story so far
14th June 2019Over the last five years, 13-time Offie-nominated Arrows & Traps have become a regular fixture both on the London Fringe scene and on this blog. And the good news is they’re not going anywhere; the future looks bright as they… .. Read more
FIRST LOOK: Take a peek at the view from the edge of the dancefloor with images of BoxLess Theatre’s Hedgehog
14th June 2019Drinking, dancing, matching outfits and small puppet people, these production photos give a hint at what to expect from BoxLess Theatre's Hedgehog, which is already turning heads at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. Take a look, then book your tickets.… .. Read more