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FEATURED SHOW: ‘Bloody hell!’ ★★★★ reviews are in for ‘must-see’ Little Voice at the Barn Theatre
16th July 2018"Bloody hell!" said The Stage of newcomer Sarah Louise Hughes, who takes the title role in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, the final hit offering in the Barn Theatre, Cirencester's inaugural season. Ahead of Mates co-founder Terri Paddock's post-show Q&A with… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: Alkaline at the Park Theatre, ★★★★★ reviews – & a tweet from Mark Gatiss – are in!
16th July 2018If Mark Gatiss tweets his love for your show, you must be doing something right! Just opened on Friday (13 July 2018), the world premiere of Alkaline has already garnered some great reviews as well as praise from Gatiss as well as other… .. Read more
NEWS: Craig Gallivan & Laura Tebbutt lead year three cast of London’s School of Rock
16th July 2018From 22 August 2018 term will begin for the year three cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Olivier Award-winning production of School of Rock – The Musical at the newly named Gillian Lynne Theatre. A further 350,000 tickets for the West End… .. Read more
FIRST-LOOK: Travel back to 1950s New York with Two for the Seesaw
16th July 2018Travel back to 1950s New York with these first-look photos of the long-overdue West End premiere of William Gibson's 1958 Broadway hit Two for the Seesaw, which officially opens to the press on Tuesday. Scroll through our bumper, first-look production shots… .. Read more
Post-show Q&A video: How It Happened in Key West was nearly Love Never Dies
13th July 2018Andrew Lloyd Webber came up twice in conversation at this week’s post-show for It Happened in Key West. The second pertained to the title of the show which, many years ago, when Jeremiah James was first inspired by a late-night television documentary… .. Read more
NEWS: Jonathan Bailey & Alex Gaumond will play gay couple Jamie (once Amy) & Paul in reimagining of Company
12th July 2018Jonathan Bailey will play Jamie (originally written as the female character, Amy) and Alex Gaumond will play his devoted fiancée Paul in Marianne Elliott’s new production of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s Company which opens at the Gielgud Theatre from 26 September 2018. Stephen… .. Read more
Other recent articles
‘Discovering what makes these characters tick’: OTHER PEOPLE’S TEETH – White Bear Theatre ★★★★
17th July 2018White Bear Theatre, London Narratives involving those who earn a living by killing people are often deadly serious or black comedies. When the latter has been used, there is often a time of reflection and questioning the feasibility of connecting… .. Read more
‘It’s about building a supportive community for women & parents in the opera world’: Meet SWAP’ra co-founder Anna Patalong
17th July 2018SWAP’ra is a charitable organisation founded by a group of artists working in the opera industry. The group has come together as a team of volunteers to build a supportive community to effect positive change for women and parents in opera… .. Read more
‘Thought-provoking, provocative & very funny’: END OF THE PIER – Park Theatre ★★★★★
17th July 2018Park Theatre, London – until 11 August 2018 In these ultra-sensitive, snowflake times, writing, and performing, comedy is fraught with danger. One wrong word or gag and a once glittering career can lay in tatters. TV and radio writer Danny Robins,… .. Read more
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… The Everywhere Bear illustrator Rebecca Cobb
17th July 2018The illustrator spoke to LLLC’s Emma Clarendon about collaborating with Julia Donaldson and bringing The Everywhere Bear to the Polka Theatre. Thank you so much for talking to me. For those who aren’t familiar with The Everywhere Bear could you tell… .. Read more
Text of the Day: One for Sorrow
17th July 2018Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk. “The meaning of the word Aftermath is the crop that follows the first harvest which you harvest again. This is the aftermath… .. Read more
‘Can’t wait to see what the company does next’: FLESH & BONE – Soho Theatre
17th July 2018Soho Theatre – until 21 July 2018 Written by Unpolished Theatre’s Elliot Warren, who also performs and directs alongside co-founder Olivia Brady, Flesh & Bone is a funny, gritty and sharply topical portrayal of everyday life on a working-class estate in… .. Read more
‘As beguiling as it is macabre’: IT HAPPENED IN KEY WEST – Charing Cross Theatre ★★★
17th July 2018Charing Cross Theatre, London – until 8 August 2018 After washing up from a shipwreck on the beaches of Florida’s Key West, German radiology technician Carl Tanzler (going by the name Count Carl Von Cosel) becomes besotted with a young local… .. Read more
NEWS: Rebecca McKinnis & Lee Ross are cast in West End’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
17th July 2018The producers of the award-winning Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre have announced that this week Rebecca McKinnis (Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You) is stepping into the role of Margaret New and Lee Ross (EastEnders) is joining the cast to play Hugo. Continuing… .. Read more
‘Idyllic whimsy with a touch of delightful midsummer madness’: AS YOU LIKE IT – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
17th July 2018Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – until the 28 July 2018 Shakespeare’s slight and silly comedy As You Like It is just the thing for midsummer. While England was crashing out of the World Cup, London’s Regent’s Park Open Air… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: ‘Bloody hell!’ ★★★★ reviews are in for ‘must-see’ Little Voice at the Barn Theatre
16th July 2018"Bloody hell!" said The Stage of newcomer Sarah Louise Hughes, who takes the title role in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, the final hit offering in the Barn Theatre, Cirencester's inaugural season. Ahead of Mates co-founder Terri Paddock's post-show Q&A with… .. Read more