Are you ready to get angry? Are you ready to demand change? What are you going to do about it? Watch this extended trailer for a thrilling new version of An Enemy of the People staged next month at the Playground Theatre, in the shadow of Grenfell Tower. Time to get booking – and take action!
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NEWS: Crystal Clear returns to Old Red Lion for 40th anniversary with audio description narrated live by cast
In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content
Nearly 40 years after it premiered at the then-new Old Red Lion Theatre before transferring to the West End, Phil Young’s devised three-hander about one couple’s experience with blindness, Crystal Clear, returns next month as part of the fringe venue’s 40th-anniversary season. Time to get booking!
‘Grenfell isn’t mentioned by name but…’: Writer-adapter Jolley Gosnold on relocating An Enemy of the People to London today
In Features, Inspiring people, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Quotes, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content
How much will Ibsen’s 1892 classic An Enemy of the People resonate in 2019 post-Grenfell, Brexit Britain? How does it play out with younger, politically switched-on protagonists? We caught up with writer and director Jolley Gosnold about his major new version, which premieres next month at the Playground Theatre. Time to get booking!
‘Absolutely knock out’: Check out the Twitter reactions to The Sandman and What Was Left
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“Sharply observed”, “electric”, and “brilliant drama” – Take a look at what Twitter users are saying about the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Bridge Company’s productions of The Sandman and What Was Left, then book your tickets for the final performances!
BEHIND THE SCENES: See art being created with a peek into rehearsals for new play Reformation
In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content
Take a look at the creative process of a play about artist Lucas Cranach and events that interrupt the painter’s own process with rehearsal images from James Martin Charlton’s new play Reformation. Book your tickets now!
FEATURED SHOW: Check out the fantastic ★★★★ reviews for “sensational” Napoli, Brooklyn
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“Powerful and sensational”, “engrossing”, “definitely one to see” – the critics and bloggers have aired their views on Original Theatre’s production of Meghan Kennedy’s drama, Napoli, Brooklyn. Take a look at what they had to say, then book your tickets!
WATCH: Brexit wins the audience vote, Adam Masters is the man to beat Bojo
In Comedy, Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Quotes, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured ContentLeave a Comment
What happens after the #ToryLeadershipContest? Tom Salinksy and Robert Khan’s Brexit [the play] has some hysterical – and worryingly plausible – predictions. What have celebrity guests and audiences been saying? Time to get booking!
WATCH: Brush up your Shakespeare with the Shit-faced Shorts series
In Comedy, London theatre, Native, Plays, Quotes, Sticky, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content
This year the Magnificent Bastards have given the shit-faced treatment to Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and, opening tonight (21 June 2019), Hamlet onstage. And here are a few more they’ve done onscreen. Enjoy this hysterical Shit-faced series – and then get booking the drunken thespians live at Leicester Square Theatre.
Week two: What inspired Vibrant Festival playwrights Colleen Murphy, Sharmila Chauhan & Albert Belz?
In Features, Festivals, Inspiring people, International, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Quotes, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content
Week Two of this year’s Vibrant – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, features new plays set in Quebec, New Zealand and the bedroom, care of Colleen Murphy, Albert Belz and Sharmila Chauhan. We found out more about each of them in the second of our three-part festival interview series. Time to get booking!
‘We need to talk about everything’: Jack Albert Cook on creating his new play Fast Love
In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays by Featured Content
How did an Adele song and a playwright’s own mental health experiences come together to inspire Fast Love, a new piece of writing about a 25-year-old struggling to cope? Jack Albert Cook explains all below. Read his interview then book your tickets!