As User Not Found prepares for its London transfer – running at The CoffeeWorks Project next to Battersea Power Station from 17 May to 2 June 2019 – the show’s co-creators and Dante or Die co-artistic directors Terry O’Donovan & Daphna Attias recall the article that originally inspired them. Time to get booking!
The Glass Piano Q&A video: What is the ‘glass delusion’? How did it affect 19th-century royals?
Visits to the Coronet Theatre, until recently known as The Print Room at the Coronet, make me miss the days when I lived in Notting Hill (or rather, near enough, Ladbroke Grove). Recently, I returned to chair a post-show Q&A at the world premiere of Alix Sobler’s The Glass Piano, specially programmed to launch this fresh chapter in the building’s history.
FEATURED SHOW: There’s a ★★★★★ Brexit that wins the people’s vote at the King’s Head
Want a really good way “to face the Brexit situation and laugh”? Brexit [the play] is the answer. While voters may be turning away from the Tories and Labour at the ballot box because of Brexit, they’re turning towards the King’s Head Theatre at the box office as Brexit [the play] returns by popular demand. To show you why, we’ve rounded up previous review highlights.
‘It’s definitely a show with a heart’: A glimpse inside with playwright Paul Stevens
In this, my latest instalment of A Glimpse Inside, I had the great pleasure of speaking to playwright Paul Stevens about his new play True Colours at the Hope Theatre.
Q&A video: Bromley Bedlam Bethlehem tackles intergenerational mental health matters
Timed to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, the full-length premiere of Rachel Tookey’s award-winning new play Bromley Bedlam Bethlehem is now running at the Old Red Lion Theatre. I got to speak to Rachel and her producer-sister Hannah about how their own family inspired this story exploring how trauma and mental illness can be passed from one generation to the next.
FEATURED SHOW: Check out the ★★★★★ reviews for Dante or Die’s site-specific hit User Not Found
Why has Time Out chosen Dante or Die’s User Not Found as one of its Top Theatre Picks for May? The raves that Time Out’s Andrzej Lukowski and so many other critics gave the show when it was first seen at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe gives a strong indication. We’ve rounded up our favourite review highlights below. The two-week-only London run begins this Friday – time to get booking!
‘It is about embracing difference at a time when we are being told to fear it’: Bernie Dieter brings Little Death Club to the Underbelly Festival
Bernie Dieter chatted to LLLC’s Emma Clarendon about Little Death Club, performing as part of the Underbelly Festival.
PHOTOS: Education Education Education prepare for West End class at Trafalgar Studios
Sneak a peek behind the scenes, and rewind the clock to the 1990s, with The Wardrobe Ensemble as they prepare for the West End premiere of their multi-award-winning devised hit Education Education Education. Time to get booking!
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Class at the Bush Theatre
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Iseult Golden and David Horan’s play Class at the Bush Theatre until 1 June 2019.
Suspension of the Guildford Two
Guildford School of Acting has just axed (“not recruiting for 2019/20”) two courses: BA Hons Theatre and Performance and BA Hons Dance. Many students and alumni who think highly of these courses have expressed dismay.