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‘You don’t have to think big to think big’: I Am Sending You The Sacred Face / Blood Meal – Theater In Quarantine (Online review)

In Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by John Chapman5th March 2021Leave a Comment

Theater In Quarantine has now established itself at the forefront of innovative technique and have found some surprising ways to utilise the limited performance space at their disposal.

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Discover the world of iconic 20th century artists with rehearsal images for Dora Versus Picasso

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content19th November 2019

What can we expect from new play Dora Versus Picasso when it premieres at London’s Drayton Arms Theatre next week? Take a look at these new rehearsal images for a hint, then book your tickets.

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NEWS: Dora Versus Picasso receives world premiere at Drayton Arms Theatre

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content1st November 2019

Following a successful workshop read through in New York last year, new play Dora Versus Picasso will premiere at London’s Drayton Arms Theatre next month in a production staged by Fractured Time Productions. Get those tickets booked.

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‘Everything a high-profile touring show should be’: ART – Touring ★★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin13th February 2019Leave a Comment

Art is everything a high-profile touring show should be – a carefully thought out, well-directed production of a hit play featuring a big-name cast at the top of their game.

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‘Actually, there is a grey area’: RITA, SUE & BOB TOO – Royal Court Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Victoria Sadler18th January 2018Leave a Comment

For me, it’s this ongoing decision to keep Rita, Sue and Bob Too performed as a comedy more than a drama that is at the heart of its problem. This should be a play of tiny tragedies.

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SANTA MADERA by Cie MPTA – London International Mime Festival

In Circus, London theatre, Opinion, Reviews, Touring by Katharine Kavanagh14th January 2018Leave a Comment

Compagnie MPTA are a regularly returning company to the London International Mime Festival with their forward-thinking and beautifully presented contemporary circus.

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INSIDE PUSSY RIOT – Saatchi Gallery

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly21st November 2017Leave a Comment

Les Enfants Terrible, a company now synonymous with this experience-based immersive theatre, take us through white-walled holding cells, to a cathedral with neon Donald Trump and Putin effigies, to grimy prison workrooms.

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NEWS: Nigel Havers, Denis Lawson & Stephen Tompkinson star in new Art tour

In Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Regional theatre, Touring by Press Releases30th September 2017Leave a Comment

Nigel Havers, Denis Lawson and Stephen Tompkinson star as Serge, Marc and Ivan respectively in a major revival of Yasmina Reza’s Art, opening on tour in February.

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APOLOGIA – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz8th August 2017Leave a Comment

The 1960s were “hilarious”, says one young character in this revival, starring Broadway icon Stockard Channing, of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s 2009 family drama at the Trafalgar Studios. How so? “Oh you know, the clothes, the hair, the raging idealism.”

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2 BECOME 1 – King’s Head

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Shanine Salmon14th April 2017Leave a Comment

Have you ever had a night in with the girls and found yourself singing along to Britney into your hairbrush and dancing on the sofa, pretending to be a girl group from the ’90s? Don’t lie, we all have.

2 BECOME 1 – King’s Head

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Shanine Salmon14th April 2017Leave a Comment

Have you ever had a night in with the girls and found yourself singing along to Britney into your hairbrush and dancing on the sofa, pretending to be a girl group from the ’90s? Don’t lie, we all have.

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FRANKENSTEIN – Greenwich Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Shanine Salmon15th February 2017Leave a Comment

Blackeyed Theatre’s production strips away any added features from adapted movies, shows and other projects about Victor Frankenstein and simply tells the tale as Mary Shelly originally wrote.

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CIRCUS DIARIES: ‘Portraits of Contemporary Circus’

In Books, Circus, Features, Opinion, Reviews by Katharine Kavanagh10th February 2017Leave a Comment

In this book, curated by Wim Claessen, a recognisable portrait of the circus arts today is constructed through distinct interview essays and elegant black and white photographs.

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Text of the Day: Years of Sunlight

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays by Aleks Sierz9th February 2017Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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THE GREAT GATSBY – Vaults

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Shanine Salmon9th February 2017Leave a Comment

Throughout the night, the famous story of The Great Gatsby is told. However, how you see the tale is entirely up to you.

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MENTAL – Vaults

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Shanine Salmon8th February 2017Leave a Comment

There’s no need to flirt with the critics on this one. The show’s charming all on its own.

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HE(ART) – Theatre N16

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly13th January 2017Leave a Comment

Running at just over an hour, writer Andrew Maddock fits in the nature of art and its criticism, public health, social class, poverty and loyalty across two very different sets of characters in the same neighbourhood.

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Text of the Day: Art

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays by Aleks Sierz11th January 2017Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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ART – Old Vic Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz5th January 2017Leave a Comment

Twentieth anniversary revival of Yasmina Reza’s contemporary classic is well acted, but conservative.

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ART – Old Vic Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster24th December 2016Leave a Comment

It’s tough to go into a show like Art with no preconceptions and whilst sometimes when I go in with low expectations, I end up being pleasantly surprised, this was not one of those occasions.

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