Presented by Integrity Theatre, Michael Dunbar’s play F**k Off is an intense look at one man’s attempt to reclaim his life.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a peek into rehearsals for the darkly comic My Name is Cathy
Teddies, wine and microwave meals – the rehearsal images for My Name is Cathy paint a picture of trying to comfort yourself, which is unsurprising given the play follows a teacher looking back at when everything went wrong. Book your tickets now.
CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Rise & fall tale of ambition & alcoholism, barriers & bias My Name is Cathy comes to Chapel Playhouse
Darkly comedic rise and fall story, My Name is Cathy, which follows a teacher who had it all as she looks back on how it slipped away, comes to the Chapel Playhouse next month as part of the Camden Fringe. Time to book your tickets!
FEATURED SHOW: Discover the brilliant audience reactions to unique cabaret, Vaudeville of the Vulva
“I left feeling elated” and “I can’t remember when I last laughed so much” are just a couple of the glowing audience responses to hit cabaret about lady parts, Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva. Take a look at the glowing feedback from fans of the show, then rush to book your tickets.
‘Even though I’ve heard it lots of times I still find it really informative’: Director Penelope Chater on Vaudeville of the Vulva
“Watch the feather duster!” That’s the ambiguous advice from director Penelope Chater, whose production, Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva, arrives at the Bread and Roses Theatre next week. Watch her interview, then book your tickets!
‘We have been conditioned to diminish the potential for pleasure that is present in our bodies’: Laura-Doe Harris on Vaudeville of the Vulva
Why did entertainer and somatic sexologist Laura-Doe Harris begin performing her international hit cabaret about female sexuality, what are the myths she’s still trying to dispel and how did a call from her Mum spark her imagination? Discover this and more in her interview about Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva, then book your tickets!
PHOTOS: Take a peek at myth-dispelling cabaret, Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva
A nun, a professor and cushions you wouldn’t expect to see adorning your Nan’s sofa – Have a first look at these production images from Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva, then book your tickets!
NEWS: Comic cabaret Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva comes to the Bread and Roses Theatre
Comedian and singer/songwriter Laura-Doe comes to London’s Bread and Roses Theatre next month with her hit one-woman cabaret about female genitalia Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva. Book you tickets now!
‘Makes a powerful & lasting impact’: STARVED – Bread & Roses Theatre
Michael Black’s two-hander Starved is a quietly challenging and impactful play, which provides an eye-opening insight into what it’s like to live in poverty in Britain today.
FEATURED SHOW: The reviews are in for ★★★★★ hit Starved
Reviewers are calling Michael Black’s new squat-set play Starved a “must see show”, while audiences have taken to Twitter to say they are “totally blown away”. We’ve rounded up some of the best responses – take a look then book your tickets!
PHOTOS: Peek behind the scenes at rehearsals for the premiere of Starved
The rehearsal room for new play Starved looks far too luxurious for the setting of a new dark comedy set in a squat in Hull… but needs must. Take a look at performers Michael Black & Alana Connaughton in action, then book your tickets!
‘I just felt like there was a story in me I could tell’: Michael Black brings his play Starved to the London Fringe
Recently I was lucky enough to catch up with Michael Black whose latest play Starved will be coming to the Bread and Roses Theatre at the end of the month (30 April to 11 May 2019).
‘We need to be casting the net further afield’: Playwright Michael Black on writing Starved and encouraging working class communities into theatre
“The North of England is full of such interesting and spirited communities, loads of wonderful, surreal, striking people. I’ve known so many, yet I don’t really seem to see them in the theatre as audiences or characters.” Playwright and performer Michael Black is trying to change that with Starved. Read what he told us then book your tickets!
NEWS: Tale of toxic couple Starved premieres at Bread & Roses Theatre
New production about a couple on the run, holed up in a squat on a northern estate, Starved, the latest show from Faded Ink Productions, premieres at the Bread and Roses Theatre later this month. Grab your tickets for the gritty dark comedy now!
‘I’m such a political nerd, I think Antigone was inevitable’: Aequitas director Rachael Bellis on setting Sophocles in the 1980s
Aequitas Theatre Company follows its take on Brecht’s Fear and Misery in the Third Reich with a new version of Sophocles’ Antigone, opening this week at London’s Bread and Roses Theatre. In our interview, director Rachael Bellis explains why she loves political theatre… and why she’s swapped Trump’s America for Thatcher’s Britain for her new production. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Aequitas Theatre relocates Greek tragedy Antigone to Thatcher’s Britain & miners’ strike
Aequitas Theatre Company explores unjust laws and their consequences in Sophocles’ timeless Greek tragedy Antigone. Their brand-new production, relocating the action to 1980s Britain, running from 4 to 22 September 2018 at London’s Bread and Roses Theatre.
‘Starting a conversation about mental health’: Thematic Theatre’s Liam Ashmead & Laura Shoebottom
Liam Ashmead and Laura Shoebottom are the co-founders of Thematic Theatre, a company they set up last year to specialise in new writing.
‘Starting a conversation about mental health’: Thematic Theatre’s Liam Ashmead & Laura Shoebottom
Liam Ashmead and Laura Shoebottom are the co-founders of Thematic Theatre, a company they set up last year to specialise in new writing.
How much would you sacrifice in return for the adoration of the masses? Interview with The Buzz’s Lydia Rynne
“The Buzz is a play that, on the surface, seems very contemporary in its concerns but in fact deals with the timeless conflicts of misuse of power, female oppression, the superficiality of success and the moral and spiritual price we pay for it.”
Theatre owes a debt of gratitude to Lyn Gardner
The arts in the UK, across the UK and into every pocket of community and fringe, owes a great debt of gratitude to Lyn Gardner and her employers at the Guardian for believing in the importance of widespread reporting of emerging arts. Sadly that is about to change. Lyn continues to offer her wisdom and […]
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