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WATCH: How dangerous can words be? Find out with new drama For the Sake of Argument

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content3rd January 2020

The power of words and argument are put under the spotlight in new play For the Sake of Argument, set at the time of the Iraq war. Take a look at it’s powerful new trailer and peek into rehearsals, then book your tickets!

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NEWS: For the Sake of Argument brings drama of language and war to the Bridewell Theatre

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content6th December 2019

New play For the Sake of Argument tests the old saying that the pen is mightier than the sword with its tale of a journalist at the time of the Iraq war that runs at the Bridewell Theatre early next year. Book your tickets now!

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Peek into the rehearsal room for traumatic tale of alcoholism The Engagement

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content26th November 2019

Even in the rehearsal room, you can see how the moods alter in The Engagement, James Alexander Allen’s tale of a relationship ripped apart by addiction. Take a look, then book your tickets.

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WATCH: Discover more about acclaimed drama Poisoned Polluted from its cast and creative team

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content22nd November 2019

Two sisters have to deal with the effects of their toxic childhood in new drama Poisoned Polluted. Find out more about the hit production with this behind the scenes trailer, then act fast to book tickets for the final performances.

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‘It’s playful nature, its humour and its darkness drew us to it’: Steve Fitzgerald on staging Penetrator

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays by Featured Content21st November 2019

Uncanny Collective’s Steve Fitzgerald tells us about how, 25 years after it was first staged, Anthony Neilson’s shocking comic drama Penetrator has lost none of its impact. Book your tickets now!

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‘Best appreciated by students & Shakespeare enthusiasts’: MEASURE FOR MEASURE – Barbican Theatre ★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Jonathan Baz20th November 2019Leave a Comment

Greg Doran has translated the play’s Viennese setting to the 1900s, but while there has clearly been an imaginative attempt at a credible interpretation of the yarn, this production is hamstrung by too much mediocrity.

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FIRST LOOK: Peek into the 50s hospital of new love story Bed Seven

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content20th November 2019

Feeling down? Make these production images from new feelgood tale Bed Seven you medicine. Take a look, then book your tickets.

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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, Ticket recommendations 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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FIRST LOOK: Kathryn O’Reilly’s five-star tale of trying to survive childhood trauma, Poisoned Polluted

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content18th November 2019

A tale of two sisters and a bond forged through childhood adversity, Poisoned Polluted has drawn acclaim and plaudits during the first weeks of its run at the Old Red Lion Theatre. Take a look at production images then book your tickets for the show’s final weeks.

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a look at the cast bedding in with rehearsal images for new drama Bed Seven

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content18th November 2019

How many rehearsal rooms have their own beds? But that doesn’t mean the cast of new drama Bed Seven are taking it easy! Check out the rehearsal gallery, then book your tickets.

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NEWS: Experimentorium bring true tale about alcoholism, The Engagement, to the Bread and Roses Theatre

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content18th November 2019

Following a successful run in Brighton, James Alexander Allen’s tale about the devastating effect of alcoholism, The Engagement, comes to London’s Bread & Roses Theatre later this month. Book your tickets now.

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Delve into the mystery of new thriller You Game with these rehearsal images

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content14th November 2019

Can you deduce the twists, turns, truths and lies of new thriller You Game from these just released rehearsal images? Take a look at the gallery, then book your tickets.

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‘When does a female actor get the chance to play a part made famous by Michael Caine’: Sam Ra on creating You Game

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content7th November 2019

Playwright Sam Ra tells us why Sleuth inspired her to create new thriller You Game and what difference it makes switching the gender of one of its characters. Read the interview, then book your tickets.

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Family tales, proper jobs and supporting the local community: Simon de Cintra tells us about new play Bed Seven

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content7th November 2019

“My father would mischievously try and shock people at social gatherings by telling them that he met his wife ‘in bed’”. Playwright Simon de Cintra tells us the truth behind that story and how it inspired his first play, Bed Seven.

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FIRST LOOK: Take a look at Murder in the Cathedral being staged… in a cathedral!

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Regional theatre, Special Events, Sticky, Ticket recommendations, Touring by Featured Content6th November 2019

Set designers are brilliant. They create the most incredible performance spaces for actors. But the opportunity to see Murder in the Cathedral staged in an actual cathedral is just too good to resist? Take a look at Robert Hubert Smith’s fantastic images of Scena Mundi’s production in Southwark Cathedral, then book your tickets!

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NEWS: Uncanny Collective revive Anthony Neilson’s seminal Penetrator at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content6th November 2019

Following the success of their spooky October tale Haunted, Uncanny Collective return to the London stage later this month, staging a revival of Anthony Neilson’s shocking comic drama Penetrator at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. Book your tickets now!

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‘The performances throughout are sharp & refined’: WHEN THE CROWS VISIT – Kiln Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Emma Clarendon5th November 2019Leave a Comment

Anupama Chandrasekhar’s chilling play examines what happens when a cycle of violence and those who stand by and watch it happen is passed down through the generations.

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

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Ticket recommendations 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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BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a look at the killer rehearsal images for Scena Mundi’s Murder in the Cathedral

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Regional theatre, Special Events, Ticket recommendations, Touring by Featured Content30th October 2019

Have you ever seen a more stunning rehearsal space than that being used for Scena Mundi’s production of Murder in the Cathedral? Take a look at the awesome images, then book your tickets!

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NEWS: Hospital-set love story Bed Seven brings a dose of feel good to Tristan Bates Theatre

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content29th October 2019

Love bridges the class divide in Simon de Cintra’s new 1950s-set play Bed Seven, which brings its spirit-lifting tale to the Tristan Bates Theatre next month. Time to book your tickets.

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