A return to live theatre is well marked by these vibrant open-air productions of Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Roman Theatre of Verulamium in St Albans.
‘Powerful & thought-provoking piece of writing’: NETFLIX & CHILL – Drayton Arms Theatre
It’s great to see how Netflix and Chill has grown and the important message that now comes through loud and clear about male mental health and the responsibility we all have to encourage frank and open conversation.
‘Bristles with promise from the off’: NETFLIX & CHILL – Drayton Arms Theatre
Netflix & Chill bristles with promise from the off. Ben’s a working-class boy who’s been to university and is saving for a masters by working as a chef in the local pub. He’s gentle, he’s kind, and he’s making the best of a bad hand.
FEATURED SHOW: ★★★★ reviews are in for ‘poignant’ millennial mental health comedy Netflix & Chill
Is male mental health and suicide a laughing matter? It is when it’s handled as sensitively and ‘poignantly’ as in Tom Stocks’ comedy Netflix & Chill, now running at London’s Drayton Arms Theatre. We’ve rounded up the review highlights. Time to get booking – must finish 29 February!
‘A timely reminder that we need to be kinder to each other’: NETFLIX & CHILL – Drayton Arms Theatre
All in all, Netflix & Chill is a funny yet powerful play about mental health, self image, lad culture and the importance of human connection.
‘It’s funny & sad all at the same time’: NETFLIX & CHILL – Drayton Arms Theatre
Netflix & Chill is a truly thought-provoking play which shines a spotlight on the taboo topic of male mental health.
FIRST-LOOK: Production photos & trailer released for Netflix & Chill comedy
Are you suffering from post-Valentines’ hangover? Date night didn’t go quite as expected? Check out these Netflix & Chill production shots and cheeky show trailer to feel better. See, your night wasn’t that bad, really! Time to get booking!
Meet the cast: Who’s who in the world premiere of Tom Stocks’ Netflix & Chill?
Who’s who in the cast of new mental health comedy Netflix & Chill? What have you seen them in before? Check out full biographies – and sneak a peek what they’ve been up to behind the scenes.
‘Writing Netflix & Chill brought up feelings I never thought about’: Tom Stocks on how family suicides influenced his new mental health comedy
From a scratch-night sketch to full-length play and baptism by fire on the fringe… Writer, performer and producer Tom Stocks gives an in-depth and honest account of his journey to date with new comedy Netflix & Chill and Actor Awareness, the company he set up to put the spotlight on working-class talent.
NEWS: Netflix & Chill, written by Tom Stocks & directed by Luke Adamson, transfers to Drayton Arms in February
After hit runs at Canal Cafe and Baron’s Court Theatres last year, Tom Stock’s new play Netflix & Chill, directed by Luke Adamson, transfers to London’s Drayton Arms Theatre for a limited season from 11 to 29 February 2020, in support of The Mental Health Foundation. Time to get booking!
FEATURED SHOW: Th’Importance of Bein’ Earnest at Drayton Arms Theatre, ★★★★★ reviews are in!
Oscar Wilde meets Shameless and the critics and Offies judges love it. We’ve rounded up our favourite review highlights for the new Yorkshire-set Th’Importance of Bein’ Earnest, which continues at London’s Drayton Arms Theatre until 23 February. Get booking before it’s too late!
PHOTOS: Things got a little Wilde Yorkshire-style in Bein’ Earnest rehearsals
Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy is coming to Yorkshire… via London’s Drayton Arms Theatre this week. Th’Importance of Bein’ Earnest had its get-in yesterday. What did the company get up to in rehearsals? See our photo gallery – and then get booking!
‘I got irked hearing Northern accents that are clearly being put on’: Luke Adamson on relocating Oscar Wilde to Yorkshire
Luke Adamson co-directs, co-produces and stars in Th’Importance of Bein’ Earnest, which relocates Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy to a Yorkshire council estate. He pays tribute to Northern Broadsides’ Barrie Rutter, London’s Hope Theatre and his new company’s co-founders. Read our interview with Luke below – and then get booking!
NEWS: Wilde reimagining transports The Importance of Being Earnest to a Yorkshire council estate
Oscar Wilde’s best-known comedy of Victorian London manners receives a modern makeover via a modern Yorkshire council estate. Th’Importance of Bein’ Earnest premieres next month for a limited fringe season. Time to get booking!
‘Pulls no punches’: ONE LAST WALTZ – Greenwich Theatre
Scathing humour, bluff directness and an innate desire to empathise rounds all three characters out beautifully in The Last Waltz, as underwear is forgotten, grapefruit searched for, wine drunk and secrets spilt.
‘Isn’t sure what it wants to say’: ONE LAST WALTZ – Greenwich Theatre
Alzheimer’s is such a complicated, painful experience but One Last Waltz sadly doesn’t even touch the surface of that.
ODD MAN OUT – Hope Theatre
A double bill of monologues from writers Dominic Grace and Lesley Ross, performed respectively by Luke Adamson and Gregory Ashton form the structure of Odd Man Out. Both plays are vastly different yet synchronise and almost meet in the middle, surprisingly well.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Odd Man Out’s Gregory Ashton & Luke Adamson
Odd Man Out is composed of two plays, Rabbitskin written by Dominic Grace and performed by Luke Adamson, and Diary of a Welshcake written by Lesley Ross, performed by Gregory Ashton. Break A Leg caught up with both of the actors to find out what their pieces are all about.
WATCH: Odd Man Out double bill comes to the Hope Theatre, 26 July
ODD MAN OUT, a new pairing of critically acclaimed one-man plays Rabbitskin and Diary of a Welshcake, comes to London’s Hope Theatre for a strictly limited season from 26 July to 12 August 2017. Watch our exclusive trailer here.
THE HOUSE OF USHER – Hope Theatre
Created by Luke Adamson and Dan Bottomley and directed by Adamson with Phil Croft, The House of Usher takes an actor-musician approach to the material and is very much its own version of the short story, pulling in influences from elsewhere in Poe’s oeuvre and also the depths of the writers’ own imaginations.
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