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It’s going to be epic: What are you most looking forward to at the Globe this summer?

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays by Debbie Gilpin5th February 2022Leave a Comment

It seems like we’ve been made to wait an inordinately long time for this announcement, but it was definitely worth it as far as I’m concerned.

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NEWS: Dirty Dancing returns to West End for 11 weeks at Dominion Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Other Recent Articles, Plays by Press Releases29th November 2021

Hit screen-to-stage musical Dirty Dancing returns to the West End in February next year for an 11-week run from 2 February 2022.

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NEWS: Acclaimed gig economy-skewering play Empty in Angel returns with London autumn tour

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Touring by Featured Content9th August 2021

Following a postponement due to the Covid pandemic, Empty in Angel returns to the stage this autumn, bringing its hit exploration of the gig economoy to a quartet of London venues, the Etcetera Theatre, Hen & Chickens Theatre, Bloomsbury Theatre and Old Red Lion Theatre.

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NEWS: Melanie La Barrie leads Going Ape! to the Union Theatre

In Comedy, Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays by Featured Content23rd June 2021

Following two postponements due to COVID-19, Andrew Corbet Burcher’s comedy of science and religion, Going Ape!, brings its Garden of Eden to the Union Theatre next week with a cast led by Melanie La Barrie. Time to book your tickets!

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FIRST LOOK: Peek at the pictures of Dorian Gray’s new adaptation

In Featured Shows, Festivals, Native, Online shows, Photos, Plays by Featured Content17th May 2021

With just weeks to go until Ross Dinwiddy’s new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale, The Tragedy of Dorian Gray, takes to the stage at Brighton Fringe, take a first look at the filmed version which can also be watched online this summer.

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NEWS: Dorian Gray to be pictured live and online at Brighton Fringe

In Featured Shows, Festivals, Native, News, Online shows, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content23rd April 2021

A brand new version of Oscar Wilde’s classis tale, The Tragedy of Dorian Gray, which sets the tale in amid the swinging 60s, will run as both a live and streamable production at the Brighton Fringe this summer. Book your tickets now!

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NEWS: Adam and Eve are finally Going Ape at the Union Theatre

In Comedy, Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays by Featured Content16th October 2020

After having its original run postponed due to COVID-19, Andrew Corbet Burcher’s comedy Going Ape!, brings its Garden of Eden to the Union Theatre next month with a cast led by Wendi Peters. Time to book your tickets!

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NEWS: Adam and Eve come to the Union Theatre stage in new comedy Going Ape!

In Comedy, Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays by Featured Content13th March 2020

Religion meets evolution in Andrew Corbet Burcher’s new comedy Going Ape!, which makes the Union Theatre its Garden of Eden next month. Time to book your tickets!

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NEWS: Sexual harassment drama #MR.SIMONSAID comes to Tristan Bates Theatre

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content13th March 2020

“Unsettlingly well-observed” exploration into the greyer areas of sexual harassment, Thomas Holloway’s drama #MR.SIMONSAID will stage a London run at Tristan Bates Theatre next month. Book you tickets now!

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NEWS: Hit gig economy-skewering play Empty in Angel returns to the stage with London / Brighton tour

In Featured Shows, Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Touring, Video by Featured Content11th March 2020

Following an acclaimed run at the White Bear Theatre late in 2019, Empty in Angel returns to the stage this spring, touring to London’s Etcetera Theatre and Old Red Lion Theatre before heading to the south coast for the Brighton Fringe Festival. Book your tickets now!

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NEWS: Pan!c Drama delve into the death of creativity in Dogs on a Highway

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays by Featured Content9th March 2020

New London-based physical theatre company Pan!c Drama brings its debut production Dogs on a Highway to Drayton Arms Theatre for two performances only later this week. Be quick to book tickets!

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NEWS: Original sin gets a dark retelling in The Fall at Hope Theatre

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Video by Featured Content9th March 2020

What would happen if John Milton’s Paradise Lost got a dark, horror-infused make over? The answer comes to The Hope Theatre, in Thomas Arensen’s The Fall, later this month. Book your tickets now!

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NEWS: Tale of a paratrooper preparing for parenthood, Delivery returns to London at Chiswick Playhouse

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content6th March 2020

Following a hit season at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre last November, Andy Walker’s tale of a soldier trying to cope with his fast as he prepares for the future, Delivery, returns to London at the Chiswick Playhouse. Book your tickets now!

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NEWS: Tale of love, identity and change Lovesick comes to White Bear Theatre

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content4th March 2020

Following a journey that began in 2018, story of life-altering change following a heart transplant, Lovesick, runs at the White Bear Theatre later this month. Time to book your tickets.

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NEWS: Vincent Franklin & Rebecca Lacey join Janie Dee in the cast of Charing Cross Theatre’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

In Broadway, Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content2nd March 2020

Award-winning actress Janie Dee will be joined by Vincent Franklin, Rebecca Lacey, Michelle Asante, Charlie Maher and Lukwesa Mwamba in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike when it opens at Charing Cross Theatre later this month. Time to book your tickets!

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NEWS: John Mortimer’s bittersweet comedy The Dock Brief returns at Cockpit Theatre

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Video by Featured Content28th February 2020

John Mortimer’s hilarious tale of an unsuccessful barrister and an unsuccessful criminal, The Dock Brief, will receive a revival at the Cockpit Theatre later this spring. Time to get booking!

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NEWS: Innovative murder mystery Stanley Young is Staging a Reconstruction of a Murder comes to Etcetera Theatre

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays by Featured Content27th February 2020

Audiences at London’s Etcetera Theatre can wrap their minds about a different murder mystery in March, when Aidan Valentine stars in Stanley Young is Staging a Reconstruction of a Murder. Time to book your tickets!

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NEWS: Lizzie Milton’s folk tale-inspired Heroine receives world premiere at VAULT Festival

In Featured Shows, Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content26th February 2020

Acclaimed theatre companies Snatchback and Joyous Gard join forces this spring to stage Lizzie Milton’s latest play that explores what it means to be a Heroine. Book your tickets now!

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NEWS: New play Wax delves into the murky life of “The Acid Bath Murderer”

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content24th February 2020

A treat for true crime and thriller lovers, Wax, the latest play from Michael Punter, examines the life and mind of infamous serial killer John George Haigh. The tense drama about the only man to have his image in Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors while he was still alive comes to Waterloo East Theatre next month. Time to book your tickets.

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FIRST LOOK: Grab a glance at the world of VAULT Festival comedy Ryan Lane Will Be There Now In A Minute

In Awards, Comedy, Edinburgh Festival, Festivals, London theatre, Native, Photos by Featured Content24th February 2020

Welsh dress, waterproofs and wigs – take a look at what to expect from the acclaimed character comedy of Ryan Lane Will Be There Now In A Minute, which comes to Vault Festival later this week, then book your tickets!

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