As somebody who loves a listicle plus a bandwagon to jump on, how could I NOT compile my list of my top 20 new (to me) shows of 2022? It’s been 12 months in which live entertainment has come back with an encouraging roar, although the impending cost of living crisis is inevitably, and understandably, causing anxiety in theatrical circles. Please do get out there, if you can, and support your local venue in 2023.
‘This is a writer fully grasping her moment’: ONE WOMAN SHOW – Ambassadors Theatre
Liz Kingsman’s One Woman Show at the Ambassadors is then more than a pot shot at Fleabag and the like, and is instead an assessment of the performative nature of female roles in popular culture products in which the inauthentic substance of these representations is both highlighted and satirised while fully acknowledging how appealing and entertaining these tropes continue to be.
FEATURED SHOW: Debs Newbold’s ★★★★★ Lost in Blue is ‘as hilarious as it is poignant’. Reviews are in!
Debs Newbold’s Offies-nominated, one-woman Lost in Blue is “a gripping story… as hilarious as it is poignant”, says Broadway Baby. We’ve rounded up highlights from the show’s raft of other five- and four-star reviews. Just a handful of chances left to see the show at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre, where it must end this Saturday 26 February 2022.
PHOTOS: Debs Newbold is in full storytelling action in one-woman play Lost in Blue
Debs Newbold officially opens to press tonight (17 February 2022) at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre in her acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue, running for a limited season until 26 February 2022. Have a look at our bumper gallery of brand-new production photos, which really capture the dynamism of Debs’ storytelling. Time to get booking!
‘This is a story about hope’: WATCH the trailer for Debs Newbold’s ‘astounding’ Lost in Blue
We’re counting down to the London transfer of Debs Newbold’s acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue, which runs at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from 15 to 26 February 2022. The evocative trailer shows how storytelling, live music and sound technology blend together to brilliant effect.
‘Vincent was living in that room when he did his ear’: Debs Newbold on how Vincent Van Gogh inspired her play Lost in Blue
In the second of our two-part Lost in Blue interview, writer and performer Debs Newbold discusses how Vincent Van Gogh’s art inspired both the play and her own experiments with painting. Time to get booking!
‘I am trying to paint pictures in the heads of the audience’: Debs Newbold on the power of sound in Lost in Blue
Lost in Blue, the gripping story of a man in a coma as told by the daughter who helped to put him there, comes to London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre in February. In the first of our two-part interview, we talk to writer and performer Debs Newbold about the piece’s genesis, her relationship with director John Wright and the power of sound.
PHOTOS: Behind the scenes with Debs Newbold rehearsing Lost in Blue
Writer and performer Debs Newbold brings her acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue to London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre next month. Sneak a peek behind the scenes as she blends storytelling, live music and sound technology together. Time to get booking!
NEWS: One-woman show Lost in Blue transfers to London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre
After award-winning success at the Edinburgh Fringe and on tour, one-woman show Lost in Blue, written and performed by Debs Newbold, transfers to the Lion & Unicorn Theatre for its first full London season next month, running from 15 to 26 February 2020. Time to get booking!
‘A smart & sassy study of loneliness & obsession’: HARM – Bush Theatre
Harm, which has already been screened on BBC Four with Leanne Best, is a new monologue by Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright Phoebe Eclair-Powell and now the one-woman show stars Kelly Gough, familiar most recently from the BBC’s Casualty.
WATCH: Meet Rosa & Eva in the new trailer for VAULT Festival show The Journey of a Warlike Mind
When is a forest not a forest? When it’s a mind. Check out the new trailer for Ana Luiza Ulsig’s tale of internal struggle The Journey of a Warlike Mind, then book to see the show running at VAULT Festival this weekend!
WATCH: First look at new trailer for Edinburgh Fringe hit It’s Beautiful, Over There
Discover more about Stephanie Greenwood’s one-woman show about grief and storytelling It’s Beautiful, Over There with its new trailer. Take a look then book your tickets!
FIRST LOOK: Discover what The Journey of a Warlike Mind looks like with production images from the VAULT Festival show
What would like look like fight a quest for a woman’s soul, struggling through the layers of her consciousness? We didn’t know either, but luckily we’ve seen production images from Ana Luiza Ulsig’s The Journey of a Warlike Mind, which make it all much clearer. Take a look, and watch Ana talking about the show, then book your tickets!
NEWS: Very Rascals brings tale of grief It’s Beautiful, Over There to London
Following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, Stephanie Greenwood’s autobiographical one-woman show It’s Beautiful, Over There will receive a London run at the Tristan Bates Theatre in February. Book your tickets now!
NEWS: Award-winning one-woman show The Journey of a Warlike Mind comes to VAULT Festival
Following an award-winning run at the Bedford Fringe in 2019, writer/performer Ana Luiza Ulsig brings her tale of finding one’s own self, The Journey of a Warlike Mind, to the 2020 VAULT Festival next month. Time to book your tickets.
FIRST LOOK: Take a glimpse at hit one-woman show Mandy Picks a Husband
What can you expect from one-woman show Mandy Picks a Husband, running at Canal Cafe Theatre this week? Get a hint from these production images, then book your tickets!
WATCH: Tragedy, hope, love and audience responses in the trailer for Mandy Picks a Husband
What did US audiences think of one-woman tale of trying to find love Mandy Picks a Husband? Check out this trailer to find out, then book your tickets!
NEWS: One-woman traumedy about finding love Mandy Picks a Husband comes to Canal Cafe
Following hit runs a the Hollywood and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals earlier this year, Amanda Broomell’s solo show based on her online dating experiment, Mandy Picks a Husband, receives a London premiere this December. Book your tickets now.
‘A comic gem’: UNLOVABLE – Etcetera Theatre
The comic and the personal meld beautifully in this honest and heartwarming show, Carly Jurman’s Unlovable.
‘Clowns have a bad rep!’ Carly Jurman tells us about bringing her one-woman comic tale Unlovable to Camden Fringe
Why was clowning the perfect medium for the tale of almost-30 American girl desperately trying to find love? Performer Carly Jurman explains all about innocence, performing solo, Steven King and her Camden Fringe show Unlovable in our interview. Have a read then book your tickets!
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