Ultimately, Iphigenia at the Hope Theatre is a fascinating piece which has lots of ideas about how women are treated, and where their choices lie, but it stops just short of being as emotionally engaging as it should be.
NEWS: Pan!c Drama delve into the death of creativity in Dogs on a Highway
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!
NEWS: Original sin gets a dark retelling in The Fall at Hope Theatre
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!
10 plays from the past 10 years that stand out
Here is a snapshot of my favourite theatre from the past 10 years, the plays that stand out most in my memory, the ones I talk about if people ask.
WATCH: Natasha Santos tells London Live about the Christmas reinvention of break up comedy Getting Over Everest
“No-one wants to be dumped at Christmas!” Watch playwright and performer Natasha Santos talking to London Live about the personal experiences that inspired her comedy Getting Over Everest and adding festive fun to the emotional mix. Book your tickets now!
NEWS: Getting Over Everest brings festive break-up fun to The Hope Theatre
Following a sell-out season at the Tristan Bates Theatre and a previous short run at The Hope Theatre, comic tale Getting Over Everest returns to the Islington venue this Christmas with a story of seasonal relationship strife. Book your tickets now!
‘I defy anyone not to be moved’: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS – White Bear Theatre
The reverence Claudio Macor clearly has for the history he is sharing comes through strongly and adds to the overall emotional impact of the play. I defy anyone not to be moved by Dr Magnus Hirschfield’s passion and commitment to changing the world for gay men.
WATCH: Meet the cheating couple and voyeur at the heart of dark comedy Letting Go
Judith has a reason for dating married men. Robert is new to sexting. The Man observes in disgust. Meet the characters at the heart of Andrew Bruce-Lockhart’s new satire on society and social media, Letting Go, then book your tickets.
CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Morality and social media get a grilling in Letting Go at The Hen & Chickens
Think you’re alone on your morning commute? Think again. As Andrew Bruce-Lockhart’s new satire Letting Go shows, anyone one could be watching and plotting. Book your tickets now!
‘A tender & beautiful play’: TINY DYNAMITE – Old Red Lion Theatre
This is a tender and beautiful play that, within moments, makes you question why it hasn’t been staged in over 15 years.
‘Re-imagining a classic is a courageous act’: GREAT EXPECTATIONS – Old Red Lion Theatre
Re-imagining a classic is a courageous act. Tom Crowley’s adaptation follows the journey of a young man struggling to find his place in modern day England and it’s pervasive class system.
‘More stories like this are needed onstage’: CURTAIN CALL – White Bear Theatre
The overwritten script needs significant cutting and dramaturgical streamlining, but it has a dynamic premise that looks at an often-ignored demographic.
GOOD GIRL – Old Red Lion Theatre
How do you cope with anxiety when you’re too young to know what it is? This initially appears to be what Good Girl is going to be about – how as children it is so instilled in us to please others.
THE BLACK EYE CLUB – Bread & Roses Theatre
Zoe’s back at her commuter belt town’s refuge after her husband beat her up again. This time it’s because Palace lost. Last time, it was because she was nagging to much.
TRYST – Tabard Theatre
George Joseph Smith was a petty thief and con man who preyed on the most vulnerable women he could find. He would win their love, persuade them to elope, then strand them on their honeymoon after cleaning out their bank account.
MAIDEN SPEECH – TheatreN16
In world of Harvey Weinsteins, Bill Cosbys, MRAs and other own-brand misogynists in and out of the arts, A mini-festival of feminist theatre should be a soothing balm to the wounds wrought by male privilege. It is, in part.
MAIDEN SPEECH – TheatreN16
In world of Harvey Weinsteins, Bill Cosbys, MRAs and other own-brand misogynists in and out of the arts, A mini-festival of feminist theatre should be a soothing balm to the wounds wrought by male privilege. It is, in part.
TALK RADIO – Old Red Lion Theatre
First produced Off-Broadway in 1987, Eric Bogosian’s brilliant drama has finally been produced in London for the first time by Covent Garden Productions and the Old Red Lion Theatre.
I KNOW YOU OF OLD – Hope Theatre
Paying homage to Shakespeare’s genius but not slavishly binding themselves to it, Golem! sticks up two fingers at Shakespeare purists who, with quivering voices, clutch their pearls and gasp, “But the text!”
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… King’s Head artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher
2017 seems to be the year for Pub Theatre with many productions transferring from small spaces above pubs to bigger spaces. Do you think audiences are seeing more pub theatre for a chance to see it first?
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