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‘A sad tale given a new spin’: IPHIGENIA – Hope Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn20th January 2023Leave a Comment

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.

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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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10 plays from the past 10 years that stand out

In Comedy, Features, Interviews, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Rev Stan28th December 2019Leave a Comment

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.

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WATCH: Natasha Santos tells London Live about the Christmas reinvention of break up comedy Getting Over Everest

In Featured Shows, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content10th December 2019

“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!

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NEWS: Getting Over Everest brings festive break-up fun to The Hope Theatre

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

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!

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‘I defy anyone not to be moved’: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS – White Bear Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Stephanie Ressort1st November 2019Leave a Comment

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.

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WATCH: Meet the cheating couple and voyeur at the heart of dark comedy Letting Go

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content25th July 2019

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.

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Morality and social media get a grilling in Letting Go at The Hen & Chickens

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Featured Content19th July 2019

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!

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‘A tender & beautiful play’: TINY DYNAMITE – Old Red Lion Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly22nd January 2018Leave a Comment

This is a tender and beautiful play that, within moments, makes you question why it hasn’t been staged in over 15 years.

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‘Re-imagining a classic is a courageous act’: GREAT EXPECTATIONS – Old Red Lion Theatre

In Books, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly19th December 2017Leave a Comment

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.

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‘More stories like this are needed onstage’: CURTAIN CALL – White Bear Theatre

In Comedy, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly5th December 2017Leave a Comment

The overwritten script needs significant cutting and dramaturgical streamlining, but it has a dynamic premise that looks at an often-ignored demographic.

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GOOD GIRL – Old Red Lion Theatre

In Festivals, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly3rd December 2017Leave a Comment

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.

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THE BLACK EYE CLUB – Bread & Roses Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly10th November 2017Leave a Comment

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.

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TRYST – Tabard Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly23rd October 2017Leave a Comment

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.

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MAIDEN SPEECH – TheatreN16

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly17th October 2017Leave a Comment

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 London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly17th October 2017Leave a Comment

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

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly3rd September 2017Leave a Comment

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

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly19th June 2017Leave a Comment

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!”

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INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… King’s Head artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher

In Features, Interviews, London theatre by Shanine Salmon2nd June 2017Leave a Comment

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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