Not long left to catch Life of Pi in the West End. If you possibly can, I recommend you beg, borrow or steal to get one of the last remaining tickets – or plan ahead now for the five-time Olivier Award-winning play’s 2023/24 tour.
‘Leaves you with a fuzzy, festive feeling of joy’: THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT – Stratford-upon-Avon (RSC)
Everyone deserves a happy ending, and as we head towards the festive season, messages of hope and forgiveness start to provide us with a real sense of magic.
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!
The Show People Podcast: Simon Lipkin has funny bones
In this episode of The Show People Podcast, host Andrew Keates was joined by Simon Lipkin, just before he went into rehearsal for Nativity – The Musical – a show that is led by improvisation and Simon revealed the challenges and freedoms that method of performing can present.
‘A little gem that doesn’t sugar-coat reality’: THE TIN SOLDIER – Edinburgh
As a company specialising in making work with disabled people, it makes sense for the company to have chosen to adapt Hans Christian Andersen’s story as it’s one of the few children’s stories to feature a disabled protagonist.
‘A little gem that doesn’t sugar-coat reality’: THE TIN SOLDIER – Edinburgh
As a company specialising in making work with disabled people, it makes sense for the company to have chosen to adapt Hans Christian Andersen’s story as it’s one of the few children’s stories to feature a disabled protagonist.
‘Epic & sprawling’: THE TIN DRUM – Shoreditch Town Hall
It doesn’t need to be as long as it is, but The Tin Drum is a lot of fun and a dark, prescient reminder that fascism lurks around the corner of Christmas this year.
‘A rollicking good night out’: LA SOIREE – West End
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the sensuous experience of watching a circus show, and how reviews – coming generally from a theatrical tradition – usually privilege the conceptual meaning of a production over the sensational meanings written through our physiological responses. This is an attempt not to do that!
LAIKA – Unicorn Theatre
Sami and his mum are preparing for her to go to Mars for years and years and years. Both obsessed with space, Sami’s proud of her but worried that he might never see her again.
NEWS: Gothic musical The Grinning Man transfers from Bristol to West End
Gothic musical The Grinning Man transfers to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios 1 for an open-ended from 5 December 2017. Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday 11 October 2017.
THE MAGIC FLUTE – King’s Head Theatre
The King’s Head Theatre has been turned into a South American jungle, and we are invited to go along with the intrigued explorer Tamino, as he embarks on his journey to discover a world full of magical beings. In this world, and actually this performance too, nothing is what is expected.
CELEBRATION, FLORIDA – Touring
Shows incorporating technology have become more and more common recently. This experimental show, Celebration, Florida, features two unrehearsed performers wearing headphones.
BLOOD & BONE – Vaults
A political satire, blended with sexualised humour, with a sprinkle of fertiliser-addicted plants that just want to have fun with their mates – what more could you ask for on a Wednesday night?
FRANKENSTEIN – Greenwich Theatre
Blackeyed Theatre’s production strips away any added features from adapted movies, shows and other projects about Victor Frankenstein and simply tells the tale as Mary Shelly originally wrote.
What were our Top 25 reviews & other blogs in October 2016?
What were the most popular contributions from our 20+ syndicate Mates bloggers from the month just closed. What were the reviews and other blogs that got readers clicking most? Our Top 25 Mates Blogs from October 2016 includes gaggles of reviews for our most read-about shows. Any surprises?
Why aren’t more drama schools teaching puppetry?
It’s gone ubiquitously mainstream. And don’t anyone say it’s “the War Horse effect”. The passion for puppetry across the industry has been growing rapidly for at least twenty years. It is now almost everywhere. And, given what an interesting theatrical phenomenon it is, I think that’s a really welcome development.
Edinburgh Fringe: Scorched
Jack, feeble in body and mind, wiles away the days watching news broadcasts from operation Desert Storm. The former WWII soldier, now safe and looked after in a care home, vividly recounts memories from his youth and on the front line. He may not be aware of the present, but his past is ever present […]
Edinburgh Fringe: The Life of Saki
Author Hector Hugh Munro, otherwise known as Saki, is in WWI’s trenches. He and his men been out there for nearly a year, and they are long fed up with life on the front. To entertain his fellow troops, he tells the stories that have already made him a well-known writer.
Edinburgh Fringe: The Inevitable Heartbreak of Gavin Plimsole
Gavin Plimsole is a good enough guy. A bit geeky and nervous but well-meaning, maybe even a bit endearing if you like that sort of thing.
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