West End transfer marketing for Stig of the Dump sorted – the poster strapline will be “I dig Stig!” We definitely dig it. Meanwhile, the return of Clive King’s much-loved children’s literary classic continues at the Tabard Theatre until 6 January only. We’ve rounded up other five-star review highlights below. Time to get booking!
‘I love this theatre, I live 300 yards from it’: Director Russell Labey on returning to the Tabard with Stig of the Dump
Director Russell Labey can stumble into London’s Tabard Theatre from where he lives. Small wonder he considers it a second home. Here, he recalls why returning, after ten years, with a second go at Clive King’s Stig of the Dump feels so special. Time to get booking!
PHOTOS: How does Stig of the Dump look at the Tabard ten years on?
How does the Tabard Theatre’s staging of Clive King’s much-loved children’s literary classic Stig of the Dump look ten years on? Fresh as a daisy! Check out our gallery of new production photography below -and compare to the show’s 2008 staging here. Time to get booking!
PHOTOS: As Stig of the Dump returns to Tabard, here’s a flashback to its first run in 2008
We’ve got a theatrical #ThrowbackThursday for you! Clive King’s much-loved children’s literary classic Stig of the Dump returns tonight (6 December 2018) to London’s Tabard Theatre, where it was first staged a decade ago. Check out our gallery of photos from the 2008 production, which director Russell Labey lovingly recreates this Christmas. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Ten years on, Tabard Theatre revives Clive King’s Stig of the Dump for Christmas
Ten years after it first ran in Chiswick, the stage adaptation of the late Clive King’s much-loved children’s literary classic Stig of the Dump returns to London’s Tabard Theatre for a strictly limited holiday season. The production, directed by Russell Labey, runs from 6 December 2018 to 6 January 2019, with a press night on 11 December. Time to get booking!
My theatre diary: Multitudes, Gods and Monsters, Kill Me Now, How I Learned to Drive and Boa
The Off-West End play has very much been the thing for me in the past few weeks of theatregoing. Here are five (four of them brand-new plays) worth squeezing into your theatregoing calendar this month – and when I say this month, I do mean this month. As usual, I’ve listed productions in closing date order, […]
Review: Gods and Monsters (Southwark Playhouse)
I’ve not seen the 1998 movie Gods and Monsters, or much of James Whale’s black-and-white Frankenstein franchise – and you don’t need to have either to be entirely gripped by the plot and the outcome of this terrific piece of new writing. Whale is a famous Brit expat director eking out his final days in Los Angeles. […]
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Review: Whistle Down The Wind (Union Theatre)
Whistle Down The Wind had a huge effect on me. It was the first ‘film with people in it’ (as opposed to cartoons) that my parents took me to see. Of course, aged 7, even in black-and-white I fell in love with Hayley Mills – a brilliant casting by her godfather Bryan Forbes for whom the eerie allegorical drama […]
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Review: Whistle Down The Wind (Union Theatre)
Whistle Down The Wind had a huge effect on me. It was the first ‘film with people in it’ (as opposed to cartoons) that my parents took me to see. Of course, aged 7, even in black-and-white I fell in love with Hayley Mills – a brilliant casting by her godfather Bryan Forbes for whom the eerie allegorical drama […]
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