Are you worried about the state of politics and society in the UK today? That’s the question I asked at the start of my post-show Q&A for At Last at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre.
FEATURED SHOW: Reviews are in for the English-language premiere of Paloma Pedrero’s The Eyes of the Night
The Eyes of the Night receives its English-language premiere tonight (13 September 2019) as part of the Cervantes Theatre’s second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season. Take a look at production shots of both English and Spanish casts – and then get booking!
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for an evening with Ol’ Blue Eyes at Sinatra: Raw
After the opening performance of Sinatra: Raw at Wilton’s Music Hall on Tuesday 22 October 2019, I’ll be joined by Richard Shelton to discuss his journey with the show and Frank Sinatra’s legacy. Any questions? Join us!
PHOTOS: First look at the English & Spanish casts of The Eyes of the Night at the Cervantes Theatre
The Eyes of the Night receives its English-language premiere tonight (13 September 2019) as part of the Cervantes Theatre’s second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season. Take a look at production shots of both English and Spanish casts – and then get booking!
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the world premiere of Sarah Rutherford’s The Girl Who Fell
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock reunites with Stage Traffic at Trafalgar Studios for the world premiere of Sarah Rutherford’s The Girl Who Fell. Got any questions for creatives and cast?
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the return of Danelaw, Peter Hamilton’s play about neo-Nazis
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to the Old Red Theatre for the timely return of Danelaw, a grisly tale of British neo-Nazis, inspired by real events. Got any questions for writer Peter Hamilton and the company?
NEWS: The Play That Goes Wrong marks fifth birthday as Mischief extends long-runners & readies year-long residency
Did you grab a slice of birthday cake? Mischief Theatre’s breakthrough hit The Play That Goes Wrong celebrated its fifth birthday in the West End last night (10 September 2019) at the Duchess Theatre.
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the world premiere of absurdist comedy Mites
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back at Tristan Bates Theatre for the world premiere of Mites from Blueleaf Theatre. Got any questions for writer, director and cast?
Q&A video: Why did Arrows & Traps reset Jekyll & Hyde during the US presidential race?
Arrows & Traps’ 18th production in its five-year history is also its tenth at London’s Brockley Jack Theatre, where it is now an associate company, and its third in a Gothic trilogy. And it’s a corker.
Q&A video: How does Kander & Ebb’s Cabaret resonate even more strongly in 2019?
A musical about loss of rights, freedoms and humanity as a far-right populist party takes over a once-liberal society? Nothing familiar about that…
The Crown Dual Q&A video: How do you tell the Queen’s life story with a cast of two?
We were all madly checking our phones for news in the bars afterwards, but while Westminster dramas were going on, at Wilton’s Music Hall this week, we were getting to glorious grip with the (affectionate) comedy potential of the monarchy with The Crown Dual.
‘What do women leave behind in our fight for equality?’ Spanish playwright Paloma Pedrero on The Eyes of the Night
The question in the headline is what inspired leading Spanish playwright Paloma Pedrero to write her new play The Eyes of the Night, about a businesswoman’s revelatory encounter with a blind man. We talked to her about the two-hander ahead of its world premiere next week at London’s Cervantes Theatre. Time to get booking!
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for Mischief Theatre’s The Play That Goes Wrong
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A programme, and the third in a monthly Mischief Theatre series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to the Duchess Theatre for the show that started the juggernaut, the multi-award-winning uber-hit The Play That Goes Wrong. Got any questions?
‘In these divided times, it is also about what it is to really try & listen to each other’: Simone Coxall on directing The Eyes of the Night
How challenging is it to rehearse a brand-new play with two different casts in two different languages? Simone Coxall has helped to birth Paloma Pedrero’s The Eyes of the Night from rehearsed reading during last year’s Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season to full-scale premiere headlining this year’s season. We talked to her about her work at the Cervantes Theatre. Time to get booking!
Queen of the Mist Q&A video: How does it feel to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel?
How does it feel to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel… and survive? Michael John LaChiusa, who wrote a musical on just this subject, was on his way back to the States by the time I chaired my post-show Q&A to his Queen of the Mist.
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to quiz the original Mischief Theatre company of brand-new Groan Ups
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A programme, and the second in a monthly Mischief Theatre series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks to the cast and creatives for brand-new show Groan Ups, which launches the company’s year-long residency at the Vaudeville Theatre. Got any questions?
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for David Hare’s The Permanent Way at The Vaults
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back at The Vaults for the major revival of David Hare’s 2003 play The Permanent Way. Got any questions for director and cast?
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for Mischief Theatre’s The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A programme, and the first in a monthly Mischief Theatre series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to the Criterion Theatre for smash-and-grab hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, now in its third year with a new cast of convicts. Got any questions?
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for stellar West End revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back at London’s Trafalgar Studios on 7 October for the hotly anticipated West End revival Peter Nichols’ A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Got any questions for director and cast?
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the English-language premiere of The Eyes of the Night
I’m delighted to return to the Cervantes Theatre, London’s home of Spanish and Latin American drama, for my second of three post-show Q&As in the 2019 season. After new play The Reality and before the adaptation of Isabel Allende’s The House of The Spirits, I’m there in September for The Eyes of the Night.