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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

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NEWS: UK tour of The Birthday Party will star Michelle Collins, Tristan Gemmill & Paul Hickey

In Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Regional theatre, Reviews by Press Releases7th January 2020

Michelle Collins will play Meg Boles, Tristan Gemmill will play Goldberg and Paul Hickey will play McCann in a national UK tour of Harold Pinter’s comedy The Birthday Party.

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‘Still gripping & audacious’: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Tom Bolton6th February 2018Leave a Comment

Ian Rickson’s excellent production at the Harold Pinter Theatre demonstrates, without a shadow of a doubt, why The Birthday Party deserves its classic status.

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Which three plays & musicals does Mark Shenton recommend this week?

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opinion, Photos, Plays, Reviews, Sticky, Touring by Mark Shenton2nd February 2018Leave a Comment

Looking for theatregoing inspiration? MyTheatreMates co-founder Mark Shenton chooses his top three plays and top three musicals to book now.

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Text of the Day: The Birthday Party

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays by Aleks Sierz1st February 2018Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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‘A masterpiece in character study’: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Anne Cox26th January 2018Leave a Comment

But this starry revival of The Birthday Party which has just opened at – where else? – the Harold Pinter Theatre – is immensely enjoyable – even if you occasionally lose the plot.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Birthday Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon21st January 2018Leave a Comment

Ian Rickson’s 60th-anniversary revival of Harold Pinter’s best-known play has opened at the West End theatre named after the late playwright. The Birthday Party stars Toby Jones, Zoë Wanamaker, Stephen Mangan and Pearl Mackie. Here’s what critics thought.

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‘Pinter’s most canonical drama still works’: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz20th January 2018Leave a Comment

With its episode of a game of blind man’s bluff being both very funny and rather horrible, this is a Birthday Party for a generation brought up on The League of Gentlemen.

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‘Utilises all the skills of its excellent cast’: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – West End

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky by Maryam Philpott19th January 2018Leave a Comment

Ian Rickson’s production is a tense and unnerving experience that utilises all the skills of its excellent cast to reinforce the oddity of one of Pinter’s most performed plays.

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Never Mind The Blog, here’s January’s theatre news

In Broadway, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin7th January 2018Leave a Comment

Lots & lots of shows have their first performances in London and across the country this month, including new productions of Pinter’s The Birthday Party, Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, and Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well.

What to see in in 2018

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Plays by Debbie Gilpin6th January 2018Leave a Comment

Well, we’re all still here… The big red button hasn’t been pushed yet and theatre is better than ever! But what’s coming up this year?

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What are the Top 15 hottest tickets on the site right NOW?

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opinion, Plays, Sticky by Press Releases1st November 2017Leave a Comment

These are our current Top 15 Ticket Recommendations – broken down into five musicals, five plays and five ‘star attractions’ (in other words, there are famous faces in the cast) – based on both best-sellers over the past month as well as our predictions on the hottest of upcoming openings

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What were our Top 10 news stories in September 2017?

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases2nd October 2017Leave a Comment

What were the headlines that got readers clicking most last month? Any surprises? Here are our Top 10 News stories from September 2017.

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NEWS: Doctor Who’s Pearl Mackie joins all-star cast of Pinter’s The Birthday Party, TICKETS ONSALE

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases15th September 2017Leave a Comment

Pearl Mackie will join the cast of a new production of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, in her first role since playing ‘Bill Potts’, the Doctor’s companion, in the latest series of the BBC’s Doctor Who.

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NEWS: Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan & Zoe Wanamaker star in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party TICKETS ONSALE

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases12th September 2017Leave a Comment

A new production of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party will run at the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre, 60 years since the play’s debut, from 9 January to 14 April 2018 with an opening night on 18 January 2018.

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