Testament places some of the Bible’s most interesting bit part players in a modern setting and gives them centre stage.
MEET THE CAST: Look who’s joining Victor Alli & Miriam Margolyes in spooky VAULT Festival tale Ghost House
RADA graduate Victor Alli will star in Tristan Bernay’s new horror story Ghost House, alongside a voice cast including Miriam Margolyes, Lizzie Stables and Joan Iyiola when it runs at VAULT Festival later this week. Find out more about the cast, then book your tickets.
NEWS: Tristan Bernays premieres new horror tale Ghost House at Vault Festival
Internationally acclaimed writer Tristan Bernays will debut his latest play, modern day horror story Ghost House, at Vault Festival next month. Book your tickets now!
Emma Rice at Shakespeare’s Globe: Top 10
I thought it would be great to celebrate some of my favourite things about Emma Rice’s time as the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe.
‘One of the best original British musicals out there’: TEDDY – The Vaults ★★★★★
Bursting into The Vaults following a run at the Watermill Theatre and a short UK tour, Tristan Bernays’ musical Teddy transports the audience back to Elephant & Castle in 1958 for a rip-roaring adventure with the Teddy Boys and Girls.
‘Surprisingly dark but engaging musical’: TEDDY – The Vaults ❤❤❤❤
Teddy is a surprisingly gritty musical that knows how to pack a punch and is equally entertaining as it is engaging. It literally leaves you dancing from the theatre.
‘The performers act as if their lives depend on it’: TEDDY – The Vaults ★★★★
Both George Parker and Molly Chesworth give excellent performances in Tedd, at times it feels like they are acting as if their lives depend on it, such is the palpable intensity.
‘Just a few fragments to really grab onto’: WILL – Rose Playhouse ★★
Will is a very busy production, crammed with anachronisms and too many competing ideas – something of a work-in-progress.
5 shows to look out for in April – Strictly Ballroom, Tina, Chicago & more
As we speed towards the end of the month, here’s Love London Love Culture’s guide to some of the best shows opening in April…
‘Equal praise should be given to Bernays’ writing & Burrell’s direction’: OLD FOOLS – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★★
Suffice to say, Mark Arends and Frances Arends deliver sterling performances in Old Fools, rooting the lives of Tom and Viv in very relatable emotions and circumstances.
‘The star of the piece is Tristan Bernays’ beautiful writing’: OLD FOOLS– Southwark Playhouse
Tristan Bernays’ final scene is simple and heartbreaking – the whole room burst into tears at the exact same moment. Suddenly all of the bits that don’t work tremendously well don’t seem to matter quite as much.
‘Brilliant, devastating theatre’: OLD FOOLS – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★
Old Fools is brilliant, devastating theatre, marking Tristan Bernays out as an outstanding talent amongst his generation. It deserves a life beyond this stunning premiere – until then, it is an unmissable production at the Southwark Playhouse.
NEWS: Run extended for rock‘n’roll musical Teddy at The Vaults
Award-winning 1950s rock‘n’roll musical Teddy has had its London season at The Vaults extended by four weeks, following its successful launch at the Watermill Theatre and UK tour dates.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Old Fools playwright Tristan Bernays
Playwright Tristan Bernays spoke to Love London Love Culture about the world premiere of his new drama Old Fools, playing at the Southwark Playhouse from the 14 March 2018.
NEWS: Tristan Bernays 1950s-set Teddy musical returns for tour & new London season
Tristan Bernays and Dougal Irvine’s award-winning British musical TEDDY returns in the new year, opening in January at the Watermill Theatre before touring and transferring The Vaults in London.
NEWS: Gina McKee wages war as Boudica in Shakespeare’s Globe premiere
Gina McKee will play the title role in Eleanor Rhode’s forthcoming production of Tristan Bernays’ new play Boudica at Shakespeare’s Globe, the final season in outgoing artistic director Emma Rice’s Summer of Love season.
NEWS: Frankenstein two-hander transfers from Watermill to Wilton’s Music Hall
Tristan Bernays’ acclaimed two-person adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 literary classic Frankenstein opens this week at east London’s Wilton’s Music Hall, transferring from the Watermill Theatre in Newbury
NEWS: Before leaving, Rice marks Summer of Love’s 50th anniversary at Globe
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce Emma Rice’s 2017 summer season, the Summer of Love, marking the 50th anniversary of the summer of 1967. The season opens on 22 April 2017, with Romeo and Juliet, followed by Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn, Twelfth Night, Kneehigh’s Tristan & Yseult, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, and the world premiere of Tristan Bernays’ …
NEWS: Before leaving, Rice marks Summer of Love’s 50th anniversary at Globe
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce Emma Rice’s 2017 summer season, the Summer of Love, marking the 50th anniversary of the summer of 1967. The season opens on 22 April 2017, with Romeo and Juliet, followed by Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn, Twelfth Night, Kneehigh’s Tristan & Yseult, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, and the world premiere of Tristan Bernays’ …
TEDDY – Southwark Playhouse
Teddy is a new piece of theatre from Tristan Bernays and Dougal Irvine that sets out to depict the Teddy Boy era of 1950’s London. It’s all about rock and roll and austerity in post-war Britain, but much like the Teddy Boys it tells of, the play’s slickly packaged, but scratch its surface, and there’s a show unsure of itself and seemingly still seeking its own identity.