Three decades in the future, when Donald Trump has bought the UK, all that remains is one giant golfing resort. This terrifying dystopian picture is the one drawn by new thriller The Open, which begins its run at The Space this week. Take a look at the trailer, then book your tickets.
NEWS: Britain becomes a giant golf course in dystopian thriller The Open
Taking a swing at what might happen 30 years into Britain’s future, new dystopian tale The Open, which tees off at The Space later this month, imagines a giant golf course where our green and pleasant land used to be. Time to book your tickets!
’An evening of meandering chat’: SHIPWRECK – Almeida Theatre
Annie Washburn’s new play Shipwreck is intended as a reckoning with Trump. The show pitches itself as a invitation to dinner with the 45th President, but unfortunately would be better described as an evening of meandering chat with a cast of confused New York liberals.
‘Only marginally entertaining’: SHIPWRECK – Almeida Theatre
Anne Washburn’s latest offering, Shipwreck, is a marathon play at the Almeida Theatre that takes direct aim at the Trump Administration.
ANGRY podcasts: Listen to the full series of three post-show Q&As
MyTheatreMates co-founder Terri Paddock hosted a series of three post-show Q&As following packed-out performances of the current run of Philip Ridley’s ANGRY at London’s Southwark Playhouse. Listen to audio podcasts for all three here. The production must finish this Saturday (10 March 2018) – get booking before it’s too late!
FEATURED SHOW: Philip Ridley’s Angry at Southwark Playhouse, ★★★★★ reviews are in & Twitter is buzzing!
Got your tickets yet for the world premiere of Philip Ridley’s new gender-neutral collection of ANGRY monologues? Chronicles of Narnia’s Georgie Henley and award-winning West End musical star Tyrone Huntley perform this unmissable evening of comedy and drama. Watch the brand-new show trailer – and then get booking!
‘Unquestionably intense, experiential’: JULIUS CAESAR – Bridge Theatre
If Nicholas Hytner’s concept for Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre was applied with as much thought and skill as the staging, this would be a truly fantastic production.
WATCH: Georgie Henley & Tyrone Huntley star in Philip Ridley’s gender-neutral Angry premiere
Got your tickets yet for the world premiere of Philip Ridley’s new gender-neutral collection of ANGRY monologues? Chronicles of Narnia’s Georgie Henley and award-winning West End musical star Tyrone Huntley perform this unmissable evening of comedy and drama. Watch the brand-new show trailer – and then get booking!
Acts of theatre resistance: Insignificance, Young Marx, Imagine This, Bernarda Alba
While not Political Plays per se, over the past fortnight, I’ve seen several productions that have reminded me that theatre can play an important part in telling stories of resistance.
NEWS: NT transfers Oslo, stages Trump confirmation hearings in West End
Two highly political plays based on real-life world affairs will come to the West End this year from New York, via the National Theatre. Later this month, for one night only, there’s a staged reading of All the President’s Men?, Nicolas Kent‘s edited transcripts from the Senate confirmation hearings for President Trump’s (highly controversial) Cabinet. And in the autumn, JT …
Tanya Moodie: ‘We need to keep marching together’
As someone who makes a living championing theatre, one of the things that really delights me about the grass-roots activism sprouting up all around me in our increasingly illiberal age of Trump and Brexit is how much of it is being driven by theatre colleagues.