“Jekyll is the most narrative-driven game we’ve done so far… We wanted to see if we could do something where the story itself is the thing that compels you to keep on moving forwards.” The team behind immersive game Jekyll / Hyde told A Younger Theatre about their groundbreaking new Vault Festival show. Take a look at what they had to say, then book!
WATCH: What did Edinburgh audiences think of opening VAULT Festival show, Sold?
“Amazing”, “thought-provoking”, “breathtaking” and “powerful” – just some of the words used by audiences at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival to describe Sold. Take a look at their responses, then book your tickets to see the show which runs in the opening week of VAULT Festival.
NEWS: Giving Up Marty explores reality of adoption reunion at VAULT Festival
The reality of a reunion with a birth parent is not a clear cut and euphoric as many a television show or film would have audiences believe. Karen Bartholomew’s spare and gutsy new play Giving Up Marty tells a more realistic tale when it comes to VAULT Festival later this year.
WATCH: Rosalind Blessed discusses creating personal plays The Delights of Dogs and The Problems of People and Lullabies for the Lost
Weeping at her mother’s performance, having her plays produced by her father and writing plays inspired by her own mental health troubles – watch Rosalind Blessed opening up about her productions The Delights of Dogs and The Problems of People and Lullabies for the Lost then book your tickets!
WATCH: Natasha Santos tells London Live about the Christmas reinvention of break up comedy Getting Over Everest
“No-one wants to be dumped at Christmas!” Watch playwright and performer Natasha Santos talking to London Live about the personal experiences that inspired her comedy Getting Over Everest and adding festive fun to the emotional mix. Book your tickets now!
What is Up the Bunty!? Check out these production shots and let the cast explain
A beaver, a bickering cast, a diminishing budget and a psychopath… discover what hit Camden Fringe comedy Up the Bunty! is all about, then book your tickets for its return to the Lion and Unicorn Theatre.
WATCH: Get in the Christmas spirit with trailers for A (One-Man) Christmas Carol
It’s less than a month to Christmas! Don’t be a Scrooge, put yourself in the festive spirit with the trailers for A (One-Man) Christmas Carol , which plays at The Hen & Chickens Theatre this December. Book your tickets now!
WATCH: Tragedy, hope, love and audience responses in the trailer for Mandy Picks a Husband
What did US audiences think of one-woman tale of trying to find love Mandy Picks a Husband? Check out this trailer to find out, then book your tickets!
WATCH: Discover more about acclaimed drama Poisoned Polluted from its cast and creative team
Two sisters have to deal with the effects of their toxic childhood in new drama Poisoned Polluted. Find out more about the hit production with this behind the scenes trailer, then act fast to book tickets for the final performances.
NEWS: Up the Bunty! returns for festive fun at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre
The self-proclaimed ‘show that taste and time forgot’, Up the Bunty! returns to the Lion & Unicorn Theatre next month, bringing an evening of silliness and cheer just before Christmas. Book your tickets now!
WATCH: Get a flavour for Victorian detective fun with the trailer for Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia and peek into rehearsals
Discover the Victorian fun on offer with Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia (and other tales) with the trailer for the Struts And Frets production running at the Tristan Bates Theatre this week, then book your tickets quickly!
WATCH: Hit the building site with the trailer for new Ovalhouse show, We Dig
With heavy machinery, hard hats and shovels galore, check out the trailer for Emma Frankland’s hole-creating new show We Dig, then book your tickets!
FIRST LOOK: Take a peek at the new production images for Danelaw
What does a far-right enclave or a revived Viking state look like? Take a look at these production images from Danelaw to find out, then book your tickets!
WATCH: Visit the Great British Golf Course, formerly known as the United Kingdom, in the trailer for dystopian drama The Open
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.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a look at what’s going down in rehearsals for Danelaw
Go undercover at a “whites-only homeland”… sort of. The cast and creatives of the new adaptation of Danelaw have taken to social media to give you a peek behind the scenes at what they’ve been creating, including a snippet of a scene! Take a look at our favourite tweets and insta posts, then book your tickets!
WATCH: Meet the cast of dark comic horror Trial of Love
Finding humour in darkness and exploring the meeting of Eastern and Western influences – watch the young cast of HiddenViewz new production Trial of Love discussing the new play. Time to get booking!
WATCH: Take a trip to an East End wonderland with the trailer for Alice in Canning Town
As Alice in Canning Town brings its East End reinvention of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to Newham playground, Arc in the Park, get a flavour for the show with this new trailer. And book your tickets!
FEATURED SHOW: What’s being said on Twitter about Crowded Room’s ★★★★★ The Colours?
“Another corker”, “beautiful, warm and moving” – audiences have taken to social media to share their love of Crowded Room’s new play about facing up to death, The Colours. See what’s being said, then book your tickets!
‘Gender inequality is alive and well, on every level, all over the world’: Zoë Guzy-Sprague, Caley Powell & Marta da Silva tell us about The Net
‘The work we do in times of crisis as healers, storytellers and carers is lost because for years this work has never been associated with strength and power.’ Camden Fringe drama The Net explores four women on opposite sides of a divide but caught in the centre of a war. The play’s writer Zoë Guzy-Sprague and producers Caley Powell & Marta da Silva told us about its inspiration, the importance of an all-female team and more.
WATCH: Playwright Zoë Guzy-Sprague on how all-female drama about war, The Net, became about how much we share.
“I was struck by how arbitrary the borders and walls felt”. A trip to Israel sparked Zoë Guzy-Sprague’s imagination to create drama about women on opposite sides of a border, The Net. Watch what she has to say about the show, and what the producers say about the importance of an all-female creative team, then book your tickets.