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FEATURED SHOW: Debs Newbold’s ★★★★★ Lost in Blue is ‘as hilarious as it is poignant’. Reviews are in!

In Featured Shows, Features, Festivals, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Reviews, Video by Featured Content24th February 2022

Debs Newbold’s Offies-nominated, one-woman Lost in Blue is “a gripping story… as hilarious as it is poignant”, says Broadway Baby. We’ve rounded up highlights from the show’s raft of other five- and four-star reviews. Just a handful of chances left to see the show at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre, where it must end this Saturday 26 February 2022.

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PHOTOS: Debs Newbold is in full storytelling action in one-woman play Lost in Blue

In Featured Shows, Features, Festivals, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Video by Featured Content17th February 2022

Debs Newbold officially opens to press tonight (17 February 2022) at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre in her acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue, running for a limited season until 26 February 2022. Have a look at our bumper gallery of brand-new production photos, which really capture the dynamism of Debs’ storytelling. Time to get booking!

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‘This is a story about hope’: WATCH the trailer for Debs Newbold’s ‘astounding’ Lost in Blue

In Featured Shows, Features, Festivals, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content11th February 2022

We’re counting down to the London transfer of Debs Newbold’s acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue, which runs at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from 15 to 26 February 2022. The evocative trailer shows how storytelling, live music and sound technology blend together to brilliant effect.

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WATCH: The Jekyll / Hyde team explain their monstrously fun new style of immersive gaming at Vault Festival

In Festivals, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Reviews, Video by Featured Content6th March 2020

“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!

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WATCH: What did Edinburgh audiences think of opening VAULT Festival show, Sold?

In Awards, Edinburgh Festival, International, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content28th January 2020

“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.

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NEWS: Giving Up Marty explores reality of adoption reunion at VAULT Festival

In Featured Shows, Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content15th January 2020

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.

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WATCH: Rosalind Blessed discusses creating personal plays The Delights of Dogs and The Problems of People and Lullabies for the Lost

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Video by Featured Content9th January 2020

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!

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WATCH: Natasha Santos tells London Live about the Christmas reinvention of break up comedy Getting Over Everest

In Featured Shows, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content10th December 2019

“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!

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What is Up the Bunty!? Check out these production shots and let the cast explain

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Video by Featured Content28th November 2019

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.

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WATCH: Get in the Christmas spirit with trailers for A (One-Man) Christmas Carol

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content26th November 2019

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!

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WATCH: Tragedy, hope, love and audience responses in the trailer for Mandy Picks a Husband

In Comedy, Edinburgh Festival, International, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content26th November 2019

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!

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WATCH: Discover more about acclaimed drama Poisoned Polluted from its cast and creative team

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content22nd November 2019

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.

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NEWS: Up the Bunty! returns for festive fun at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Video by Featured Content21st November 2019

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!

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WATCH: Get a flavour for Victorian detective fun with the trailer for Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia and peek into rehearsals

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content28th October 2019

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!

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WATCH: Hit the building site with the trailer for new Ovalhouse show, We Dig

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content8th October 2019

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!

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FIRST LOOK: Take a peek at the new production images for Danelaw

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Video by Featured Content24th September 2019

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!

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WATCH: Visit the Great British Golf Course, formerly known as the United Kingdom, in the trailer for dystopian drama The Open

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content23rd September 2019

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.

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a look at what’s going down in rehearsals for Danelaw

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Video by Featured Content11th September 2019

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!

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WATCH: Meet the cast of dark comic horror Trial of Love

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content6th September 2019

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!

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WATCH: Take a trip to an East End wonderland with the trailer for Alice in Canning Town

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content13th August 2019

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!

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