There are some evenings in the theatre when entertainment is the last thing on the agenda – Firebird is one of them. Phil Davies’ play, first seen over a decade ago, returns in a chilling new ...
It’s not about the butt plugs, despite the butt plugs being pivotal to the narrative. This show is really about the coercive nature of organised religion and how people can be manipulated to believe ...
It is always a pleasure to visit the intimate cabaret space beneath Soho Theatre. With its small cabaret-style tables, each ...
In Bed With My Brother, as Nora Alexander, Dora Lynn and Kat Cory call themselves, describe themselves as “gleefully swerving between silly and sinister, play ...
The relatively vast Chichester Festival Theatre stage sometimes felt a little barren in this somewhat stripped-down production. Henry Higgins’ (a delightful H ...
Peter Polycarpou’s recent stage credits include Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Hello, Dolly!, while his screen work includes House of the ...
Casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical, which is now in its 15th year in London, making it the 10th longest-running musical in West ...
Firebird opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough on 15 July, with previews from 9 July, and runs until 1 August. Double ...
Theatregoers who have seen various iterations of this show – I count myself among them – will note the various differences that appear in this production. None of them have a negative impact on the ...
Jonathan Larson matters because his work fused rock energy, social consciousness and emotional directness, and the success of Rent brought younger audiences into Broadway theatres whilst demonstrating ...
Heathers the Musical is the first show to be performed at the newly built Arts at Marble Arch venue, the new temporary home of the Arts Theatre. Seating 550, this semi-permanent structure has been ...
Opposites attract, so they say. There’s Ivy (Nadi Kemp-Safyi), who runs an independent coffee shop (one of those places that charges even more than Gail’s) that is frequented by Ash (Francesca ...