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A beautiful piece of theatre that, with more developed storytelling, could be incredibly emotive. 

Pros: A fascinating and funny play in a tight, intimate venue, hidden under the Vauxhall Arches. Cons: For some, even if the subject matter doesn’t put you off, the rumbling of the trains overhead might just. Some plays just make no sense on paper. Who sits down thinking, “I know, let’s turn my biography of a barely known nineteenth-century homosexual prostitute into a play, and better yet, let’s make it a musical”? Thankfully, though, that seems just the thought process ...

Ahead of the debut of his play We Wait in Joyful Hope at Theatre 503​, playwright Brian Mullin argues for a more truthful depiction of nuns on stage & screen in this guest blog.

I’m Not Jesus Christ features a unique and unsettling storyline that provides more questions than answers.

Devilish! tempts us to indulge in an evening of undemanding entertainment, but should have demanded more of itself.

Pros: Stylish performances from the three-man cast add real edge to this compelling story. Cons: The play could have used an extra 30 minutes to give the characters more depth. I arrived unfashionably early at the Old Red Lion so had time to absorb the atmosphere in this wonderfully traditional pub. The walls are lovingly adorned with a timeline detailing its 600-year history and photos of luminaries known to have been customers; Karl Marx, Charles Dickens and George Orwell, to ...

A fresh and hilarious play written and performed by such a talented lady that I did not just enjoy the play, I was completely and utterly impressed by it.

A slightly confusing production that may be just a bit too faithful to the original story of the novel to work on stage.

Small and perfectly formed: La Poule Plombée features top-notch music, comedy and storytelling.

A production with much potential but which felt more like a lecture at times.