A cleverly crafted and thought-provoking piece of theatre, featuring a playful 'randomiser' mechanism
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Villain, King’s Head Theatre – Review
Pros: An immensely likable performance from Maddie Rice, making light of a demanding script. Cons: A story told in flashback wasn’t easy to follow at times. There are times when we get things wrong in our job. The consequences are, for the most part, negligible: embarrassment, a knock to our confidence or maybe the loss of a bonus. But what happens if an error changes someone’s life beyond all recognition? That’s the conundrum posed by Villain, a one act monologue featuring social worker ...
Read More »How (Not) to Live in Suburbia, Soho Theatre — Review
A show for every Londoner that is in love with London but has occasionally experienced loneliness in the city.
Read More »From home with love: a double bill of new work, Sadler’s Wells – Review
Malta's national contemporary dance company tours the UK with a unique and innovative selection of choreographies and musical choices.
Read More »Trumpets and Raspberries, Chickenshed – Review
A wonderful, comedic performance that soars in many ways, with faultless performances from the lead characters.
Read More »Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough…
….Thriller Live certainly hasn’t! The show opened at London’s Lyric Theatre in January 2009, just a few months before Michael Jackson’s death, and has stayed put ever since. It had already broken the Lyric Theatre’s record for longest running production when, earlier this month it played its 3358th performance and so broke the record of Jesus Christ Superstar to become the 15th longest-running musical in the West End. That doesn’t sound so very remarkable until you consider some of the shows in ...
Read More »Interview: Heloise Tunstall-Behrens on ‘The Swarm’
Beekeeper and composer Heloise Tunstall-Behrens tells us about bringing her love for honeybees to the stage in 'The Swarm.'
Read More »Taking Flight Festival, New Diorama Theatre – Review
A sharp and engaging collection of relatable and moving stories from new writers.
Read More »Dubailand, Finborough Theatre — Review
An interesting production punctuated with some impressive character dialogue. Worth seeing but could use some fine-tuning.
Read More »Interview: Stagedoor App Co-Founder Michael Hadjijoseph
Stagedoor app co-founder and CEO Michael Hadjijoseph tells us more about the app and his thoughts on the London theatre scene.
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