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Podcast

Two podcasts to tell you about this week, as we were late getting one up for last week!

FlashBang Wallop, What A Play...

Proforca Theatre's David Brady on their new play FlashBang

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Podcast: FlashBang Wallop, What A Play...

Slavic Rusalkes and the Celtic Selkies

Podcast: Slavic Rusalkes and the Celtic Selkies
Not God Complex on their new play What Makes A Body Terrifying?

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shows to see this week

Dreamworld

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Camden's People Theatre, 11 - 14 August
Amelia Gann’s debut comedy is a fever dream of iconic pop soundtracks, childhood dance shows and suburban village life – so strap in for a show that’s messy, camp, desperate, confused, entitled and kind of scary.

Casterbridge

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Hen and Chickens Theatre, 12 - 14 August
With an all-female cast and a soundtrack of 00s hits, step into the high-pressure world of the London financial district, and experience Thomas Hardy’s greatest tragic novel as you’ve never seen it before.

Latest reviews

Daylight, The Rose and Crown

★★★

Coggan’s script smartly touches on friendship, faith and madness.

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Review: Daylight, The Rose and Crown

What's Wrong With Me, Lion and Unicorn Theatre

Review: What's Wrong With Me, Lion and Unicorn Theatre
★★★
A new musical with real potential to explore life’s challenges through a motley collection of characters.

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I Heart Michael Ball, Etcetera Theatre

★★★★

A powerful and startlingly shocking show that lures you in to joining the Michael Ball Appreciation Society, before you quite realise what that might entail.

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Review: I Heart Michael Ball, Etcetera Theatre

The Six Stages of A Break Up, Etcetera Theatre

Review: The Six Stages of A Break Up, Etcetera Theatre
★★★

A one-woman show disguised as a podcast.

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Afghanistan Is Not Funny, Gilded Balloon Teviot

★★★★

Henry Naylor is a master of topical comedy and political drama.

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Review: Afghanistan Is Not Funny, Gilded Balloon Teviot

Moral Panic, Etcetera Theatre

Review: Moral Panic, Etcetera Theatre
★★★★

A wonderfully dark, comic delve into the mind of a pompous 1980s film censo

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Last Wednesday's Work Shirt, Lion and Unicorn Theatre

★★★

A show crammed full of laugh out loud scenes, but too fragmented to glue them all together.

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Review: Last Wednesday's Work Shirt, Lion and Unicorn Theatre

¿Rob or Rose?, Lion and Unicorn Theatre

Review: ¿Rob or Rose?, Lion and Unicorn Theatre
★★★★

An incredibly executed show that brings the motif of time-loops out of the cinematic experience and onto the stage.

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The Party, The Hope Theatre

★★★★

Sex, spats and solemn realisations - The Party guides us through this mess of hypocrisy.

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Review: The Party, The Hope Theatre

Colloquium, Hen and Chickens

Review: Colloquium, Hen and Chickens
★★★★

Colloquium is a quick-witted insight into the absurdity of Oxford’s interview process.

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Dog / Actor, Etcetera Theatre

★★★★★

The range and skill shown by Stephen Smith is, quite frankly, ridiculously impressive, not to mention captivating.

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Review: Dog / Actor, Etcetera Theatre

Columbia March, Etcetera Theatre

Review: Columbia March, Etcetera Theatre
★★★★

Joe Wright and Eoin O’Sullivan deliver two committed, engaged performances, giving it their all - bringing tears of laughter.

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Kites, Lion and Unicorn Theatre

★★★

Two great performers work in harmony with the script to fly us to Cork and Spain via the moon.

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Review: Kites, Lion and Unicorn Theatre

Tales Big Day Out, Chickenshed

Review: Tales Big Day Out, Chickenshed
★★★★

Tales Big Day Out takes over Chickenshed's theatre and workshop spaces for two hours full of inclusive fun.

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David's Play, The Space

★★★★

Demonstrates how representation of the disabled can be a normality.

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Review: David's Play, The Space

Bad Teacher, Theatre503

Review: Bad Teacher, Theatre503
★★★

A beautifully illustrated look at an ordinary schoolday.

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Recent Interviews

Can We Tempt You With Some Tempest?

Rachel Hannah Clarke on playing The Tempest's Ariel at Shakespeare's Globe.

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Interview: Can We Tempt You With Some Tempest?

Joining some CUMTS for a Sleepover

Interview: Joining some CUMTS for a Sleepover
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society talk about their EdFringe musical Sleepover.

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There's No Getting Away from Kevin

Kevin P Gilday chats about his new EdFringe show, Spam Valley.

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Interview: There's No Getting Away from Kevin
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