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This is your chance to win tickets to see Four Thieves’ Vinegar at Barons Court Theatre. To enter simply retweet one of our Four Thieves’ Vinegar competition tweets before 5pm on 26 February 2017 AND name a purported cure for the plague. A dark comedy about the Black Death. 1665, Newgate Prison, London. Matthias, an alchemist, has bankrupted himself trying to find a cure for the plague and has been thrown into prison for debt. There he is joined by ...

Pros: Brilliant writing, excellent acting Cons: You have to be comfortable with audience participation to enjoy the show There are many reasons why I love Woody Allen. Not least of them is his rare gift of addressing profound existential issues in a way that is not only thoroughly enjoyable but also hysterically funny. In this regard Focus Group, a play adapted by Toot Theatre from David Foster Wallace’s short story Mister Squishy, is not unlike an Allen comedy. It tells ...

The history of London’s theatres is almost the history of London itself, so enmeshed is the West End with the cultural tapestry of the capital. Folklore, tales of catastrophe and the personalities who make their name in the Smoke; all surround the bright lights of theatreland, and every year millions of tourists are entranced by the sweeping architecture and picture book antiquity of London’s glamorous pathway to the stars. Every name trips off the tongue even if you have never ...

This is your chance to win tickets to see Alice in Wonderland on its spring UK tour. To enter simply retweet one of our Alice in Wonderland competition tweets before 5pm on 5 February 2017 AND tell us what you would take to the Mad Hatter’s tea party. Imagination runs wild and logic is abandoned in this fantastical, larger-than-life musical brimming with nonsensical fun and excitement for the entire family. Follow Alice and the White Rabbit as they set off ...

Benighted playwright Duncan Gates discusses the process of adapting J.B. Priestley's 1927 novel for the stage — and the lessons he's learned along the way.

This is your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Puss in Boots at The Drayton Arms. To enter simply retweet one of our Puss in Boots competition tweets before 5pm on 4 December 2016 AND name a literary cat.   Fat Rascal Theatre in association with The Drayton Arms presents Puss in Boots A new adult pantomime   “Packed with invention” ***** Musical Theatre Review on BUZZ From the filthy minds behind BUZZ: A New Musical (winner ...

This is your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Buzz, at The Drayton Arms. To enter simply retweet one of our Buzz competition tweets before 5pm on 13th October 2016 AND name something that buzzes. #COMPETITION: For the chance to win tickets to #Buzz @draytonarmsSW5 retweet by 5pm on 13.10.16 AND name something that buzzes. — Everything Theatre (@EveryTheatre) October 7, 2016   Fat Rascal Theatre in association with The Drayton Arms presents Buzz: A New Musical The Drayton Arms ...

Director Dan Coleman discusses Dawn State Theatre Company's The Man Who Would Be King ahead of its UK tour.

SLEEPLESS director and writer Hannah Barker explores the impulse to use theatre to explain the horrifying condition of living with a genetic disease.

This is your chance to win tickets to see Journey’s End on UK tour. To enter, simply retweet one of our Journey’s End competition tweets by 5pm on 4th September 2016 AND name the town where you’d like to see the show (see venue list, below). Immersion Theatre presents Journey’s End R.C.Sherriff’s multi-award winning First World War masterpiece March 1918. “The war to end all wars”. Anxiety builds in Captain Stanhope’s claustrophobic dugout as the threat of an imminent German ...