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The Passion of Lady Vendredi: Rich Mix to stage 'blaxploitation epic'
Voodoo, evangelism and white working class comedians are some of the inspirations for the character of Lady Vendredi
Read MorePlay set in ‘shipping container’ highlights plight of child refugees
Cargo, a new play opening at the Arcola this month, recreates a border crossing in real time
Read MorePlay set in 'shipping container' highlights plight of child refugees
Arcola production enacts a border-crossing using a replica of the type of container used to escape conflict in countries such as Syria and Afghanistan
Read MoreRosemary Branch theatre founders bow out after 20 years
After two decades of at the helm of theatre pub institution, Cecilia Darker and Cleo Sylvestre have handed over the reins to a new generation
Read MoreHandle with Care – self-storage lock-up stages play about belongings
Promenade production follows Zoe on a 30-year journey, viewed through the prism of her personal effects
Read MoreKenny Morgan, Arcola theatre, review: 'a worthy tribute'
Mike Poulton’s play about Terence Rattigan’s secret lover does a stellar job of conveying the post-war prejudice and emotional reticence of 1940s Britain
Read MoreAfter Independence: staging the politics of Zimbabwe
The complex power dynamics of Zimbabwe post-independence is the subject of a new play at the Arcola
Read MoreAnother World, National Theatre, review: 'reminder how powerful a tool verbatim theatre can be'
Verbatim play tackles radicalisation and includes interviews with Muslim teenagers from East London
Read MoreBoy, Almeida, review: 'a nightmare vision of consumerist Britain'
Innovative production brings Leo Butler’s stark vision of 21st century London to life in Boy at the Almeida
Read MoreCrossing the divide – Spitalfields to see crowdfunded adaptation of Malorie Blackman classic
An extraordinary tale of social exclusion, terrorism and oppression, Noughts and Crosses has now been adapted for the stage. Its director Cheryl Walker talks about black representation and why her performers are “not just actors”
Read More1972: The Future of Sex begins Shoreditch Town Hall run
A new comedy explores sexual anxiety and coming of age in the year of Ziggy Stardust and Mary Whitehouse
Read MorePlaying a blinder – All That Fall preview
A one-act play for radio by Samuel Beckett is ingeniously staged at Wilton’s Music Hall
Read MoreWilde Wilde East – The Importance of Being Earnest comes to the Barbican
An operatic adaptation of one of the most celebrated comedies in the English language comes to the Barbican this month
Read MoreSheer Height redress the gender balance with new Arcola show
Fed up with the state of theatre for women, two friends founded their own company placing female characters centre stage
Read MoreThe Sissy’s Progress at Toynbee Studios: drama tackles prejudice head on
Performer Nando Messias returned to the site where he was attacked 10 years previously with a defiant new show about the experience
Read MorePark bench politics: Made Visible at the Yard Theatre
An encounter with two women in Victoria Park inspired Deborah Pearson’s play about race and identity
Read MoreMary Seacole brought to the stage at the Rosemary Branch
Theatre marks 20th anniversary with play about pioneering Jamaican nurse, starring its artistic director and former Rolling Stones collaborator Cleo Sylvestre
Read MoreA Steady Rain, Arcola – review: two cops in an 'armpit of a place’
American police drama by Mad Men and House of Cards writer Keith Huff is compelling but plot veers too close to cliché
Read MoreFamily connection to Mayflower pilgrims inspires play
Don’t Waste Your Bullets on the Dead by Stoke Newington-based writer Freddie Machin premieres this month at Vault Festival
Read More'The towers dominated the skyline': Beaumont Estate revisited in new play at The Yard
Based on interviews with former and current residents of a Leyton housing estate, Re: Home examines what our homes mean to us
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