Posts Tagged ‘Stage’
The Doctor, Almeida Theatre: ‘High-calibre, unique drama that will leave you a changed person’
Robert Icke’s third collaboration with Juliet Stevenson, and his last outing as the theatre’s associate director, is ‘impeccable’
Read MoreThe Time Of Our Lies, Park Theatre: ‘Compelling – if you’re of the right mindset’
Bianca Bagatourian’s play about the life and work of American intellectual Howard Zinn is a ‘history lesson with sonorous contemporary relevance’
Read MoreMaria Stuarda, The Old Church, opera review: ‘Revolutionary take on a sometimes distant art form’
OperaUpClose’s new production of Donizetti’s classic is ‘rich and heartbreaking’
Read MoreA Hero of Our Time, Arcola Theatre – review
Fast paced and bursting with emotion, this is a new adaptation of Mikhail Lermontov’s neglected 1840 novel
Read MoreInsignificance, Arcola Theatre, theatre review: ‘Bailey Johnson plays Marilyn with speedily unwinding energy’
This production of the witty, contemplative 1982 play brings together thinly-veiled versions of Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe McCarthy and Joe DiMaggio
Read MoreProof, Courtyard Theatre, review: ‘open-throated, no holds barred performances’
The intensity of the performances – particularly during the fights – gives visceral power to this otherwise stripped-back production of David Auburn’s Tony Award-winning play
Read MoreRichard III, Arcola, theatre review: the bovver boy royal in a bare bones production
This enjoyable staging of Shakespeare’s historic tragedy makes the most of its stark setting and a “performance on fire”
Read MoreMichael Jackson auditions coming to Hackney Empire
Motown the Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre looking for young local talent with ‘moves like Michael’
Read MoreHamlet, Almeida Theatre, review: method and madness
The N1 theatre stages the tragedy with a variety of bells & whistles that make for a stylish production
Read MoreHow to Date a Feminist, Arcola, review: ‘there was proper laughter, and lots of it’
Unconventional romantic comedy attempts to deconstruct the patriarchy, one laugh at a time
Read MoreWin a pair of tickets to ‘A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer’ at the National Theatre!
Expect big anthems, shiny costumes, blood, tears and real cancer patients in this heartbreaking musical
Read MoreRemoval Men, The Yard Theatre, review: ‘at its best worthy of Joe Orton’
An Immigration Removal Centre is the setting for a new play at the Yard Theatre that explores a ‘crisis of compassion’ in society, through song, dance and caustic-whimsical dialogue
Read MoreCopies of Fifty Shades of Grey to be ripped up for provocative theatre performance
Theatre-maker Hannah Silva has trawled charity shops to snap up all the copies of the erotic novel she can find
Read MoreHackney’s mayor cuts the cake as Immediate Theatre celebrates 20th anniversary
Birthday bash held at the Arcola for pioneering charity that runs youth theatre workshops on estates and in areas of high deprivation
Read MoreSleepless, Shoreditch Town Hall, preview: exploring Fatal Familial Insomnia
A new play looks at the most rare and horrifying strain of insomnia of all
Read More‘It was love soup’: Britten in Brooklyn with Sadie Frost at Wilton's Music Hall
Sadie Frost ventures to East London to star as stripper Gypsy Rose Lee
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 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 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
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