Posts Tagged ‘theatre’
National Youth Theatre courts drama with alcohol licence bid
Playhouse wants to sell booze and stage performances until midnight but some locals fear they will ‘never sleep again’
Read MoreStalled: A New Musical, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘Circling the drain’
This production, set in a ladies’ loo, shows ‘not every place of human interaction needs to be musicalised’
Read MoreAntigone [on strike], Park Theatre, stage review: ‘An uneven, if innovative, production’
Alexander Raptotasios’s adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy is led by audience votes, but the benefits are ‘unclear’
Read MoreFirebird, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘A middle-of-the-road tale’
This adaptation of the real-life Cold War classic, like the film before it, is lacking in personality
Read MoreLooking for Giants, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘Static portrait of a masochistic personality’
Actor Abby McCann carries a script ‘lacking in narrative development’
Read MoreCyrano, theatre review, Park Theatre: ‘lashings of postmodernist reflexivity and intertextuality, along with the odd song and dance routine’
The play deconstructs the classic tale of Cyrano de Bergerac into a queer romcom
Read More‘We have the ultimate Dame!’: King’s Head boss on new digs, nurturing talent, and its first full-blown panto
Sofi Berenger spoke to the Citizen ahead of a star-studded run of ‘Cinderella’ at the theatre’s new auditorium
Read MoreKing Lear, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Ramped-up, sexed-up take on the Shakespeare classic’
Yaël Farber’s adaptation keeps the audience ‘gripped throughout’
Read More‘Big part of the team’: Meet the kitchen worker with learning difficulties using specialist how-to videos to feed theatregoers
With support from the council and colleagues at the Almeida, Jemaine Williams can refer to AutonoMe videos to help him cut the perfect baguette
Read MoreDisruption, Park Theatre, stage review: ‘A mind-twister sure to leave theatre-goers musing about their own choices’
Andrew Stein’s new play explores the ethical quandaries posed by AI through ‘an engaging and very human story’
Read MoreKing Hamlin, Park Theatre, stage review: ‘Is there any coming back from social division?’
Gloria Williams’s new play gives a ‘nuanced insight into the effect of criminality on people’s personalities’
Read MoreSUS, Park Theatre, stage review: ‘An intense reminder that racism is still deeply ingrained in our society’
Paul Tomlinson revival of Barrie Keeffe’s 1979 play is a ‘blistering critique of small-minded racism and casual police brutality’
Read MoreLautrec, Camden Fringe, stage review: ‘Timely reflection on the emotional toll of long-term illness’
Fergus Rattigan’s drama about the tragic life of artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ‘makes clever use of inter-linguistic humour’
Read MoreKing’s Head pub theatre set for expansion after an audience with Town Hall planners
The Upper Street venue, hailed as one of Islington’s ‘crown jewels’, will more than double its seats to 250
Read MoreThe Still Room, Park Theatre, stage review: ‘Biting social commentary leavened with dark humour’
Sally Rogers’s ‘hugely enjoyable’ play leaves one wondering what’s really changed in the past few decades
Read MoreElizabeth I: Virgin on the Ridiculous, Living Spit, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘A rip-roaring night out’
This Horrible Histories-style depiction of the monarch is ‘hilarious’
Read MoreRambert2 – Home / Killer Pig, Sadler’s Wells, stage review: ‘Outstanding intensity and physical skill’
Eleven fledgling dancers show off their talent in unbalanced show
Read MoreThe Dan Daw Show, Sadler’s Wells, stage review: ‘Eye-opening glimpse in to the pull of the fetish community’
Dan Daw’s eponymous piece is ‘theatre where it should be – pushing boundaries, testing limits, making change’
Read MoreMischief and Mayhem, Little Angel Theatre, stage review: ‘Rambunctious romp through the dangers of overconsumption’
‘What if Shakespeare had an opinion on climate change?’ asks Dirty Feet Theatre Company in this witty short play
Read MoreOnce Upon A Time In Nazi Occupied Tunisia, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Burning with political astuteness’
Josh Azouz’s outstanding writing ‘pokes fun at the monstrous contradictions of fascism’
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