Category: On Stage
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Grotty @ The Bunker Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.bunkertheatre.com/whats-on/grotty/about Running until: 26th May 2018 Production photos by: The Other Richard In a 90 minute whirlwind, Izzy Tennyson’s play Grotty takes the audience on a ride through the underground lesbian scene in London. Grotty centres around Rigby and how she uses the relationships she forms as a way to deal…
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Quick Fire Questions | Dave Spencer, director of The Yellow Wallpaper.
A couple of years ago, I picked up a classic short story called The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, completely unaware how much of a feminist classic it is. An upcoming stage adaptation appeared on my radar and I was lucky enough to ask the director Dave Spencer about bringing the short story to…
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Moormaid @ Arcola Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/moormaid/ Running until: 19th May 2018 Production photos by: Anika Wagner Although the show has a short run time of just 95 minutes, Marion Bott’s play Moormaid tries to pack an emotive punch in order to drive the story along. At the start of the play we meet art teacher Melissa…
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The Gulf @ Tristan Bates Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.tristanbatestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-gulf Running until: 5th May 2018 Production photos by: Rachael Cummings Audrey Cefaly’s play The Gulf is making its European premiere at the very intimate Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden. The play follows Kendra and Betty, a couple who spend the entire play on a boat being hostile to each…
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Quick Fire Questions | Tom Vallen, writer of A Gym Thing
Photo credit: Sally Jubb Photography Tom Vallen’s Edinburgh Festival hit A Gym Thing comes to London and will start performances at the Pleasance Theatre, Islington from 30th April to 13th May. The play takes place within a 60 minute workout and creates a conversation around body image and bigorexia/Body Dysmorphic Disorder. I managed to grab…
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Chicago @ Phoenix Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://chicagothemusical.com/london/ Running until: 6th October 2018 Production photos by: Tristram Kenton The infamous Kander & Ebb musical set in a women’s prison is back in London after a five year hiatus. Chicago has been one of those musicals I’ve always wanted to see, as I absolutely love the film. My only…
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Quick Fire Questions | Owen Kingston, writer/director of For King and Country.
After seeing Darkest Hour in the cinema earlier this year, I was super intrigued when an interactive, immersive theatre production that presents what life was like during Britain’s Darkest Hour appeared on my radar. For King and Country is performed by actors who are aided by historical research and won’t have a script to prepare…
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Pressure @ Park Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/pressure Running until: 28th April 2018 Production photos by: Robert Day David Haig leads a fantastic cast in his own play which takes place in one weather forecast room ahead of D-Day in June 1944. Based on a true story, Haig plays Group Captain James Stagg, a meteorologist hired by General…
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Quick Fire Questions | Hannah Hauer-King
Ahead of Grotty opening at the Bunker Theatre in less than a month, I was lucky enough to shoot some quick fire questions across to the production’s director, Hannah Hauer -King. Hannah’s previous directing credits include Lilth (Bunker Theatre), Fury (Soho Theatre) and Dead Playwright (Old Red Lion Theatre). She is also artistic director and co-founder of…
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Teddy @ The Vaults*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.thevaults.london/teddy Running until: 3rd June 2018 Production photos by: Scott Rylander A mix of live music and theatre blend together perfectly in the new 1950s rock’n’roll musical Teddy, now playing at the Vaults. Set in London at the birth of a new musical phenomenon, the show follows Teddy and Josie during…
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