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Radio @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/radio/ Booking until: 13th July Production Photos by: Helen Maybanks Run time: 1hr 20mins. Radio follows Charlie Fairbanks who dreams of becoming an astronaut and visiting the moon once he sees Americans are going. In this superb one man play by Al Smith, as Charlie recounts the history of his…

June 25, 2019
Riot Act @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/riot-act/ Booking until: 30th June 2019 prior to a UK tour. Production Photos by: Dawson James Run time: 1hr 15mins. Alexis Gregory’s one man show Riot Act explores the history of the LGBTQ rights through a series of interviews, discussing almost six decades worth of queer history. Using these interviews,…

June 18, 2019
Wife @ Kiln Theatre

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://kilntheatre.com/whats-on/wife/ Booking until: 6th July 2019 Production Photos by: Marc Brenner Run time: 2hr 30mins. Wife takes place over 3 decades, starting with one woman’s sexuality identity crisis and how this affects the generations that follow hers, all the while centered around various productions of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Long…

June 17, 2019
The Flies @ The Bunker Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.bunkertheatre.com/whats-on/the-flies-les-mouches Booking until: 6th July 2019 Run time: 2hr 10mins. A young man comes back home to take care of business after his father is murdered by his uncle, who has proceeded to marry his mum and made his sister Electra a slave. To be honest, this is exactly the…

June 16, 2019
Afterglow @ Southwark Playhouse*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/afterglow/ Booking until: 20th July 2019 Production Photos by: Darren Bell Run time: 1hr 30mins. Trigger warnings: flashing lights, nudity. Already an acclaimed Off-Broadway hit, S. Asher Gelman’s debut play has made it’s UK premiere at the Southwark Playhouse. Afterglow is an intimate and naked (in every sense) play that…

June 12, 2019
The National Theatre Connections Festival 2019 Line Up

The largest youth theatre festival is back! The NT Connections festival takes ten new plays commission specifically for the festival and lets theatre companies from schools across the country perform them on a National stage. I attended the festival for the first time last year as a group from my sixth form were performing (you…

June 11, 2019
Kill Climate Deniers @ Pleasance Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/kill-climate-deniers#overview Booking until: 28th June 2019 Production Photos by: Ali Wright. Run time: 1hr 30mins. Pretty much what it says on the tin, a group of – labelled – “eco terrorists” attack the Environment Minister of Australia at a Fleetwood Mac concert after she announces plans to spend tax payers…

June 10, 2019
Shows To Catch at Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Another group of performers, another Edinburgh Fringe and another year I’m unable to go. The line up looks amazing as always and I will be scrolling my social media endlessly envious of those who are going. However, this hasn’t stopped my interest and here is a small slither of what’s on offer at the Fringe…

June 8, 2019
Vincent River @ Trafalgar Studios 2*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/vincent-river/trafalgar-studios/ Booking until: 22nd June 2019 Production Photos by: Scott Rylander. Run time: 1hr 30mins Phillip Ridley’s acclaimed play Vincent River takes place over an evening where Anita, a grieving mother, comes face to face with Davey, the boy who found her son’s dead body. The play deals with themes…

May 23, 2019
Amour @ Charing Cross Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://charingcrosstheatre.co.uk/theatre/amour Booking until: 20th July 2019 Production Photos by: Scott Rylander. Run time: 2hrs 15mins Trigger warnings: flashing lights. Set in 1950s Paris, Amour follows a shy civil servant called Dusoleil who passes his time writing letters to his mum while daydreaming about his neighbour Isabelle who is locked away…

May 10, 2019

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