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Around The World In 80 Days @ Union Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://www.uniontheatre.biz/around-the-world-in-80-days.html Running until: 1st September 2018 Production Photos by: Mark Senior Based on the novel by Jules Verne, the show follows a man named Phileas Fogg who bets his fortune that he can travel around the world in 80 days. He sets off with his assistant Passepartout on his travels while…

August 14, 2018
Quick Fire Questions | Meghan Tyler, writer of Medicine

Coming to the Hope Theatre in Islington, later this month is award winning playwright Meghan Tyler’s play Medicine. The play takes place in Ireland and explores the relationship between main character Moira and her mum. Described as boldly funny and achingly sad, the play looks at how the effects of mental illness affects us and…

August 10, 2018
The Three Musketeers @ St. Paul’s Church*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://iristheatre.com/event/the-three-musketeers/ Running until: 2nd September 2018 Production Photos by: Nick Rutter Rounding out the summer in Covent Garden, Iris Theatre present a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas classic tale The Three Musketeers. This new adaptation, written by Iris Theatre’s artistic director Daniel Winder follows the protagonist d’Artagnan setting out for Paris…

August 9, 2018
Bring It On @ Southwark Playhouse*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/bring-it-on/ Running until: 1st September 2018 Production Photos by: Eliza Wilmot The second show in the British Theatre Academy’s summer season at the Southwark Playhouse, playing in tandem with Goodnight Mister Tom is the London premiere of Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, Jeff Whitty & Lin-Manuel Miranda’s vibrant and pop filled musical Bring…

August 8, 2018
Quick Fire Questions | Sara Joyce, director of Dust.

Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to see Milly Thomas’ critically acclaimed one woman play Dust at the Soho Theatre. Recently, a transfer was announced and Dust will play the Trafalgar Studios 2 from the 4th September to 13th October. Only just under a month to go until the first performance and I was…

August 7, 2018
Ardent8’s Sacrifice @ Soho Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/ardent8-sacrifice/ Running until: 4th August 2018 Production Photos by: Mark Douet Sacrifice was written by Andrew Muir who, from working at the Bournemouth & Poole College, saw lots of potential talent push their dreams away due to the lack of opportunities available outside of London. Because of this, he set up…

August 3, 2018
Goodnight Mister Tom @ Southwark Playhouse*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/goodnight-mr-tom/ Running until: 25th August 2018 Production Photos by: Eliza Wilmot Being the first of four productions, Goodnight Mister Tom kicks off the British Theatre Academy’s South London residency of shows performed entirely by the students of the British Theatre Academy. Goodnight Mister Tom is written by David Wood, based on…

August 2, 2018
Shows To Catch At Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Every August for the past couple of years I have filled with envy at everybody who gets to go to Edinburgh Fringe. A month long event that is filled with all kinds of performances from plays to musicals to stand up comedy to cabarets and more. There’s so much to see and such a range…

July 31, 2018
Quick Fire Questions | Paul-Ryan Carberry, director of The Three Musketeers

Coming to St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden to round out the summer is a brand new theatre production of The Three Musketeers. The play runs from the 2nd August to 2nd September and for tickets & more information please visit http://actorschurch.org/event/?show=0&id=873584102. Although I’m a pretty big book nerd, The Three Musketeers isn’t a story I’m…

July 30, 2018
The Simon and Garfunkel Story @ Lyric Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://www.thesimonandgarfunkelstory.com/welcome/ Running until: 10th December 2018 Production Photos by: Betty Zapata Taking over the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue on Thriller’s nights off is a musical presentation of the music Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel released in their lifetime. Not only being one of the most successful music duos of all…

July 25, 2018

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