Tag: arcola theatre

A Week At The Theatre | Anything Goes*, The Dance of Death*, A Midsummer Night’s Dream*

Quite the range at the theatre this week from a classic musical to an adaptation of a Strindberg play and a new interpretation of a great Shakespeare play. Anything Goes at the Barbican*Rating: 4/5Running until: 3rd SeptemberTicket link: https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/anything-goes-tickets Returning to the Barbican for the summer after a triumphant run in 2021 and finishing up…

July 10, 2022
A Week At The Theatre | The Father and The Assassin, We Started To Sing, Girl On The Train*

Quite the week for lengthy play titles! Managed to catch two plays before they finish next week and I got to visit a theatre in London I hadn’t been to before. The Father and The Assassin at the National TheatreRating: 5/5Running until: 18th JuneTicket link: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/the-father-and-the-assassin The Father and The Assassin is an epic new…

June 11, 2022
The Canary and the Crow @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/the-canary-and-the-crow/ Booking until: 8th February 2020 Run time: 1hr 15mins Production photos by: The Other Richard After winning critical acclaim with runs at the Brighton Fringe and the Edinburgh Fringe, Daniel Ward’s fantastic piece The Canary and the Crow has finally been given a full run in London. I missed…

January 22, 2020
Meet Me At Dawn @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/meet-me-at-dawn/ Booking until: 9th November Run time: 1 hr Production Photographs by: Lidia Crisafulli. Using the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as inspiration, Zinnie Harris’ two hander Meet Me At Dawn follows Helen and Robyn who have washed up on a shore following a boating accident. As they look to…

October 18, 2019
Anna Bella Eema @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/anna-bella-eema/ Booking until: 12th October Run time: 1 hr 30 mins. Production Photographs by: Holly Revell Anna Bella Eema follows a young girl called Annabella who builds a girl out of mud that comes to life and moves into the deserted trailer park home with Annabella and her mother Irene.…

September 19, 2019
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
The Daughter-In-Law @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/the-daughter-in-law-2019-01-19/ Booking until: 2nd February 2019 Production Photos by: Idil Sukan Run time: 2hr 30 mins incl. a 15 minute interval. After much critical acclaim and a sell out run in the smaller studio at the Arcola, director Jack Gamble’s production of D.H. Lawrence’s play has now transferred to the…

January 16, 2019
Mrs Dalloway @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/mrs-dalloway/ Production Photos by: Ollie Grove Booking until: 20th October 2018 Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, a new stage adaptation of the classic story Mrs Dalloway has arrived at the Arcola Theatre. The story takes place in 1920s London as the title character Clarissa Dalloway prepares to throw a…

October 2, 2018
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…

April 26, 2018