Hayley Sprout

Tag: off west end play

  • Cuckoo @ Soho Theatre*

    Cuckoo @ Soho Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/cuckoo/ Booking until: 8th December 2018 Production Photos by: David Gill Set in a small town in Ireland, Cuckoo follows best friends Iona and Pingu who have had enough of the bullying from the kids in their town. So they decide to emigrate to London for a new life. But…

  • Semites @ The Bunker Theatre*

    Semites @ The Bunker Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Production Photos by: Mark Senior Tickets and more information: https://semites.one/ Semites was conceived by actor Ben Nathan after an experience he had working on a play which resulted in an altercation with his co-star at the time. This prompted him to head to Israel and Palestine and interview people from a variety of backgrounds on…

  • Pickle Jar @ Soho Theatre*

    Pickle Jar @ Soho Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/pickle-jar/ Booking until: 10th November 2018 Production Photos by: Ali Wright Having previously performed in a UK tour of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one woman monologue Fleabag, actress and writer Maddie Rice has brought her own original one woman monologue to the Soho Theatre. Rice’s piece follows a school teacher as she juggles…

  • The Trench @ Southwark Playhouse*

    The Trench @ Southwark Playhouse*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/the-trench/ Booking until: 17th November 2018 Production Photos by: Rah Petherbridge Having seen recent success with their immersive production of Alice’s Adventures Underground, theatre company Les Enfant Terribles have brought their production of The Trench to London. The play follows a miner called Bert who goes on a mystical trip…

  • Lights Over Tesco Car Park @ Pleasance Theatre*

    Lights Over Tesco Car Park @ Pleasance Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ The second Edinburgh import that I managed to catch was Lights Over Tesco Car Park performed by the Poltergeist theatre company. The premise of the show follows the theatre company being contacted by a man called Robert who claims to have seen bright red lights over the car park in Tesco. Then he received…

  • We’ve Got Each Other @ Pleasance Theatre*

    We’ve Got Each Other @ Pleasance Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ As part of their Caledonian Express season, the Pleasance Theatre in Islington is playing host to a whole range of shows that performed at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Having had major FOMO over the summer, I was super excited to check out the season. The first show I visited was Paul O’Donnell’s hysterical…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Halley Feiffer, writer of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynaecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York.

    Quick Fire Questions | Halley Feiffer, writer of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynaecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York.

    Halley Feiffer’s off-Broadway hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynaecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York will be making it’s European debut in London at the Finborough Theatre from the 2nd to 27th October. Starring accredited actor, comedian and presenter Cariad Lloyd, A Funny Thing sees Karla, a foul-mouthed twenty-something comedian,…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Meghan Tyler, writer of Medicine

    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…

  • The Three Musketeers @ St. Paul’s Church*

    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…

  • Goodnight Mister Tom @ Southwark Playhouse*

    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…