Hayley Sprout

Tag: off west end

  • Into The Woods @ Cockpit Theatre*

    Into The Woods @ Cockpit Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://thecockpit.org.uk/show/into_the_woods Running until: 24th June 2018 Production photos by: David Ovenden My only experience with Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical Into The Woods was through the Disney film. I remember it being so fantastical, I couldn’t quite get my head around how this musical would look on stage what with a talking…

  • H.R. Haitch @ Union Theatre*

    H.R. Haitch @ Union Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://www.uniontheatre.biz/hrh.html Running until: 2nd June 2018 Production photos by: Nick Rutter In the midst of all the press about the latest royal wedding, a musical about a the relationship between a regular girl from Essex and a fictional prince couldn’t be more timely. H.R. Haitch follows Chelsea and Bertie, a couple…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Daniel Winder, director of H.R. Haitch

    Quick Fire Questions | Daniel Winder, director of H.R. Haitch

    In perfect timing, a new musical comedy has started performances at the Union Theatre about a regular girl who ends up marrying into the Royal Family. Sound familiar? H.R. Haitch is a musical with music by Luke Bateman and lyrics & book by Man Evans that has been in development for a couple of years.…

  • Grotty @ The Bunker Theatre*

    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…

  • Moormaid @ Arcola Theatre*

    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…

  • The Gulf @ Tristan Bates Theatre*

    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…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Tom Vallen, writer of A Gym Thing

    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…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Owen Kingston, writer/director of For King and Country.

    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…

  • Pressure @ Park Theatre*

    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…

  • Love Me Now @ Tristan Bates Theatre*

    Love Me Now @ Tristan Bates Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.tristanbatestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/love-me-now Running until: 14th April 2018 Production photos by: Helen Murray After walking past the theatre many, many times, I was really intrigued by a new play by Michelle Barnette called Love Me Now, which has just opened at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden. The play centres around one…