Hayley Sprout

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  • Kill Climate Deniers @ Pleasance Theatre*

    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…

  • Call Me Vicky @ Pleasance Theatre*

    Call Me Vicky @ Pleasance Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/call-me-vicky#overview Booking until: 9th March 2019 Production Photos by: Fabio Santos Run time: 80 mins Set in 1980s South London, Call Me Vicky is the debut play by sisters Nicola & Stacy Bland following a young trans woman named Vicky as she begins her gender transition and the reaction from…

  • 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…

  • LGBTQ+ In Theatre II

    LGBTQ+ In Theatre II

    Last year, I did a post showcasing plays & musicals that were about characters in the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate Pride. As there are more new shows in London to catch during June, I thought I would recommend you shows you can see now and shows that are soon opening that feature LGBTQ+ characters, this…

  • 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…