Tag: theatre
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The Rink @ Southwark Playhouse*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/the-rink/ Running until: 23rd June 2018 Production photos by: Darren Bell The Southwark Playhouse’s production of Kander and Ebb’s roller skating musical The Rink is the first production to appear in London since it premiered in 1988. Although currently appearing in The Large space at the Southwark Playhouse, it is a…
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A Little Princess @ Southbank Centre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Production photos by: Michael Wharley After enjoying productions of Andrew Lippa’s musicals The Wild Party and Big Fish, I was super excited when another one of his musicals popped up on my radar. A Little Princess is based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett which follows Sara Crewe who is sent away from…
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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…
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Consent @ Harold Pinter Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/consent-tickets Running until: 11th August 2018 Production photos by: Johan Persson Consent was a particularly fitting choice of a play for me to go and see on the eve of the referendum in Ireland AND before GDPR came into play. After premiering at the National Theatre last year, the decision to…
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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.…
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What makes a good seat at the theatre?
I have a very annoying habit where, with most theatre trips, I end up impulse buying my ticket. This is usually because the seat was cheap or it was a production likely to sell out or the Fear Of Missing Out was strong that day. Either way, I’ve realised lately that this is really not…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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