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Following successful runs at both the Edinburgh Festival and Hope Theatre in 2018, Chalk Line Theatre’s debut production Testament, which explores suicide, loss and survivor’s guilt, has returned to the Hope in time to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week. After surviving a car accident in which his girlfriend Tess (Jessica Frances) died, Max (Nicholas... Continue Reading →
Anyone who remembers the 1980 and 90s will no doubt recall the golden days of Australian soap operas which launched the careers of the likes of Kylie and Dannii Minogue and Jason Donovan. AJN Productions' Summer Street, now playing Waterloo East Theatre after a successful stint at the Brighton Fringe, pays tribute to these glory... Continue Reading →
Ray Rackham is the founder of Overtures, which recently opened in Marble Arch. I caught up with Ray and Overtures' Michelle Hutchings to find out more about this sing-along piano bar. KH: Can you tell me about Overtures? RR: It’s a very, very unique place. It’s London’s only musical theatre sing-along bar dedicated completely and... Continue Reading →
Katharine Farmer is currently directing the revival of Jerry Sterner's play, Other People's Money, which is running at the Southwark Playhouse. I caught up with Katharine to find out more about her latest project. Can you tell me a little bit about Other People's Money? ‘Other People’s Money’ is about the seduction of money and... Continue Reading →
Inspired by the 1996 documentary Project Grizzly, which followed Canadian inventor Troy Hurtubise as he went in search of grizzlies in a bear-proof suit, Fledgling Theatre’s Neck or Nothing shines a light on men’s mental health. Neck or Nothing tells the story of Jens (James Murfitt), an inventor who lives in his brother Frank’s (David... Continue Reading →
Kema Sikazwe is an actor, rapper, singer (who performs under the name Kema Kay), rising star and Live Theatre Associate Artist. His debut show Shine is a Live Theatre production which tells his own autobiographical story through an electrifying live soundtrack and heartfelt words. I caught up with Kema to find out more about his... Continue Reading →
There have been some high-profile revivals of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in recent years, what with the National’s 2017 production starring Tamsin Greig, and more recently the Young Vic’s musical adaptation. But OVO Theatre’s current revival, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the Rose Playhouse, is a Twelfth Night with a delightfully modern... Continue Reading →
It’s been three decades since Jerry Sterner’s production of Other People’s Money first opened on Broadway in 1989, two years after the stock market crash. Shortly after, the play was made into a movie starring Danny DeVito and Gregory Peck, and now, 30 years later it has been revived for a timely run at the... Continue Reading →
Described as the ‘darkest, funniest and most debauched kabarett club this side of Berlin’, the Little Death Club, a family of misfits, miscreants and fantastic freaks, arrived at the Southbank’s Spiegeltent for the Underbelly Festival. Created by Bernie Dieter and Creative Director Tom Velvick, the Little Death Club is a cabaret show with a difference,... Continue Reading →
