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With only two seasons left before Ovalhouse moves into its new home in Brixton, their 2019 summer season is packed full of extraordinary artists making bold new plays with three full length shows and four FiRST BiTES. For the first time, Ovalhouse has programmed an incredible showcase of six new plays by their Young Associate... Continue Reading →
The one-man tragi-comedy Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve F*cked arrives at London's King's Head Theatre on 12 April following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I spoke to star Linus Karp to find out more about the story behind this unusually titled play. Can you tell me more about Awkward Conversations with Animals... Continue Reading →
It’s World Theatre Day, the best day of the year (unless you don’t like theatre, in which case you’re probably reading the wrong blog). Over the years I’ve seen some great theatre, and some not so great, but today I thought I’d celebrate some of the best plays and musicals I’ve been lucky enough to... Continue Reading →
Inspired by pioneering British female boxers who fought for their right to fight, Fighter arrives at the Stratford Circus Arts Centre on 25 April for a limited run. I spoke with writer and performer Libby Liburd to find out more about her latest show. What is Fighter about? It’s about a single mum, Lee, who stumbles into... Continue Reading →
Exploring trauma, relationships, and our human instincts to find the courage to survive, the heartfelt Funeral Flowers comes to The Bunker this April. Emma Dennis-Edwards (New Futures, Pentabus Theatre Company; After Orlando, The Finborough) won the Filipa Bragança Award for an outstanding solo theatre performance by an actress for her Fringe First award-winning run of... Continue Reading →
Maggie is a renowned astronomer giving a talk to young women to inspire them to pursue careers in science. A woman with bipolar disorder, she also suffers from panic attacks and so, worried that she won’t be able to get through the lecture, she visits a therapist in a bid to overcome her anxiety. Written... Continue Reading →
January may have lasted what felt like years, but February seemed to fly by in the blink of an eye. Now it’s suddenly March, but spring is hopefully on its way and – even more excitingly – it’s almost Pancake Day! Here are some of the shows I’ll be seeing this month, when I'm not... Continue Reading →
Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions have today announced further tickets for Witness for the Prosecution, which will go on sale to the general public on Thursday 28 February 2019. The production, which has now surpassed the original West End run in at the Winter Garden Theatre (now the Gillian Lynne Theatre), will be extending into... Continue Reading →
Marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of The Rose Playhouse, St Albans-based company OVO now journeys to London presenting their modern take on Twelfth Night. In this new and exciting musical version, Shakespeare meets Postmodern Jukebox in a remix of one of his best loved comedies, set on a cruise liner at the height of the roaring... Continue Reading →
