Reading Time: 3 minutesPina Bausch’s ‘Nelken’ premiered in 1982 and has since returned to the UK’s stages multiple times, most recently in 2005. Recognised as one of Bauch's key works, it is aptly described as ‘a vision of beauty and cruelty, tragedy and tenderness’.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpymonkey have made a bold return to the stage with their new production The Frogs (co-written with Carl Grose), a chaotic, anarchic spectacle chock-full of clowning, innuendos, satire, slapstick, dramatic songs, and double-takes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPerforming duo Suzy Kohane and Sidsel Rostrup have taken Hexenhammer and turned it on its head, using the story of Kramer and Sprenger and incorporating comedy and verbatim theatre to create a comedic play with a strong feminist message.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn expertly crafted unflinching portrayal of the NHS mental health services Sophia Chentin-Leuner’s play This Might Not Be It, shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, boldly depicts the deterioration of the NHS mental health services, and serves…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe play itself appears to be a modern queer reimagining of Noel Coward’s Private Lives, albeit set in an art gallery in San Francisco, and with the addition of a fifth character.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMichael Healey’s play 1979 previously ran back in 2019 at the Berkeley Street Theatre (also known as the Canadian Stage) in Toronto. Now, the political piece makes its European debut at the Finborough Theatre.
Reading Time: 4 minutesA star-studded satire that descends into chaos Ulster American is satire to its core. It is clever, energetic, deliberately offensive, laugh-out-loud hilarious and extremely disturbing. Written by David Ireland, it is designed to shock and spark conversations. And…
Reading Time: 2 minutesPremiering at the Bush Theatre, 'Dreaming and Drowning' is a Mustapha Matura Award-winning play written and directed by Kwame Uwusu.
Reading Time: 2 minutes"Uncommon Ground," written and performed by Alison Skilbeck, debuted at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the late summer of 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts, a grisly scene unfolded within the Borden family home.