Reading Time: 2 minutesA perfectly-cast character comedy which goes in an unexpected direction Eight months of one-night-stands might be seen as a worrying symptom of the decaying social contract, a courageous reclamation of female sexuality, or even the start of…
Reading Time: 4 minutesA Christmas Gaiety: A Festival Extravanganza, truly was what it said on the tin, fabulous, festive and oh so very extravagant. The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall played host to A Christmas Gaiety: A Fabulous Festive Extravaganza, a show…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis show is sure to get even the Scroogiest of Scrooges into the Christmas spirit. A Christmas Carol is one of those stories we know by heart. Whether through Dickens’novel, Disney adaptations, lavish stage versions, or The…
Reading Time: 3 minutesOff the back of competing (and losing) in the most recent series, Series 20 of Taskmaster, Phil Ellis is now on tour, beginning his five-month stretch with five sold-out nights at Soho Theatre.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA joyously reimagined Sleeping Beauty that celebrates everything we love about Cambridge panto If you want proof that pantomime is still alive, glittering, and gloriously bonkers in 2025, look no further than Sleeping Beauty at the newly…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with acclaimed award-winning live poet Luke Wright. Touring his most personal show yet with Later Life Letter, using spoken word, storytelling and stand-up, Wright delves into his own adoption and what it means to belong.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA riotous Britpop makeover that proves panto can be both nostalgic and brilliantly new. The Oxford Playhouse has long been known for delivering lively, crowd-pleasing pantomimes, but this year’s Dick Whittington takes that expectation and spins it in an…
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a cliché to describe every Northern comic as “down-to-Earth”. But Ian Smith’s hilarious bafflement at the trappings of everyday life - pub beer gardens, supermarket shopping, what3words - is nothing if not relatable.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Possum Trot is a small story told with sincerity, humour, and real heart.” There’s something about the Tabard Theatre that always makes me glad to slip into someone else’s story for a while. The space is compact…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA one of a kind whodunnit comedy