REVIEW: Blonde Poison

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom award-winning playwright Gail Louw, comes Blonde Poison, a multi-national production presented at The Playground Theatre in London as part of the Gail Louw season, running from 27 February-6 April.

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom award-winning playwright Gail Louw, comes Blonde Poison, a multi-national production presented at The Playground Theatre in London as part of the Gail Louw season, running from 27 February-6 April.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe programme that night featured the composition of US composer Andy Akiho, Steve Reich and the world premiere of Stone Fruit composed by Freya Waley-Cohen.

Reading Time: 2 minutesA must-see for fans, the addition of the band adds an extra dimension to a cracking gig Full disclosure: I’ve been watching Beans On Toast (aka Jay McAllister) live in Edinburgh for several years now. The folky…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing a successful run at the 2023 Greater Manchester Fringe Festival where it was shortlisted for Best Newcomer, Dear Eliza has since grown into an hour-long production and gained Helen Parry as director. Midway through its mini UK tour, I managed to catch Dear Eliza in The Studio Below on Liverpool's Rodney Street (a diamond of a theatre I was annoyed at myself for not knowing existed.)

Reading Time: 2 minutesMy Blood, written by Leelou Lapteva, is about the inner drama of a well-off banking family that has survived, even prospered from, the 2008 financial crash. They are grieving the loss of the youngest daughter, and deal with more challenges throughout the 90-minute play.

Reading Time: 2 minutesA funny and evocative darkening of Shakespeare’s classic comedy Guildhall’s Much Ado About Nothing is striking. Under Chelsea Walker’s direction, an extraordinary cast performed a near-flawless rendition of Shakespeare’s much adored comedy. The show maintained the traditional…

Reading Time: 2 minutesBarbara Dickson's Farewell Tour brought a nostalgic and enchanting evening to the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh. From the moment she stepped onto the stage, it was evident that this is a performer who not only belongs, but thrives in the spotlight.

Reading Time: 2 minutesStirring and engrossing, Jenny Sealey’s one-woman show tells the turbulent tale of her life as a Deaf child in a hearing family Self-Raising, Jenny Sealey’s one-woman show, tells the story of Sealey’s experience growing up Deaf in…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Circle, brought about by Theatre Royal Bath Productions, this short play revolves around the family of Arnold Champion-Cheney, a high-strung politician with a no-nonsense attitude brought about by his traumatic family past; he was abandoned by his dear mother, Lady Kitty, at the mere age of five years old, in the name of “love” for his father’s very best friend Porteus.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe EUSOG's performance of "Little Shop of Horrors" is a triumph, blending camp fun with mature themes.