Reading Time: 2 minutesArriving at the glitzy press night for Marylebone Theatre’s run of A Role To Die For, the audience is immediately launched into the quintessential energy of the James Bond Universe. There is a lot of booze and evening dresses - an apt entrance for a fast-paced production based on the casting of the next James Bond.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHelped by a strong cast but hindered by its ending, Elby Rue shows potential in this sci-fi of today.
Reading Time: 2 minutesZoe Hunter-Gordon’s writing expertly weaves together these powerful ingredients of tension, creating a hair-raising 70 minutes of stunning realism that offers a profound meditation on what it feels like to lose people in our life, and the pain of discovering a different side to the ones you love.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs far as accessible and outdoorsy Early Modern comedies go, As You Like It is a pretty intuitive candidate. A split setting between town and woods allows East London Shakespeare Festival to make clever use of not only their parkland surroundings, but also the facade of Clissold House in Stoke Newington – a building whose period brickwork and Victorian austerity all but meld into the show’s own set-pieces.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor nearly two hours, with no set and no props, Masterson paints an entire Welsh village into existence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhilos and Amica Do Time, starring Leah Aspden and Nathaniel Jones, is an outrageously silly romp through time following two best friends in pursuit of fame and penises, in equal measure.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIvories is a play with visible potential - the set design is beautiful, the lighting is suspenseful, and the four actors (two in leading roles, two in supporting roles) are expressive and eager to engage with the material. However, the production had multiple weak moments.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s fifteen years after the famous golden ticket competition. Charlie Bucket is now the heir to Wonka’s factory, and the others are dealing with the consequences of their actions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the heart of Get Happy, a new one-man show at the Omnibus Theatre, lies a relatable quest for contentment in the bustling big city. Our protagonist, a gay man in his late twenties, finds his world nudged off-kilter when his best friend and housemate announces their engagement.
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E. M. Delafield, is now best known for the comic classic The Diary of a Provincial Lady, which has never been out of print since it was first published in 1931. She was also a successful playwright, with productions in the West End, on Broadway and on the radio.