Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten by Daniel York Loh as a semi-autobiography and directed by Alice Kornitzer, Kakilang's production of The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience explores a Sino-British experience that feels remote yet suddenly recalled after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted in the production through the racist chant "Chinese Japanese dirty knees," which hadn't been heard for a long time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrought to life by Splitlip, this slick satire follows the true story of how the British MI5 tricked Hitler by using a corpse, some fake documents and lot of faith… a lot of it.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Valentine Letters brings back to life the real correspondence between John Valentine, a military made prisoner of war during World War II, and his wife Ursula, left in the UK with their newborn child Frances.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe award-winning Original Theatre Company bring this production to Jermyn Street Theatre following a successful run in New York. Written and performed by Adrian Lukis, this one-man play explores what happened to one of Austen’s most charming villains in later life.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStoneCrabs Theatre’s Joe Carstairs makes its way to Omnibus Theatre’s 96 Festival this June. The piece tells the story of queer ancestor Joe Carstairs, in all their tricky complexity.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCandace Chong Mui Ngam’s lauded play May 35th makes its English-debut at Southwark Playhouse Elephant this May. Having played to repeatedly sold-out crowds in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan, Amnesty International has assisted to bring this ground-breaking production to a UK audience.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Kim Pearce, director of Candace Chong Mui Ngam's May 35th. A celebration of resistance to authoritarianism and commemoration of those who died in the pro-democracy protest at Tiananmen Square based on real life stories.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrought to life by a gifted actors of Itchy Feet Theatre Company, The Nine Day Queen is live theatre at its finest.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWork in Progress Theatre & GKT Musical Theatre Society’s own take, ‘Dinner with Gatsby’, reimagines the events of the novel over the course of an evening at Jay Gatsby’s mansion.
Reading Time: 2 minutesClassic Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol has been known for his whimsical stories since his time as a famed but deluded writer in the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century. His masterpiece play, “The Government Inspector”, is one of his most timeless works, endlessly reworked and restaged across the globe for almost 200 years. The Marylebone Theatre’s new production takes you on a glorious, farcical journey that still rings true today.