Reading Time: 2 minutesLe Navet Bete’s latest production, Oh Zeus!, written by John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete with direction by John Nicholson, takes audiences on a chaotic journey through Greek mythology, focusing on the man, the myth, the Greek legend himself - Zeus.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLove's Labour's Lost is one of Shakespeare's least frequently staged comedies, but it is an undervalued, entertaining piece of work.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn improvised musical by a Game Called Chat Improv, Smile It Might Never Happen is a hilarious musical show based on a particular anxiety of an audience member, which is quickly spun into a traditional musical theatre style story: A plucky character pursues their dream, and along the faces hurdles and to their happily ever after.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs someone who has lived in the UK for more than ten years but is still unable to obtain her permanent residence, I have complex feelings about Transit. On one hand, I do resonate with its painful stories of trying to ‘settle down in the UK’, and the enormous cost and devotion it demands. On the other hand however, precisely because of that resonation, this theatrical performance leaves me an impression of simply being grumpy and sulky.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDid you read Jennette McCurdy’s acclaimed memoir I’m Glad My Mum Died and think hmm, I wish this was more unhinged? Then boy, do I have a show for you.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHoward Brenton's script, first commissioned for Shakespeare's Globe in 2010, refuses the traditional biography to adapt to a ghost story.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRika’s Rooms is a one woman play based on the life of the playwright Gail Louw’s own mother, whose extraordinary life is borne of vast historical events that traumatised swathes of humanity.
Reading Time: 2 minutesColourful, playful and packed with clever theatrical ideas There have been countless versions of Alice in Wonderland, but this lively production at Riverside Studios still manages to make Lewis Carroll’s familiar story feel fresh. Colourful, playful and…
Reading Time: 3 minutes"For You Blue: Celebrating The Beatles Greatest Hits 1967–1970" at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall was a lively, affectionate evening celebratng one of the greatest songbooks in popular music.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI Can Die Too makes its world premiere at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, featuring a creative set and an interesting storyline: a play-within-a-play with musical numbers throughout.