Reading Time: 2 minutesBlessings, written and directed by Sarah Shelton, is set in a small English town in 1969. It’s a time of huge social change, when younger generations are questioning whether the roles prescribed by the nuclear family really lead to happy lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGhost Stories at the Peacock Theatre delivers exactly what it promises on the tin: jolts, jumps, and plenty of shrieks designed to send your pulse soaring. And in that sense, it succeeds.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter what author Michael Morpurgo aptly termed a “pandemic pause,” War Horse has returned to the UK stage with renewed urgency and emotional relevance.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSunshine, sweat and sound. When Harry Wayne Casey, a record shop staff in Hialeah with an obsession for rhythm, he didn't know Miami would become the centre of disco and dance music because of him.
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Boys’ by Ella Hickson is a play about masculinity, friendship, adulthood, and taking a stand for what’s important. First performed in 2012, this 2025 performance by Northern Assignment held its audience captive throughout its two-hour run, and is performed by a cast you don’t want to miss.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWalking into the Oxford Playhouse for The Party Girls, I had no prior knowledge of the Mitford sisters, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. What I found was a piece of theatre that was visually slick, tightly performed, and thematically challenging in all the right ways.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn evening of amateur dramatics from EUTC at Bedlam Theatre, Endgame by Samuel Beckett, felt like an interesting choice of production.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMax Webster’s production of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is a reiteration of the same version at the National Theatre last year, which starred Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for a quick chat with the writer Abigail Hood about her latest London project, Monster. 1.What first drew you to the subject of children who kill, and how did your research into cases like…
Reading Time: 4 minutesMichael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to present a new touring production of the global stage sensation, Miss Saigon and audiences in the North East will be the first to see the epic spectacular when it…