Interview: Vikesh Godhwani - Peckham Fringe

Returning for a third year running, Theatre Peckham is delighted to present their brand-new lineup for Peckham Fringe this 2024! This inclusive and dynamic performing arts festival will showcase a lineup of over 20 outstanding artists and creatives from the local London community, with groundbreaking emerging writers, moving new musicals, clowning and spoken word, it’s the festival for…

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Interview: Rachel Stockdale - Fat Chance

Rachel Stockdale’s powerful one-woman play, Fat Chance, is heading on tour around the UK this Spring, coming to Camden People’s Theatre on 26th-27th April. Stockdale speaks out with sincerity on the struggles faced by anyone grappling with the pressures of toxic beauty standards and body shaming.  Written and performed by Rachel Stockdale, this powerful one-woman play has been touring since 8th…

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Review: Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle

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Interview: Greg Hicks - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Screen and stage star Greg Hicks has been cast in the one-man production of The Dream of a Ridiculous Man at Marylebone Theatre this spring. Adapted and directed by multiple Olivier Award-winning director and writer Laurence Boswell, this hot-button production is based on Dostoyevsky’s story of the same name. Exploring climate change, nationalist politiciansand the impact of humans on the world…

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Review: Syncopation @ Brideswell Theatre

Jye Frasca & Devon-Elise Johnson in Syncopation ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s 1912 in New York and factory worker Anna Bianchi is looking for a little more excitement from life. Inspired by the success of Irene and Vernon Castle, she responds to an ad in the newspaper for a dance partner. After climbing the 108 stairs to his grotty studio, Bianchi meets Henry Ribolow. A Meatpacker by day and dreamer by…

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Review: Find Me - Questors Theatre

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewed by Jennifer Laishley Find Me follows the real story of Verity and her family’s struggles to get help and support for her behavioural issues. Today we would recognise Verity’s symptoms as somewhere on the austistic spectrum, but this diagnosis is not mentioned in Olwen Wymark’s play. This is a serious play highlighting a serious issue – there was not sufficient support for…

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Review: Starter for Ten - Bristol Old Vic

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Interview: Alana Ramsey and Lizzie Stables - Nanny

She said to me this morning “everything you do fails’’ because I spent twenty minutes trying to work out how to fit her car seat. She just sat there just going “fail, fail, fail, fail, fail” while I was scrabbling away on YouTube looking up how you fit the Maxi Cosi Pearl 360. “Everything you do fails.” EVERYTHING? Who says that to someone? Who turns up to work and gets told that? Yeah, that’s…

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Interview: Juraj Benko - Honey Badger

The international co-production Honey Badger will arrive in London for its U.K premiere this April, marking the first visit of a Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium production to the U.K in over 10 years. Presented by Arielle Zilkha, the co-production between the Danish company and Slovak actor Juraj Benko will come to The Cockpit for five performances from Wednesday 10th April – Saturday 13th April…

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Review: Stitches

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewed by Jennifer Laishley Stitches is a unique play that explores the story of Chloe from the perspective of her teddy bear. Although the play was well acted, some of the humour didn’t quite land as well as it was intended and the play had some overall pacing issues towards the end. Nevertheless the play was well acted and had some powerful moments of physical comedy. Stitches is…

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Interview: Devon-Elise Johnson - Syncopation

Award-winning writer Allan Knee’s ballroom-inspired play Syncopation will be waltzing into London this Spring!  This comedic drama follows the touching story of two lost souls in New York in 1912, who join together to dance in a stirring and tender tale about finding yourself and moving to your own beat. Starring West End and Broadway triple threats Devon-Elise Johnson and Jye Frasca, these…

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Interview: Josie White - ROTTEN

Touring the UK in spring 2024, ROTTEN is an all-new debut play written by Josie White, a darkly comical thriller that sees a diabolical plan spiral into anarchy as it uncovers the plots and schemes that go on behind closed doors. Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair, this is a bold and honest insight into the complex morals and malicious actions that desperate times push us towards. With betrayal,…

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Interview: James Barlow & Tom Kane - The Nethernauts

Featuring a talented ensemble The Nethernauts is the latest play conceived by Tom Kane, exploring one story from the ‘Liminal Cycle’ of plays. Using frameworks from world mythological epics and the history of economics, Tom has created a rich world, full of religious and mythological references and homages. The Liminal Cycle charts the rise and fall of a capitalist city built in the underworld…

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Interview: Azan Ahmed - 10 Nights

Telling a warm story of forgiveness and acceptance, 10 Nights will have audiences embark on a spiritual sleepover, contemplating faith, friendships, and future. 10 Nights was written by Oliver Award nominated playwright and Offies finalist, Shahid Iqbal Khan, who made his radio debut earlier this year with Love Across The Ages on BBC Radio 4. As the team prepare to head out on a UK Tour, we’ve…

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Interview: Bobby Bradley - Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear

Following UK-wide success in 2023, Blackeyed Theatre is reviving its acclaimed Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear in Spring 2024, including a three-week London premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough. Adapted by Nick Lane from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel, The Valley of Fear is crammed full of adventure, mystery and one or two rather brilliant deductions. This…

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Review: Black is the Colour of my Voice - Bristol Old Vic

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewed by Jessica McGee On Monday 12th February I had the privilege of reviewing “Black is the Color of My Voice” at the Bristol Old Vic theatre. This a powerful play written and performed by the talented Apphia Campbell. Inspired by the extraordinary life and songs of Nina Simone, this production weaves together music, storytelling, and activism in a truly mesmerising…

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Review: My Favourite Things: The Roger & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert

The filmed concert will be in UK cinemas on 14th & 18th February 2024 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My Favourite Things: The Roger & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert is coming to cinemas in the UK and Ireland for two days only! The landmark concert was staged back in December 2023 and features an all-star cast of theatre legends like Maria Friedman, Audra McDonald, Michael Ball and Aaron Tveit to name but a…

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