RED BUS LONDINIUM

Welcome to Red Bus Londinium, celebrating the wonderful diversity of London’s theatre scene from the intimacy of a pub theatre to the extravagance of the West End. You will also find ideas on how to afford the theatre, so it can be enjoyed by all.

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  Interview: Lee Farman on Ten Years of Watford Fringe
  Interview: Watford Fringe chair Lee Farman reflects on ten years of community, growth and Watford’s often overlooked creative energy scene.
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  Review: Abigail’s Party, Richmond Theatre (and on tour) ★★★★
  Review: Tamzin Outhwaite’s Beverly oozes flirtation, condescension and disdain in this touring revival of Mike Leigh’s 1970s suburban satire
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  Camden Fringe: Ruby Thomas on Bringing Elizabeth Barrett Browning to the Stage
  Camden Fringe Interview: Aside Hustle’s Ruby Thomas on blending physical theatre with Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poetry, letters and debut production.
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  Review: Avenue Q, Shaftesbury Theatre ★★★★
  Avenue Q review: this puppet musical revival revisits housing stress, job hunting and loneliness, and show the stress of being a twenty-something is still relevant.
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  Review: Local, Finborough Theatre ★★★
  Review: Liz Richardson’s solo Cumbria memory-play is strongest on family and loss, though its most interesting ideas about identity deserve more room to breathe.
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  Camden Fringe: Wasteland, post-apocalyptic comedy, returns for a third year
  Camden Fringe interview: Wasteland Improv’s Pete Leaman talks Camden Fringe, Mad Max-inspired dark comedy and building an entire post-apocalyptic world from a single audience suggestion.
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  Camden Fringe: Lieve de Putter on giving Echo, Cassandra and Helen their voices
  Camden Fringe interview: Lieve de Putter on giving Echo, Cassandra and Helen their voices in her one-woman play Echoes
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  Review: Tender, Bush Theatre ★★★½
  Review: Tender at the Bush Theatre, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Ash is utterly riveting, delivering diary-like narration with a natural charm and flair that is entirely believable.
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  Darkling: Actors Touring Company’s New National Tour Opens at Bush Theatre
  News: Darkling, Titas Halder’s new play about the Bhopal disaster, opens at Bush Theatre this September as an Actors Touring Company co-production. Linnea Berthelsen (Stranger Things’ Kali) has her UK stage debut.
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  Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, Wyndham’s Theatre ★★★★
  Review: Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird at Wyndham’s questions Finch’s flaws and asks its audience to re-examine what they’ve internalised too.
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  Mollie Semple Turns Comparison Culture Into Live Chaos
  Interview: Mollie Semple on performing Iris nightly, staging Instagram’s relentless noise live, and bringing Good For Her! back to London.
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  Camden Fringe: Opera Kipling Bring the Swinging Sixties to The Barber of Seville
  Camden Fringe interview: Opera Kipling reinvent Rossini’s comic classic as a swinging 1960s romp for Camden Fringe, Laura Curry talks about casting and concept.
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  Review: Archduke, Royal Court ★★★
  Review: Archduke at the Royal Court; Three boys are radicalised into assassins, yet the play never convincingly shows us that transformation
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  Alastair Whatley on Bringing Oscar Wilde to Life in The Importance of Being Oscar
  Interview: Ahead of the Park Theatre run of The Importance of Being Oscar, Alastair Whatley discusses Oscar Wilde, honouring Micheál Mac Liammóir’s remarkable play, and why the story still resonates
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  Review: Last Goal Wins, Broadway Theatre, Catford, ★★★★½
  Review; Broadway Theatre Catford showcases “Last Goal Wins”, a compelling exploration of identity and competition in football and launch play of the Ryan Calais Cameron season