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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  Kinky Boots, London Coliseum ★★★½
  Review: Kinky Boots at the London Coliseum dazzles visually but struggles with storytelling clarity, particularly for newcomers unfamiliar with the plot.
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  Asian Pirate Musical: six years of queer time-travelling pirates
  Interview: Zhui Ning Chang and Jade Leamcharaskul discuss six years developing Asian Pirate Musical, queering pirate history and pushing back against orientalist musical theatre traditions.
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  Review: Relics, Lyric Hammersmith ★★★★
  Review: Relics, Ben Ockrent’s black comedy puts four siblings in a room, dividing up their late mother’s things, no parent left to arbitrate. Grieving siblings are a volatile combination.
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  Tartuffe (Remixed): Mark Rylance at Marylebone Theatre
  News: Mark Rylance stars in Tartuffe (Remixed) at Marylebone Theatre this September, directed by Darren Raymond of Intermission Youth, with several Intermission Ensemble graduates in the cast. Over 2,250 tickets £30 or under.
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  Review: Rayuela: Compañía Marco Flores, Sadler’s Wells East ★★★★
  Review: Manuel Flores’ “Rayuela” combines traditional and contemporary flamenco and finishes out the Sadler’s Wells flamenco festival
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  Review: Lost the Plot, Omnibus Theatre, Clapham ★★★★
  Review: Every performance of Lost the Plot is completely different. One audience suggestion, no script, no score, and a brand new musical created on the spot. Great fun.
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  Interview: Hersh Dagmarr on Minogueus Sanctus, his all-Kylie cabaret
  Interview: Fandom as faith. Kylie through a Weimar lens. Hersh Dagmarr brings his all-Kylie cabaret Minogueus Sanctus to the Crazy Coqs, opening London Pride weekend
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  Review: Monarchs Anonymous, The Other Palace ★★½
  Review: Sending up history’s most powerful rulers is a British art form. Monarchs Anonymous does this through group therapy
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  Review: Barnum, Richmond Theatre ★★★½
  Review: Barnum, Richmond Theatre – a joyous night at the circus, with not quite enough to story to carry it through
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  Review: Driftwood, Kiln Theatre ★★★
  Review: Martina Laird’s debut play Driftwood at Kiln Theatre – rum, secrets and survival.
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  Love letter to South London: Tia-Renee Mullings’s A to B comes to Soho Theatre
  Interview: Sheyi Cole and Zakiyyah Deen talk about Tia-Renee Mullings’s debut play A to B: a Black British love story in the heart of Soho
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  Review: Hot Pot, Playhouse East ★★★★
  Review: Hot Pot, twenty years on, four friends, one pot, and an examination of where our choices lead us
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  Review: Glengarry Glen Ross, Old Vic ★★★
  Review: Glengarry Glen Ross at the Old Vic features an all-female cast in Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed by Patrick Marber
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  Jersey Boys: Carlo Boumouglbay on Tommy DeVito and the 20th Anniversary Tour
  Interview: Carlo Boumouglbay discusses playing Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys, the 20th anniversary UK tour, and why the Four Seasons story still resonates
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  Review: Shantify, Underbelly Boulevard, Soho ★★★½
  Review; Shantify, a nautical Choir of Man. Feel-good theatre that knows exactly what it is.