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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  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
  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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  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
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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.