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A founding member of the Bush Theatre’s Young Company, Coral Wylie is both writer and performer in Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew currently playing its World Premiere at the Bush Theatre. An emerging talent, their writing and acting skills bring sincerity and realism in this tender portrait of the complexities of family life in a changing…
Kenrex at the Southwark Playhouse is part concert, part true crime podcast and part play. It is largely a one-man-show (Jack Holden), enhanced by on stage music (Jack Patrick Elliott) and sound recordings (Giles Thomas). Written by Holden and director Ed Stambollouian and subtitled “A True Crime Thriller”, it is a riveting, adventurous, genre-bending tour…
A focused look at Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs President, is currently playing at Charing Cross Theatre. Advertising promises an “intimate and politically charged portrait of America’s most misunderstood First Lady” but unfortunately this is a show which is also hard to understand due to narrative jumps and other authorial (John Ransom Phillips) and directorial (Bronagh…
Oedipus at the Old Vic is the second production of Oedipus in London this year. This portrayal is an exciting retelling of the ancient story but some of choices detract from the narrative and from the sense we are watching a piece of Greek theatre. One key differentiator is that this is an Old Vic…
Stalled (a “new musical about mothers, daughters and moving on”) is currently playing at the King’s Head Theatre with Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk Awards nominee Lauren Ward leading the cast. Set in a classy Seattle ladies’ room, the different relationship woes of four mothers and daughters are explored The premise is clever. Who hasn’t bared one’s…
…blackbird hour, by abirye bukilwa, was a finalist for the Women’s prize for playwriting, the Bruntwood prize and the Alfred Fagon award. In the hands of director malakaï sargeant, it is a powerful and disturbing look into mental illness and how difficult it is for both the individual and for the supporters around them. …blackbird…
Pig Heart Boy, currently playing at the Unicorn Theatre ahead of a national tour, is based on the best-selling book by former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman. The novel was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and adapted by the BBC into a Bafta award-winning TV series. Here it is adapted for the stage by Winsome Pinnock and directed by Tristan…
Mean Girls is a high school musical drama. It doesn’t pretend to be anything else and it does it very well, examining and exploring the desperate desire we all have to fit in. It does not have the same dark undertones and comedy as Heathers, but neither is it completely saccharine. Mean Girls has been…
Award-winning Spanish theatre company Yllana and Toom Pak are currently performing the UK premiere tour of TRASH! at the Peacock Theatre. Trash! is absolutely Stomp for the next generation. Set in a recycling centre, the workers create percussive magic – and comedy – with waste including propane tanks, umbrellas, balls, toolboxes, horns and bin bags. TRASH! is created and co-directed by Yllana and Toom Pak.…
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