Top Reviews
April 26, 2024
Blue Beard – Battersea Arts Centre, London
Writer and Director: Emma Rice Blue Beard is a reimagining of an old folk tale presented with an unfolding mystique.…
April 26, 2024
Disney’s Aladdin – Milton Keynes Theatre
Book: Chad Beguelin Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Tim Rice Director: Casey Nicholaw Disney’s Aladdin is a story…
April 26, 2024
English Kings Killing Foreigners – Camden People’s Theatre, London
Writers and Directors: Nina Bowers and Philip Arditti William Shakespeare’s plays are a vital component of British theatre, meaning that…
April 25, 2024
Boys from the Blackstuff – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Writer: Alan Bleasdale Adapter: James Graham Director: Kate Wasserberg Returning to Liverpool’s Royal Court after a ‘smash hit’ success back…
April 25, 2024
A Spectacle of Herself – Battersea Arts Centre, London
Writer: Laura Murphy Director: Ursula Martinez In A Spectacle of Herself, writer and performer Laura Murphy fearlessly delves into her…
April 25, 2024
Coppelia – Marylebone Theatre, London
Director and Choreographer: Kevan Allen Coppelia is loosely based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s dark, psychological tale, Der Sandmann. Repurposed as a…
April 25, 2024
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty – Sadler’s Wells, London
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Pepita, Lev Ivanov and Peter Wright Director: Carlos Acosta Before it moved to Birmingham,…
April 24, 2024
Tender Mercies – The New Theatre, Dublin
Writer: Colette Cullen Director: Caroline Fitzgerald Colette Cullen’s Tender Mercies is a surprisingly affecting play. The stage in the New…
April 24, 2024
Life of Pi – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Writer: Yann Martel Adaptor: Lolita Chakrabarti Director: Max Webster Life of Pi is as near perfect as a theatrical production…
April 24, 2024
Baby, He Loves You – Stage @ The Dock, Hull
Writer: Maureen Lennon Director : Paul Smith It’s a rather nice feeling being asked to be part of something special.…
Features
April 4, 2024
BLOG: What about Improvisation in the UK?
Mark Smith is an actor/director/producer, with a specialism in Improvisation and creator of the Liverpool Improvisation Festival which opens for…
March 30, 2024
Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 2024, Bo’ness, Falkirk
Festival Director: Alison Strauss For those in the know, silent film with live music is a rich and beautiful artform.…
March 21, 2024
Hello Imelda! It’s So Nice to Have You Back Where You Belong
After her stint playing Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown, Imelda Staunton will be returning to her…
March 12, 2024
BLOG: Why is Devoted & Disgruntled Needed More Than Ever?
Ellie Claughton is Executive Director at Improbable Theatre who are behind Devoted & Disgruntled, an annual event where challenges in…
March 5, 2024
Camden People’s Theatre celebrate 30 years
In a city where small fringe theatres are fighting every day to keep the doors open, celebrating any anniversary is…
January 31, 2024
GUEST BLOG: Sensory Theatre And The Art Of Curating A Panel Event
Theatre director, facilitator and newly appointed Artistic Director of Interplay Theatre, Kirsty Pennycook, has recently worked on organising the company’s…
Film
April 26, 2024
Summer Vacation 1999 – Queer East Film Festival
Writers: Moto Hagio and Rio Kishida Director: Shûsuke Kaneko A cult Japanese Gothic thriller that we’ve never heard of, Summer…
April 26, 2024
Omen
Writer and Director: Baloji Omen, by Belgian Congolese rapper and film-maker, Baloji, is his first feature, entered by Belgium for…
April 26, 2024
Stephen
Writers: Melanie Manchot and Leigh Campbell Director: Melanie Manchot Lying in the archives of the British Film Institute is a…
April 26, 2024
Land of Bad
Writer: David Frigerio and William Eubank Director: William Eubank There are guns, blood and muscles galore in William Eubank’s visceral…
April 25, 2024
Jericho Ridge
Writer and Director: Will Gilbey Writer and director Will Gilbey pays a number of tributes in Jericho Ridge. There is…
April 24, 2024
5lbs of Pressure
Writer and director: Phil Allocco Well, this is embarrassing. While there was no trouble identifying the Liverpool landmarks used in…
April 24, 2024
Abang Adik – Queer East Film Festival
Writer and Director: Jin Ong Receiving its UK premiere at the Queer East Film Festival, some viewers may question if…
April 23, 2024
Met Opera Live: La Rondine
Music: Giacomo Puccini Libretto: Giuseppe Adami Production: Nicholas Joël Conductor: Speranza Scappucci The least well-known of Puccini’s operas is given…
April 23, 2024
I Am What I Am – Queer East Film Festival 2024
Director: Shinya Tamada Here’s a worthwhile subject for a movie: the orientation of asexuality, which applies in the case of…
April 22, 2024
The Missing – Queer East Film Festival 2024
Writer and director: Carl Joseph Papa Oscar Wilde euphemistically defined homosexuality as ‘the love that dare not speak its name.’…
- Central
- April 24, 2024
Life of Pi – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
- April 23, 2024
Jesus Christ Superstar – Birmingham Hippodrome
- April 18, 2024
Liberation Squares – Nottingham Playhouse
- Ireland
- April 24, 2024
The Last Incel – Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
- April 17, 2024
Suzy Storck – Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
- April 17, 2024
Slippery When Wet – Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin
- April 17, 2024
Bunny Bunny – Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
- April 15, 2024
Rathmines Road – Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
- April 10, 2024
Hate F%#k – The New Theatre, Dublin
- Review
- April 26, 2024
Blue Beard – Battersea Arts Centre, London
- April 26, 2024
Ray Young: OUT – Sadler’s Wells, London
- April 26, 2024
The Olive Jar – Grand Junction, London
- April 26, 2024
Black Swans – Omnibus Theatre, London
- April 26, 2024
Moby Dick – Wilton’s Music Hall, London
- Review
- April 24, 2024
Baby, He Loves You – Stage @ The Dock, Hull
- April 20, 2024
Manon Lescaut – York Theatre Royal
- April 19, 2024
The Syndicate – Leeds Grand Theatre
- April 18, 2024
hope is a 4 letter word – Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
- April 17, 2024
Jennie Lee – Bingley Arts Centre
- Drama
- April 24, 2024
The Kite Runner – Liverpool Playhouse
- April 19, 2024
Death Trap – The Lowry, Salford
- April 15, 2024
97+ – Liverpool Olympia
- April 12, 2024
Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO – M&S Arena, Liverpool
- April 12, 2024
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book – The Liverpool Playhouse,
- April 10, 2024
Kill Thy Neighbour – Theatr Clwyd, Mold
- Amateur
- April 25, 2024
James V: Katherine – Tron Theatre, Glasgow
- April 17, 2024
Bonnie and Clyde – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
- April 15, 2024
Shō and the Demons of the Deep – Platform, Glasgow
- April 11, 2024
The Drifters Girl – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
- April 10, 2024
The Kite Runner – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
- Review
- April 16, 2024
Edward Scissorhands – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- March 25, 2024
Stranger Sings! – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- March 20, 2024
Cluedo 2 – The Next Chapter – Theatre Royal Brighton
- March 17, 2024
Stones in His Pockets – John Peel Centre, Stowmarket
- February 28, 2024
The Wizard of Oz – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- February 20, 2024
Six – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- Review
- April 10, 2024
Come From Away – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- April 4, 2024
Come From Away – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
- March 27, 2024
Bonnie & Clyde – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
- March 12, 2024
And Then There Were None – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Review
- March 1, 2024
Barnes’ People – Original Theatre
- February 21, 2024
U.Me: The Complete Musical – BBC World Service
- December 22, 2023
The Interview – Original Theatre
- October 19, 2023
A Cold Supper Behind Harrods – Original Theatre
- October 17, 2023
Dance Umbrella Festival 2023 – Digital Programme
- October 14, 2023
RuneSical – Gigglemug Theatre