Top Reviews
March 18, 2024
Slow – BFI Flare 2024
Writer and Director: Marija Kavtaradze There are many ways to be asexual, the least explored of the LGBTQIA+ acronym. For…
March 17, 2024
Stones in His Pockets – John Peel Centre, Stowmarket
Writer : Marie Jones Director: Jake Smith Two tried and trusted brands – Eastern Angles and Stones in his Pockets – should…
March 17, 2024
American Buffalo- The Kings Arms, Salford
Writer: David Mamet Director: David Thacker Before the use of the word ‘underclass’ became commonplace, author David Mamet detailed the…
March 17, 2024
Backspot – BFI Flare 2024
Writers: Joanne Saraze and D.W. Waterson Director: D.W. Waterson A drama about a competitive cheerleading squad, Joanne Saraze and D.W.…
March 17, 2024
Reas- BFI Flare 2024
Writer and Director: Lola Arias Director Lola Arias asked the subjects of her quirky documentary, all ex-cons, to go back…
March 16, 2024
Company Wayne McGregor: UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey – Sadler’s Wells, London
Direction and Choreography: Wayne McGregor Music: Joel Cadbury A warning to those going to UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey to…
March 16, 2024
Police Cops: The Musical – Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London
Books, lyrics and Directors: Zachary Hunt, Nathan Parkinson and Tom Roe Composer: Ben Adams It’s 1980s film Airplane meets Team…
March 15, 2024
Musclebound – Theatre Deli, Sheffield
Writer and Performer: Rosy Carrick Director and Dramaturg: Katie Bonna “So come with me, and together we can be: Master(baters)…
March 15, 2024
The Kite Runner – Richmond Theatre, London
Writer: Matthew Spangler Director: Giles Croft It would be praise of the highest order to state that an adaptation feels…
March 14, 2024
The Barber of Seville – Wilton’s Music Hall, London
Music: Gioachino Rossini Librettist and Musical Director: David Eaton Director: John Savournin Welcome to the Wild West, though probably not…
Features
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…
January 23, 2024
National Theatre Summer Shows Announcement
There are a few surprises in the National’s New Season, just announced today. First off is James Graham’s take on…
January 21, 2024
The Accidental Producer by Tim Johanson
For all the thousands of new entrants into the world of UK theatre every year, few if any arrive equipped…
January 19, 2024
NT Live Preview: Dear England – Tottenham Stadium
In a significant year for the National Theatre, James Graham’s Dear England has been one of its biggest successes with…
Film
March 18, 2024
The Summer with Carmen – BFI Flare 2024
Writers: Zacharias Mavroeidis and Fondas Chalatsis Director: Zacharias Mavroeidis This queer comedy from Greece is smart and sexy even if…
March 18, 2024
Days of Happiness – BFI Flare 2024
Writer and Director: Chloé Robichaud Hot on the heels of Tár and Maestro, comes another film about a conductor. And…
March 18, 2024
Slow – BFI Flare 2024
Writer and Director: Marija Kavtaradze There are many ways to be asexual, the least explored of the LGBTQIA+ acronym. For…
March 18, 2024
We Forgot to Break Up – BFI Flare 2024
Writers: Noel S. Baker, Pat Mills and Zoe Whittall Director: Karen Knox BFI Flare hosts the world premiere of Noel…
March 17, 2024
Backspot – BFI Flare 2024
Writers: Joanne Saraze and D.W. Waterson Director: D.W. Waterson A drama about a competitive cheerleading squad, Joanne Saraze and D.W.…
March 17, 2024
Reas- BFI Flare 2024
Writer and Director: Lola Arias Director Lola Arias asked the subjects of her quirky documentary, all ex-cons, to go back…
March 17, 2024
Saint – Kinoteka 2024
Writer and Director: Sebastian Buttny Starting off like a thinking man’s Da Vinci Code, the Polish Saint is, by the…
March 16, 2024
Methods for Facing a Hostile World – BFI Flare 2024
Writers: Hayley Morin, Nathan Drillot, Maja Classen and Puck Directors: Hayley Morin, Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch, Drew de Pinto, Twiggy…
March 15, 2024
Close To You – BFI Flare 2024
Writers: Dominic Savage and Elliot Page Director: Dominic Savage Most queer people dread going back to the family home. It’s…
March 15, 2024
Unspoken – BFI Flare 2024
Writer and Director: Jeremy Borison A secret history of homosexual persecution on Nazi Germany is the “Unspoken” of Jeremy Borison’s…
- Central
- March 9, 2024
Gamble – mac, Birmingham
- March 7, 2024
Wicked – Birmingham Hippodrome
- March 6, 2024
I Should Be So Lucky – Milton Keynes Theatre
- March 6, 2024
Bonnie & Clyde – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
- March 6, 2024
The Drifters Girl – New Theatre, Oxford
- March 1, 2024
Ben and Imo – Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
- Ireland
- March 17, 2024
Salome – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
- March 14, 2024
Blister – Project Arts Centre, Dublin
- March 12, 2024
No one is coming – The Fumbally, Dublin
- February 28, 2024
Sive – Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
- February 27, 2024
Bellow – Project Arts Centre, Dublin
- Review
- March 18, 2024
Syncopation – Bridewell Theatre, London
- March 16, 2024
High Steaks – New Diorama Theatre, London
- March 16, 2024
The Good Father – Riverside Studios, London
- Review
- March 13, 2024
Cluedo 2 – York Theatre Royal
- March 10, 2024
We’re Not Going Back – Grove Hall, South Kirkby
- March 8, 2024
The Unfurrowed Field – Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
- March 8, 2024
The Crucible – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
- March 6, 2024
Bluey’s Big Play – The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
- Drama
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Frankenstein – The Lowry, Salford
- March 7, 2024
Work It Out – Home, Manchester
- March 6, 2024
Northanger Abbey- Octagon, Bolton
- February 28, 2024
Twelve Angry Men – The Lowry, Salford
- February 28, 2024
Pretty Woman The Musical – Palace Theatre, Manchester
- Review
- March 4, 2024
Peter Pan Goes Wrong – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
- February 28, 2024
Cyprus Avenue – Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
- February 23, 2024
Escaped Alone – Tron Theatre, Glasgow
- February 21, 2024
The Full Monty – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
- February 18, 2024
Movies to Musicals – SEC Armadillo, Glasgow
- Drama
- February 28, 2024
The Wizard of Oz – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- February 20, 2024
Six – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- December 19, 2023
Snow White – Malthouse Theatre, Canterbury
- December 14, 2023
Sleeping Beauty: The Fairy’s Tale – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- December 10, 2023
High Society– The Mill at Sonning
- December 8, 2023
Aladdin – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
- Review
- March 7, 2024
Life of Pi – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- February 28, 2024
Carlos Acosta: On Before – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- January 22, 2024
Aladdin – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- December 20, 2023
Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- December 14, 2023
Jac and the Beanstalk, New Theatre Cardiff
- December 6, 2023
I Should Be So Lucky – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
- Review
- 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
- September 19, 2023
Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith – London Podcast Festival, Kings Place