Writers: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields with Penn and Teller Director: Adam Megiddo In the latest creation from Mischief Theatre, of The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong fame, in conjunction with the ever anarchistic Penn and Teller the audience are welcomed into an evening of magic titled Disasters in Magic Charity Fundraiser. The show-within-the-show to honour all the magicians who have met untimely ends within the last year is hosted by Sophisticato (Sam Hill) following the untimely death of his father the original Sophisticato, who is joined by a range of magical stereotypes. Each…
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When a super-sleuth 11-year-old received a strange postcard addressed to her, her interests were immediately piqued. Once her adult had explained she wasn’t being stalked by a strange person with great artistic talent and they had, in fact, signed her up to New Perspectives’ Fair Play postcard series, she set to work on cracking the mysterious code and taking part in some of the activities presented. Billed as “a six-part funfair mystery posted through letterboxes for children and families to enjoy”, the series promises codes to crack, creative challenges and mysterious scenarios to promote thinking and problem-solving. A detective notebook…
Writer: George Orwell Adaptor: Robert Icke Director: Robert Icke Orwell’s novella, an allegorical tale about Stalinism in the form of the animals of Manor Farm who rise in a revolution to drive out the humans and strive for a home in which all animals are equal, has been brought to life on stage thanks to the puppetry of Toby Olié. Robert Icke’s take on the classic, while co-produced by the Children’s Theatre Partnership, is certainly not a toned-down version of the book aimed at kids. This telling stays true to the original with all of the brutality and horror which…
Music, Book and Lyrics: Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom Macrae From an original idea by Jonathan Butterell. Director: Matt Ryan Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, hit West End musical and now touring production, tells the story of a sixteen-year-old boy who wants to become a drag queen. The show, inspired by the BBC documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, follows its titular character as he tries to navigate the prejudice and bullying of a British School system to step into the light and become a drag star. In the role of Jamie, Layton Williams is the quintessential ‘superstar, in a wonderbra’.…
Writer: Sandy Rustin Director: Mark Bell Based On The Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Based On The Hasbro Board Game Cluedo Was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the rope? Perhaps Mrs Peacock in the Kitchen with the lead pipe? It is a dark and stormy night when the ensemble of colourful characters arrive at a country house armed with a mysterious invitation from Lord Boddy, and it’s not long before both the hysteria and the body count begin to grow leaving the audience guessing who the culprit could be. Michelle Collins (Miss Scarlet) leads this stage production of Cluedo,…