Travis Alabanza’s latest show, co-created with its director Debbie Hannan, has nothing to do with the District Line running next-door and or really with Girls Aloud’s debut number that shares its title; this is the underground of the queer clubs and basement alternative venues. Sound of the Underground is both a celebration of their cabaret… Continue reading Sound of the Underground
Month: January 2023
Star man and Carmen on Tyneside
Tyne Theatre and Opera House hosts An Evening with Richard E Grant May 25. Grant has starred in everything from Doctor Who to Downton Abbey via Game of Thrones, Star Wars and Spice World and was Oscar-nominated for his 2018 role in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Now he tells stories from his life, entwining tales from his time in showbiz with reflections on love and loss,… Continue reading Star man and Carmen on Tyneside
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage
Summer of 1963, the optimistic year of John F Kennedy as president, Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, of the Peace Corps, a time of hope. Hope was dashed with Kennedy assassinated in November and King in 1968. And so it goes. But here we have a musical to chase away the blues.… Continue reading Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage
Preston’s graduate showcase
Third Year graduate productions at Preston’s Uclan campus are Dying for It by Moira Buffini, February 8–11, and Romeo & Juliet, February 22–25. Buffini’s text is a free adaptation of Nikolai Erdman’s subversive Soviet classic The Suicide, while Shakespeare’s tragedy remains one of the greatest love stories ever told, but here rebooted and reimagined for 2023. St. Peter’s Arts Centre boasts… Continue reading Preston’s graduate showcase
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is an adaptation of what anyone would describe as an unstageable book. Packed with fantasy, magic and leaps of imagination, it would challenge any production team, yet the National Theatre Team inventively bring this world to life. National Theatre’s popular production of The Ocean at the End of the… Continue reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Vault festival: London’s biggest fringe theatre festival is back with a bang
You won’t see this work anywhere else (yet), and that’s a huge part of the fun A riotous body positive show where two beef steaks hang from an artist’s labia; a clown opera love story that may or may not make you ‘laugh, cry, and nearly piss’; a cabaret-baby-day-rave, also known as a Cabababarave –… Continue reading Vault festival: London’s biggest fringe theatre festival is back with a bang
Tiny Fragments on the Tyne
Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light at Alphabetti Theatre, St James’ Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne, is an immersive exploration of one woman’s journey of self-discovery from January 31 to February 18. Hannah Genesius will play the lead role of Elsa. Quirky, kind and clever, Elsa’s life has never been boring, though it’s often been a struggle. Hannah… Continue reading Tiny Fragments on the Tyne
Buddy good to be back!
Rated “the world’s most successful rock ‘n’ roll show”, The Buddy Holly Story is back in the UK and visits Blackpool Grand Theatre April 25–29. Buddy is one of a small number of iconic musicals including Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Miss Saigon, Evita and Cats in reaching three decades on stage. It tells the story of the musical… Continue reading Buddy good to be back!
Lloyd with One Tonne of Fun
After Lloyd Griffith’s last tour ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s back with a fresh stand-up routine for 2023. There’ll be dubious impressions, and a sprinkling of his singing too, in One Tonne of Fun. Lloyd will be appearing several new shows this year including a new series of Bad Education for BBC Three. He’ll also… Continue reading Lloyd with One Tonne of Fun
Teixeira and Gough make RSC debuts
Thalissa Teixeira will play Brutus and Kelly Gough will be Cassius, the leaders who plot to kill Caesar, in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of the political thriller Julius Caesar. Teixeira makes her RSC debut as Brutus. She was nominated for an Ian Charleson award—given for the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors under… Continue reading Teixeira and Gough make RSC debuts