Gillian Slovo’s powerful verbatim drama, derived mostly from interviews with survivors of the Grenfell fire, begins gently enough. Performers introduce themselves to the audience who

It seems almost sacrilegious for a theatre company from the North West to stage Steven Berkoff’s East, a play closely associated with the East End

During the overture, a pastiche Busby Berkeley dance number is shown on film, which instantly establishes the golden era of the Hollywood musical. The chorus

The 2023 GM Fringe is not short of ambitious shows. In the tradition of the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, Róis Doherty and Xenia Lily

The Mousetrap stops off on its epic, cross-country 70th anniversary tour at the Bristol Hippodrome—one of the larger venues it’s playing. What more can be added

(Short summary) March. Time of the Napoleon wars. Ruined church and surroundings on the stage. Seriously ill, leprosy people on the ground. Basilius, the alchemist,

Outside In, the title of Ilaria Passeri’s spoken word performance, suggests an introspective piece. This is not the case. Passeri is a raconteur spinning examples

Although he was astonishingly prolific and very popular a century ago, George Bernard Shaw has now become one of those theatrical prophets neglected in his

The Hot Ice Show’s 2023 production, Amore Amor Amour, promises to let audiences in on a ‘world of dreams’. Once again, the team behind its

“This isn’t our kind of thing, you know,” Glyndebourne owner John Christie said rather sniffily when Benjamin Britten’s comedy was first performed there in 1947.

Meeting the parents of your girlfriend is a nerve-racking experience at the best of times. The situation is exacerbated for forklift driver Jack as he

Julie Hall, sole performer in Sacrament, is also a GP practising in Greater Manchester. One wonders how many of the capacity audience at the Seven Oaks