August in England

August in England is an indictment of the ”hostile environment” policy introduced by Theresa May which saw thousands of people who had arrived in the UK

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L’Orfeo

Abandon hope, all ye that enter the Staatsoper Hannover to see Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, directed by Silvia Costa. The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired

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Vortex

Tao, tai chi and torsion might succinctly describe Russell Maliphant’s signature style. If you need to wind down, this is the show for you: mindfulness

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Supernova

Half of award-winning comedy double act Stiff & Kitsch, Rhiannon Neads, has added another string to her bow by writing her first play, Supernova. It

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Glory Ride

The old show formula of a love triangle in troubling times can grab an audience. Think of the film Casablanca. Two men in love with

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Macbeth

Some time in the 1920s: witches hold a séance and fog descends, or it could be gas, as they conjure up soldiers who don WW1

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Richard III

Director and lead actor Adjoa Andoh “doth protest too much, methinks” with her sympathetic take on the much-maligned Richard III? Does Shakespeare’s Machiavellian figure, Richard,

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Vignettes 4

For its fourth series of Vignettes, HER Productions seems to be pushing to the limit what can be achieved in short plays. Natasha (Tia Larsen)

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Breeding

Breeding by Barry McStay is less about breeding and more about bureaucracy. How do you navigate the complicated and imperfect process of trying to adopt

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