Arms and the Man

The Orange Tree has a well earned reputation for revivals of Bernard Shaw’s plays and this is another delightful example which Paul Miller directs as

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The Listeners

Here (says a press release over-optimistically) is an opera for our times about our search for belonging, understanding the incomprehensible, and how charismatic leaders can

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Dinner With Groucho

This world première production of Frank McGuinness’s 70-minute new play, which opened in Dublin, now comes to London. It offers the unlikely pairing of movie

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Life’s a Drag

Fun and feisty, Life’s a Drag reveals the parallel lives of an awkward young Queer. Maxine struggles to resolve the tension between family pressures and

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The Critic

Hugh Moncrieffe has written his autobiography, he is home after the launch party. There are copies around and he puts up the publisher’s poster, perhaps

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The Four Seasons

My first encounter with Cornwall’s James Wilton Dance and it is easy to see what all the fuss is about. Innovative and mesmerising. Vivaldi’s Four

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Life’s a Drag

Fun and feisty, Life’s a Drag reveals the parallel lives of an awkward young Queer. Maxine struggles to resolve the tension between family pressures and

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Revved

Revved, Patrick Quinn’s debut play at the Lyric Belfast, depicts a dark rite of passage set against the background of the annual Donegal International Rally

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Roma

Anthony Lo-Giudice is a well-established choreographer in the NE and beyond; his intimate duet L’uomo is frequently performed abroad and was last performed in Gothenburg

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One Off

Prison drama has a long history. If we take two TV extremes, there’s the three highly successful 1970s series of Porridge, written by Clements & Le

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Pickle

The tone of Pickle is set from the off; as the audience make their way to their seats, they’re invited to dance and enjoy sweets,

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