Blogs about Theatre
25 blogs about Theatre.
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2nd from Bottom
Reviewing the situation...
By John Chapman. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Happy 85th, Sir Alan Four years ago this production was supposed to happen – the pandemic happened instead. On the occasion of Alan Ayckbourn’s 85th birthday, however, I thought it was high time that I reshared my thoughts about …
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Aleks Sierz - Blog
Journalist, author, broadcaster and theatre critic. New Writing for the British Stage.
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The Legends of Them Text of the day: “That’s because they don’t want you to know ’bout your history. Moore Town is where our mother was born. We are of the Maroon people. You can’t know yourself unless you …
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Aleks Sierz - Reviews
Journalist, author, broadcaster and theatre critic. New Writing for the British Stage.
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The Invention of Love, Hampstead Theatre Can men really love each other – without the sex? Or, to put it another way, how many different forms of male love can you name? These questions loiter around the edges of Tom Stoppard’s …
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All Edinburgh Theatre.com
Reviews, news and previews edited by Thom Dibdin.
By Thom Dibdin, et al. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Support Æ for Xmas! Buy your Xmas ticket gifts through our links Here’s a big thank-you and Merry Christmas to all our readers and all the theatre folk in Edinburgh whose work makes our own work worth while. We …
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The Ballet Star Galactica
Aka That Ballerina Act. A blog about the performer life. Cabaret turn, author, classical bass-baritone.
By Iestyn Edwards. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Where do Babies Come From? How we Learn about Sex...Book Just Launched on Amazon Kindle Click to buy the book'My spoken material is about the facts of life,' I was explaining to the Mother Superior. 'I've been asking people what they were told, how they were told it and did …
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Breaking The Fourth Wall
Michael Davis' thoughts on theatre and the Arts.
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Make Good: The Post Office Scandal, Midlands Arts Centre – Review While the original ‘story’ has been in the headlines for some time, the Horizon Post Office Scandal caught the public’s imagination following the televised drama on British TV (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) in …
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The Circus Diaries
Circus Thoughts From Circus People.
By Katharine Kavanagh, et al. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
‘Water for Elephants’, book by Rick Elice, Music and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co, Directed by Jessica Stone Review from: Imperial Theatre, New York; 8th October 2024 Based on Sara Gruen’s novel of the same name, the musical[…] The post ‘Water for Elephants’, book by Rick Elice, Music and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre …
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Cultural Capital
Theatre, arts and events in London.
By Maryam Philpott. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
2024 Theatre in Review: Female Political Narratives and Male Vulnerability At this time of year, everyone is looking backwards, a chance to review some of the most significant productions and singular performances of 2024. So as the ‘Top 10s’ and ‘Best Ofs’ arrive there is …
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The Family Stage
For PLAYful families: News and reviews of theatrical things for every age.
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REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty (Broadway Theatre, Catford) Our second panto of the season saw us tick off a new venue, with a trip to Catford’s Broadway Theatre. Panto legend, Susie McKenna returns to write and direct the festive production for a second …
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Glasgow Theatre Blog
The best place for news, interviews and reviews of theatre in Glasgow and beyond.
By Lauren Humphreys. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Rumplestiltskin – Platform, Easterhouse A tale for those who have never fitted in, for those who’ve never found their tribe, a tale of the consequences of the choices we make. Lewis Heatherington could never be accused of lacking ambition, …
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Kris Hallett - life as theatre
Director, Teacher, Writer.
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Top Shows of 2024 2024 was the year in which Bristol Old Vic continued to make new writing the heart of its programming, Welsh National Opera dazzled yet lost its South West berth, the Tobacco Factory slowly started to …
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LouReviews
London theatre - films, books, digital shows worldwide.
By Louise Penn. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Digital review: #CAPITAL (Tête à Tête Festival) The Tête à Tête festival is now in its seventeenth year, offering a wide programme of short operas each year both live and in digital format. #CAPITAL is an example of what can be achieved …
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Man in Chair
Music Theatre, Opera, Ballet and Play Reviews.
By Simon Parris. 🇦🇺 More infoUpdated
Dear Evan Hansen review [Melbourne] Even when the dark comes crashing through When you need a friend to carry you And when you’re broken on the ground You will be found “Worth the wait” is a cliché but very relevant …
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Mind the blog
Here you’ll find reviews and features on theatre, concerts, albums, and anything else that’s even tenuously related.
By Debbie. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
The Bad Place 2024 I’m back to The Bad Place. When I initially came to my end-of-year posts, I didn’t think there was enough to fill this one up – but then I realised I’d just been blanking things …
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Musical Theatre Review
Onstage. Backstage. Worldwide.
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The Jolly Christmas Postman – Royal & Derngate, Northampton Picture: Robert Day The Jolly Christmas Postman continues at Royal & Derngate (Royal Theatre) until 31 December 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Based on the festive children’s book of the …
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News, reviews and opinion from the cheapest seat
By Shanine Salmon. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Giant, Royal Court Theatre (Preview) In 1983 Roald Dahl reviewed Tony Clifton’s picture book God Cried about the 1982 Lebanon War. In the review Dahl says of the Israelis “Never before in the history of man has a race of …
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Partially Obstructed View
Writing down what I think about theatre I've seen in That London, whether I've been asked to or not.
By Nick. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Theatre review: The Invention of Love Crazy to think Tom Stoppard has spent an entire career writing plays about human beings, despite all the evidence suggesting he's never met one. In fact despite having enjoyed some of his work it may …
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The Play's The Thing UK
British Theatre & Performance Criticism.
By Laura Kressly. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Death and the Cat, Drayton Arms Theatre by Diana Miranda Death and The Cat, directed by Penny Gkritzapi, explores life’s ultimate and inevitable outcome – death – wrapped with absurdist humour and a surprising amount of heart. Robert Emlyn Slater’s debut play …
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Rev Stan's theatre blog
Reviews, views and interviews by a theatre fan.
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Review: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Almeida Theatre - agency and impotence in this nasty family drama Seeing Cat On A Hot Tin roof a couple of weeks after The Little Foxes at the Young Vic Theatre, I couldn't help but draw some parallels. Both are period pieces that feature misogyny and …
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Rewrite This Story
For all your musical theatre needs including news, reviews and interviews straight from the West End and Broadway!
By Olivia Mitchell. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Everything You Could Ask For in a Panto: Sleeping Beauty at the New Victoria Theatre REVIEW Sleeping Beauty (Pantomime) New Victoria Theatre The New Victoria Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty was a beautifully crafted production with amazing scenery, atmospheric lighting and flamboyant costumes; it was everything you want a panto to be. From …