Have you ever walked down rows of bookshelves, and imagined the characters they contain stepping from the pages? Have you brushed your fingers along their spines, and imagined their stories permeating through your fingertips? Have you ever dreamed of being locked overnight in a library, and hearing their voices whisper …
A bed. A mini fridge. A closet. A bathroom door. The necessities of a cheap motel are boxed into a claustrophobic chipboard room. Then a whooshing sound. Darkness. When the lights come back on, a trembling girl with a make-shift bag on her head is nudged gently into the room. …
However many years pass by, we never entirely forget what it is to be young. Big the Musical, which premiered in 1996 and which followed the 1988 film, is a nostalgic night out which will have you asking, when did you last check in with your inner ‘Big’ kid? Josh …
Wild Duck Theatre at OSO Arts Centre, Barnes until 18th November On a cold, foggy, November night, you might think a trip to sunny Australia, via the OSO Arts Centre, Barnes, would be the perfect antidote, but if you take a trip to Picnic at Hanging Rock this week, expect …
Attempts on her Life at the Hampton Hill Theatre Studio I never fail to be impressed by YAT’s choice of material and from where I’m sitting, this is their most challenging, daring and confrontational production yet. In her production notes young director Lucy Hanneghan describes the play as theatrical “Marmite”, …
I think I had good reason to be dubious about a ‘holocaust ballet’, which is what I faced myself with this evening at Richmond Theatre. The thought of dancing Nazis and over-sentimentality filled me with unease, and a trace of dread. However, Northern Ballet surprised me; ballet, they showed, can …
“The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in their lifetime” But what do we do with them? What could we do with them, or what should we do with them, if given the chance? What if, Sam Steiner proposes in Lemons… his debut play, we had a limit? Trainee-lawyer Bernadette and musician Oliver are two …
Two actors. An empty room. 40 or so seats. The door closes. The experience begins. A House Repeated is an immersive theatre experience… but not in the way you might expect. For the last decade, London has been at the forefront of the rise of so called ‘immersive theatre’. Once …
Beckett’s Texts for Nothing is brought to life on the stage by Lisa Dawn, nearly 70 years after being published as a collection of short prose pieces. As a collection of tales “rich in imagery but short on external coherence” (in the words of leading 20th century Beckett scholar, Stanley …
One of the greatest thrills of seeking out new work is the topicality of it, but few playwrights would dare to be as up-to-the-minute as Stuart Slade. BU52 is set within touching distance of the present, 22/7/2016 to be exact. On this date in the disquietingly close future, Passenger …
