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Continue reading →: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time-Wimbledon Theatre.There is something rather curious about The Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night-Time. Not the murder of Wellington, the unfortunate canine of the title but the fact that a theatrical phenomenon which once dazzled audiences with its technical wizardry has returned in a considerably more modest guise. This new…
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Continue reading →: Shakespeare’s Cousin-White Bear Theatre.Danny Soloman in the role of Robert Southwell, the Jesuit priest and poet who was tortured by Sir Richard Topcliffe (Robin Kingsland) by the orders of Queen Elizabeth is the subject in the latest production at White Bear Theatre by Jonathan Moore. Shakespeare’s Cousin doesn’t hold back in the graphic…
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Continue reading →: Queenz Battle of the Divas-Woking Theatre.Queenz Battle of the Divas is a two part show where five drag artists “battle” using songs and physical performance to win over the audience and win the crown at the end of the show. There is an opportunity for the audience to be part of the night with purchasing…
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Continue reading →: NERO-Southwark Playhouse.So. Nero. That name in itself is a great title for a musical. And when I walked into the auditorium there it was. Emblazoned in lightbulbs against a plush red velvet curtain. There was also a funereal hush which made me feel as though I had walked into some weird…
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Continue reading →: East is East-Salisbury Playhouse.Another hit production by Wiltshire Creative with Octagon Theatre Bolton, Citizen Theatre Glasgow, and Derby Theatre is the 30th anniversary of East is East with a film version coming out in 1999. This modern classic is written by Ayub Khan-Din, who was born in 1961 to a British Pakistani father and…
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Continue reading →: Dogstar-Downstairs at Hampstead Theatre.Dogstar by Daisy Hall and directed by Lucy Morrison. Is the second play by the playwright to be performed in Downstairs in Hamptead Theatre. Hall’s play Bellringers was performed here in November 2024. Dogstar is set on a whaling ship that has become trapped in the ice while the crew from Exeter…
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Continue reading →: The Picture of Dorian Gray-Yvonne Arnauld Theatre.This production is being produced by Tilted Wig in conjunction with Watford Palace Theatre and is currently touring the UK. The adaption is by Sean Aydon, who has also directed the show The stage is sparsely lit at the start and continues throughout. The back of the stage is a…
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Continue reading →: Goldfish-Bridewell Theatre.Goldfish is currently playing at a little-known gem of a theatre in the heart of London – the Bridewell Theatre, just a short walk from Blackfriars Underground station. Perhaps one reason it doesn’t always feature on the theatre-going radar is its commitment to youth and community theatre. It was particularly…
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Continue reading →: Speculations-Marylebone Theatre.Dorothy Kilgallen was one of America’s most famous journalists during the middle years of the twentieth century. Initially known for her syndicated gossip column, she later turned her attention to some of the era’s most enduring mysteries, investigating the deaths of President John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Lee Harvey…













