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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…
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Continue reading →: Much Crazy About Nothing-Voila Festival.Quick introduction to your production, venue and performance times. Much Crazy About Nothing is an absurd comedy about love, family and the strange things people do to make relationships work. The story starts with a professional break-up agency, where you can pay someone to end a relationship for you. But…
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Continue reading →: Katerina Topali-Voila Festival Interview.Quick introduction to your production, venue and performance times. Mana, mitera, manoula, mama is a visual, physical piece created between London, Fermanagh, and Thessaloniki, about a mother and daughter and the strange little world they’ve built together. A world that makes perfect sense to them. To everyone else? Perhaps not.…
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Continue reading →: Balance-Voila Festival Interview.The Space Theatre8th November at 3.30pm15th November at 12:30pm Quick introduction to your production, venue and performance times. Balance is a hand-to-hand acrobatics show by Brainfools, performed by ich-duO, that’s Jared & Toffy. One of us protects, the other hides a secret, & to bridge the gap we build…
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Continue reading →: Ensemble Not Found-Voila Festival Interview.Quick introduction to your production, venue and performance times. Radical Wedding Engine is a show produced by Ensemble Not Found, it is a playful experiment in marriage, chosen family and artistic partnership. Five East Asian migrant artists who have worked together for years take the wedding apart and put it…












