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Continue reading →: F**k Freud by Lucio Veronesi.
The semi-autobiographical storyline in F**k Freud by Lucio Veronesi watches twenty-something Leone a struggling Italian actor trying to make sense of the world around him while he is attempting to find his identity in a foreign country. Breaking up with girlfriend Sarah ( Siobhan Gallagher) just adds further pain to…
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Continue reading →: The Fairytale Revolution:Wendy’s Awfully Big Adventure by Louise Beresford and Anna Spearpoint.
New writing The Fairytale Revolution: Wendy’s Awfully Big Adventure by Louise Beresford and Anna Spearpoint has taken the normal fairytale concept of the pantomime and turned it into a really interesting story when the characters decide to take charge of their own destiny. Wendy Darling(Anais Long) as pictured below decides…
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Continue reading →: Oi Frog and Friends based on the books by Kes Gray.
The adapted stage production of Oi Frog and friends by Emma Earle, Zoe Squire, Luke Bateman and Richy Hughes is a colourful and extremely well-presented collection of the well-known animals from the best-selling books by Kes Gray. Sitting bottom School for animals is led by their prefect, Cat played by…
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Continue reading →: The Exceptional case of Whizz and Drex by Fred Kelly.
The case is certainly an exceptional new piece of writing by Fred Kelly in his new play The Exceptional case of Whizz and Drex. Kelly has captured the essence of how the mind of a narcissistic bully operates through Whizz played by Guy Samuels the manipulative boss who is charming…
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Continue reading →: A Christmas Carol at Scrooge’s parlour Immersive Theatre.
Mr Scroggins welcomes you at the door as he checks you off his list before the evening’s spirits aka you the audience enter Scrooges parlour through the mock tavern where you are seated on wooden benches awaiting the evening’s proceedings to begin. Directed by Tom Bellerby Jacob Marley (Jack Witham)…
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Continue reading →: Rules for Living by Sam Holcroft.
Rules for living directed by John Chapman is one of the most realistic Christmas plays I have seen in a long time. The decorations are up, presents are wrapped and dinner is in the oven. What more could anyone else wish for, silent night perhaps? It’s a Christmas family nightmare…
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Continue reading →: The Cunning Little Vixen by leoš Janáček.
The Cunning Little Vixen was first performed on 6th November 1924 at the National Theatre in Brno. The version at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton was a co-production by the Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera, performed in Czech with English subtitles. Divided into three Acts the two hours long…
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Continue reading →: Bench at the Edge by Luigi Jannuzzi
Bench at the Edge by Luigi Jannuzzi provides the audience with an interesting perspective on how things might look after somebody has attempted to commit suicide. From the long-standing patients kept alive on life support machines and now stuck in an afterlife limbo, to those hovering unconsciously between two worlds…
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Continue reading →: La Clique live in Leicester Square.
Photo credit Craig Sugden. After a ten year absence, la Clique is back in London performing in Leicester Square in the custom-built Spiegeltent. Don’t be deceived by the outside of this building as once inside you are transported into the realm of mystery and intrigue ready to be entertained and…
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Continue reading →: Diamonds are for Trevor by Cheriton Players
The new comedy spoof production by the Cheriton Players Diamonds are for Trevor is extremely well thought out, with a fantastic cast and full of quick-witted one-liners. The familiar Bond characters have been renamed which are all befitting of the spoof production, for example, Miss Spendapenny, Bigjob and Fanny Stravaganza…


















