Twins are renowned for having unbreakable bonds and will apparently find each other if they have been separated at birth. Their bond is invisible yet strong and magnetic. Blood Brother’s begins with the two bodies being covered up and there’s no spoilers about what is going to happen. However, that…

Even as a 15-year-old reading The Merchant of Venice for O levels, I felt that Shylock was unfairly treated although I did not fully understand the concept of antisemitism then. Antonio, a merchant, borrows money from Shylock to help his friend Bassanio court Portia. Shylock’s daughter, Jessica dreams of escaping,…

There’s nothing sweeter than the sound of children’s laughter and this production of Chicken Licken from The Hiccup Theatre provides plenty of that. The story of Chicken Licken is familiar to many; the young chicken (Phillipa Russell) is struck on the head by an acorn and mistakenly believes the sky…

Alistair Whatley delivers the informative life story of the famous writer and dramatist Oscar Wilde. From his carefree flamboyant days in  Oxford during his time at Magdalen College to his darker times during his incarceration in Reading Gaol where he wrote the famous ballad. Wilde led a life in a…

Dogging, a female-led porn film business and more dogging. The group who regularly meet up one night a week in Puppy treat the dogging session in the same light as the yoga and amateur theatre group meetings they attend on other evenings. Just an extension of their busy social lives…

An intimate production performed in the intimate space of the Bread and Roses Theatre allows the audience to watch every movement and observe their body language. Here Comes Your Ghost Again centres around Dan and Esther’s relationship over time, from their first meeting up to the current day. The story…

You can’t fail to be impressed from the moment you enter the Charing Cross Theatre auditorium by the stunning staging designed with the luxury in mind for Stiletto as the audience is taken back to 18th Century Venice. Set predominantly in the home of the wealthy aristocracy Azurra D’Orozca (Kelly…

Agents of Chaos Acting Company presents their debut play Fool’s Gold by Malcolm Webb. Baron’s Court Theatre is an ideal venue for the play with various side exits to offer escape areas during some of the chase scenes during the play. Who knew that covert excavation (grave robbing) for treasure was…

In today’s society, couples often don’t stay together if one or the other is unhappy. Just Between Ourselves reflects the generation of couples in the 1970’s where getting married invariably meant for life regardless of what happened within the marital home. Alan Ayckbourn writes with understanding and reflection about the…