An uncomfortable yet beguiling production of The Passenger based on the original novel by Ulrich Boschwitz first published in 1938, unsuccessfully received by the public. It was reissued in 2021 soon gathering a cult following. Considering the subject matter the world saw History in a different light during almost eighty…

The 1980s are often remembered fondly by the music of a generation. However, it was a time of strikes, industry and factories closed for good leaving generations from one family out of work and in a state of limbo not knowing where to go next, and losing their self-respect along…

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman adapted the satirical spoof memoir The Autobiography of a Cad by A.G.Macdonnel into a stage production now playing at The Watermill Theatre near Newbury until 22nd March 2025. The story chronicles the life of Edward Fox-Ingleby the Cad played by James Mack. From his childhood on…

Ghost – a musical adaption based on the 1990 Romance/Thriller falls a little short of the epic quality created by Jerry Zucker’s vision. A case of something lost in translation from screen to stage that’s become all too common in recent years – with very few movie adaptations really lighting…

In fair Verona (Wimbledon), we lay our scene… a musical based on the “What If…” Juliet didn’t kill herself, but rather, chose to live her life, travel the world, make friends and even potentially think about marrying (again?). This jukebox musical is filled with pop classics – from Britney Spears…

Lovers Vows is set in eighteenth-century Germany over a twenty-four hour period. The play was first performed in Covent Garden in 1798. It’s author Elizabeth Inchbald was featured in Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park. The audience witnesses that the road to true love didn’t run smoothly and with matters of the…

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was first performed in 1913 and is recognised as one of the most influential compositions of the century, with many of the controversial elements, irregular rhythms, clashing chords and booming bass lines, now entrenched in contemporary music.The original score/ballet of the Rite of Spring displays a…

To kill a cow or not kill a cow that is the question. If you were faced with their dilemma what would you do? In all reality probably not the same as the two young men in MILKED End up doing. Paul (Iwan Bond) has recently graduated from University and…

Lukasz Twarkowski adaption of the Danish novel The Employees by Olga Ravu is staged in Polish with English subtitles. It explores the interactions between the human and android members aboard a futuristic spaceship and focusses on a series of interviews conducted on the ship’s crew by The Organisation. With every statement the…

Corteo tells the story of Mauro (Stephan Gentilini) the dreamer clown. Mauro envisages his funeral from the music to the vast range of circus acts that will take place to celebrate his life as a clown. It isn’t completely clear if Mauro has died or is asleep and dreaming about how his…