Does prison actually work? Playwright James Kenworth on reformer Elizabeth Fry + show trailer by Featured Content

Elizabeth Fry: The Angel of Prisons, the latest in a series of site-specific plays inspired by the history of Newham in east London, is running this week in the Elizabeth Fry Room at Canning…

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VIDEO: 'Me & my mates were going to be best friends forever'. Watch Proforca's Flashbang trailer! by Featured Content

What happens when your world is blown apart? The trailer for Flashbang, Proforca Theatre's latest explosive new play, packs a punch. Have a watch - and then get booking!

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NEWS: Site-specific premiere of Elizabeth Fry: The Angel of Prisons tells the story of Victorian reformer by Featured Content

The world premiere of Elizabeth Fry: The Angel of Prisons, the latest in a series of site-specific plays inspired by the history of Newham in east London, will be staged in the Elizabeth Fry…

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NEWS: Gear up for the world premiere of new British musical RIDE at the Charing Cross Theatre by Featured Content

Award-winning new musical RIDE, charting one woman's radical act and exploring the lies we tell to escape ourselves, gears up for its first full production at London's Charing Cross Theatre …

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PHOTOS: Sneak a peek into rehearsals for the premiere of Proforca's Flashbang by Featured Content

It's just four weeks to go until the world premiere of Proforca Theatre's latest explosive new play Flashbang, which has a strictly limited run launching the new autumn season at London's Li…

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'I cannot wait for a kebab': Writer & performer Christopher Wollaton on fasting while reviving his workout obsession play Brawn by Featured Content

Christopher Wollaton discusses the return of his solo show Brawn, revived as part of the King's Head Theatre's Boys!Boys!Boys! Season. The play, exploring body dysmorphia and mental health i…

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NEWS: Five-star one-man play My Own Private Shakespeare transfers from Toronto to the Edinburgh Fringe by Featured Content

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is back and standing out from the crowd will be the critically acclaimed play My Own Private Shakespeare, fresh from a sold-out, three-week run in Toronto, Cana…

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'There's beauty in every story no matter how everyday it feels': Fred Wardale on being one of the Flashbang boys by Featured Content

After acclaim last year in Lately, Fred Wardale returns to London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre in Proforca Theatre's new explosive premiere Flashbang, written by James Lewis and helmed by ar…

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Meet the cast: Four Ryans are ready for Flashbang, Proforca's latest at Lion & Unicorn by Featured Content

Four up-and-coming actors will star in the world premiere of Proforca Theatre's latest explosive new play Flashbang, which has a strictly limited run at the start of the new autumn season at…

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NEWS: Proforca Theatre premieres Flashbang, its fifth new play by James Lewis by Featured Content

After lauded productions of Feel, At Last, Lately and Volcano, Proforca Theatre premieres Flashbang, its latest new play by James Lewis at London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre this autumn. Ti…

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FEATURED SHOW: 'Spell-binding', 'jaw-dropping' Coventry-set May Queen is back. Read the reviews! by Featured Content

Have you read the reviews for Frankie Meredith's May Queen yet? Originally premiered last year as part of Paines Plough's Roundabout season, this 'spell-binding' piece set in Coventry is now…

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'The idea was really rooted in Coventry': Frankie Meredith on her play May Queen, now returning to Belgrade Theatre by Featured Content

Originally premiered last year as part of Paines Plough's acclaimed Roundabout Season, May Queen returns to Coventry's Belgrade Theatre for a strictly limited season. Midlands writer Frankie…

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VIDEO: Celebrities are raving about Sally Rogers' debut play The Still Room by Featured Content

Word of mouth on Sally Rogers' debut play The Still Room is spreading fast, with celebrity fans including Alison Steadman, David Morrissey, Maxine Peake, Johnny Flynn and others. Check out t…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:13am on June 17, 2022[SHARE]

'Banquet waitressing is brutal': Actor-turned writer Sally Rogers on the 1980s memories that inspired her debut play The Still Room by Featured Content

Remember the 1980s? Charles and Diana's wedding? Sally Rogers does. The actor-turned-playwright draws on her own personal memories and experiences in her debut play, the 1980s-set, coming-of…

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NEWS: Belgrade Theatre restages Paines Plough May Queen in Coventry, 25 Jun-2 Jul by Featured Content

After its successful premiere last year as part of Paines Plough's Roundabout Season, Midlands writer Frankie Meredith's May Queen returns to Coventry's Belgrade Theatre for a strictly limit…

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'Who is entitled to sexual confidence? How to express desire?': Lauren Morley on her new play The Collab, premiering this week by Featured Content

Lauren Morley's new play The Collab, inspired by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing and YouTube sex abuse scandals, premieres this week at London's The Space care o…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 9:41am on May 29, 2022[SHARE]

NEWS: Female Ukrainian artists versus male dictatorship in the topical Love & Destruction at the Playground Theatre by Featured Content

In association with The Ukrainian Cultural Association in the UK (UCA-UK) London's Playground Theatre is presenting Love & Destruction, celebrating the work of female Ukrainian artists t…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on May 24, 2022[SHARE]

PHOTOS & VIDEO: Sneak a peek behind the scenes of The Still Room rehearsals by Featured Content

We're counting down to the long-awaited world premiere of Cold Feet actor-turned-playwright Sally Rogers' debut play The Still Room, which opens at London's Park Theatre next month. Sneak a …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:06am on May 20, 2022[SHARE]

NEWS: Aequitas premieres Lauren Morley's The Collab at The Space, 31 May-11 Jun by Featured Content

Aequitas Theatre returns to the stage this month with the world premiere of Lauren Morley's topical new play The Collab, about the grey areas of online consent. It runs at The Space in Londo…

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FEATURED: Buckle up for London's freshest multi-arts festival ChewFest at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre by Featured Content

Following cancellation after cancellation of festivals for early-career creatives to showcase their work, the OFFIE award-winning ChewBoy Productions is curating ChewFest, a week-long event …

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NEWS: Cold Feet actor Sally Rogers' playwriting debut The Still Room premieres in June by Featured Content

Cold Feet actor-turned-playwright Sally Rogers' debut play The Still Room finally gets its world premiere in June at London's Park Theatre, with a cast that includes her former co-star in Th…

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FEATURED SHOW: Heather Alexander's Virginia Woolf-inspired ★★★★★ play Room is heading to Brighton & Edinburgh Fringe by Featured Content

Heather Alexander's acclaimed one-woman play Room, a unique dramatised interpretation of Virginia Woolf's A Room Of One's Own, is being staged this summer at Brighton Fringe and Edinburgh Fr…

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FEATURED SHOW: ★★★★★ Dirty Hearts is 'an irresistibly sparkling new comedy'. Reviews are in! by Featured Content

Paul Murphy's new 'existential comedy for the age of anxiety' Dirty Hearts, has netted an Offies nomination and a slew of rave reviews at London's Old Red Lion Theatre, where its limited sea…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 4:00am on April 21, 2022[SHARE]

NEWS: Pegasus Opera premieres The Aspern Papers, new Philip Hagemann opera based on Henry James' novella by Featured Content

The Aspern Papers, a new opera by renowned composer Philip Hagemann adapted from Henry James' 1888 novella, will premiere this month at the Royal Academy of Music's Susie Sainsbury Theatre, …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:15am on April 11, 2022[SHARE]

WATCH: Access All Areas & Disability Arts Online are transforming leadership in the arts by Featured Content

Access All Areas and Disability Arts Online brought together an outstanding group of talented and innovative arts leaders to London's Battersea Arts Centre for a unique event to reconsider a…

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