How far are you willing to go to get what you most desire? That's the question at the bloody heart of Salome. And it's a question that so fascinates Lazarus Theatre that they're now having a…
Every theatremaker has faced high hurdles to get their shows on over the past 18 months, but the challenges faced by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella have been especially high-profile hurdle…
If it weren't for Covid-19, we probably wouldn't have Jersey Boys back in the West End. But we probably would still have original Four Season Tommy DeVito. The post Jersey Boys: Never mind F…
Five spine-tingling ghost stories are woven into the action on one stormy night in When Darkness Falls. I discussed them and more things to make you jump with the writer-director and cast at…
After fascinating discussions around Feel and At Last, Terri Paddock is back with Proforca Theatre company to discuss Lately, a third new play by James Lewis as well as exciting future plans…
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Timothy Sheader's revival of Carousel at the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park has made me reconsider the musical, and the ways difficult subjects can be repositioned, but it hasn't made me lov…
As much as I was looking for any excuse to return to Southwark, it was the show that lured me back. Or to be more precise, Rachel Tucker starring in the show, musical two-hander John & J…
Lockdown Zoom hit Doing Shakespeare, one of the Northern Comedy Theatre's multi-award-winning Doing series, comes to hilarious life onstage, with a London run at the Bridewell Theatre in Nov…
When you book to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, you are guaranteed not only a joyful night out at the London Palladium but also a time-travel ticket to your childhood. The…
Following the 7.30pm performance on Thursday 4 November 2021, My Theatre Mates founder Terri Paddock will be talking to the cast and creatives at Southwark Playhouse about the 21st-century p…
Post-lockdown, Lazarus Theatre returns to the stage with a revival of their 2019 gender-twist version of Oscar Wilde's Salome, in a limited season at London's Southwark Playhouse. Having cha…
Well done to the Be More Chill company. This new musical had just had its successful UK premiere and announced a lengthy extension at The Other Palace when Covid shut it down in March 2020. …
I've never watched Keeping up with the Kardashians and only have a vague sense of who Kylie Jenner " I certainly couldn't pick her out of a line-up. The post Seven Methods of Killing Kylie J…
I have become obsessed with where the money goes in The Money. If you suddenly received a few hundred pounds, how would you spend it? The post The Money Live: Could you agree how to spend a …
For the show to lure a nervous (but now fully vaccinated " yay!) me back to the theatre after nearly 15 months, it's hard to imagine more soothing fare than Amelie The Musical. The post Amel…
I know every person out there has their own version of how this pandemic has changed their life trajectory. This is mine. The post The difference between missing and missing out on theatre a…
Fans of new British musicals will be familiar with The S&S Award, the prize that set out to find and give a professional life to the country's best new unproduced musical. After years of…
New British musical The Sorcerer's Apprentice has been five years in the making and, like all new musicals, has overcome myriad obstacles. Covid threw down an additional hurdle shortly befor…
In April 2020, I was due to chair a post-show Q&A at The Other Palace for new British musical CASES. Of course, that run was cancelled due to Covid, but when composer-lyricist Dominic Po…
Free-to-view YouTube Channel The Shows Must Go On continues its theatre lockdown weekly schedule with the rescheduled stream of Peter Pan Live!
Wales Millennium Centre has announced that the venue will remain closed until at least January 2021, due to the devastating impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the theatre industry. Produc…
My packed post-show Q&A schedule came to an abrupt halt in mid-March when theatres across London closed. But I'm adapting and learning to use my skills in new ways in lockdown - and so, …
Tuesday 17 March 2020. One of the last theatre performances -for the foreseeable future - in the theatre capital of the world took place at London's Old Red Lion Theatre. A historic, soberin…
The UK government's current coronavirus advice is that, with theatres, the show should still go on. I was certainly glad One Jewish Boy, British dramatist Stephen Laughton's brilliant play, …