54 stories by "The Family Stage"
We're partial to a dark and twisty grown-up show so our interest was immediately piqued by the press release for Snowflakes, a black comedy promising a cross between Black Mirror and Inside …
Oliver Sykes' debut children's novel is inspired by growing up as a keen amateur boxer in a single parent family on the breadline. Having long been a passionate advocate for underrepresented…
Following a run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019, and a Covid-induced hiatus, Katie Guicciardi's FOX is finally out on tour. Inspired by real-life events, this witty one-hander offer…
Overall, The Flying Bath at Little Angel Studios is a fantastically fun production which has pretty much everything you could ask of an early years show. It's a brilliant celebration of the …
Overall, Cirque Berserk! at Riverside Studios does exactly what is says on the tin, offering up a real circus experience in a theatre setting. While it doesn't quite have the same atmosphere…
In a week where a petition to remove LGBTQ+ education from the primary school curriculum has reached the threshold for a parliamentary debate, you will struggle to find a more relevant piece…
Peter Pan flies into Fairfield Halls this Christmas with a brand new adventure for all the family. The Further Adventures of Peter Pan: The Return of Captain Hook features a star-studded cas…
Adapted by Geoff Aymer (the writer of last year's excellent production The Wonderful), with Theatre Peckham's artistic director Suzann McLean once more at the helm as director, Scroogeliciou…
When you book tickets to a musical you would ordinarily expect to see a highly polished, carefully choreographed production where every line, step and song has been rehearsed a hundred times…
Apples in Winter is an enthralling, emotional and impactful play which will no doubt appeal to anyone with an interest in the criminal justice system but will resonate for so many more. A re…
This year sees the 50th anniversary of Michael Foreman's classic story Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish, a cautionary tale about environmental destruction which remains as relevant as ever. Ba…
We are wading through the 'What's On' directory on the Edinburgh Fringe website to help you get to grips with it all. In the first of our Edinburgh Fringe previews, we're focusing on the sho…
Kate Pankhurst's best-selling picture book Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is filled with fascinating facts about some of the amazing women who have changed the course of his…
When we received the press release for Iman Qureshi's latest play, The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, our interest was immediately piqued just by the name. And when we read on and discovered t…
The Gramophones are a female-led company making contemporary theatre that puts women and girls centre stage. They are currently on tour with Aidy the Awesome, an aerial theatre show for ages…
Aimed at ages three to eight, The Emperor's New Clothes at the Polka Theatre is a fun show with a moral message that remains as relevant today as it ever was.
Mohand and Peter are good friends with a lot in common. For one thing, they're both actors pursuing their profession far from home.
The teenage years are the hardest to navigate. Everything's changing. You don't know what you're doing and everyone around you is a walking cocktail of hormones.
David Walliams' style of humour also tends towards the gross side. But in between all the fart jokes is a story with real heart that will resonate with adults and children alike.
In Theatre Peckham's rewriting of Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz, the action takes place much closer to home than Kansas, and there's no Dorothy or Auntie Em in sight.
Everyone has a list of favourite childhood films and, as you might expect from a family of musical theatre lovers, Disney films feature heavily on ours.
The game is afoot. Or, perhaps more accurately, apaw. The Hound of the Baskervilles is bounding across the country, pursued by Sherlock Holmes and chums.
Polka Theatre has finally reopened its doors after two and a half years, following major refurbishment works which coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scoot Theatre is out touring cricket grounds (plus a few other places) again this summer with two condensed, family-friendly Shakespeare shows. Alongside the return of A Midsummer Night's Dr…
This was our second trip to Greenwich Theatre in a week as we returned to watch The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. The production was originally scheduled to run last Christmas but was unfortun…
