Bridge Theatre’s gender-fluid forest frolics are all in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
19/10/2019
National Theatre Live – Bridge Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: recorded live at the Bridge Theatre and shown at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 17.10.2019. (JPr)
Bridge Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c) Manuel Harlan
Hulks Ahoy as CODA’s The Producers reopens the Ashcroft Playhouse
23/09/2019
Mel Brooks, The Producers (lyrics and music by Brooks and adapted by Brooks and Thomas Meehan from the 1967 film): Ensembles and musicians of CODA (Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association) / Joshua Hickin (musical director and arranger). Ashcroft Playhouse at Fairfield Halls, Croydon. 20.9.2019. (JB)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s bittersweet Fleabag remains an ode to all modern women
14/09/2019
Fleabag (written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge): Directed for the screen by Tony Grech-Smith and broadcast live from the Wyndham’s Theatre, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 12.9.2019. (JPr)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) (c) Matt Humphrey
A powerful Torch Song marks opening of London’s newest theatre
10/09/2019
Torch Song (by Harvey Fierstein): The Turbine Theatre, London, 6.9.2019. (CSa)
Matthew Needham (Arnold) and Dino Festcher (Ed) in Torch Song
(c) Mark Senior
Navigating Australia’s Secret River: tempestuous journey in pursuit of a tragic dream
02/09/2019
The Secret River by Kate Grenville (adapted for the stage by Andrew Bovell): National Theatre, London, 28.8.2019. (CSa)
Sydney Theatre Company’s The Secret River (c) Ryan Buchanan
In Somnium at Sadler’s Wells Neil and Katya Jones Dream the Impossible Dream
22/06/2019
SOMNIUM – A DANCER’S DREAM: Neil and Katya Jones, Charles Venn and company of dancers. Sadler’s Wells, London, 20.6.2019. (JPr)
Neil and Katya Jones in Somnium: A Dancer’s Dream
Renée Fleming Headlines The Light in the Piazza Which Proves To Be a Flawed Italian Travelogue
20/06/2019
The Light in the Piazza (book by Craig Lucas, lyrics and music by Adam Guettel): Company of The Light in the Piazza, Orchestra of Opera North / Kimberley Grigsby (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.6.2019. (JPr)
The Light in the Piazza (c) Dewynters London
The Seven Deadly Sins of the Viviana Durante Company at Wilton’s Music Hall
10/05/2019
THREE/8:38/SEVEN: Viviana Durante and Company, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 8.5.2019. (JB)
Viviana Durante & Mbulelo Ndabeni in 8:38
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