LONDON –  Melanie Blake’s best-selling debut novel The Thunder Girls has been adapted for the stage by the author and will receive its world premiere at The Lowry this September. Having already broken the venue’s box-office records for a new play, this new ‘playsical’ features a stellar cast including Coleen Nolan, Coronation Street’s Beverley Callard, Carol Harrison and West End musical star Sandra Marvin, who quit … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2019: The Thunder Girls at The Lowry, Salford (Preview)

LONDON – Transferring fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, Cherie – My Struggle is an intimate, gossipy memoir recounting Cherie Blair’s amazing journey from an obscure Liverpool convent to the epicentre of power in Westminster. In this new political comedy Cherie spills the beans on the New Labour years and delivers her uncensored thoughts about Alistair Campbell, Carole Caplin, John Smith, Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott, the Queen, … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Cherie – My Struggle at the Hen & Chickens Theatre (Preview)

LONDON – The world premiere of the bleakly comic, psychological thriller Mites from James Mannion comes to Tristan Bates Theatre this October. This absurdist piece is a sinister exploration of the manipulation which can underpin relationships, and especially considers the impact of this upon the mentally vulnerable in society. The production will star Claire Marie Hall as Ruth; Richard Henderson as Bartholomew and George Howard as … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Mites at the Tristan Bates Theatre (Preview)

LONDON – Reuniting the whole team behind last year’s hugely successful How To Catch a Krampus, Sink The Pink and Ginger Johnson return to Pleasance Islington for five-weeks of queer, campy, Christmas fun all set to an out-of-this-world live score. It’s 2050 and in a galaxy not too far from our own, Planet Trash is the most dangerous place in the solar system – the dumping … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Escape From Planet Trash by Sink The Pink and the Pleasance (Preview)

LONDON – Now in its fifth year, the Clapham Fringe is back this September to present brand new works in South London, with a total of 26 different productions and 48 performances scheduled over three weeks. Programmes range from theatre to comedy, storytelling to cabaret. With the 2019 edition, the festival will now have a theme, starting with this year’s “Beyond Borders”. The festival opens with Rebecca … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Clapham Fringe 2019 (Preview)

“I can see her just. Most people can’t see her at all.” LONDON – Caryl Churchill (Top Girls, Money) is one of the UK’s most celebrated writers and playwrights, having penned seminal scripts from Top Girls to A Number which are now modern classics. her most recent play, Escaped Alone, opened at the Royal Court to critical acclaim and transferred to New York, and told of an absurdist tale where four … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Caryl Churchill’s Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. at the Royal Court Theatre (Preview)