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28/07/2024

New Post: Acis and Galatea – Opera Holland Park, London

28/07/2024

New Post: Treasure Island – Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

27/07/2024

New Post: Cirque: The Greatest Show – Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

27/07/2024

New Post: Wormholes – Omnibus Theatre, London

27/07/2024

New Post: Roll for Initiative: The Wizard’s Tower – Dance City, Newcastle

Director: Michelle Bayly The performance is described as a live, interactive, playable role play game experience. It draws on the canon of sword and sorcery, from Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings to the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett and a myriad of computer and role play games such as, prominentl...

26/07/2024

Updated Post: Wayne Wayneson’s Rock Hard – All is Joy Studios, London

Writers: Ricky Hunt, Coral Bevan and David Alwyn Director: Ricky Hunt Wayne Wayneson is a rock music icon. With his leather trousers and waistcoat, cowboy hat and handlebar moustache, Wayne isn’t just a legend of rock, he is the literal God of Rock. But with that position has come years of excess,...

26/07/2024

New Post: Afrique en Cirque – South Bank Centre, London

26/07/2024

New Post: All Of Us Flawed But Still Something To Love – Bitesize Festival, Riverside Studios, London

Writer and Director: Nell Rayner Despite the solid acting in Nell Rayner’s two-hander, there isn’t much at stake in this story of a male playwright and a female actor embarking on a relationship in present-day London. The couple’s first few dates are handled nicely; Emma is prickly and defensi...

26/07/2024

New Post: Around the World in 80 Days-ish! – York Theatre Royal

Writer: Jules Verne Adapter and Director: Juliet Forster The ‘ish’ in the title of this show is incredibly intriguing. Jules Verne’s 1873 novel has been adapted for film, television and the stage many times, with or without a hot air balloon (interestingly that isn’t in the book, as we are t...

26/07/2024

Updated Post: Bangers – Arcola Theatre, London

Writer: Danusia Samal Director: Chris Sonnex Entering the theatre feels like stepping into a UK garage club night as DJ and Narrator Tanya-Loretta Dee sets an infectious tone with all the classic tunes. She brings the good vibes before protagonists Aria and Cleff burst out of nowhere, ready to tell....

26/07/2024

New Post: The Future Looks Bright – Etcetera Theatre, London

Writers: Şebnem İşigüzel and adapted by Büke Erkoç and Ersin Yaşar Director: Büke Erkoç The Future Looks Bright proclaims the title of Büke Erkoç’s and Ersin Yaşar’s single-hander adaptation of a short story by fellow Turkish writer Şebnem İşigüzel. Only it doesn’t really. It l...

25/07/2024

New Post: As You Like It – The Holloway Garden Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Brendan O’Hea It may be cloudy and drizzly, but it takes more than that to dampen the spirit of this year’s Holloway Garden Theatre offering of As You Like It. The mood is set right from the start as the strains of Autumn Leaves from a solo violin begin, whi...

25/07/2024

Updated Post: Woebegone – Theatre503, London

Writer: Rhia Burston Director: Charlotte Cattrall Something happens in the middle of Rhia Burston’s Woebegone that is utterly shocking throwing its narrative about three university friends living in the North of England in a completely unexpected direction. It would be unfair to reveal the twist a...

25/07/2024

New Post: The Box – White Bear Theatre, London

Writer: Brian Coyle Director: Jonathan Woolf It may not seem so unusual for an object referred to as “the box” to be the centre of attention in a shared living space, but, for Tom and Kate, the characters in Brian Coyle’s hour-long one-act play, such a box has far more sinister significance th...

25/07/2024

New Post: The Wedding Singer – Bridewell Theatre, London

Book: Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy Music: Matthew Sklar Lyrics: Chad Beguelin Director: Stuart James With so much focus on songs and stars, the importance of choreography to musical theatre is significantly underestimated, and although the return of vintage shows has delivered notable ensemble numb...

25/07/2024

New Post: Wayne Wayneson’s Rock Hard – All is Joy Studios, London

Writers: Ricky Hunt, Coral Bevan and David Alwyn Director: Ricky Hunt Wayne Wayneson is a rock music icon. With his leather trousers and waistcoat, cowboy hat and handlebar moustache, Wayne isn’t just a legend of rock, he is the literal God of Rock. But with that position has come years of excess,...

25/07/2024

New Post: Silence! The Musical – Theatre Royal, Norwich

Director: Christopher Gattelli The Silence of the Lambs is a dark psychological thriller that follows FBI trainee Clarice Starling as she seeks the help of imprisoned cannibalistic murderer Dr. Hannibal Lecter to catch serial killer Buffalo Bill. It is a narrative which examines the complexities of....

25/07/2024

New Post: Woebegone – Theatre503, London

Writer: Rhia Burston Director: Charlotte Cattrall Something happens in the middle of Rhia Burston’s Woebegone that is utterly shocking throwing its narrative about three university friends living in the North of England in a completely unexpected direction. It would be unfair to reveal the twist a...

25/07/2024

New Post: The 39 Steps – Grand Opera House York

Writer: John Buchan Adaptor: Patrick Barlow Director: Maria Aitken The 39 Steps was first performed as a play in 1995 and is based on the 1915 Book by John Buchan and the 1935 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The spy thriller moves at great pace from Portland Place in London to the Highlands of Sc...

25/07/2024

New Post: Il segreto di Susanna and Pagliacci – Opera Holland Park, London

Il segreto di Susanna Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Conductor: John Andrews Director: John Wilkie Pagliacci Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo Conductor: Francesco Cilluffo Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans Opera Holland Park pairs Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci not with Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, but wit...

24/07/2024

New Post: Bangers – Arcola Theatre, London

Writer: Danusia Samal Director: Chris Sonnex Entering the theatre feels like stepping into a UK garage club night as DJ and Narrator Tanya-Loretta Dee sets an infectious tone with all the classic tunes. She brings the good vibes before protagonists Aria and Cleff burst out of the speakers, ready to....

24/07/2024

Updated Post: Special Announcement: A New Book from One of Our Reviewers

Reporter: Richard Maguire It is with great pride that The Reviews Hub announces that a book written by one of our most dedicated reviewers, Maryam Philpott, has just been published. Examining the work of one of Britain’s most successful and talked-about dramatists, James Graham; State of the Natio...

24/07/2024

New Post: Special Announcement: A New Book from One of Our Reviewers

24/07/2024

New Post: Fangirls – Lyric Hammersmith, London

Book, Music and Lyrics: Yve Blake Director: Paige Rattray It’s familiar territory for those who were teens when Zayn Malik left One Direction, when trended, and when aligning yourself to a particular boy-band designated your social grouping. It’s the electrifying madness of being a...

24/07/2024

New Post: Cluedo 2 – The Alexandra, Birmingham

23/07/2024

New Post: Fluff – Theatre503, London

23/07/2024

New Post: A Small God- Bitesize Festival, Riverside Studios, London

Writer and Director: Matthew Lyon A Small God opens with a playful, poetic spoken word piece exploring the essence of being a writer. Through a collection of poems and reflections, performer Matthew Lyon narrates his life story and the inspirations behind his writing. Lyon’s writing is marked by c...