Results tagged “Theatre”

By Kay Lockett

IF you never try these wild choices then you get stuck with an average show," said theatre director David Hutchinson.

The experimental 23-year-old is encouraging his cast of actors at Sell a Door Theatre Company to try something new on stage, for its production of A Christmas Carol at Greenwich Playhouse. And when I spoke to him at rehearsals with only 10 days to go until the opening there was still no script.

A prison drama with X-Factor-style audience participation debuts at Waterloo East this month following a successful showcase at the Edinburgh Festival.

For the show's writer and performer Deborah Klayman and actor Ali Kemp this is their first project together and draws on their personal experiences in the field of mental health.

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Three Days In May
Trafalgar Studios
4/5

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Warren Clarke gives a mesmirising performance as Winston Churchill as a costly war and a dishonourable peace hang in the balance.

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Proof
Greenwich Playhouse
4/5

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The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity.

In a major funding shake-up, creative organisations discovered their fate as Arts Council England announced around £100million of budget cuts.

There were mixed fortunes for the 1,300 theatres, galleries and arts groups that applied for funding, with almost one in four losing all their funds, including 49 in London.

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Waiting for that Hollywood director to call can be an expensive business. So resting actors are earning a crust by using their talents over the phones of a Crossharbour call centre.

RSVP, established for 24 years, exclusively employs trained thespians for calls, sales and customer services.

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The Watcher
Waterloo East Theatre
3/5

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Turning tables and deft mind games are tricks up the sleeve of this psychological teaser.

By Yvonne Gordon.

An all-male version of Gilbert and Sullivan opera Iolanthe is set to open at Wilton's Music Hall.

The production, set in a public school during the second world war, was first staged last year to sell-out audiences at the Union Theatre Southwark.

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A Woman Of No Importance
Greenwich Playhouse
3/5

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An impressive cast brings alive Oscar Wilde's dashing wit in a play that goes deeper and darker than his drawing room staples.

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Black Watch
Barbican
5/5

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Amid the bullets and the bombs, Daniel Harper finds a strange candidate for show of the season.

It whet the appetite to go back to Wilde," said the awarding-winning producer of last year's sell-out production of The Importance of Being Earnest at Greenwich Playhouse. Alice de Sousa is producing Galleon Theatre Company's version of A Woman of No Importance - once again bringing Oscar Wilde back to the stage in the borough.

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My Romantic History
Bush Theatre
3/5

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Bridget Jones meets a Nick Hornby man-boy in DC Jackson's witty and vivacious tale of a very modern romance.

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Onassis
Novello Theatre
2/5

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Robert Lindsay gives a stand-out performance in a stand-back play about the life and loves of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

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The Country Girl
Apollo Theatre
4/5

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Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove create a true West End event in a very theatrical back-stage drama about the trials of a fragile marriage.

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Macbeth
The Point, Eastleigh
4/5

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Ahead of its run at the Barbican, we witness a compelling contemporary interpretation of the Bard's tragedy.

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Blood And Gifts
National Theatre
4/5

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JT Rogers' compelling play tells an important story about the minefields of Afghanistan.

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Beautiful Burnout
York Hall
3/5

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National Theatre of Scotland's Edinburgh Festival favourite finds its natural home - in a boxing venue, writes Daniel Ray

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Anne Boleyn
Shakespeare's Globe
4/5

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Howard Brenton's addition to the Globe's Royals and Rogues season brings us a thoroughly modern version of the headless Queen.

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Schiller's Intrigue/Love
Southwark Playhouse
3/5

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A pair of star-crossed lovers are caught up in a heartless political machine in Schiller's classic tragedy presented by Faction Theatre Company.