Results tagged “greenwich theatre”

The Movement's production of Twelfth Night promises a loyal adaptation of a well trodden play, stripping away lazy devices and channelling the energy of Oliver Reed.

Brought to the Greenwich stage by a group of Cambridge graduates who successfully turned their amateur theatre company professional, The Movement is shaking up the way Shakespeare is performed on stage.

They made their name as Jonathan Ross's house band and didn't realise they were funny until they found themselves on the comedy bill at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Following a successful run at this year's festival, musical comedy group 4 Poofs and a Piano are touring a new show, Back in Business, and will appear at Greenwich Theatre next month.

REVIEW
A Celebration Of Pinter
Greenwich Theatre (reviewed in Edinburgh)
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Fans of Harold Pinter will glory in the Laureate's command of the language, writes Lawrence Valentine

Pinter unplugged is how actor Julian Sands describes his latest project.

Directed by John Malkovich, the one man show A Celebration of Harold Pinter is at Greenwich theatre for two nights this month.

Following loosely in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac, R Ernie Silva's autobiographical journey is the subject of a one-man show currently making its UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival.

At the end of the month the Brooklyn-born comic actor and musician is bringing Heavy Like the Weight Of A Flame to Greenwich Theatre.

Boy George opened up about issues surrounding his sexuality at Greenwich Theatre on Thursday (June 2) following a performance of award winning gay activist play The Temperamentals.

The singer and DJ was joined in a question and answer session by MP Brian Paddick and playwright Patrick Wilde.

Outspoken pop icon Boy George will be taking audience questions after a performance of an award winning gay rights play at Greenwich Theatre.

The former Culture Club frontman who took his own show Taboo to the London stage will be speaking at the closing night of Temperamentals on Thursday (June 2).

Star of semi-autobiographical play The Diva In Me, Phillipa Stanton, has lent her life to the show.

Conceived over Friday morning coffee, the one-woman performance begins a run at Greenwich Theatre tomorrow and it's a very personal project.

Elton John has given Greenwich Theatre a much needed cash injection .

The flamboyant singer sent an undisclosed sum to the theatre to help fund a production of 1950's gay activist play The Temperamentals.

"Really posh jam." That's what fuelled World Beatboxing champion Shlomo's passion for making music with his mouth and the rest he will tell you if you want to listen.

The 27-year-old is constantly asked how a "skinny Jewish kid" got involved in the scene so he decided to put together a show about it and has taken it on the road.

COMEDY
The Penny Dreadfuls
Greenwich Theatre
3/5

IN A NUTSHELL
The comedy troupe best known for their pastiches of Victorian derring-do drama turn their attention to urban life in their new sketch show.

There are only so many nefarious moustaches you can twizzle; only so many megalomaniacal anarchists with fizzing bombs you can run to ground; only so many public school bully boys you can chase pell-mell around the empire.

So, the effortlessly witty Penny Dreadfuls, direct descendants of The Goons, have (temporarily) hung up their top hats and and frock coats and decided to embrace that most slippery of customers - modern, urban life.

Cult comedy trio The Penny Dreadfuls are premiering their new show to Greenwich Theatre on Thursday for three nights ahead of their regular residency in Edinburgh.

But for those attuned to the Dreadfuls mix of anarchic historical revisionism and mini-epics played out across the British Empire are in for something of a surprise.

It's time to go back to acting for ex EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella.

She is ready to tread the boards once again, making her comeback on stage at Greenwich Theatre almost two years after her brother Ben was brutally stabbed to death by three teenagers outside a pub in Islington.

STAGE
Neil LaBute trilogy
Greenwich Theatre
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
With The Furies linked to Helter Skelter and Land Of The Dead, Dialogue Productions launches a pincer movement against the human heart.

If you didn't resolve to get out more in the New Year then maybe you should have.

Whatever your taste in entertainment, there is plenty to look forward to in the coming months. To make it that little bit easier, we have dug out a few of the highlights for you.

Greenwich Theatre's annual pantomime this year is Mother Goose and regular visitors to the venue might recognise some familiar faces among the cast and crew, writes Steven Davies.

Most recognisable perhaps is Andrew Pollard, back at Greenwich for his fifth year in panto and his fourth in the dual role of writer and dame.

STAGE
Showstopper!, Greenwich Theatre
3/5

IN A NUTSHELL
A quirky, off-the-cuff production which takes its lead from suggestions from the audience, forcing the cast to think on their feet, writes Kate Youde

By Steven Davies

Boasting an impressive résumé, Andy Hamilton comedy writer, performer, producer and regular tevelvision panelist, is embarking on a mini summer tour of his one man comedy show Hat Of Doom.

Hamilton, who has been invloved in British comedy for more than 30 years, has always cherished his role as a writer.

Kings Of Leon The O2 arena

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Shaolin Warriors Hackney Empire

Three Men In A Boat Greenwich Theatre