Returning for a third year running, Theatre Peckham is delighted to present their brand-new lineup for Peckham Fringe this 2024! This inclusive and dynamic performing arts festival will showcase a lineup of over 20 outstanding artists and creatives from the local London community, with groundbreaking emerging writers, moving new musicals, clowning and spoken word, it’s the festival…
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Review: Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ After 10 years in the west end, multiple international productions and a smash hit TV show, Mischief Theatre has undoubtedly become a household name. Together, the team have reinvented slapstick comedy within the theatre industry and have continuously produced works that can only be described as excellent. The same can be said for their…
Interview: Greg Hicks – The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Screen and stage star Greg Hicks has been cast in the one-man production of The Dream of a Ridiculous Man at Marylebone Theatre this spring. Adapted and directed by multiple Olivier Award-winning director and writer Laurence Boswell, this hot-button production is based on Dostoyevsky’s story of the same name. Exploring climate change, nationalist politiciansand the impact…
Review: Syncopation @ Brideswell Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s 1912 in New York and factory worker Anna Bianchi is looking for a little more excitement from life. Inspired by the success of Irene and Vernon Castle, she responds to an ad in the newspaper for a dance partner. After climbing the 108 stairs to his grotty studio, Bianchi meets Henry Ribolow. A…
Review: Find Me – Questors Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewed by Jennifer Laishley Find Me follows the real story of Verity and her family’s struggles to get help and support for her behavioural issues. Today we would recognise Verity’s symptoms as somewhere on the austistic spectrum, but this diagnosis is not mentioned in Olwen Wymark’s play. This is a serious play highlighting a…
Review: Stitches
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewed by Jennifer Laishley Stitches is a unique play that explores the story of Chloe from the perspective of her teddy bear. Although the play was well acted, some of the humour didn’t quite land as well as it was intended and the play had some overall pacing issues towards the end. Nevertheless the…
Interview: Devon-Elise Johnson – Syncopation
Award-winning writer Allan Knee’s ballroom-inspired play Syncopation will be waltzing into London this Spring! This comedic drama follows the touching story of two lost souls in New York in 1912, who join together to dance in a stirring and tender tale about finding yourself and moving to your own beat. Starring West End and Broadway…
Interview: Josie White – ROTTEN
Touring the UK in spring 2024, ROTTEN is an all-new debut play written by Josie White, a darkly comical thriller that sees a diabolical plan spiral into anarchy as it uncovers the plots and schemes that go on behind closed doors. Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair, this is a bold and honest insight into the complex morals and…
Interview: James Barlow & Tom Kane – The Nethernauts
Featuring a talented ensemble The Nethernauts is the latest play conceived by Tom Kane, exploring one story from the ‘Liminal Cycle’ of plays. Using frameworks from world mythological epics and the history of economics, Tom has created a rich world, full of religious and mythological references and homages. The Liminal Cycle charts the rise and…
Interview: Azan Ahmed – 10 Nights
Telling a warm story of forgiveness and acceptance, 10 Nights will have audiences embark on a spiritual sleepover, contemplating faith, friendships, and future. 10 Nights was written by Oliver Award nominated playwright and Offies finalist, Shahid Iqbal Khan, who made his radio debut earlier this year with Love Across The Ages on BBC Radio 4….
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