Theatre

Conversations with Ed by Meg Pickup, from Tuesday at the Bread & Roses in Clapham, explores every kind of relationship – with food, love and yourself – and how to handle jealousy, control

In the 50th anniversary year of Greenwich Theatre Limited, the company currently running the historic venue in the Royal Borough, I have inevitably been looking back at other key events

Maya Chavvakula reviews “The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾” by Luke Sheppard. Playing at the Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, London until October 12th. https://www.atgtickets.com.  Box Office 0844 871 7615 Sue Townsend

When the two original founders of Grange Park Opera went their separate ways, the music world collectively held its breath. The charismatic Wasfi Kani decided to start again and build

A theatre company will be performing a show baby-go-round before taking it up to the Edinburgh Festival in August. The show by A Drunken Sailor is a cabaret style dark

Artists have always captured the imagination of writers – for novelists, playwrights and screenwriters, the idea of the tortured genius fighting for recognition or the lonely romantic struggling to express

Last month the Evening Standard announced that it was terminating the contracts of its two full-time theatre critics – Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford – seeming to add the latest

An evening in the London theatre rarely requires an act of bravery. But sitting through nearly three hours of Chekhov in the original Russian might just about qualify. Thankfully, there

An interactive comedy show set in a beauty salon is heading to the OSO Arts Centre for one night only on July 7. Pamela’s Palace premiered at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

London’s parks are its lungs, and this time of year they are bursting with music. If you fancy some delightful Verdi to accompany a long summer’s evening, then take yourself

In times of austerity, arts funding is always one of the first areas of public spending that comes under scrutiny – and at first glance it is easy to sympathise

Winners of the Les Enfants Terribles Edinburgh Award in 2016 and annual producers of the Greenwich Theatre festive studio show, theatre company SharkLegs are now turning their attention to our

An acclaimed production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro returns to The Royal Opera for its sixth revival since its 2006 premiere. The Marriage of Figaro marked Mozart’s first collaboration

While the Woolwich Grand is now a thing of the past, and the Woolwich Cultural District is scheduled to appear some time in the future, there is nevertheless an ambitious

This year is surely the year racial equality triumphed in the London Theatre. The principle of colour blind casting is now widely accepted, while many great productions explore black themes.

The Merry Wives Of Windsor is not one of Shakespeare’s most commonly produced plays – but if the current production at Shakespeare’s Globe is anything to go by it should

Last night saw the opening of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Birchmere Park in Thamesmead. The production, produced by Global Fusion Music & Arts and supported by Peabody, sees a

“What’s in a name?” The question, asked by Juliet Capulet in an attempt to persuade herself that it’s alright to have fallen for a rival Montague, is among Shakespeare’s most

Woke A new story about the 20th century African American experience will run at the Battersea Arts Centre from June 10-27. Apphia Campbell, the creator of the West End Sell-out

BY MAYA CHAVVAKULA Herick Ibsen’s less performed old classic gets a new revival at the Duke of York Theater. Duncan McMillan’s take on the play stays close to the original

If you say the name F Scott Fitzgerald to just about anyone, ardent fan or casual reader, the first thing that will inevitably come to mind is The Great Gatsby,

BY CHRISTOPHER WALKER For all lovers of Shakespeare there is something quite wonderful about an evening at his theatre – The Globe. If you are one of them, then you

Romeo and Juliet at the BP Big Screens in London “Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou picnic basket?” Not quite a classic line from one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays but

By Kate Harland Man of La Mancha is a curious beast. Often dubbed as one of the classic “lost” musicals, it was last seen in the West End in the

On Wednesday 29 May, GLYPT (Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre) will relaunch as Tramshed, working under a new name, a new brand and a renewed artistic vision. For almost

Some theatres are proud champions of new writing. The Bush Theatre is one of them. They describe themselves as discovering “the best new writers from the widest range of backgrounds

An off-West End theatre in London is to commemorate 100 years of women’s right to vote by putting on a female-led season. Tara theatre in Earlsfield is set to host

Is technology threatening to bring about an end to live theatre? While theatre obviously takes advantage of technological innovation – in anything from lighting and sound to projection and pyrotechnic