Theatre

A new immersive masquerade ball showcasing cabaret, circus, dance and gastro food will take place in September. Red Palace, described as an immersive adult fairy tale, will take place at

One South London company is currently taking the London arts scene by storm. Ballet Rambert may be 100 years old, but from its base in SE1 it is launching a

BY JAMES HADDRELL Artistic and executive director, Greenwich Theatre Earlier this summer, the prolific writer Anthony Horowitz was named the first ambassador for the newly branded Tramshed in Woolwich (formerly

BY MAYA CHAVVAKULA Max Vernon’s over the top production tells the story of the tragic fire, in 1973, at a New Orleans gay nightclub that killed 32 people. The musical

A month long festival, This is Black, starts on Monday and will premiere theatre productions by four new black writers. Taking place at The Bunker theatre in London Bridge, the

The focus for Jack Thorne’s family drama is the ties that bind us through the passage of time – and in the case of one Berkshire household, that means episodes

A Shakespearean festival will give an audience a unique experience as two of the Bard’s most famous plays are performed in a gothic castle. Groundlings theatre brings two Shakespeare classics,

An annual festival of theatre from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world will take place at the Omnibus Theatre from July 30 until August 3. Out of the Wings Festival, now

The much-loved young adult novel The Falcon’s Malteser by Anthony Horowitz has been adapted for the stage and is set to take place at The Vaults Theatre, Waterloo. It is

Sue Townsend penned this hilarious account of an adolescent navigating the formative years of his life amidst the chaos in his home nearly 40 years ago. It is a familiar

‘Skin in the Game’ – a modern urban thriller will be touring community centres in August Nechells, Summer, 2019. The family flat isn’t selling. Dad’s been moved into a care

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