Cara Evans

Photos: Amar Chadha-Patel in FOAL at the Finborough Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2026

Amar Chadha-Patel is making his professional stage debut in the world premiere of Foal by Associate Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, Titas Halder at Finborough Theatre. Check out photos here!

Amar Chadha-Patel Will Make Stage Debut In The World Premiere of Titas Halder’s FOAL
by Stephi Wild - Apr 8, 2026

Amar Chadha-Patel, known for The Decameron and Willow, will make his professional stage debut in FOAL by Titas Halder at Finborough Theatre, with previews from 5 May and a press night on 8 May.

Photos: NICE THINGS: A QUEER LOVE STORY Opens at Pleasance
by Stephi Wild - Apr 2, 2026

Nice Things: A Queer Love Story by Luke Hereford, will open at Pleasance Theatre in April ahead of dates at Bristol’s The Wardrobe Theatre and Porter’s Theatre, Cardiff. Check out photos here!

Photos: Madelyn Smedley And Julius D’Silva Star In EDUCATING RITA At Reading Rep Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 2, 2026

Reading Rep Theatre has released first-look production photos of EDUCATING RITA, starring The Traitors finalist Madelyn Smedley and West End actor Julius D’Silva.

Review: EDUCATING RITA, Reading Rep Theatre
by Jo Caruana - Mar 3, 2026

The filter-like haze hits you first. Then the occasional lighting, the tiled ceiling, and the faint whiff of the 80s. But it's the arrival of two extraordinary performances – Madelyn Smedley's fizzing, fearless Rita and Julius D'Silva's weary, cynical Frank – that makes Reading Rep Theatre's Educating Rita something truly special. And it's also really fun. 

Photos: In Rehearsal for EDUCATING RITA At Reading Rep Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2026

Rehearsal photos have been released for EDUCATING RITA at Reading Rep Theatre, starring Madelyn Smedley and Julius D’Silva. Directed by Annie Kershaw, Willy Russell’s play runs from February 26 through March 21, with a press night on March 2.

Madelyn Smedley and Julius D’Silva Join EDUCATING RITA at Reading Rep
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2026

Actors Madelyn Smedley and Julius D’Silva are set to make their Reading Rep Theatre debuts in a new production of EDUCATING RITA, directed by Annie Kershaw. Learn more here!

Review: F**KING MEN, Waterloo East
by Josh Maughan - Mar 28, 2025

F**king Men often feels like it’s bitten off more than it can chew. Buried within it are several stronger plays, each of which could thrive on London’s vibrant off-West End scene if given the space to breathe.

New Musical BLACK POWER DESK and More Set for Brixton House Third Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 24, 2025

Brixton House will mark its third anniversary with its biggest season to date. Seven shows form a season that celebrates originality, spirit and resilience from the 1970s to the present day. Learn more!

UGLY SISTERS to Transfer to New Diorama Theatre Post Edinburgh Fringe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 30, 2024

UGLY SISTERS will transfer to New Diorama Theatre following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Full Cast And Company Announced For LITTLE DEATHS At Summerhall
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 22, 2024

Nuthatch and Scissor Kick will present the World Premiere of Little Deaths. The cast has been announced for this playful, deep tale interrogating the bond of youth, growing apart and the power of platonic love and friendship to hurt and heal, directed by Claire O'Reilly (Talking about the Fire, Royal Court Theatre 2023) 

Cast Set For the Final 6-Week London Season of F**KING MEN
by Stephi Wild - Mar 25, 2024

Joe Bishop, Rory Connolly, Jason Eddy and David Michaels are to star in the final London season of F**king Men by Tony-winning Joe DiPietro. Performances run at Waterloo East Theatre from Saturday 13 April - Sunday 26 May, 2024.

Review: FRANKIE THOMPSON & LIV ELLO: BODY SHOW, Soho Theatre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Sep 29, 2023

Body Show is an apocalyptic, gender-bending, drag-infused spectacular tackling dysphoria and eating disorders head-on. Fresh from their hit Fringe run, individual performance artists Frankie Thompson (Catts) and Liv Ello (Swarm) bring their collaborative show to London, presenting something both thought-provoking and a whole lot of fun.

The REcreate Agency and Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo Present BLUEPRINTS, 12 - 17 June
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2023

Blueprints is the debut full-length play from Brummie writer Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo, opening at the Pleasance, London this June. This Afro-futurist play is a Black love story, where one couple's relationship sees the personal, political and historical collide in a not-too-distant UK, where knowledge is at your fingertips and knowledge is power. 

Review: THE MISANDRIST, Arcola Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - May 17, 2023

Playwright Lisa Carroll explores how the contemporary search for intimacy is marred by millennial malaise and trauma cycles in a witty dramedy that’s unexplainably ideologically ambiguous.

Flawbored's IT'S A MOTHERF**KING PLEASURE Transfers To London's West End
by Stephi Wild - Mar 29, 2023

Flawbored arrive at Soho Theatre this spring following a short critically acclaimed sell-out VAULT Festival 2023 run of their brilliant, self-aware, intersectional satire It's a Motherf**king Pleasure. 

Review: SLEEPOVA, Bush Theatre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Mar 12, 2023

Sleepova is a lovingly told story of female friendship, and one that’s specifically - and proudly - Black and queer. Writer Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini introduces us to four best friends: Rey, Elle, Shan and Funmi.

Review: THE BEACH HOUSE, Park Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Feb 21, 2023

In a landscape dominated by a dearth of lesbian stories, it’s refreshing to find one that doesn’t deal with sexuality at all, but focuses on the negotiations of parenthood and the complications of personal connections.

IT'S A MOTHERF**KING PLEASURE Comes to Vault Festival 2023
by Stephi Wild - Feb 9, 2023

FlawBored present their pitch-black satire of the monetisation of identity politics: a self-aware, intersectional, disabled-led dissection of identity and access.

Eva Fontaine and Susie McKenna Will Lead the UK Premiere of Tanya Barfield's BRIGHT HALF LIFE at the King's Head Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 24, 2022

Eva Fontaine and Susie McKenna pair up for the UK Premiere of Bright Half Life by award winning American playwright Tanya Barfield, directed by Steven Kunis, twice nominated for Best Director at the Off West End Theatre Awards. Depicting queer love in the richest and most original of ways, Bright Half Life is an intensely romantic and moving play depicting love that is complicated and ever-changing.