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Bobbie Little Joins COVEN at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 22, 2025

Kiln Theatre has announced that Bobbie Little will now play Edmund/Covell in the world premiere of new musical Coven, with music and lyrics by Rebecca Brewer and Grammy Award winning Daisy Chute, and book by Rebecca Brewer.

Full Cast Set for Maimuna Memon's MANIC STREET CREATURE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 28, 2025

The full cast has been revealed for Manic Street Creature. The production directed by Kirsty Patrick Ward runs at Kiln Theatre. And she’s driven - quite literally - all the way from Lancashire to London, to start afresh in Camden Town. 

COVEN Extends Again at The Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2025

Due to popular demand, Kiln Theatre has announced a further extension of the world premiere of new musical Coven, with music and lyrics by Rebecca Brewer and Grammy Award winning Daisy Chute, and book by Rebecca Brewer.

Cast Set For COVEN at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 24, 2025

The world premiere new musical Coven has music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning Daisy Chute with Rebecca Brewer, book by Rebecca Brewer and is directed by Olivier Award winner Miranda Cromwell.

Review Roundup: THE GRAPES OF WRATH Opens at the National Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 5, 2024

See what the critics are saying about The Grapes of Wrath at the National Theatre. Read the reviews and see more!

A TUPPERWARE OF ASHES, THE OTHER PLACE, and More Set For the National Theatre's Autumn Season
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2024

The National Theatre has announced two new productions for its South Bank stages this autumn: the world premiere of Tanika Gupta’s A Tupperware of Ashes in the Dorfman theatre, and a new play by Alexander Zeldin inspired by Antigone called The Other Place in the Lyttelton theatre.

Photos: First Look At MANIC STREET CREATURE By Maimuna Memon at Southwark Playhouse Borough
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 26, 2023

After a barnstorming and sell-out world premiere run at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, the multi -award winning Manic Street Creature by Maimuna Memon (Standing at The Sky’s Edge, Electrolyte) makes its London debut at Southwark Playhouse Borough during October and November.

Maimuna Memon's MANIC STREET CREATURE to Run Southwark Playhouse Borough This October
by Stephi Wild - Jul 6, 2023

After a barnstorming and sell-out world premiere run at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, the multi -award winning Manic Street Creature by Maimuna Memon (Standing at The Sky's Edge, Electrolyte) makes its London debut at Southwark Playhouse Borough this October.

Drag King Cabaret-Inspired Play MODEST Comes to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2023

A drag king-cabaret-inspired play about Victorian superstar artist Elizabeth Thompson visits Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month.

Drag Artists Will Lead UK Tour of MODEST
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2023

The cast has been announced for Hull-based company Middle Child’s UK tour of Modest, starting at Hull Truck Theatre and heading across the UK, landing at Kiln Theatre, London in the summer.  Made in collaboration with Manchester-based artist-led company Milk Presents, Modest brings you Elizabeth Thompson, the megastar of the Victorian art scene, in a riotous, empowering new show starring the UK’s hottest drag king talent. 

Review: SUGAR COAT, Southwark Playhouse
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Apr 1, 2023

Sugar Coat is a piece of gig theatre, telling a story of growing up, trauma, and sex through pop punk music. A kind of rock concert meets musical, it’s performed by an all female and non-binary band, playing and singing live for the duration of the show. From the very beginning, this doesn’t feel like a traditional theatre experience: the audience are whooping and clapping along, and it’s clear that everyone both onstage and off is having a great time. 

Kiln Theatre Announces Summer 2023 Programming
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Mar 23, 2023

Kiln Theatre has announced the next productions in its programme to be presented this summer.

SUGAR COAT Comes to Southwark Playhouse in March
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2023

After an acclaimed run at VAULT Festival in 2020, the feminist pop-punk hit Sugar Coat comes to Southwark Playhouse this spring. A live music play about love, loss and lubrication, this powerful gig theatre show confronts sex and sexuality in a brutally funny true story about trauma and recovery.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THE WICKER HUSBAND at the Watermill
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2022

Rehearsal photos have been released for the highly anticipated return of critically acclaimed musical THE WICKER HUSBAND. 

Full Casting Announced for THE WICKER HUSBAND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2022

Full casting has been announced for the return of critically acclaimed musical THE WICKER HUSBAND.

BWW Review: THE CANARY AND THE CROW, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Jan 21, 2020

Daniel Ward's autobiographical tale, told as gig theatre, has plenty to say and says it well - we would be wise to listen.

Full Casting Announced For STRICTLY MUSICALS 3
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 15, 2020

The cast has been announced for the latest musical theatre production by local theatre company DarlingtonOS.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW REVIEW: THE CANARY AND THE CROW, Summerhall
by Daniel Perks - Aug 14, 2019

Daniel Ward's The Canary And The Crow narrates his experience of being a black boy in a white, middle class high school. But it's so much more than those teenage years.