Scott Le Crass

INVISIBLE ME To Play Southwark Playhouse Borough This Spring
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2026

Invisible Me, a new comedy drama by Bren Gosling, will run at Southwark Playhouse Borough from April 8 to May 2, 2026. Starring Tessa Peake-Jones, the production explores love, dating, and visibility after sixty through the lives of three Londoners.

Review: THE OLIVE BOY, Southwark Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Jan 17, 2026

Life doesn’t stop when 15-year-old Ollie’s mum dies suddenly. Ollie Maddigan’s autobiographical one-man play returns to London after a shower of praise around the country. The Olive Boy tells the story of a young boy attempting to navigate grief and an estranged father against a tsunami of adolescent hormones. Forced to move to the big city and change schools, he decides that his next step is to get a girlfriend. Directed by Scott Le Crass, Maddigan delivers an intense 75-minute rollercoaster of a performance.

Video: In Rehearsals With THE OLIVE BOY at Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2025

Director, Scott Le Crass, and Writer and Performer, Ollie Maddigan, took a break from rehearsals for The Olive Boy to share some insights into the process of creating and developing the play. Check out the video here!

THE OLIVE BOY Comes to Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2025

When Ollie Maddigan was fifteen, his mother died. The Olive Boy is based on a true story, one that he has been trying to tell ever since. Learn more about the show here!

Two Musical Premieres and More Set for King’s Head Theatre 2026 Spring Season
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 3, 2025

King’s Head Theatre has announced its Spring 2026 season, running January–August. Highlights include Levi Kreis’s new musical Already Perfect, Abigail Thorn in Blink, Patrick Wilde’s What’s Wrong with Angry?, and the world premiere of Harry Shearer’s Here Comes J. Edgar – A Musical Comedy. Tickets are on sale now.

POSSUM TROT Makes Its World Premiere in London
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2025

Award-winning playwright Kathy Rucker will bring her latest work Possum Trot to Theatre at the Tabard this November. Inspired by the struggles of family farms in America’s heartland, the play follows diner-owner Maxine as she fights to keep her small Nebraska town alive.

Review: JAB, Park Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Apr 4, 2025

Sometimes you’re unlucky enough to sit in a room and wonder why plays exist. Jab is an unfortunate example of this. Anne and Don have been married for nearly three decades and they despise each other. She would normally brush his sexist remarks and complacency under the rug, mostly ignoring him during the day as a busy NHS worker, but the nation’s entering the first lockdown. Isolating together, they’re forced to look at their issues.

Nathaniel J Hall Brings TOXIC To Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 20, 2025

Following its sell-out debut at Manchester's HOME in 2023, actor, writer and HIV activist Nathaniel J Hall will bring his critically acclaimed second play, Toxic, to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre next month as part of a national tour. 

JAB Comes to the Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 18, 2025

Inspired by true events from the Covid pandemic, Jab is an uncomfortably familiar black comedy drama about an NHS worker who is forced to isolate with her sexist husband of 29 years as the country goes into lockdown. 

Producer Steps On As Ugly Sister In King's Head Theatre Adult Pantomime
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2024

On 11 December, Producer and General Manager James Quaife joined the cast of Cinderella: Adults Only for one night, playing one of the Ugly Sisters. Learn more here!

THE GIFT & More Set for Park Theatre Spring 2025 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 8, 2024

Park Theatre revealed its first six openings for spring 2025, featuring dark comedy, drama, and interactive shows. The season will feature comedy THE GIFT, exploring past transgressions and much more. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Edinburgh Fringe Transfers to King's Head Theatre and More Shows Set For Autumn 2024
by Stephi Wild - Aug 20, 2024

King’s Head Theatre has shared upcoming shows now on sale for the autumn in the 200-seat Main House and the versatile and intimate 50-seat cabaret space @4Below.

Review: WORMHOLES, Omnibus Theatre
by Cheryl Markosky - Aug 5, 2024

You simply can't take your eyes off Victoria Yeates (Call the Midwife, Fantastic Beasts, Ben and Imo, The Crucible), who's completely captivating in Emily Jupp's one-woman play, Wormholes, at bijou Omnibus Theatre on London's Clapham Common. Her portrayal of a bubbly young woman broken by a controlling partner in a coercive and abusive relationship is West End standard – but without the hassle of actually having to go into the West End. 

Review: JAB, Finborough Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Feb 26, 2024

James McDermott's two-hander hits hard, but needs a little more mystery and nuance to realise its potential

Kacey Ainsworth And Liam Tobin Star In JAB At Finborough Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 23, 2024

JAB at Finborough Theatre stars Kacey Ainsworth and Liam Tobin in a poignant play about a married couple navigating COVID-19 lockdown challenges. Catch this relatable story until March 16 with special discounts for local residents.

Two Extra Performances Added to The West End Run of ROSE, Starring Maureen Lipman
by Stephi Wild - Jun 1, 2023

The award-winning, critically acclaimed 5-star production of Martin Sherman's ROSE will extend at the Ambassadors Theatre, due to phenomenal demand. Two extra matinees are now on sale, with tickets available for Saturday 10 and Saturday 17 June at 2.30pm.

Review: ROSE, Ambassadors Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - May 27, 2023

Maureen Lipman's one woman show traces a Holocaust survivor's journey to find home

SELF TAPE Returns to The Kings Head Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2023

Following sell out performances in April as part of their Queer Interrogation season the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed Gay play Self Tape is back for a limited run at The Kings Head Theatre from 18th June - 2nd July.

Roman Theatre Open Air Festival Set to Kick off in June
by Stephi Wild - Apr 17, 2023

OVO will present The Roman Theatre Open Air Festival at the historic Roman Theatre in St Albans beginning in June.

Further Details Set For the Next Season of the Takeover at the King's Head Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 28, 2023

The King's Head Theatre has announced further details of A QUEER INTERROGATION, the second season of the Takeover, curated by Guest Artistic Director Tom Ratcliffe, playing at the iconic Islington pub theatre 19 April – 14 May.