Joe McArdle News

In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a play written in the year the Finborough Theatre opened, the first new UK production in 40 years of Paul Kember's award-winning 1980 comedy-drama Not Quite Jerusalem opens at the Finborough Theatre for a two week limited season on Tuesday, 14 September 2021.

Paul Kember's Not Quite Jerusalem received huge critical acclaim following its premiere at the Royal Court in 1980. Forty years on, the Finborough Theatre have chosen to revive the play as part of their own 40th anniversary celebrations.

What do you do when you're not good enough for Heaven, but not bad enough for Hell? How do you deal with being stuck in the waiting room of the afterlife, whilst the gender-fluid almighty spirit above decides your fate?

GATE is a story of love and loss that asks what really happens to us after we die, what we leave behind and what we will become. Check out a first look at the show below!

Emma Dennis-Edwards (Eve), Wil Coban (Mark), Eleanor Henderson (Rebecca), Joe McArdle (Luke) and Katie Sherrard (Esther) will star in the premiere of Artemis Fitzalan Howard's play GATE at the Cockpit Theatre in London. 

Gary Naylor sees a show that has its flaws but has the audience laughing out loud with silly gags, appalling stereotypes and witty songs.

Killing Time, an entertaining last hour before the Apocalypse reviewed by Michael Elm.