Guest Blog: 'It’s a Huge Responsibility': Actor Duane Gooden on His Journey To Becoming MAMA GOOSE at Stratford East
There is no role in British theatre quite like the Pantomime Dame.
There is no role in British theatre quite like the Pantomime Dame.
Stratford East has released first look rehearsal images for the 2025 pantomime Mama Goose, a reimagined telling of the fairy tale classic with a special East London twist.
Mischief, the multi-award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, has released new production photos by Mark Senior for its upcoming festive comedy Christmas Carol Goes Wrong.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological thriller The Talented Mr Ripley was published 70 years ago, but remains fascinating due to her brilliant writing, but also movie and Netflix versions that have kept the story alive.
It’s an extensive rumination on family, Jewishness, marriage, and the boundaries of emotional infidelity, but it neglects the nuances and peculiarities of the characters, who ultimately remain two-dimensional figurines with very little identity.
Rob Madge’s adapted version of Brandon Thomas’s Victorian farce proves both hilarious and unexpectedly timely, with standout performances and a contemporary edge that never sacrifices the original’s sparkle.
It’s been 70 years since the publication of Patricia Highsmith’s celebrated thriller, and the introduction of one of literature’s greatest creations: Tom Ripley.
Glamorous and mythic, the Mitford sisters often feel like untouchable figures of the past, central to the tumultuous politics of the interwar period and yet forgotten amidst the rollcall of far more significant names.
Talented by name, talented by nature: Ed McVey is a perfectly cast Mr Ripley, deftly juggling paranoia, wild optimism, self-pity and bouts of violence, while never losing either his sense of humour or the audience's tolerance.
Lock a few theatre characters in a room together, sit them around a dinner table and they surely won’t leave without revealing a few hidden resentments, infidelities, or family secrets they thought they’d take to their graves.
Putin, Chekhov, Trump, art, principles, punishment, love, hate and that iconic, topless-on-a-horse photo of Mad Vlad.
You can now get a first look at new photos of BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical starring Brian Conley as Doctor Emmett Brown and Tik Tok sensation Maddie Grace Jepson as Lorraine Baines.
Back to the Future The Musical has been bringing audiences on a time-travelling adventure on the West End for four years, adapting the iconic 1985 film by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale for the stage.
Few families have captured the English imagination quite like the Mitfords.
Last seen in London over 35 years ago, Drew McOnie's inaugural season as Artistic Director of Regent's Park Open Air Theatre ends with him directing and choreographing a new production of Lerner & Loewe’s Scottish fantasy musical Brigadoon.
After 35 years, Brigadoon is returning to London, this time at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
Iman Qureshi’s The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, directed by Hannah Hauer‑King, begins like a buoyant sitcom, only to pivot—sometimes too sharply—into earnest, confessional drama.
Days are getting longer, nights are warmer, and we have a brand new musical romantic comedy premiering in East London.
A play within a play is not a new concept, but Say It Again, Sorry’s .
Recently, we had the opportunity to chat with James Cooper, who wrote the book and lyrics for Lovestuck.