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A radio station for young people! Why do we need that?Caroline dreams of something more than stacking shelves at the local greengrocers. Her days are...
by Clementine Scott - March 12, 2026
In the much-cited 2014 book The Body Keeps the Score, the Dutch psychotherapist Bessel van der Kolk wrote of how the human body can be undone and rewired by traumatic experiences. In Iron Fantasy, comedy duo She-Goat have absorbed this idea into their musical comedy, and explored if and how one can ...
by Gary Naylor - March 12, 2026
Australian adaptation of the original story, not the film, packs a punch...
by Katie Kirkpatrick - March 11, 2026
Known for her evocative, folk-infused sound, Manic Street Creature sees Memon take the reins as writer and composer as well as performer, bringing her distinctive voice to a personal story of second-hand trauma. First performed at the Fringe in 2022, it’s now back in a new production at the Kiln.�...
by Cindy Marcolina - March 11, 2026
The best of Irish playwriting lands at the Barbican in an exciting project. An audience of one steps into a booth blindly for a play they don’t get to choose. Six five-minute one-act shows penned by Enda Walsh, Marina Carr, Mark O’Rowe, Joy Nesbitt, Louise O’Neill and Katie Holly are offered o...
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 11, 2026
Christy Lefteri’s 2019 bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo is both a powerful and poetic story about the refugee experience. Her story of Nuri and his wife Afra's escape from Syria to England was inspired by time Lefteri spent working in a refugee camp in Athens. Syria may currently be seen as le...
by Clementine Scott - March 10, 2026
Sarah McGuinness is best known for her work producing whimsical indie documentaries about the standup comedian Eddie Izzard; in her one-woman show, though, there are only passing references to this. To put a finger on what the show is about is no easy task, because it’s a confused jumble of autofi...
by Clementine Scott - March 10, 2026
Park Theatre’s latest double bill presents two recent works from an emerging writer, both centring average queer London lives, and the lengths we’ll go to to present the versions of ourselves we want the world to see. Both are somewhat overblown in their execution, but at their best they are ima...
by Franco Milazzo - March 09, 2026
At the Menier Chocolate Factory, the revival of Ryan Craig’s The Holy Rosenbergs arrives with the weight of history attached to it. When it first appeared at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre in 2011, it was a sharp entry into a conversation about Jewish identity, family loyalty and moder...
by Cindy Marcolina - March 10, 2026
In spite of being one of the most difficult genres to stage, horror theatre is having its moment. The Woman in Black might have closed at the Fortune three years ago (almost to the day!), but the success of Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors is proof that audiences are hungry for some spooky dra...
by Clementine Scott - March 07, 2026
When it premiered at Soho Theatre in 2012, Blink was a whimsical oddity, an ode to two eccentric loners falling in love. In 2026, it takes on a darker tone, with the subtitle “a parasocial love story” foreshadowing things to come....
Past Shows
Get ready for a wickedly funny night at the theatre as Joe Orton’s scandalous dark farce Loot bursts onto the stage.A bank robbery, a family...
A nightmare is about to break free…Herbert grew up in the Metropol. The eerie old cinema was his playground and prison – a place where...
Back in the 80s, Di, Viv and Rose are university housemates. Energetic and idealistic, they become friends – but where will life take them after...
Meet Gail, Hobby and Salty – three year 11 students about to leave their school days behind them, fighting their anxieties with imagination and theatre.As...
“When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite...
The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson and Lydia MonksDid you ever go to SilversandsOn a sunny summer’s day?Then perhaps you saw the mermaidWho sang in...
The world premiere of a chilling and creepy tale of Essex witch huntsEssex, 1645. Blood runs cold with dread.After the tragic death of her husband,...
An entertaining premiere capturing the true spirit of Essex and its people.Its 1908 and Joannas planning to provoke the attention of Southend and the whole...
A brand new musical celebrating the very best of EssexWhat happens when an unposted love letter meant to be sent between a passionate young couple...
A world premiere of a witty and joyful family storyMaggie and Gordon first met in 1971 dancing to the sound of Rod Stewart. Now in...
Shakespeares darkest and spookiest thrillerBattles. Murder. Ghosts. And desireThree witches on a heath have a disturbing prophecy for a victorious warrior. Macbeth will be king...
Queens Theatre Hornchurch in partnership with the National Theatre presentA musical adaptation of William ShakespearesAs You Like ItAdapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie WooleryMusic and...
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