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Brighton Fringe Review: HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN AN IMPOSSIBLE WORLD – WITH A PIANO!, Rotunda Theatre (Squeak)


by Caroline Cronin - May 09, 2026

How To Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World – with a piano! is billed as an “interactive wellbeing show”  - a two-man musical about resilience.  About how we keep going, and hopefully even thrive, in an increasingly complicated world. Written by and starring Steve Bonham and composer Ch...

Review: BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: THE SHAPE OF THINGS UNDONE (an audio-only piece)


by Caroline Cronin - May 08, 2026

The concept of an audio-only theatrical experience is an intriguing one. Stripped entirely of visuals, The Shape of Things Undone asks its audience to engage through just a single sense, and in doing so it creates a deeply personal experience....

Book Review: KIDS, WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THIS! MY MEMOIR by Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Josh Getlin, Heidi Evans


by Gary Naylor - May 05, 2026

Even 400 pages or more cannot contain whole life, nor the personality...

Review: THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI, starring Mark Gatiss


by Cindy Marcolina - April 26, 2026

A corrupt lot steeped in scandal puppeteers the economy. Unreasonable taxes are plaguing the people. Violence is rampant. All the while, a megalomaniac is gaining more traction by the day. Did we turn on the news, or are we watching Bertolt Brecht’s merciless satire? Seán Linnen transforms the al...

Review: TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at Theater 11, Zurich


by André Böke - April 20, 2026

The international hit musical Tina – The Tina Turner Musical has landed in Switzerland as part of its recent UK and Ireland tour. In the city where Tina Turner spent her final years, the show gains a striking sense of immediacy. Seamlessly adapted for touring, the production proves it can more t...

Review: THE BODYGUARD at Alte Oper, Frankfurt And On Tour In The UK


by André Böke - April 05, 2026

The touring production of The Bodyguard arrives at a pivotal moment in its continental journey. After stops in Zurich, Munich and Berlin, interspersed with various UK engagements including London, the show now plays its final German date at the Alte Oper Frankfurt. From here, it will return to Briti...

Review: VICTORIA: A QUEEN UNBOUND, Watermill Theatre


by Mica Blackwell - April 02, 2026

With countless depictions of Queen Victoria in the media, Daisy Goodwin has managed to create something original and thought-provoking. Forcing the audience to question both history and memory, it's the wonderful cast and stunning visuals that complement her script and make for an all-around excitin...

Review: WAITRESS starring Carrie Hope Fletcher, New Wimbledon Theatre and on tour


by Gary Naylor - April 01, 2026

Good songs and good performances but a curiously mixed message from Sara Bareilles's smash hit show...

Review: DEATH ON THE NILE, Theatre Royal Brighton


by Caroline Cronin - April 01, 2026

Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile—here adapted by Ken Ludwig and directed by Lucy Bailey—arrives on stage with all the glamour and menace you’d hope for: a sun-soaked cruise, a clutch of suspiciously well-dressed passengers, and, inevitably, a murder that sends everything spiralling....

Review: HENRY V, Royal Shakespeare Theatre


by Cindy Marcolina - March 29, 2026

Henry V of England is one of those big roles for an actor. Alfie Enoch follows in the footsteps of Laurence Olivier and Tom Hiddleston as the king who led a battalion of tired and outnumbered soldiers to victory. Excellent performances may save it, but co-artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare C...

Past Shows

A powerful new play STORMS MAYBE SNOW opens at The C*CKpit 25th-28th March
A powerful new play STORMS MAYBE SNOW opens at The C*CKpit 25th-28th March
25 Mar – 28 Mar 2026

An unforgettable evening of intense emotions & stunning performances - promises to grab your heart & keep you on the edge of your seat.

Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales
25 Aug – 26 Aug 2023

Box House Theatre Presents: Twisted TalesA group of thespians stumble upon an ominous book filled with grisly and gory tales. With stories we all know...

Webcamming Chronicles
Webcamming Chronicles
6 Jun – 8 Jun 2022

Look us in the eye and tell us you’ve never been curious about the webcamming sex industry. Maybe you’ve seen adverts promising “easy money” and...

Fear Eats Life - An Interactive Dark Comedy Cabaret
Fear Eats Life - An Interactive Dark Comedy Cabaret
18 Nov – 19 Nov 2021

What happens when you are confronted with Fear? Fear is testing human beings in their lab of fear. Mary, one of their test subjects faces...

Beautiful Little Fools
Beautiful Little Fools
7 Aug – 8 Aug 2017

Three girls are taken by the government and trapped in a room underground; their only contact to the outside world is through the media broadcasts...

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