Wax your bowstrings and spit polish your arrows this Christmas, as Robin is in town to leave you throbbing with excitement! Things are looking dreary in Frottingham. With the recent absence of King Dicky, his undesirable brother, Prince Andy, takes charge and has put the...
Directed by the award-winning Rob Ashford, Tru is now open at the Menier Chocolate Factory, following the production’s New York run earlier this year. It's December 1975 and Truman Capote is alone in his New York apartment, reeling from a crisis that cost him friendship of the elite social circle …
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, performed and directed by Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, takes the familiar royal narrative and gleefully sets fire to the history books.…
In 1975, Breakfast at Tiffany’s author Truman Capote became a social pariah overnight, after his public betrayal of the group of New York socialites known as the “Swans”. Tru, Jay Presson Allen’s 1989 dramatisation of the incident, locks us in the New Journalism pioneer’s living room in th…
There is surely no event more certain in the dance calendar than an English National Ballet mixed bill at Sadler’s Wells. What creative offerings do they have for us this time?…
In a rental in Florida, Abigail is helping Alice to pack: the Nobel Prize winner and decorated scientist is leaving Earth to further space research. The two sisters haven’t spoken in seven years. Alex Rugman delivers a tender representation of sisterhood. Dorothea Myer-Bennett and Meghan Treadway …
Before Table 17 begins, a voice over the tannoy announces that audience interaction is encouraged, “like in panto”. It’s a good thing they warned us, because Douglas Lyons’s play is trying so hard to be a participatory experience that its core emotional truths are being lost along the way.…
Rooted in his own childhood in the British shipbuilding town of Wallsend, The Last Ship tells the moving story of a community of shipbuilders in the North East of England, faced with the closure of their shipyard – the heart of their existence. Sting takes on the role of Jackie White, the shipyard…
Plenty of heart in this full-throated condemnation of Mrs Thatcher's industrial policies, but great songs and a great set do not a musical make…
Disturbing and distressing, but a production for our times…
Directed by Jonathan O'Boyle, this production comes from Barn Theatre Cirencester where it was first staged in 2022, revived for a summer run and now transfers with its full Barn company before heading off on a national tour. It arrives as a hastily arranged replacement for the troubled Burlesque th…
The year is 1920. When Jack Thompson runs into an unexpected inheritance, he attempts to set up a speakeasy with his friends. Though just petty criminals, their ambition is dangerously large. The money starts flooding in, and with this comes opportunity. But opportunity can’t...
Set in a highly evolved steampunk world, “Black or White Coffee” explores the complexities of identity. It seeks to normalize and celebrate the freedom to be one’s true self. This play resonates with anyone struggling to embrace their authentic identity, whether due to gender...
'Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens' is a deeply moving tribute to those who have died from AIDS and the loved ones they left behind. Originally titled "The Quilt", this beautiful song cycle with lyrics and book by Bill Russell and music by Janet Hood, was inspired by...
To commemorate the Centenary of Armistice Day this November, the Union Theatre is proud to present the professional London première of Benjamin Till’s award-winning musical, BRASS. Set during the First World War, BRASS tells the story of a group of men from an amateur...
