Jamless post-show video and photos: Putting working-class women over 40 centre stage
How do you compete with fireworks going off outside your pub theatre on Bonfire Night? Ensure that the drama onstage is just as explosive. That's what we got last night with Nance Turner's debut play Jamless at the Lion & Unicorn.
Jupiter’s Ghost Origins post-show video and photos: Back to the future for a sci-fi prequel
It's a distinct pleasure to be invited back by a theatre company, even more so to be invited back to witness and celebrate the evolution of a concept. Like this one with the expanding universe of Tani Gill's Jupiter's Ghost.
Eh Up, Me Old Flowers! post-show video and photos: What is comedian Charlie Williams’ legacy?
Before Lenny Henry or Gary Wilmot, Charlie Williams paved the way as Britain's breakthrough black comedian who became a household name on ITV's stand-up show The Comedians. Chris England's new play celebrates his life.
At Last post-show video and photos: Fascism could never happen here, or could it?
Proforca Theatre concludes its tenth anniversary season with a revival of its 2019 dystopian thriller At Last, set in the aftermath of a fascist regime. Six years on, how does this politically-charged drama land?
Four Play post-show video and photos: Do monogamy and modern love mix?
In 2014, then twenty-something Jake Brunger was commissioned as part of the Old Vic New Voices emerging talent programme to write a “state of the nation gay play”. The result was Four Play, now in an updated version at the King's Head Theatre.
A Role to Die For post-show video and photos: Taking on a legendary spy film franchise
What makes a certain brand of spy so iconic? So quintessentially British? And, if you were in charge of that brand, how far would you go to keep control and protect its legacy?
Echo post-show video and photos: Exploring the ethics and relationship costs of cloning
At a secluded B&B, a couple arrives to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Twenty years later, another couple returns to the same room. What's the connection in the London premiere of Susan Eve Haar's Echo at the King's Head Theatre?
Get Happy post-show video and photos: Can Alexa lead us on the path to happiness?
Have you cracked the code to a happy life yet? Maybe all you need is a three-point plan, an AI-empowered Alexa and the right playlist? That's the approach in Get Happy, written and performed by Joseph Aldous.
Cul de Sac post-show video and photos: How to survive in the middle of nowhere (aka Zone 6)
How exercised do you get over the spacing of streetlights? David Shopland wrote his new play Cul de Sac with Londoners in mind, after overhearing an illuminating streetlights conversation between commuters on London Underground's Victoria Line.
Faygele post-show video and photos: What happens when your identity clashes with your faith?
In Orthodox Judaism, homosexuality and suicide are both taboo. In American playwright Shimmy Braun's world premiere drama, based on real-life experiences, one leads tragically and inexorably to the other for teenager Ari Freed.
