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The End of the Night post-show video and photos: How should theatre tackle difficult historical subjects?

By |2022-09-09T15:00:32+01:0027 May 2022|Tags: , , , , , , |

Set in the final days of World War II, new play The End of the Night centres around the true but little-known secret meeting between Norbert Masur, a Swedish Jew and volunteer member of the World Jewish Congress, and Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler, the mass-murdering architect of Hitler's final solution.

Wildcard’s Tempest post-show video and photos: Shakespeare like you’ve never experienced it before

By |2022-03-24T12:13:14+00:0023 March 2022|Tags: , , , , , , |

Wildcard Theatre promises "Shakespeare like you have never experienced it before", and they deliver in spades with this new gig-style reinvention of The Tempest in the perfect setting of the Pleasance's cabaret-configured main house.

Vaudevilles post-show video and photos: Seeing the surprisingly funny side of Anton Chekhov

By |2021-10-29T10:44:14+01:0028 October 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Anton Chekhov is, of course, best known for his "big five" classic plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. None of which, though the author himself labelled them tragicomedies, are associated with hilarity.

Anton Chekhov’s Vaudevilles

By |2021-10-02T18:13:21+01:002 October 2021|Tags: , , , , , , |

I have huge respect for Mercurius Theatre and its artistic director Jenny Eastop, who I conducted a Zoom Q&A with during lockdown. I can't wait to do my make my in-person Mercurius Q&A 'debut' with Anton Chekhov's Vaudevilles.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Zoom Q&As: Writers, director and stars on switching to streaming

By |2021-05-09T19:18:06+01:0027 February 2021|Tags: , , , |

New British musical The Sorcerer's Apprentice has been five years in the making and, like all new musicals, has overcome myriad obstacles. Covid threw down an additional hurdle shortly before it was due to premiere at London's Southwark Playhouse: another lockdown.

Old Red Lion post-show video and photos: What do coronavirus closures mean to fringe theatre?

By |2021-06-11T07:35:10+01:0018 March 2020|Tags: , , , , , |

Tuesday 17 March 2020. One of the last theatre performances -for the foreseeable future - in the theatre capital of the world took place at London's Old Red Lion Theatre. A historic, sobering moment, one of many during the global coronavirus crisis.
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