REVIEW: Abigail’s Party, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch ✭✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews Mike Leigh’s iconic play Abigail’s Party now playing at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch prior to a tour.
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New Adaptation Of Moll Flanders Comes To Mercury Theatre Colchester
The Mercury Theatre Colchester announces the World Premiere of Nick Perry’s Moll Flanders, adapted from the novel by Daniel Defoe.
Silence UK Tour
The Mercury Theatre Colchester, Wiltshire Creative and Unity Theatre Liverpool are to co-produce Nicola Werenowska’s new play Silence. Runner-up in the inagural Mercury Theatre playwriting prize with her play Hidden, Nicola Werenowska will debut her latest work at the Mercury Theatre Colchester before it embarks on a UK Tour. Silence is a three-hander exploring the inter-generational effects that the Soviety war has had on Polish families. For the production Tina Gray will play Maria, Kate Spiro will play Ewa and Maria Louis will play Anna. What holds families together? What tears them apart? What’s brewing in the silences? 1996. London. It’s Ewa’s birthday. Her daughter Anna is coming home from university with a secret to share but Maria has some news of her own. As wartime memories of Siberia resurface, old steps are retraced to uncover the secrets of the past and a Polish heritage that unites and divides them. … Read more
REVIEW: Love Virtually, Frinton Summer Theatre ✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Eileen Horne’s adaptation of Daniel Glattauer’s Love Virtually at the Frinton Summer Theatre.
REVIEW: Lear, Valley Of The Rocks, Lynton ✭✭✭✭✭
Millie Dunne rages against the dying of the light as she attends Lear at Lynton’s Valley Of The Rocks presented by Pleasure Dome Theatre Company.
REVIEW: Babe The Sheep Pig, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews David Wood’s adaptation of Dick King-Smith’s Babe The Sheep Pig which is now playing at the Mercury Theatre Colchester.
Dublin Theatre Festival 2018 Programme Announced
This year’s Dublin Theatre Festival features a seductive selection of new work, including World and European Premieres, fresh versions of classic plays and adventurous international productions created by both renowned artists and emerging voices. A powerful Irish programme by leading theatre makers includes 10 new works, and is complemented by a strong international programme including two productions from the US and Belgium, work from Poland, Netherlands, Australia and the UK. From intimate encounters in found spaces to the grander scale of Shakespearean drama, ballet and opera, there are portraits of individuals corrupted by power, testimonies from dissenting voices and challenges to received narratives. These theatrical experiences are all connected by one thing, the need for an audience to gather together in a shared time and space. Artistic Director Willie White said: ‘Whether this is your first time seeing a festival show or you have been coming for years, there’s something … Read more
York Theatre Royal unveils shows for autumn and winter
Two plays by Alan Bennett and a new political satire set in Brexit Britain based on a Dario Fo classic will be part of the line-up at York Theatre Royal for autumn and winter.
