Patrick Hamilton enjoys an ambiguous position in the pantheon of twentieth-century English letters. The author of two fantastically successful plays, ‘Rope’ and ‘Gaslight’...
This is Theatre Delicatessen’s second show in its requisitioned semi-derelict office space just off Oxford Circus. After a safe Shakespearean opener, here is something very different –...
This country used to pride itself on providing a refuge for asylum seekers from across the world. Why that’s no longer the case and what happens to people who come here needing asylum is the...
If you don’t like plays about the theatre – apparently such people exist – then look away now. Tony Sportiello’s soft-hearted satire starts from the splendidly improbable...
Biographical plays are all the rage these days. After the formally inventive ‘Never So Good’, ‘Afterlife’ and ‘Fram’, along comes Amy Rosenthal’s...
Multi-disciplined, cross-cultural and trans-national theatre company Vocal Motions Elastic marks itself out here as one to watch with this new production. Directed by Jacek Ludwig Scarso, it...
This stage adaptation of Disney’s insanely successful TV movie boasts a tried-and-tested tale of love across the locker room. Essentially, it’s ‘Grease’, but without...
Faced with a paedophile serial killer, many parents’ instincts would be to string up first, ask questions later. Fortunately, Bryony Lavery’s excellent play ‘Frozen’ (first...