Theatre

Modern versions of ‘Hamlet’, ‘The Bacchae’ at National – Indhu Rubasingham; ‘Surinderella’; ‘Balti Kings’; Kali new director

Autumn theatre brings a slew of new openings from timeless Greek and Elizabethan tragedies to classic entertainment… ‘Bacchae’ – A…

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‘Every Brilliant Thing’ – Ambika Mod sparkles in play that requires active audience participation

This classic play about clinical depression is currently enjoying a West End run with five actors appearing on different dates……

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Bird Bites – Welcome to our new design! Our week in the rear view mirror…

HELLO FOLKS! Welcome to the new site – take a look around*These are miscellaneous Bird Bites from our week… Now…

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‘Every Brilliant Thing’ with Ambika Mod, Ed Fringe shows (left), playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti – listings

For theatre lovers, we’ve got fun, history, laughter and grief all taking centre stage. And it’s the last days of…

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‘Girl from the North Country’: beautiful and unmissable!

Award winning musical enjoying a run at the Old Vic in London and just few days left now, do not…

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‘Choir’ – Musical drama comedy has power tracks and a feel good vibe

They say joining a choir can help with your general health and wellbeing and there is a often undiscovered strength…

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‘The Estate’ – Writer Shaan Sahota talks about potboiler of family, ambition and gender wrongs

In its final weeks now, playwright discusses inspiration and motivation to create character siblings that fight one another for a…

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‘Love Me Like A Chai Tea Latte’ – Sanjay Lago’s award winning tea spilling show hits Edinburgh

Actor, writer, performer gets full length run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival which begins officially tomorrow (August 1)… TENDER, sensitive…

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The Estate, Taj Mahal, A Tupperware of Ashes, A Man for all Seasons, Evening Conversations…

It’s July and we’re in the hottest month so far (according to meteorologists) and there is a lot of ‘hot’…

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‘Marriage Material’ – play adaptation links past to present and author Sathnam Sanghera finds dramatic voice

Empireland author and novelist tells us the play deals with subjects that were not quite in focus in the same…

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