Theatre

‘Foal’ – Fantasy series screen actor Amar Chadha-Patel makes stage debut in world premiere production… 

Best known for his roles in Netflix and Disney + dramas, the star explains why he’s stepping onto the stage…

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‘The Anti-“Yogi”‘ – Award-winning, funny, one woman solo show hits London for the first time 

A shade more than just a satire, sharp and a little on the knuckle perhaps – Mayuri Bhandari has something…

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Arti Shah and James Hameed – The Olivier Awards; Atri Banerjee; Period Parrrty – The Offies; and The Authenticator – Theatre Bird Bites

Amazing achievements and a new play exploring Britain Colonialism and slavery – bite sized! Oliviers – Paddington The Musical’s unusual…

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‘Arcadia’ – Stoppard play is powerful and evocative

This is one of great English playwright Tom Stoppard’s* best-known works, which has been revived by The Old Vic in…

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‘Paddington The Musical’ wows, winning nine awards and the show delivers on family entertainment *****

It is a story that has captured the imagination of millions worldwide. A lone bear arriving from the forest of…

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‘Dracula’ play – Director Atri Banerjee – “Are we not all vampires?”

National Youth Theatre production is gory and bloody and has echoes of both contemporary productions, ‘Sinners’ and ‘Adolescence’ but remains…

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Sweetmeats; The Undying; Hellarious; Sorry for My English – reviews

Four shows, two conventional plays – the top one a world premiere – one stand-up comedy set and a production…

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‘Sweetmeats’ – In demand writer Karim Khan talks about latest play in trilogy about British Muslim South Asians

Writers once pigeonholed into ‘minority’ voices are challenging stereotypes and tired tropes and approaching work with dynamism and creativity to…

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‘The Undying’ – play about grandmother rediscovering youth through a reverse aging pill

Writer Rea Dennhardt Patel talks to us about this award spotlit comedy with dark undertones… IMAGINE you are in you…

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‘Rukhsati’ – Romantic comedy with serious themes delves into characters’ love lives in 1990s…

Dance and dialogue tell a story that has bittersweet notes, according to its writer… TWO PEOPLE in a toilet cum…

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