This week sees the final week of the Open Air Theatre tour for Lord of the Flies, having toured since September 2015 and the Churchill Theatre in Bromley plays host to this. During a (unnamed) war a plane, carrying a group of school boys crashes onto an island, killing all of the adults aboard. However 9 boys survive and the
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Romeo & Juliet I was invited by Unmasked Theatre company to attend their production of Romeo & Juliet at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley. Unmasked Theatre company is a company that focuses on ‘modernised stage adaptations of classic literature’ and previous works have included Anthony & Cleopatra and The Trojan Woman. Romeo & Juliet is a production that has been
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Reel Life by Folio Theatre My dealings with Folio Theatre Company began last year when I attended the launch night for Wimbledon’s studio theatre’s festival Illuminate. Whilst at the launch night I saw a promotion video for a play called Unearthed that spiked my interest. I therefore went along to watch Unearthed and was very impressed, so much so that
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The Perfect Murder: The Perfect Murder is a play based on Peter James novella which tells of a couple, Victor and Joan both dreaming of a new life without the other, but neither realising the others fantasy and the lengths they will go to in order to get it. I don’t want to go into too much detail regarding the
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Hecuba Here is the trailer for RSC’s production for Hecuba…. Hecuba tells the tale after Troy has fallen. ‘Humiliated by her defeat and imprisoned by the charismatic victor Agamemnon, the great queen Hecuba must wash the blood of her buried sons from her hands and lead her daughters forward into a world they no longer recognise. Agamemnon has slaughtered his own daughter
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One Man Two Guvnors by Putney Light Operatic Society I was invited to attend the UK amateur premier of ‘One Man Two Guvnors’ by PLOS (Putney Light Operatic Society) on Wednesday 19th August 2015. For those of you unfamiliar with the play One Man Two Guvnors is a farce set in Brighton in the 1960’s. It follows easily confused Francis Henshall
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Naughty Noel…. I attended the delightfully spiffing production of A Naughty Night With Noel Coward on Wednesday 12th August at The Old Red Lion Theatre and was treated to two short one act plays about marriage of the upper class in the 1920’s/1930’s. The first play is ‘We Were Dancing’ which was first seen in 1935. This focuses on Karl
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Dog Play Dead by The Well Behaved Women. I was invited to attend The Edinburgh preview of Dog Play Dead at Theatre 503 on the 27th July. The company aims to give women a strong presence in the arts and Dog Play Dead is written by a woman and stars 5 women. It is a play about 4 girls who get into
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East is East at The Churchill Theatre : Monday 6th June 2015. East is East is a play about a mixed ethnicity family in Salford, with the father, George Khan (played by Simon Nahra) trying to instil into his children the Pakistani values he grew up with whilst the mother, Ella Khan (played by Pauline McLynn) who is white and
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The History Boys The Churchill Theatre on Monday 27th April 2015. For a play that was last year voted the ‘Nation’s Favourite Play,’ I’m sure this show needs no introduction however if you are like me, the play (and the film) have managed to pass you by then let me give you a brief introduction. The play is set in
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