Panto season is in full swing and this was fully evident at New Wimbledon for their press night of Robin Hood. I do love a pantomime having grown up with them as part of my family Christmas tradition and later working front of House for a local pantomime for 7 years in a row but I was more excited than
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The show; Stick Man. The tribe; two tired parents, a 3 (and a half – it’s important) year old, and a 1 (and a half – it’s less important) year old. We dutifully packed up half the contents of our house and braved the train into London with two excited toddlers for their first ever experience of (professional) theatre. Our
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How to describe Prison Island, Maidstone…. With such a huge amount to do there it may be easier to describe what it isn’t…..and that is anything but dull! On offer there is 23 challenge rooms, adventure golf, shuffleboard and AR darts and I was lucky enough to give most of it a try. First up was the adventure rooms…all 23
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Little M is The Place’s new production which treats the audience to a reimagined version of the Little Mermaid. We meet Little M who feels like they don’t fit in and dreams of dancing with the ladies on the shore. After meeting with a sea witch they trade in their voice to go to the shore but all does not
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Top Hat is a musical based on the 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film. It tells of Jerry Travers, a dancer on Broadway who comes to London for his debut. A late night tap dancing session in his producers room disturbs Dale Tremont, the guest who is staying in the room below him and from then on there is
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Darkfield is known for creating audio experiences in pitch black shipping containers and they have returned to London with their 4 shows – Flight, Eulogy, Coma and Arcade. Each production lasts between 20-35minutes long and take you on a very different experience. Every production comes with a trigger warning that the production is pitch black, so dark that you can’t
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The Choir of Man has just celebrated it’s 4th birthday in the West End and I made a return visit to see if it still retained its original charm. for 4 years the Arts Theatre has been transformed to The Jungle, a pub where the regulars come together not for a pool or darts team but for their choir practise
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Clarkston is a play that looks at life in small town America, told through the eyes of Jake and Chris who meet through their job in Costco. Jake, the outsider, determined to travel before he becomes unable to do so due to his illness and Chris battling with his mothers drug addiction forge an unlikely bond. Clarkston’s script by Samuel
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Born With Teeth is a fresh play that examines the relationship between Kit Marlowe and Will Shakespeare and their process of co-writing Henry VI Parts 1-3, where Kit is at his prime and Will is beginning to get a name for himself. Tucked away in a room we examine the politics of the time, the sexual chemistry between them sizzling
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The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return is a play firmly set in Luton and follows 2 friends Voice and Lewis over one night as they get ready for a house party, the highlight of the 16 year old friends week. It weaves in stories of neglect, class and violence as we meet a multitude of people
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