Michael Frayn's thoroughly silly romantic romp gets dusted off in grand style at The Old Vic
Mr Frayn, author of Headlong and other worthy tomes, is of course a great brain and therefore this classic farce is wrapped up in post-modernism, with two shows for the price of one - a theatrical production in rehearsal and a tangled web of relationships behind the scenes. But basically, it's a farce, a comedy of errors, and a hoot.
Michael Frayn's thoroughly silly romantic romp was dusted off in grand style at The Old Vic last year and now the production transfers to the West End's Novello Theatre. Mr Frayn, author of Headlong and...
Rarely do audiences talk about the plot of Gershwin's Crazy for you, probably because it's not that important when you've got songs like ?I Got Rhythm?, ?Someone To Watch Over Me?, ?Embraceable You? and...
It's probably a crime of some sort to compare Shakespeare with Downton Abbey and fair enough, they're in different leagues but we've started so we'll finish: as with the likes of Downton, in Twelfth Night...
Lisa D'Amour's play about two American couples transfers from The States to National Theatre this May. She pairs straight-laced, middle-class Ben and Mary with their recovering junkie neighbours Sharon...
When Antigone buries the body of her rebellious brother, the tyrant Creon condemns her to be buried alive. But the city of Thebes knows Creon's crimes and under cover of night, as they struggle to recover...
In creating her comedic, cautionary tale inspired by a combination of classic Faust and our contemporary economic woes, writer Catherine Harvey is too easy on the comedy and too blatant on the cautio...
That familiar sinking feeling of making a complete cock-up is the subject for this performance from poet Hannah Walker and Fringe First winner Chris Thorpe.We all make those terrifyingly horrible mistakes ...
Ah, now this is how you do Shakespeare for the modern age. Take Hamlet and rethink it so that when a head of state is murdered, all the worlds populations finds themselves on edge with no one to trust...
Stalls, paintings, jewellery and more art from Polish artists are on display at Rich Mix. There are also two plays on. One's about women during the World Cup and the other is about fulfilling ones role ...
The Duchess finds herself widowed and tied to her two brutish brothers who refuse to let her remarry so they can keep a hold on her inheritance. The discovery of her relationship with Antonio, her steward...
Can Themba's story of a husband's revenge on his cheating wife has been turned into a musical play by Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne. When a young South African worker finds his wife in bed with...
“Hope is the enemy of
reason” says a Nazi to a Jew in Michael Ashton's The Beekeeper.
It's a line which, for me, sets the focus of the story and so clever
are Ashton's metapho...
An exhibition exploring the impact of the outbreak of World War Two in 1939. From the politicans making the decisions to the ordinary people affected by them, this is a fascinating profile of a country...
A fascinating exhibition at the Imperial War Museum that collates the accounts of soldiers who have recently served in the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Made up of letters, emails, blog posts, footage and...
Lisa D'Amour's play about two American couples transfers from The States to National Theatre this May. She pairs straight-laced, middle-class Ben and Mary with their recovering junkie neighbours Sharon...
Nominated for the Edinburgh 'Best Newcomer' award last year, Boy With Tape on His Face is a truly innovative, brilliant comedy act, one you rarely get to see on the comedy circuit these days. A combination...