Suicide is the biggest cause of death for men under 45 in the UK, and playwright Alex McSweeney shines a laser on this very real issue in DISTANCE.
West End Theatre News and Reviews


Review: DISTANCE at the Park Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, September 14 2018, 15:51


Review: HIGH RIDIN’ - at the King’s Head Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, September 14 2018, 15:32
High Ridin’ bills itself as an unlikely, heart-warming, gay, comedic, love story and for the most part it’s exactly that.
The neatly designed, dilapidated stage (by Fin Redshaw), is populated with three characters who are fractious yet gradually endear themselves both to each other and the audience.


Review: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST at The Globe Theatre
By Isabella James Thursday, September 6 2018, 09:24
One of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies and least performed plays, Love’s Labour’s Lost is a play about contrasts; boys and girls, chastity and promiscuity, comedy and tragedy, the ‘owl and the cuckoo.’ Nick Bagnell directs this version of the 400-year-old play in The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at The Globe. As is tradition, the whole play is lit by candlelight which has cleverly been made into a feature of the plot and concept.
Love's Labour's Lost at The Globe Theatre - Photography by Marc Brenner


Review: RUN IT BACK at the Hackney Showrooms
By Monty Leigh Thursday, September 6 2018, 09:11
Talawa Theatre - the UK’s primary Black led touring theatre company - ’calls the ravers in’ with its latest performance Run it Back. It is introduced with an astounding spoken word piece by the formidable Jasmine L Jones - she speaks about her love of a woman called poetry as she intricately interweaves what we know to be classical poetry with hip hop classics spanning decades. The woman she loves cannot be defined by rules, she is everything from John Donne to Kurtis Blow.


Preview: ABOUT LEO at Jermyn Street Theatre
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, September 5 2018, 15:49
Playwright Alice Allemano writes about the inspiration behind her new piece ABOUT LEO which runs at Jermyn Street Theatre from September 5 to 29.
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