By Stuart King Tuesday, May 6 2025, 23:00
On his thirteeenth birthday, a young Orthodox Jew realises that he is gay but is rebuked by his father as an embarrassment when he effeminately crosses his legs for a photograph during his bar mitzvah celebrations. The FAYGELE of the title, is Yiddish for a little bird, but is more commonly used as a slur which loosely translates as faggot.
Clara Francis, Ilan Galkoff, and Ben Caplan. Faygele, Marylebone Theatre.
By Emmie Newitt Tuesday, May 6 2025, 11:03
The Evening Standard award winner will star as June Levant in the highly anticipated London premiere at the Barbican Theatre. The limited engagement of the Tony Award-winning play begins on 31 July.
Rosalie Craig. Headshot provided by production.
By Emmie Newitt Tuesday, May 6 2025, 09:02
The smash-hit production, hailed by the Daily Telegraph as 'excellent family drama', will be staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 1 July and will be directed by the Olivier Award-winning director Bijan Sheibani.
Lucy Black, Adrian Bower, Dorothy Atkinson and Philip Whitchurch.
By Miriam Gibson Sunday, May 4 2025, 20:53
“What would we do without the tube?” laments James, “We’d have to take the bus everywhere!”. Cue shudders from Cockfosters’ cast and audience. Writer-director Hamish Clayton’s comedy explores Londoners’ love-hate relationship with our underground transportation system, particularly the tribulations of taking the Piccadilly line.
Cockfosters production image.
By Camille Leadbeater Saturday, May 3 2025, 17:16
With clothing and underwear strewn all across the stage, a dishevelled, Tracey Emin-esque bed, illumination of a large-scale light-box behind and a cohort of late-night ‘just before the club closes’ music, we knew exactly what was going on here, almost as though we were -ahem interrupting something…
Conversations After Sex. Photo by Jake Bush.
« previous articles - page 26 of 723 - next articles »
