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Off-West End Production and Casting News
22 May
News
Phil Willmott

Off-West End Production and Casting News

Off-West End Production and Casting News 3WOMEN by comedian Katy Brand is currently playing at Trafalgar studios and critics are either embracing or rejecting its feel good sit-com charms.

The story is set in a posh hotel room and you’ll meet the bride to be, her mother and her daughter who, predictably, engage in prosecco fuelled exchanges that reveal family secrets and intergeneration conflict.

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Schism
22 May
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: SCHISM at Park Theatre

Schism Originally presented as a three-hander at the Finborough Theatre in 2016, Schism (which perhaps would be better titled Form Follows Function), has been trimmed to two characters, but still overreaches by attempting to cover-off every social ill and taboo still prevalent in society today.

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The Gift of the Gab - Pic by Andreas Lambis
22 May
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: THE GIFT OF THE GAB at The White Bear

The Gift of the Gab - Pic by Andreas Lambis This was my first visit to the White Bear Theatre in Kennington since it’s been refurbished. The pub is now spacious and airy, serving delicious looking food with a lovely beer garden at the back for early evening, summer socialising. The theatre has now moved upstairs and is a comfortable, focussed little space in which to enjoy up-close encounters with new writing and classics.

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Life and Fate / Uncle Vanya
18 May
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: The Maly Theatre of St Petersburg in UNCLE VANYA at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket

Life and Fate / Uncle Vanya I was expecting something plodding and staid, after all principal actors from the Maly Theatre of St Petersburg first performed this piece in London in 2005 and I was sceptical that it could feel fresh and energised after years of repetition. I'm happy to report that I was wrong, this is an exquisite, often revelatory production of the melancholy Russian masterpiece that is both poignant and laugh-out-loud funny.

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The Buzz
17 May
Reviews
Nastazja Domaradzka

Review: THE BUZZ at The Bread and Roses Theatre

The Buzz As a woman living in the #metoo world I can tell you one thing for sure, it’s been tough. I mean it’s always been tough but the last few months have been particularly hard. Whilst the movement has brought a certain level of awareness regarding the problem of sexual harassment and sexual violence towards women, it also exposed women to constant triggers, as the conversation is happening in the media pretty much all the time.

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