4th December 2019 For their Christmas show this year, New International Encounter and Tobacco Factory Theatres present a re-imagining of the classic fairy tale Snow White. A charming family show, it manages to toe the line between drama and comedy, sinister… Continue Reading
27th November 2019 Christmas is here again, and, for those in the know, the best thing about the festive season is the Christmas show at the Wardrobe Theatre. That’s right, forget the big budget pantos in other parts of town… Continue Reading
16th April 2019 Peter Shaffer’s intense psychodrama – inspired by a bizarre real life crime in a small town near Suffolk– is given a dynamic and assured renewal in this co-production between the English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford… Continue Reading
22nd March 2019 BE Festival, the Birmingham festival for daring and innovative theatre, comedy, circus and other performing arts, is touring three acts to showcase the best of what it has recently offered. Now reaching the hallowed hall of Circomedia,… Continue Reading
25th January 2019 Nora and Dora Chance are celebrating their 75th birthday south of the River Thames. North of the water, their father Melchior Hazard is ready to host his 100th birthday party. The greatest actor of his generation is… Continue Reading
14th December 2018 Incest, bestiality, vomiting puppets and hysterical hilarity? It could only be Christmas at the Wardrobe Theatre. Returning Oedipuss in Boots to the stage for what is the ensembles eighth-year, the institution that is the Theatres adult pantomime shows… Continue Reading
20th November 2018 Losing your reading glasses. Only finding one sock in the wash. Missing a Jammy Dodger from your plate. While often thought to be the fault of simple misplacement, or absent-mindedness on the part of the owner, there… Continue Reading
28th September 2018 Shakespeare’s historical eulogy to the indomitable Lion, Henry V, has to many (especially in the public consciousness) become the definitive text recounting the life and times of the chivalrous leader. His words (“once more unto the breech… Continue Reading