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🎭 In "Two Rounds", @aslanttheatre contrasts the vibrant 60s with the 90s, capturing two generations of women navigating #feminism & changing social norms. This domestic dramedy, the brainchild of Cristina Comencini, translated into Eng
🎭@BenedictEsdale’s "Snakes & Ladders is a Losing Game" is a rollercoaster of love, heartbreak, and emotional chess ♟️ Meet Sarah & Jack, ex-lovers turned besties, who indulge in therapeutic board games every Tuesday, courtesy
On the last episode of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (aka #Shakespeare’s original rom-com), briefly mismatched lovers Demetrius & Helena finally find their happily ever after. Or do they?😐 @playground.factory’s sci-fi
Part of the Gail Louw season @theplaygroundtheatre, “The Girl in the Green Jumper” plunges us into the vibrant chaos of the ‘60s✨ This #drama, woven from the memoirs of Renske Mann, offers a peek into the stormy world of #artist🖌️
In “Rika’s Rooms,” the life of #playwright Gail Louw’s mother unfurls on stage like a meticulously detailed map of the 20th century📚🎭 with #powerhouse performer @emmamaiwright serving as our guide through the tumultuous terr
Feeling #superstitious? So are we, because the masters of theatrical #horror @pitherproductions are returning to @orltheatre this April with a new, spooky play… …set in the shadow of #WWI, ‘Horne’s Descent’ follows t
Part of @riversidestudioslondon's #BitesizeFestival20204, “How to Kill A Chicken” begins like a dream checklist: take an idyllic #vacay to Costa Rica ✅, meet a sexy surf instructor ✅, bask in the glow of summer romance forever… exc
🌈A transformative journey from #FOMO to #JOLIF (Joy of Letting it Flourish!), “#FOMO Clinic” by @KingofMore delivers a unique workshop-cabaret hybrid that encourages living in the present moment. His mantra? "The grass is greener wh
Part of #SohoRising festival, Katie Sayer (@katiesayer_) & Will Johnston’s “Love’s A Beach” introduces Ben & Cyrus, a couple that shoots to fame after winning in #LovesABeach reality show. 🌊 Cyrus (@jamesakka), an una
If you’re feeling (in the words of philosopher-bards #RightSaidFred) “so sexy it hurts”, then “Nymphomanic Anonymous” at Etcetera Theatre may resonate❤️‍🔥🚒🧯 Directed by Cansu Ezgi, the play teases a deep explorati
4th wall-breaking & deliciously snarky, @maar.dora.theplay blends 1930s art world lore with a contemporary consciousness. The 2-hander follows Dora Maar, surrealist photographer, muse & mistress of Pablo Picasso; clever design choices & a
Directed by Ellie Jay Stevens (@elliejaytheatre), “How You Died” is a dramedy about grief that spirals into a gripping thriller😵‍💫 This two-hander imagines a near future where 3D hologram versions of departed loved ones can be summo
#tbt❤️ After the loss of his uncle to COVID-19, director Gavin Porter embarks on a journey around #Wales to collect people’s stories, centring on the nation’s oldest community: Butetown. His mission? To explore how lives are commemorated
Crumbs! We’ve been taken over by none other than #Dickless, written by @fringebiscuitmagazine’s very own editor, @aisha_josiah & directed by @guardian-featured @emilyaboudetc. Curtains rise at Riverside Studios’ 4th Bitesize Fe
SINGAPORE FRINGE. Investigating mental health & suicide within the Singapore Malay Muslim community, @MatterLess.sg’s “HERE WHERE YOU WERE” grapples with cultural & religious influences on grief… Fadli, a young man r