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The Boy

A heart-warming, thought-provoking drama🎭, Joakim Daun's “The Boy” navigates the tumultuous waters of starting afresh, the trauma of displacement, and finding family (or rather choosing it) in the most unexpected places…

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All's Well That Ends

"All’s Well That Ends” drops us in the middle of a divorce party, where the hosts spill all the tea ☕️ about their breakup. It’s a promising set up, but, sadly, Kibo Productions’ dark comedy is less than scintillating…

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What It Means

Playwright James Corley’s “What It Means” pits the personal against the political at Wilton’s Music Hall, in a historical docudrama set in NYC’s tumultuous 1970s…

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The War Inside

'The War Inside' is a visceral journey through the tumultuous terrain of invisible illness. Camille Dawson, drawing from personal experiences, immerses us in a kaleidoscopic world of cells & organs, unfolding a story both intimate & universal…

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The Importance of Being Earnest

At Chelsea Theatre, Mark Beer’s Dramaiocht Productions ambitiously dives into Oscar Wilde’s renowned satire. This is a production that isn’t afraid to both pay homage to its classical roots & break new ground.

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Othello

In Riverside Studios' #Othello, audacity takes centre stage. More than a mere #Shakespearean retelling, this production sets the scene for a rollercoaster of reinterpretation. The pièce de résistance? Iago, Shakespeare's master manipulator, fractured into three actors. In theory, a brilliant twist. In execution, a tad confounding…

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June

This sassy, darkly comedic #soloshow has much to be admired: Billy isn’t your stereotypical, fabulous, over-the-top ‘queen’. After all, how glamorous could the life of a Tesco checkout clerk be? 🤷‍♀️

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WAKE UP

The power of theatre often lies in its words, but "Wake Up" by Solar Bear Theatre at Beacon Arts Centre defies this convention. offering a triple-bill of silent narratives that explore vivid memory & baffling reality…

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Stiff Drink

Through Rosaleen Cox’s trio of monologues, audiences journey into the heart of contemporary womanhood, confronting its challenges & ambiguities…

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Gandhari

"Gandhari" weaves the mythical narrative of Gandhari from the Mahabharata with the vivid, poignant realities of contemporary #Indian women, inviting the audience to introspect on the many ways we choose to blind ourselves to our own truths.

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That Face

A whirlwind of privilege & familial disarray, Polly Stenham’s "That Face" unveils the turmoil within an affluent family, wracked by addiction, divorce & apathy.

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This Is You

Blending stage and screen, Loomtheatre presents a sinister narrative feast with “This Is You.” A dance of Pinteresque power dynamics and cloaked identities, it’s an interesting balance of minimal staging and vintage, indie aesthetics…📹🎭

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Mosaic

“Mosaic,” a Franco-Irish narrative, paints an evocative picture of a young man navigating the aftermath of love lost, laced with the crisp, acerbic #humour characteristic of Louis Deslis.

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