I must confess, I have only ever seen a televised version Ronald Harwoods ‘The Dresser’, I didn't find it particularly inspiring and actually found myself a little bored. So I didn't hold out much hope as I walked towards The Duke of York’s Theatre for the...

5 Guys Chillin' returns to the Kings Head Theatre in London, following successful runs in New York and at the Edinburgh Fringe.  We catch up with writer Peter Darney to find out more about the provocative show. What inspired you to write 5 Guys Chillin’? The main...

Producers Karl Sydow and Paul Elliott have announced that the new UK production of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage, currently wowing audiences around the country on its UK tour, will play a season in the West End this Christmas, and will be...

On 9th October 1986, The Phantom of the Opera opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London, with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the lead roles.  30 Years later and The Phantom of The Opera is still in the same theatre and as popular as...

Reviewed at Milton Keynes Theatre, October 2016. Currently touring the UK in a run planned well into 2017, ‘The Full Monty’ is already stirring up a great deal of excitement and building an army of fans. Based on the 1997 film and originally staged on...

Amanda Muggleton is a star of stage and screen, most well known in the UK for playing Chrissie Latham in the hit Australian soap opera ‘Prisoner: Cell Block H’.  After leaving the soap in 1983 she embarked on a long and successful stage career, she...

Now in its thirteenth year, ‘The Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing’ received 289 scripts from 18 countries. These scripts are unpublished one-act plays which are read anonymously by 41 readers. They are judged purely on the basis of the writing and...

The original production of ‘Murder Ballad’, by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, opened off-Broadway in 2013 at the Union Square Theatre, and now it makes it’s London premiere. This production is directed by Sam Yates and had already received much hype thanks to star names...

One of my favourite things about doing this job, is seeing pieces of theatre that have never seen before.  Usually they are by un-known playwrights, just starting out on a, hopefully, promising career.  This is the first time, however, I've seen a first production by...

Happy Birthday, Harold!  In ‘The Boys in the Band’, written by Mart Crowley, a group of friends gather to celebrate the 42nd birthday of ‘Harold’ played by Mark Gatiss, some of the guests are invited while others are unexpected. The course of the evening is...