Author: mstjl

David Greig and Gordon McIntyre have returned to their smash hit “play with songs”, Midsummer, giving it a broader, more visual appeal. Originally staged in

Felicity is on a first date with what appears to be the perfect man but she’s been trapped in the bathroom for nearly half an

When it was announced that a musical called Hamilton was opening at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre, some people responded (seriously or jokingly) by ridiculing the

Maddie Rice has been going solo for the past year with an acclaimed performance in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag but she has now shown she has

Ian Kershaw’s new play may not be the greatest ever in the history of the world but it may well have the biggest heart. In

A large apartment on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street has been turned into a performance space by The Pleasance for this year’s Fringe, home to Power Play,

It can be purgatory growing up in a small town. In Simon Longman’s powerful new play, Island Town, the barriers to escape are not just

The cult popularity of 1960s “hag horror” movies, led by Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, is part of the inspiration for Harpy, an entertaining and

In its dissection of friendship and relationships, Mark O’Rowe’s new play The Approach feels almost voyeuristic. Covering four years, it features three women who, in

The trolls in Davey Anderson’s timely new play The Abode aren’t the fairytale creatures of Norse folklore but the very real, more dangerous ones of

Katherine Parkinson is a busy woman. Currently starring in Home, I’m Darling at London’s National Theatre, she has rarely been off screen this year, from

Chigozie Obioma’s 400-page novel The Fishermen – shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker prize – has been ambitiously adapted into a succinct 70 minutes in