Theatre Things Blog
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Theatre Things is a blog all about theatre, pretty much what the name suggests. Here you can find reviews and random musings from a lifelong fan. Our blog has all the theatre news, reviews, and interviews from London, Kent, and around the UK. All my reviews are written not as a critic but simply as a member of the audience, who loves theatre and wants to support it.
Theatre Things Blog
3w ago
True crime meets conspiracy theory meets Agatha Christie in The Marilyn Conspiracy, written by Vicki McKellar and Guy Masterson, and directed by Masterson. Set in the few days before and the hours after Marilyn Monroe’s… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
1M ago
Tommy Sissons’ Silent Houses takes us on quite the rollercoaster of emotions over its brief 75 minute run time. Ralph (Tobi Ejirele) and Cecily (Aoife Scott) are a likeable, relatable couple living in South London… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
4M ago
Inspired by a 2022 visit to Matthew Bourne’s Car Man, Chickenshed’s latest production is a modernised adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen, set in a refugee camp ten years from now. Having already lost their homes, and… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
6M ago
Thomas Hardy and circus are perhaps not two terms you’d usually hear in close proximity, but Ockham’s Razor defy all expectation with their adaptation of Hardy’s 1891 novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Atmospheric, evocative and… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
7M ago
The appeal of pantomime is a difficult thing to explain to those who haven’t grown up with it. The same few stories, featuring the same jokes, often performed by the same people, year after year… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
8M ago
Martha Loader’s new play tackles a devastating topic with sensitivity and at times brutal honesty. Splinter is the story of Maggie (Henri Merriam) and Jac (Sarah Livingstone and Caroline Rippin), who are the very definition… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
8M ago
One of the best things about Chickenshed’s annual Christmas show is that it somehow manages to be both reassuringly familiar and at the same time, full of creativity and surprises. This year, their 21st century… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
9M ago
A lot goes on in Peter Hamilton’s new tragicomedy, The Elephant in the Room – but oddly it feels at its strongest when not much is happening at all. It’s in these quieter moments that… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
9M ago
The most striking aspect of Peter Cook’s powerful one man show Breaking the Castle is its authenticity. When the protagonist David tells you what it’s like to take drugs, you don’t need to have read… More ..read more
Theatre Things Blog
1y ago
What do you do when you’re young, single – and literally the only gay in the village? Written and performed by Rob Ward, one-man show The MP, Aunty Mandy and Me introduces us to Dom,… More ..read more