Imago, in the world of psychology, and more specifically psychoanalysis, refers to an idealised mental image formed in the infancy of another person that is maintained in the unconscious in later life. The ‘other person’, because infancy is what it is, is usually a parent or carer. It’s not what I had in mind immediately […] The post Ballet Nights Spotlight: IMAGO by Pett|Clausen-Knight appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

Michael Batten was inspired to write this wonderful new play by his grandparents’ celebrating their seventieth wedding anniversary – not just because they had been together from World War Two to Joe Biden but also because of their shared memories, and those same memories that were remembered differently by each of them, even though they […] The post Remembrance Monday at Seven Dials Playhouse | Review appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

‘Blue Beard’ is a truly ghastly 17th-century fairytale about a seductive nobleman who turns out to be a mass murderer. It is a plot that has inspired countless female writers, from Charlotte Brontë to Agatha Christie. In this new version writer-director, Emma Rice has reshaped ‘Blue Beard’ with the aim of creating a “fearless reimagining […] The post Blue Beard by Emma Rice at Battersea Arts Centre | Review appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

This is very much the Moby Dick story on stage, and on reflection, there are no surprises for anyone who has read the 1851 novel. Through contemporary lenses, perhaps the maniacal Ahab (Guy Rhys), who wants to hunt a notorious white sperm whale called – wait for it – Moby Dick – represents anyone who […] The post Moby Dick – Wilton’s Music Hall | Review appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

Barons Court Theatre is a delightful intimate venue situated in the arched cellar beneath “The Curtain’s Up” public house, three minutes walk from West Kensington Underground Station. It seats about seventy in a thrust stage layout with the audience on three sides of an acting area which can be no larger than three metres square, […] The post Three Queens by Rosamund Gravelle at Barons Court Theatre appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

Johnny “The Rooster” Byron will have his day, as old England fitters into the wind. The Network Theatre’s amateur production may not be the sledgehammer that was the Ian Rickson, and Mark Rylance collaboration but the bones of Jez Butterworth’s statement play come through. It is the day of the Flintlock Fair, but Rooster faces […] The post Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth at Network Theatre | Review appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

The Hollywood “romantic drama” movie was released in 1982 with a screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart, based on his experiences of training as a Naval Aviation Officer in the 1960s. In 2012 the “musical” version opened in Sydney, Australia where it closed after six weeks, one review calling it a “bloodless facsimile” of the film! […] The post An Officer and a Gentleman at Theatre Royal Brighton | Review appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

Matthew Byam Shaw, Nia Janis and Nick Salmon for Playful Productions, Wessex Grove, Donmar West End, Gavin Kalin Productions and Playing Field today announce the West End transfer of the Donmar Warehouse’s critically acclaimed production of Macbeth. Starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, and directed by Max Webster, the production runs at the Harold Pinter […] The post Macbeth Starring David Tennant & Cush Jumbo in West End Transfer appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

As click-bait titles go, this one is a winner. I remembered bum-flair man and wanted to know. Would this be a sort of Whydunit that would shed light on the English male psyche? Nah, don’t be stupid. This will be an energetic romp down every cliche of British masculinity tied together with a hackneyed coming-of-age […] The post Why I stuck a flair up my arse for England | Southwark Playhouse appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more

Given the subject matter and the play’s material, it’s probably right that the production dispenses with the usual curtain call and bowing, so not to dispel the atmosphere created by what is ultimately a tragedy. In some other tragedies, it works to have bows and a round of applause, particularly when there is a large […] The post She at Drayton Arms Theatre | Review appeared first on LondonTheatre1 ..read more