Review: I REALLY DO THINK THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE, Mercury Studio
by Jess Ashley - Nov 2, 2023
Created by award-winning writer Emma-Louise Howell as part of the Mercury’s playwriting programme in 2021, I Really Do Think This Will Change Your Life is a bold new solo performance now making its professional debut at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester.
Cayvan Coates Joins Richard Cant in WHAT IT MEANS at Wilton's Music Hall
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2023
Cayvan Coates joins Richard Cant to complete the cast of What It Means, a new play by James Corley. Directed by The Lot’s Creative Director, Harry Mackrill, the production opens at Wilton’s Music Hall on 9 October, with previews from 4 October, and runs until 28 October. Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!
THE INVINCIBLES Comes to Queen's Theatre Hornchurch and New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2023
Telling the little-known true story of the Sterling Ladies, this world premiere from one of the most widely performed playwrights in the UK celebrates the Lionesses and the pioneering women who paved the way as they played their hearts out a century before. Known as the Dagenham Invincibles and the greatest women's football team of World War One, the Sterling Ladies never lose a game over two seasons and are declared 'The Unbeaten Women Champions of the Country'.
Review: SUGAR COAT, Southwark Playhouse
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Apr 1, 2023
Sugar Coat is a piece of gig theatre, telling a story of growing up, trauma, and sex through pop punk music. A kind of rock concert meets musical, it’s performed by an all female and non-binary band, playing and singing live for the duration of the show. From the very beginning, this doesn’t feel like a traditional theatre experience: the audience are whooping and clapping along, and it’s clear that everyone both onstage and off is having a great time.
Return Engagement Announced for THOU SHALT NOT at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 19, 2022
THINKERY & VERSE announced the return engagement of Thinkery & Verse’s THOU SHALT NOT: A Site-Specific Play about the Hall-Mills Double Homicide, directed by Karen Alvarado and recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the crime. THOU SHALT NOT will play a site-specific limited engagement in the Assembly Hall at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist.
THOU SHALT NOT Comes to Assembly Hall at St.John's
by Stephi Wild - Jun 14, 2022
In 1922, near the banks of the Raritan River, a small city priest and a choir singer were slaughtered in the most infamous unsolved double homicide of the 20th century. Incompetent cops, political operatives, and the poorest and most powerful families in New Jersey were all swallowed in the circus that followed.
BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER: THE MUSICAL Extends At The Turbine
by Stephi Wild - Apr 1, 2022
After a successful premier in February where it received rave reviews, the 1990s queer- culture classic musical is extending its run at The Turbine Theatre. Following a short closure to make some necessary changes for its future life, But I'm A Cheerleader will run until Sunday 8 May.
Photos: First Look at BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER: THE MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2022
Paul Taylor-Mills & Bill Kenwright, in association with Adam Bialow, by special arrangement with LIONSGATE are presenting But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical, based on the LIONSGATE motion picture, directed and story by Jamie Babbit and screenplay by Brian Wayne Peterson.
BWW Review: BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER: THE MUSICAL, Turbine Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 24, 2022
But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical has a long history; based on the 1999 cult film, the musical was first workshopped at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2005, where it picked up the Audience Award for Best New Musical. London got its first glimpse in 2019 at MTFestUK in a showcase for new musicals and it has now opened in a blaze of bubblegum pink at Battersea’s Turbine Theatre.
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for the World Premiere of BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Feb 9, 2022
Paul Taylor-Mills & Bill Kenwright, in association with Adam Bialow, by special arrangement with LIONSGATE will present But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical, based on the LIONSGATE motion picture, directed and story by Jamie Babbit and screenplay by Brian Wayne Peterson.
BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER: THE MUSICAL Sets Full Cast
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2022
Grabbing the pom-poms and playing the high school senior who just loves cheerleading, Megan Williams, will be Alice Croft. The rest of the cast is completed by Oliver Brooks (Dad/Larry), Edward Chitticks (Jared/Rock), Damon Gould (André), Tiffany Graves (Mary Brown), Jodie Jacobs (Mom/Lloyd), Lemuel Knights (Mike), Evie Rose Lane (Graham), Harry Singh (Jalal), Jodie Steele (Kimberly/Hilary), Aaron Teoh (Dolph) and Kia-Paris Walcott (Sinead).
BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER: THE MUSICAL Will Be Performed at the Turbine Theatre in 2022
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2021
But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical, based on the LIONSGATE® motion picture, is directed and story by Jamie Babbit and screenplay by Brian Wayne Peterson. First presented as part of MTFestUK 2019, this will be the first fully commissioned musical discovered at the new musical festival, to be presented on stage.
BWW Review: NOTCH, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - Feb 20, 2020
Croatian writer and performer Danaja Wass brings her latest project Notch to VAULT Festival directed by Madelaine Moore. While the piece still needs to smooth out some of its crinkles, it's a precise exploration of emigration, homelessness, and people's hypocrisy.