Sara Alexander

Photos: First Look at THE UNFRIEND at Wyndham's Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 20, 2023

Producers Playful Productions has  released production photos for the West End return of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ record breaking collaboration The Unfriend, which is now playing at the Wyndham's Theatre.

BWW Review: CHARLIE AND STAN, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - Jul 21, 2021

At a time when we're getting too many words, words, words from a bumbling Prime Minister and his cronies, what a relief to discover a charming, kind and life-affirming silent movie-style production that harks back to simpler times. The enticing live piano score by composer Zoe Rahman, is the dialogue, aided by the odd ditty (song arrangements by Sophie Cotton) and clever projected captions taking you back to the heydays of Victorian music hall and Hollywood silent pictures.

Casting and Extra Tour Dates Announced For CHARLIE & STAN
by Stephi Wild - Jun 29, 2021

Charlie Chaplin will now be played by Danielle Bird, joining Jerone Marsh-Reid as Stan Laurel, Nick Haverson as Fred Karno and Sara Alexander playing all the other parts, including Chaplin's mother, and the piano! 

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For Told by an Idiot's GET HAPPY at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 28, 2020

Told by an Idiot are bringing their international hit family show Get Happy to outdoor audiences at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, part of On Your Doorstep Programme. 

GET HAPPY Will Be Presented Outdoors At Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2020

Told by an Idiot brings its international hit family show Get Happy to outdoor audiences as part of Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, including performances at a basketball court and on an island.

BWW Review: THE STRANGE TALE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND STAN LAUREL at Théâtre Des Capucins
by David Sousa Lopes - Jan 11, 2020

You thought you knew more or less what to expect but, somehow, the entire show turned out to be a very refreshing surprise. Two days ago, the Théâtre des Capucins opened its doors to The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, a Told by an Idiot production, written and directed by Paul Hunter.

THE STRANGE TALE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND STAN LAUREL is Coming to Manchester
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 8, 2020

In 1910 the unknown Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail for New York as part of Fred Karno's famous music hall troupe. On the journey, Charlie and Stan shared a cabin and then spent two years together touring North America, with Stan as Charlie's understudy.

Ovalhouse And All About You Present REJOICING AT HER WONDROUS VULVA THE YOUNG WOMAN APPLAUDED HERSELF
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2019

'We need more radical honesty and artistry of the kind Heesom offers' - Edinburgh Spotlight (on My World Has Exploded A Little Bit)

REJOICING AT HER WONDROUS VULVA THE YOUNG WOMAN APPLAUDED HERSELF Comes to London's Ovalhouse
by Stephi Wild - Apr 2, 2019

Combining intimate stories, comic dialogues, and - when words feel like a cage - dance, Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself is a celebratory exploration of female sexuality, taking audiences on a journey of self-discovery through pleasure, shame, pride, fury and jubilation. Male gaze may have influenced how we see ourselves and how we engage with sexuality, but what even IS the female gaze? Bella Heesom's personal journey through how she got to think and behave the way she did, and then turned around and questioned it all, is played out as a tug of war between brain and clitoris; the intellectual vs the sensual, in a celebration of what it means to be the proud owner of a vulva.