Theatre Things

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Even on a second visit, the immersive setting as you step inside the auditorium to watch Chickenshed’s The Washing Line still has the power to take your breath away.

The Miss Havisham we meet at the beginning of Heather Alexander’s one woman show Havisham is exactly the one we’d expect, the character having become firmly established as one of English literature’s most iconic.

Set in 1980s California, Jeffrey Sweet’s The Value of Names nonetheless touches on some interesting questions that resonate with a 21st century audience living in an era of cancel culture, where it’s often asked if… More

Following the global success of mega-hit Six was always going to be a challenge.

Based on real events, Tawni O’Dell’s hard-hitting theatrical memoir When It Happens to You makes its UK debut at Park Theatre, directed by Jez Bond and starring Amanda Abbington as Tara, a mother whose life… More

True crime meets conspiracy theory meets Agatha Christie in The Marilyn Conspiracy, written by Vicki McKellar and Guy Masterson, and directed by Masterson.

Tommy Sissons’ Silent Houses takes us on quite the rollercoaster of emotions over its brief 75 minute run time.

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.

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.