#MindTheBand: “Discovering The Classics” – Jagged Little Pill

The Vitals Release date: 13 June 1995 UK chart peak: #1 Running time: 57:23 Singles: You Oughta Know (#22), Hand in My Pocket (#26), Ironic (#11), You Learn (#24), Head over Feet (#7), All I Really Want (#59) Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Looking Pill is one of the best-selling albums of all time, reaching number 1 in […]

Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World

Fresh from a stint in East Asia & Australia, Queen + Adam Lambert were due to finally bring the Rhapsody tour to the UK & Europe in summer 2020 – but coronavirus had something to say about that… With the dates postponed to 2021, there was a gaping hole left in the year – […]

Wish list: National Theatre At Home

Following on from the instant success of the first National Theatre At Home streaming event on Thursday night (Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Corden), it’s got me thinking about all the other wonderful NT Live screenings that I’d love to come to the small screen as part of this series. Over the next […]

Before 30: “Writing a play is cheaper than therapy”

Last year, writer and actor Tom Hartwell brought his latest play to the stage at Theatre N16; a solo show about the modern generation entering their thirties, Before 30 made it to my top shows of 2018. It came back for a brief run at Waterloo East Theatre earlier this year, and is now making […]

West End run announced for Fleabag

“Looooonddddooooonn!! “ That’s the response from one Phoebe Waller-Bridge when FLEABAG‘s return to London was announced earlier today; succinct, yet excitable. The award-winning production will have its final ever run (of just 30 performances) at Wyndham’s Theatre in the West End, with Waller-Bridge herself reprising the role. It recently enjoyed a sold-out Off Broadway run at […]

Mind the Blog ‘on tour’ 2018

I had such a good time travelling around for shows last year that I decided I should keep it up again this year. There may not be any international travel in there, but Mind the Blog has definitely covered a good proportion of Britain at least! With an incredible amount of irritation to be found […]

Rotterdam announces UK tour

Last seen in the UK back in June 2017, when it had a limited run at the Arts Theatre in London’s West End, Jon Brittain’s play Rotterdam is now set to embark on a nationwide tour; this announcement from Hartshorn-Hook Productions coincides with this year’s Transgender Awareness Week. The play has previously enjoyed two other […]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City

With a title like A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City, Halley Feiffer’s play definitely attracts your attention. First performed Off Broadway at the MCC Theater at Lucille Lortel Theatre, before a run at the Geffen Playhouse in LA, it now has […]

The Wider Earth: Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum

First announced back in July, David Morton’s play about Charles Darwin will be settling in at the Natural History Museum at the beginning of next month in a brand new theatre space on site. With casting now confirmed, and rehearsals in full swing, the Dead Puppet Society invited us in for a behind-the-scenes peek last […]

Sounds of Refuge: album announced

After meeting in the rehearsal rooms for Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s play The Jungle, cast members John Falsetto (Okot) and Mohamed Sarrar (Omar) started composing music for the show. Now, alongside Ammar Haj Ahmad (Syrian actor & poet, who plays Safi), they are set to release a recording of their compositions entitled Sounds of Refuge – one […]