“Sit by my side and let the world slip”

Previously I’ve written about ‘how to be a groundling‘ at Shakespeare’s Globe (though obviously some of those tips can be universally applied to standing areas in theatres), so I thought it was high time I turned my attention to the more widely used format: seats. An element of theatregoing that can just be taken for […]

Teddy

Bursting into the Vaults following a run at the Watermill Theatre and a short UK tour, Tristan Bernays’ musical Teddy transports the audience back to Elephant & Castle in 1956 for a rip-roaring adventure with the Teddy Boys and Girls. Backed by onstage live band Johnny Valentine and the Broken Hearts and dynamically directed by […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s April 2018

A couple of days to recover from March, and then straight back on it… Lots and lots opening in London again this month! The Blue Elephant Theatre welcomes The Tell Tales, At the Heart of Things and Bailamos Opa! – plus Gauhar Jaan – The Datia Incident, Shadwell Opera Double Bill: Diary of One Who […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s March 2018

First off, you’ll notice that (unlike February) I’ve had a little bit of time to raise the logo stakes slightly – so it’s slowly getting there… Lots of different things opening across the country this month. In London there are a lot of fringe & Off West End productions coming for you, such as Glass […]

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You

John O’Donovan’s two-hander If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You returns to London as part of this year’s VAULT Festival. It enjoyed an Off West End Award-nominated run last year, and comes fresh from a four-week stint in Dublin and west Ireland. O’Donovan was part of the Old Vic 12 […]

Be Prepared

Ian Bonar & Rob Watt have brought their one-man play Be Prepared to the VAULT Festival for a short run. This was Bonar’s first play, which premièred at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and since then he has had another play long-listed for the Bruntwood Prize (a £40,000 fund that gives the winners a chance to develop […]

Think of England (VAULT Festival)

Take a trip back in time to World War Two, as Anonymous Is A Woman Theatre Company return with their immersive wartime tea dance, Think of England. Taking a break from their new tour, the show is at the VAULT Festival for a week-long run and transports events to an air raid shelter in the middle […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s February 2018

Missed what January had to offer? Have a quick skim over the first post if you like, and then see what’s happening in the shortest month of the year. No time to revamp the logo, so for now you’ll still have to bear with my ‘interesting’ design… There’s another slew of openings and early previews […]

Becoming Shades

First presented at the 2016 Postcards Festival at Jacksons Lane, Becoming Shades has been extended and runs for the entirety of this year’s VAULT Festival. In the words of director Laurane Marchive, it is “a symphony of live music, physical theatre, aerial acrobatics, fire, dance and mime, all tied together through immersive theatre”. A fair bit to […]

Tomorrow Creeps

Tomorrow Creeps is GOLEM! Theatre’s third production, following on from Macbeths and I Know You Of Old. This time they’re playing the Cavern space at the VAULT Festival for a very limited run – you might remember that I previewed the show back in December (and also featured the company in a piece about innovation within […]