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June
May seems to have passed very quickly! Regent's Park Open Air production of 'Shucked' has happened in the sunshine - great. Any outdoor theatre is so much more enjoyable in good weather. There's 'Noughts & Crosses' to come, which has been adapted by Dominic Cooke as well as 'Brigadoon', which has been adapted by Rona Munro. All the reviews will be in the next couple of issues.
Edinburgh fringe and International theatre shows are listed, and being added as new shows are announced. The listings page is being changed slightly, so productions are easier to search. We are aware that some errors still occur on this page; thank you to those of you who have pointed it out. We are always working to make things better if we can.
As the May issue is now published, enjoy reading all the reviews, and enjoy any theatre you see this month.
Sun 04 May 2025
May
April has been an interesting month, with 46 productions reviewed, with a nice mix from the regions, Scotland and London. This month will see the opening of Shucked at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and I look forward to reading the reviews. I hope the weather will be on their side, and having been to many open air productions before, the weather does play a major part! I'm sure there are many open air productions coming up all over the country, and I hope you enjoy whatever you get to see. We'll review any that come to the attention of the national press.
Another year has been added to the search engine, so 1987 is now fully searchable. I loved reading the reviews about 31 year old Imelda Staunton in the Wizard of Oz, which earned her another Olivier nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.
We shall be listing all of the Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival shows this month, and we will continue to add them as they are announced. Edinburgh Fringe will be running from 1st-25th August this year. The International festival will run from 1st until the 24th August.
We're continuing to make small changes to the website all of the time, and thank you as always for any pointers and suggestions you pass on.
Enjoy any live theatre you see, and enjoy reading all the reviews for May.
Thu 03 Apr 2025
April
With 50 shows opening and being reviewed so far in March, it's been a bit of a busy month. We always do our best to cover as many regional productions as we can, whilst still covering London, including the West End.
This month I saw the NT Live production of Dr Strangelove from the Noël Coward Theatre, which closed in January. I hadn't seen the original with Peter Sellers, so could not compare it to the original version. I certainly enjoyed this adaptation. I agree with the Guardian review from Arifa Akbar regarding Steve Coogan's many roles in that 'the way Coogan juggles them so seamlessly is remarkable'. An amazing cockpit of a B52 bomber by Hildegard Bechtler was very effective too. I loved this one.
I'm still adding the archive, but making good progress; the speed with which it goes onto the archive page will speed up very soon. We will also be introducing some changes to the website very shortly, which will improve the search engine and improve the listings page, as well as introduce new features.
Thank you as always to those of you who point out errors, missing productions, and who suggest improvements they would like to see. It's really helpful, so keep them coming.
Enjoy the theatre this month and happy Easter.