The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history
The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-02T14:46:05+01:0030 September 2021|Tags: Above the Stag Theatre, Charles Miller, Fenton Gray, Glenn Chandler, Kids Play, New musicals, The Good Scout, The Pleasure Garden|

Apart from it being a charming public park and one of my dog's favourite destinations for our daily walks, I have always been fascinated by history of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, near my home in south London.

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The Pleasure Garden
The Pleasure Garden

The Pleasure Garden

By Terri Paddock|2021-09-12T17:29:16+01:0029 September 2021|Tags: Above the Stag Theatre, Charles Miller, Glenn Chandler, LGBTQ, Musicals, Post-show Q&As, Terri Paddock events, The Pleasure Garden|

Wildly funny new musical The Pleasure Garden takes a peek through the bushes to discover the bawdy history of Vauxhall's history as a hedonistic playground.

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The Good Scout post-show video and photos: How worried should we be about parallels between the 1930s and today?
The Good Scout post-show video and photos: How worried should we be about parallels between the 1930s and today?

The Good Scout post-show video and photos: How worried should we be about parallels between the 1930s and today?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T15:07:42+00:0030 October 2019|Tags: Above the Stag Theatre, Amanda Bailey, Charlie Mackay, Clemente Lohr, Daniel Cornish, Glenn Chandler, Lewis Allcock, LGBTQ, Post-show Q&As, Post-show talks, Simon Stache, Terri Paddock events, The Good Scout|

While MPs were voting for an election that is likely to accelerate the UK's lurch to the right, I was back at Above The Stag Theatre last night talking about the increasingly worrying parallels - and historic dominoes - between the 1930s and today. Is it any wonder that The Good Scout left me in tears, even on second viewing?

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Kids Play Q&A video and photos: Talking taboos and teddy bears with Glenn Chandler
Kids Play Q&A video and photos: Talking taboos and teddy bears with Glenn Chandler

Kids Play Q&A video and photos: Talking taboos and teddy bears with Glenn Chandler

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T23:11:51+00:004 October 2018|Tags: Above the Stag Theatre, Boys of the Empire Productions, David Mullen, Glenn Chandler, Joseph Clarke, Kids Play, Post-show Q&As, Terri Paddock events|

When a show has as many twists and turns as Glenn Chandler's KIDS PLAY, there are special challenges in live-tweeting a post-show discussion. Last night, Chandler, his London stars David Mullen and Joseph Clarke, myself and the audience at Above the Stag did our best to avoid spoilers.

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