The End of the Night post-show video and photos: How should theatre tackle difficult historical subjects?
The End of the Night post-show video and photos: How should theatre tackle difficult historical subjects?

The End of the Night post-show video and photos: How should theatre tackle difficult historical subjects?

By Terri Paddock|2022-05-27T13:04:45+01:0027 May 2022|

Set in the final days of World War II, new play The End of the Night centres around the true but little-known secret meeting between Norbert Masur, a Swedish Jew and volunteer member of the World Jewish Congress, and Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler, the mass-murdering architect of Hitler's final solution.

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Wildcard’s Tempest post-show video and photos: Shakespeare like you’ve never experienced it before
Wildcard’s Tempest post-show video and photos: Shakespeare like you’ve never experienced it before

Wildcard’s Tempest post-show video and photos: Shakespeare like you’ve never experienced it before

By Terri Paddock|2022-03-24T12:13:14+00:0023 March 2022|

Wildcard Theatre promises "Shakespeare like you have never experienced it before", and they deliver in spades with this new gig-style reinvention of The Tempest in the perfect setting of the Pleasance's cabaret-configured main house.

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Dog Show
Dog Show

Dog Show

By Terri Paddock|2021-11-13T16:08:14+00:002 December 2021|

After How to Catch a Krampus and Escape from Planet Trash, Ginger Johnson and her merry band of drag queens return to The Pleasance with a new alternative Christmas show, Dog Show. And I'm back for the hat-trick of Q&As.

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Vaudevilles post-show video and photos: Seeing the surprisingly funny side of Anton Chekhov
Vaudevilles post-show video and photos: Seeing the surprisingly funny side of Anton Chekhov

Vaudevilles post-show video and photos: Seeing the surprisingly funny side of Anton Chekhov

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-29T10:44:14+01:0028 October 2021|

Anton Chekhov is, of course, best known for his "big five" classic plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. None of which, though the author himself labelled them tragicomedies, are associated with hilarity.

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The Tragedy of Dorian Gray post-show video and photos: What would Oscar Wilde have made of the Swinging Sixties?
The Tragedy of Dorian Gray post-show video and photos: What would Oscar Wilde have made of the Swinging Sixties?

The Tragedy of Dorian Gray post-show video and photos: What would Oscar Wilde have made of the Swinging Sixties?

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-27T23:44:28+01:0024 October 2021|

The premise of The Picture of Dorian Gray has become so much a part of our culture that most people will recognise the reference even if they've never read Oscar Wilde's original 1890 novella or seen any of the myriad stage and screen adaptations since.

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Snowflakes post-show video and photos: Where could impotent online rage lead us?
Snowflakes post-show video and photos: Where could impotent online rage lead us?

Snowflakes post-show video and photos: Where could impotent online rage lead us?

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-24T19:43:15+01:002 October 2021|

How far would you go to right a wrong? Robert Boulton's debut play Snowflakes explores how public outrage might spiral into not just violent vigilantism but also a digital goldrush.

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Snowflakes
Snowflakes

Snowflakes

By Terri Paddock|2021-09-12T17:45:10+01:001 October 2021|

After its pandemic postponement, biting black comedy Snowflakes, marking Dissident Theatre Company's debut, premieres this month at London's Old Red Lion Theatre.

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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|

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 Psychic Project (postponed)
The Psychic Project (postponed)

The Psychic Project (postponed)

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:20:37+00:0021 May 2020|

If you love Derren Brown, and magic and mind-reading generally, The Psychic Project, David Narayan's show based on the true story of the Cold War's psychic spies, is a must-see.

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Angels of the North (cancelled)
Angels of the North (cancelled)

Angels of the North (cancelled)

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:21:04+00:0019 May 2020|

The world premiere of Angels of the North, the new comedy by John Godber (Bouncers, Up 'n' Under), is set around the 2019 general election as the Labour Party's 'red wall' collapsed. I'll chair a Q&A with Godber and guests as part of a fundraising evening for the National Youth Arts Trust charity.

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Post-show Q&As