COPS
Chicago. 1957. Four cops, of different ages, classes and races, all suspicious of each other, must grab a gangster turned state witness before the Mob can get him.
Potted Panto post-show video and photos: Which is your favourite Christmas pantomime?
It's official! Christmas is coming up fast. And that, of course, means it's pantomime season. How do you choose which of the biggies to see this year? Why choose? See the seven (or maybe twelve) top pantomimes in one hilarious show care of Potted Panto.
Potted Panto
Potted Panto runs at London's Southwark Playhouse from 5 December 2019 to 11 January
Q&A video and photos: How is Donald Trump responsible for Other People’s Money?
I've spent quite a lot of my Easter weekend thinking about Donald Trump. As a thankful respite from trying to read the 448 pages of the Mueller Report, it was for positive reasons on Good Friday night at Southwark Playhouse.
Post-show forum: Taking the All in a Row controversy & conversation offline
A lot has been said about All in a Row online (especially on Twitter around #puppetgate) - about the play itself, its depiction of autism and its use of a puppet in portraying the non-verbal autistic 11-year-old character. Last night we were able to take the conversation offline.
Unexpected Joy Q&A video and photos: How can we find common ground through musical theatre?
Can musical theatre help us find common ground with those with whom we disagree? If so, Unexpected Joy is undoubtedly the musical to do it.
Q&A photos and podcasts: Getting Angry with Philip Ridley, Georgie Henley and Tyrone Huntley
Why should we stay angry? Philip Ridley articulated for me what I so often want to say to people who shrug their shoulders about Donald Trump’s latest assault on human decency.
Photos and podcast: Talking second chances and JM Barrie with Dear Brutus director and cast
Another fascinating rediscovery from Troupe Theatre. JM Barrie is best known, of course, for Peter Pan, but he also authored myriad novels and numerous other stage works, including Dear Brutus.
Top #quotes on faith, truth & tolerance from Doubt
Stella Gonet in Doubt at London's Southwark Playhouse There are only a few
Mrs Orwell Q&A podcast and photos: What might George Orwell have written after 1984?
Sales of George Orwell's 1984 surged by a staggering 9,500% after the election of Donald Trump to become Amazon's biggest seller. Orwell himself died, at the age of 46, in January 1950, just seven months after 1984 was published. What might he have written if he’d lived longer?