Articles by Mel Evans

Attachment: The Leech Show

The premise of Attachment: The Leech Show is very simple: it’s a play devised and performed for the sole benefit of impressing a single specific audience member; a prominent thea…

Burnt Lavender

Burnt Lavender is a queer cabaret, devised and presented by students from the University of Worcester's Masters in Touring Theatre degree.

MANikin

Manikin is Saltire Sky’s latest production, following on from their acclaimed show – 1902.

Graveyard of the Outcast Dead

Written by Kira Mason and directed by Matthew Attwood, Graveyard of the Outcast Dead is a musical play that tells a series of connected Gothic folktales.

DARLING BOY

On the surface, this is yet another 'coming out' story.

Shortlist

Shortlist is a two-hander written by Brian Parks, directed by Margarett Perry, performed by Daniel Llewelyn-Williams and Matthew Boston.

Helios

Helios is a solo show written and performed by Alexander Wright of Wright and Grainger.

Club Life

Club Life is club promoter Fred Deakin's personal autobiography.

Buff

The Edinburgh Fringe is increasingly awash with solo shows – primarily because of spiralling accommodation costs.

Fashion Freak Show

Fashion Freak Show is a retrospective of Jean-Paul Gaultier’s career using a combination of catwalk, dance and theatre revue.

SAD

SAD is a new play by Victoria Willing, directed by Marie McCarthy at the Clapham Omnibus.

The Burnt City

Punchdrunk‘s new production, The Burnt City, directed by Felix Barrettand Maxine Doyle, taking place in one of the buildings at the Woolwich Arsenal.

The Woods

This production of The Woods, one of David Mamet’s earlier plays, at the Southwark Playhouse is directed by Russell Bolam, with Francesca Carpanini as Ruth and Sam Frenchum as Ni…

Richard II

Politically, it seems like a highly appropriate time to stage a production of Shakespeare’s Richard II - an exploration of the nature of leadership and egotistical entitlement.

Rain and Zoe Save The World

Rain and Zoe Save the World by Crystal Skillman at Jermyn Street Theatre is an action adventure story that follows two teenage friends as they embark on a journey to disrupt some o…

Never Not Once

Never Not Once by Carey Crim tells the story of Eleanor, who attempts to find her biological father - uncovering a traumatic family secret in the process.

Krapp's Last tape

Review
★★
Mel Evans
London Fringe
Tower Theatre
26th Jan, 2022

Throughout his life, on his birthday, Krapp records a review of his year using an old fashioned tape recorder.

Review
★★★★★
Mel Evans
West End
17 Hanover Sq
22nd Oct, 2021

To enjoy the full experience of Carte Blanche, it’s wise to arrive early.

Unforgettable Girl

"Hands up, who enjoys being white?" An amused Elisabeth Gunawan asks the audience in Unforgettable Girl - her one person show at Camberwell’s Golden Goose Theatre, dire…

The Pleasure Garden

Nowadays, Vauxhall’s Pleasure Garden is a pretty uninspiring patch of parkland.

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