Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a… 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, … 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br… 

Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchett

Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchett

A camp play on the Lizzie Borden case, Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchet is a comedy about axe murder, sexual depravity, and the installation of a toilet. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott. 

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey. 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum. 

Dave!

Dave!

Dave! is entirely incomparable with anything else I’ve seen this year. 

Phantom Pain

Phantom Pain

Unhinged Creations’ production of Phantom Pain carries heavy themes: grief, mental illness, violence in relationships, and obsession. 

Tales from the MP3

Tales from the MP3

20 Stories High Young Actors Theatre Company’s Tales from the MP3 is an original and dynamic production. 

Boosters

Boosters

Boosters is a one-woman show documenting individuals’ various experiences with the prison system. 

Chrysalis

Chrysalis

Written by Stephen Scheurer–Smith, the imaginatively titled Chrysalis opens with a guitarist strumming a folky melody. 

Ernest and the Pale Moon

Ernest and the Pale Moon

With slick ensemble work and sinisterly twinkling live music, Les Enfants Terribles are back at the Fringe once more with Ernest and the Pale Moon, a chilling account of a man’… 

Queen B

Queen B

The older-man-meets-younger-girl premise might have been done - and done well - with An Education, but with its delicate narrative, Nottingham New Theatre’s Queen B shows that … 

1 Green Bottle

1 Green Bottle

Former Royal Court writer Nick Cassenbaum’s new play, 1 Green Bottle, bets big. 

The Cold Clear Elsewhere

The Cold Clear Elsewhere

Trapped in a telephone operator job in 1940s Sydney, Grace dreams of an elsewhere. 

Backstage in Biscuit Land

Backstage in Biscuit Land

Backstage in Biscuitland is the charmingly titled tour around the world of Jess Thom who has Tourette’s Syndrome. 

Blackout

Blackout

Blackout, written by Mark Jeary, is a compilation of several real life accounts of alcoholism which discusses both the addiction and recovery process. 

Chris is Dead

Chris is Dead

“Death is very inconsiderate. 

The 56

The 56

FYSA Theatre brings us The 56, a show created from the testimonies of three individuals’ experiences of the Bradford City Fire of 1985, and an honest, respectful tribute to the 5… 

Crazy Glue

Crazy Glue

Crazy Glue, Single Shoe Productions’ wordless whirl back to the 1930s, has an intriguing premise. 

Chatroom

Chatroom

An insight into the online lives of six teenagers, Chatroom displays a parent’s worst imagining of how online communication can escalate. 

A Long Road Home

A Long Road Home

Have you ever wondered what lurks behind the gates of a scrap yard? Some old tyres, a wheelie bin and maybe the odd rat or two, yet what about the people who work there? Bert and H… 

The Princess and the Pea

The Princess and the Pea

The level of energy needed to engage an adult audience needs to be high, but to perform a show for children your energy needs to match that of a four year old or, dare I say, to ch… 

Princess Pumpalot: The Farting Princess

Princess Pumpalot: The Farting Princess

A farting princess, flying gnomes, a king, a queen and a giraffe. 

Dean Friedman's Smelly Feet

Dean Friedman's Smelly Feet

Giving out free bottles of bubbles to children on the way in to the theatre is a sure way to get them in the mood for a good time. 

Sheriff Wayne and the Sundance Cave

Sheriff Wayne and the Sundance Cave

What do you want from a show for children? Well, maybe good stories with catchy songs, told by witty and memorable characters. 

Sleeping Soldiers

Sleeping Soldiers

A new piece of writing by Meghan Crosby explores the thoughts and feeling of soldiers when they are far from home and far from love. 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely. 

Tania Edwards: The Art of War

Tania Edwards: The Art of War

Tania Edwards is wonderfully open and relaxes quickly, gracing the stage pint-in hand. 

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus

There are so many possibilities with a Shakespearian text; Does one choose traditional costume or contemporary, to speak the words penned by that famous man or to tell the story in… 

Author

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouch’s last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…