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Preview: Open Air Shakespeare at Lauderdale House

Natasha James by Visualsoup It’s a first for Lauderdale House, hosting an open air theatre and presenting Much Ado About Nothing in what should be ideal late summer conditions (good luck with that). But Regents Park Open Air Theatre has already put on this Shakespeare …

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Preview: LIFT Molten Festival

By Patras It’s been a cracking summer of local love even if it hasn’t been a cracking summer and it’s not over yet. Barking and Dagenham plays host to the LIFT Molten Festival between 21-31 August. Molten is a local celebration of art, culture and …

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Theatre Review: Mad Forest @ BAC

By Graham Michael courtesy of BAC Mad Forest lets us know why Caroline Steinbeis is the most recent winner of the JMK Award, a prize for young theatre directors. This atmospheric play drums up genuine tension, yet great direction and acting is occasionally let down …

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Theatre Review: Troilus and Cressida @ Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre’s Young Hearts season continues with what many call Shakespeare’s most modern play, Troilus and Cressida. Modern perhaps being a euphemism for difficult, but we’ll come to that later. If you know your Greek (or your Brad-Pitt-in-sandals vehicles), you’ll instantly recognise a fair …

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Camden Fringe First Timers: The Lab Theatre Collective

The countdown to the Camden Fringe has begun with 13 days to go. High time to take a closer look at some of the first time fringers about to pop their Camden cherries. Who are you? We are The Lab Theatre Collective. A few months …

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Camden Fringe First Timers: Mike Okarma

The countdown to the Camden Fringe has begun with 17 days to go. High time to take a closer look at some of the first time fringers about to pop their Camden cherries. This guy’s coming all the way from Hollywood: Who are you? I’m …

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Camden Fringe First Timers: Counterproductives

The countdown to the Camden Fringe has begun with 19 days to go. High time to take a closer look at some of the first time fringers about to pop their Camden cherries. Who are you? Liz Stephens and Aaron Counter (AKA Counterproductives) – we’re …

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Preview: The Dalston Mill

EXYZT are putting the finishing touches to their latest London project, The Dalston Mill, an off-site extension of the Barbican’s Radical Nature exhibition. Built on a scrap of land just north of what will soon be Dalston Junction station, the 16 metre-high mill is a …

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Camden Fringe First Timers: Con Ghiaccio

The countdown to the Camden Fringe has begun with 19 days to go. High time to take a closer look at some of the first time fringers about to pop their Camden cherries. Who are you? Con Ghiaccio. We are a fresh, highly energetic theatre …

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Review: All’s Well That Ends Well @ The National Theatre

We’ve been on a bit of a Shakespeare kick lately and so we decided to check out Marianne Elliott’s take on All’s Well That Ends Well, which is currently playing at the National Theatre. All’s Well tends to be one of those plays with which …

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Interview: Nigel Planer

Londonist was rather excited to catch up with Nigel Planer: the guy is, after all, a comic genius, as well as an icon to misbehaved students everywhere. In recent years he has cemented his place in the London comedy pantheon by writing books, and plays …