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VENUE: UNDERBELLY, EDINBURGH >>> NewsRevue, which is celebrating its 45th year, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe again playing to large houses at the impressive Udderbelly.  This unique space which is the Underbelly's purpose built venue inside an enormous upside down purple cow which has...

VENUE: PARK THEATRE >>> Few questions are as difficult to answer as: ‘What does it mean to be human?’ but Sophie Craig’s debut play, I Love You, Now What? (directed by Olivier-nominated Toby Clarke) does a pretty good job at answering it through a tender exploration of anger, grief, love, lust, and laughter...

VENUE: COURTYARD THEATRE >>> “Freedom was not what I wanted, only a way out”. So says Red Peter, the narrator of the short story, A Report to an Academy, which of all of Kafka’s works is surely the one crying out the loudest for adaptation for the stage...

VENUE: THE OTHER PALACE >>> “Are they playing Roar by Katie Perry?”, I asked my sister as we walked into The Other Palace Theatre in Victoria. “I think so”, she replied, setting the tone for a riotous yet poignant evening. Now, given the...

VENUE: SOHO THEATRE, DEAN STREET >>> Zach Zucker, known as the 'bad boy of clown', returns to Soho with his award-winning alter-ego: Jack Tucker.  His publicity boasts ‘Standing ovations, sold out performances, walk-outs and one-star reviews.’  Zucker has carved out a successful career with his high-octane...

VENUE: Southwark Playhouse, Borough >>> A no-holds barred re-working of Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, the Picture of Dorian Gray, explodes onto the London stage this summer with Dorian: The Musical. A cast of impossibly young, talented, beautiful and oh so thin people dig into a deep, dark underworld...