MONDAY 6 MAY 2019 | THISWEEKLONDON.COM | ||
ANDREW NORRIS: SUMMER STREET - THE HILARIOUS AUSSIE SOAP OPERA MUSICAL! Opening at Waterloo East Theatre this month is a new and fab-sounding musical performed by an excellent cast that includes some long term TW favourites. And if you've ever been a fan of Australian soaps, or look back on their UK success late last century with some nostalgia... then this is definitely a show to add to your to-see list. To find out more about the show, I spoke to the talent behind it - writer and director Andrew Norris. Read the interview here. 'Summer Street - The Hilarious Aussie Soap Opera Musical!' is on at Waterloo East Theatre from 13 May-2 Jun. See this page here for more info and to book tickets. |
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THREE LONGISH RUNS STARTING THIS WEEK>> Dido | Unicorn Theatre | 11 May-2 Jun (pictured) This sounds ace and I am so keen to see it, a new production of Purcell's classic, created by Unicorn Theatre and English National opera, for teenagers and adults. It sounds like they've given it a contemporary twist and I am all ears: "Belinda is the only child of Dido. A teenager like any other, in any big city. We watch through her eyes as her mother - heroine, feminist icon, modern parent - slowly starts to fall apart, with tragic consequences". Head this way to the venue website for more info and to book. The Last Temptation Of Boris Johnson | Park Theatre | 9 May-8 Jun Remember last week when I said I'd had enough of Boris Johnson, but that I'd make an exception for that Boris based show we were recommending? Well, I thought that might be the end of it, but no. Here's more Boris Johnson themed theatre for me to feel conflicted about. Not that conflicted though: this sounds like a great comedy drama from Jonathan Maitland, who explores a possible future in which Johnson is back in the political wilderness nursing ambitions to "make Britain great again". Click here for details. Peaches Christ's Drag Becomes Her Tour | Soho Theatre and Leicester Square Theatre | 13 May-1 Jun Rather enjoyed the film 'Death Becomes Her' when I saw it, oh, I don't know, far too many years ago to mention, so that may have been the reason that this show, starring Peaches Christ, Jinkx Monsoon, BenDeLaCreme and Major Scales, jumped out at me. "Witness the deliciously dark showbiz satire, with the queens in the roles they were born to play: undead Beverly Hills rivals Madeleine Ashton and Helen Sharp, originally made famous by Oscar-winning leading ladies Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep". Oh, go on then. Click here. |
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THREE SHORTER RUNS STARTING THIS WEEK>> Feast From The East | Tristan Bates Theatre | 7-18 May East Anglia's INK Festival presents this collection of eight short plays for your delectation, and if you know anything about us, you'll know just how pleasing we think that is. You'll probably also recognise at least some of the names of the writers, who are as follows: Richard Curtis, Jackie Carreira, Ed Jones, Martha Loader, Shaun Kitchener, Shappi Khorsandi, Scarlett Curtis, James McDermott and Christopher Reason. For more information and to book, head right this way. Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself | Ovalhouse | 9-25 May "Join us on an epic journey of self-discovery through pleasure, shame, pride, fury and jubilation as we struggle to break free of the deeply internalised male gaze and unleash our glorious, feral appetites. Featuring unabashedly intimate stories, comic dialogues between Brain and Clitoris, and when words start to feel like a cage, dance". The talented Bella Heesom - you will remember her from 'My World Has Exploded A Little Bit' - with her vulva focused follow up. Info here. Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! | Battersea Arts Centre | 8-25 May (pictured) "Meet two characters, blessed with eternal life but denied eternal youth. As they stumble through their bizarre existence, neither fully alive nor fully dead, they attempt to reclaim the right to a good death as they try to remember how to grieve". The excellent and very much veteran Ridiculusmus return with a dark comedy about love and ageing with - let's face it - a fairly provocative title. For all the details, head to the venue website here. |
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