The man. The myth. The legend. All was finally revealed as The Pantaloons landed at Speke Hall with this original and entertaining take from writer and director Mark Heyward, as we met the outlaw with a penchant for doing good to the accompaniment of silly skits, super songs, and groan as much as you like gags. Prince John (Cameron Baker-Stewart) and the Sheriff of Nottingham (Heyward) have concocted a cunning plan with the assistance of Madame Double Entendre (Paula Gilmour) to lure Robin Hood (Baker-Stewart) and Little John (Heyward) into a trap and defeat them once and for all.

Bare Productions is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with another smash-hit show – this time it’s Rock of Ages.  Known for their consistently high-quality productions, Bare have once again sold out, quick...

Astride two time periods (modern day and the Victorian era), two women experience Saint Dymphna’s Ward. Justine (Angelina Miller) is falsely held in the abusive Victorian Asylum for the Insane by Dr R...

Created by Australian comedian John Robertson in 2012 as part of a stand-up routine about videogames, “The Dark Room” has become an international touring sensation. Inspired by the text based video ga...

Four strangers are sat on a tube when a global warning sounds telling them that a nuclear bomb is about to explode and not only is it coming for London, but they are in its exact location. What can on...

Edinburgh’s Usher Hall tonight hosts the European debut of NYO2—Carnegie Hall’s amazing youth orchestra for 14–17-year-olds. Led by the energetic conductor Rafael Payare, they perform a bold and excit...

I had the pleasure of watching “100 Things You’re Overthinking” at the Edinburgh Fringe, and I’m still grinning from ear to ear. In its 6th appearance at the fringe, you can appreciate why it has sold...

Inspired by the life of Shirley Jackson and the ghost stories of M.R. James, Shirley: A Ghost Story is a one-person play performed by Jasmin Gleeson and written by Josh King, together as Moon Rabbit T...

Warwickshire-based Youth Theatre group, Square Pegs brings Ben Grant’s new, original writing, 8-Bit Dream to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.  With this being Square Pegs’ 12th year at the Fringe, the ...

This unlikely named clown creation, Mr Chonkers, from American comedian, John Norris, is a Grade-A, nonsense-filled, gold-plated, home run, hit. It is just brilliantly silly and the bevvy-filled youth...

In this folk horror play from Cutty Sark Theatre, Ailsa (Laura Milton) and Sean (Logan Rodgers) are a young couple on a hiking trip up the mountain known as Devil’s Point. But all is not well in parad...

With its large ensemble of eight performers, including three musicians, Bluffstone is Starvin’ is a compelling but imperfect tragedy set against the familiar backdrop of the Wild West. Each actor brin...

Frankenstein: Afterglow is a neon-gothic mixture of poetry and puppetry set after Frankenstein and the Monster’s final book confrontation in the Arctic. However, in this version neither died there, wi...

Hosted by comedian Zach Zucker, Stamptown is a chaotic late-night variety show which will not be to everyone’s taste. There are some displays of true talent, but also many moments where it appears per...

There’s something truly magnetic about a play that holds you at the edge of your seat, slowly pulling you deeper into its world with every passing moment. In Praise of Love does just that, creating a ...

Joining writer and performer Jeremy Stockwell for the evening, is Alan Watts…in his head, anyway. The free-talking, free-thinking, hippie philosopher drifts in and out of Stockwell’s on-stage consciousness, to share life’s questions, but does he have the answers? And is the glass half full or half empty? For those of you who do not know Alan Watts (and I was one of those), he was born in 1915 in Kent, and at an early age explored the question of consciousness, exploring it in his own mind, which was at odds with the norm.

North West End UK are delighted to be attending, and writing about this year’s Liverpool Improvisation Festival, with shows to be held at The Unity Theatre, and improv workshops which will be held at ...

“There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out, but I pour whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke.” Bukowski’s famous poem opens Ordinary Madness, the latest literature-based production from...

More Life is an exceptional and bold production, taking an ambitious and complex story and realising it expertly on stage. The play takes us inside the research lab of Edius, who are trying to upload ...

Sophie Brogan has selected a real cracker for her directorial debut which plays to the strengths of both the company and their venue with an almost full house for opening night. Francis Durbridge is o...

Director Hannah Ellis Ryan of Her Productions illuminated Hope Mill Theatre with her production of Blithe Spirit. Ellis Ryan has had some fabulous successes in her previous direction of ‘Vignettes’ an...

Bebe Cave’s one-woman show The Screen Test is a bonkers, non-stop romp offering a vivid glimpse into the tragicomedic life of fictional Betsy Bittersly—a neurotic, self-absorbed actress struggling to ...

If you love Queen… scratch that, if you like Queen just a bit… don’t miss this. A sell-out crowd was clearly up for it but the first ‘act’ began with a peculiar, muddy version of ‘We Will Rock You’, t...