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NOVEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER IS HERE

Featuring

2025 LONDON PUB THEATRE AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Michael Kingsbury on 5 yrs at Golden Goose Theatre

Anthony Simpson-Pike's inaugural season at Theatre503

Top Picks

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November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#StandingOvationNom

MOOMINVALLEY IN NOVEMBER Book, Music & Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund @gatehouse.london 31 Oct - 16 Nov 2025

For the ensemble and Lu Herbert’s set which transformed the Gatehouse stage into Moominvalley

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November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
REVIEW: 1816: The Year Without a Summer @landutheatre.bsky.social 30 Sept – 4 Oct 2025
Alix Owen • 5 October 2025

'Formulaic but fancy musical with a killer hook and rich set of characters' ★★★★

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October 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
REVIEW: Vera; Or, The Nihilists by Oscar Wilde at
Jack Studio Theatre
16 – 27 September 2025

Nilgün Yusuf • 19 September 2025

‘A lost jewel; catch it while you can.’ ★★★★

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September 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#StandingOvationNom

THE TRUTH ABOUT BLAYDS by A. A. Milne
@finboroughtheatre.bsky.social
until 4 Oct

Classy rediscovery is especially timely. As one of the last of the living eminent Victorians celebrates his 90th, events take on a darker tone.

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September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
INTERVIEW:
Playwright Lou Beckett on A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME making its London debut at White Bear Theatre, kennington
8 - 11 October

A fast, funny contemporary play about a young journalist who dives into the Shakespeare debate.

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September 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
INTERVIEW on LAMBETH FRINGE 2025 @lambethfringe.bsky.social

25 Sept - 25 Oct

Celebrating the vibrant culture & community of Lambeth, theatre, comedy, cabaret, music & family. Produced by those lovely people @breadrosestheatre.bsky.social

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September 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
#StandingOvationNom

Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran @gatehouse.london
12 – 28 Sept 2025

Fascinating counter factual play filled with intelligent comment, performed by an excellent cast of six.

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September 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran @gatehouse.london 12 - 28 Sept 2025

Francis Beckett • 12 September 2025

‘It’s a fascinating play with real characters whom you believe in and care about – even Hitler.’ ★★★★

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September 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
REVIEW: Four Women and a Funeral by Jennifer Selway at @gatehouse.london @camdenfringe.bsky.social 15-17 August
Francis Beckett • 17 August 2025

“I thought about killing him on a regular basis, like any normal wife.” - The widow. ★★★★

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August 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Grimeborn Opera Festival: Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner at Arcola Theatre @arcolatheatre.bsky.social @kevinwilsonpr.bsky.social
Susan Elkin • 17 August 2025

‘Intimate yearning, finely sung’ ★★★★

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August 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
INTERVIEW
DAVID BRADY on AT LAST @landutheatre.bsky.social in celebration of ten years of in-house producers @proforcatheatre.bsky.social

Brady chats about AT LAST political play set in the future & its ever increasing relevance to our lives today

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August 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
OUR AUGUST 2025 NEWSLETTER IS HERE -Featuring Interview on immersive production of Jim Cartwright's TWO, set in a boozer / Festivals in North & South London / Theatre News & Opportunities / Shows to see

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August 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
DAVID BRADY on his revival of AT LAST @landutheatre.bsky.social in celebration of 10 years of in-house producer @proforcatheatre.bsky.social

Brady chats about this political play set in the future & its ever increasing relevance to our lives today

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August 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#TheatreNews

BAFTA award-winning writers to debut new reimagined history play DR FREUD WILL SEE YOU NOW, MRS HITLER at @gatehouse.london (Highgate) in September

Sigmund Freud and Adolf Hitler never met. This new dark comedy asks what if they had?

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July 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#StandingOvationNom

BIG SHOES by Rowan Williams at @thehopetheatre.bsky.social

Nominations for writer Rowan Williams’ debut play which excels in its nuanced portrayal of a fraternal relationship AND actor Luke Sumner.

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July 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
OUR JULY NEWSLETTER IS HERE

Interview on gig show ALL THESE PRETTY THINGS
at Etcetera Theatre

Feature on LOVED AND LOST LONDON PUB THEATRES

Opportunities (theatre industry)

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July 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
JUNE NEWSLETTER 2025 -

LPT 10th Anniversary Gala

Interviews:

David Shopland on CUL-DE-SAC at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham @omnibustheatre.bsky.social

Roger Steinmann on RUTHLESS at Arches Lane Theatre, Battersea

Pride at Bread & Roses Theatre

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June 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
WHAT'S ON at Bread and Roses Theatre in Clapham
JUNE #pridemonth2025

This Pride Month, The Bread & Roses Theatre serves up a feast of the fearless, the funny, and the fabulously chaotic.

Take a look at June’s lineup here
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June 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#StandingOvationNom

PRETEND by Jess Kambitsis at @landutheatre.bsky.social
13 – 17 May 2025

For Jess Kambitsis's pin sharp writing and the ensemble for creating very real and distinct lives and making us care deeply about them.

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May 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
MAY NEWSLETTER News Stories

Award-winning & Olivier-nominated playwright Athena Stevens returns to the stage in DIAGNOSIS @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social

OLD RED LION announces SHAKEFEST 2025

SE FEST Returns to Jack Studio Theatre & @pengetheatre.bsky.social

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May 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
OUR MAY NEWSLETTER IS HERE:

Featuring an interview with actor JACK ROBERTSON on THE SOCIABLE PLOVER coming to Old Red Lion Theatre
13 - 24 May

"It’s a classic thriller, with heavy strokes of black comedy & some utterly shocking revelations."

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May 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Review: THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI’S WIVES at
@arcolatheatre.bsky.social until 31 May 2025 #BabaSegisWives #ArcolaTheatre
Heather Jeffery • 5 May 2025

‘pure delight’ ★★★★★

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May 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
OUR APRIL NEWSLETTER 2025 IS HERE -

LPT 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALA PARTY

Interview on The Psychiatrist
Sister venue to Barons Court announced
Pub Theatres win at OFFIES @offwestend.bsky.social
New Awards announced @lambco.bsky.social @fringetheatreaward.bsky.social

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April 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
REVIEW: AFTER AGINCOURT by Peter Mottley at
@landutheatre.bsky.social
25 March - 5 April 2025
Francis Beckett • 27 March 2025

‘The horrors you can never forget ... a moving, original, absorbing theatrical experience’ ★★★★

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March 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM