Category: Southwark Playhouse
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Charlotte Dowding, Alex Britt & Martin Sarreal in Dumbledore Is So Gay, Southwark Playhouse Aug 2023. Photo: David Jenson Fans of Harry Potter will no doubt enjoy the references to the Wizarding World, but Robert Holtom's play Dumbledore Is So Gay is, in essence, a gay coming-of-age story. It starts when Jack (Alex Britt) is…
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Hamlet poster, Southwark Playhouse, Jan 2023 This slimmed-down production of Hamlet by Lazarus Theatre Company at the Southwark Playhouse clocks in at just 95 minutes. It focuses primarily on the younger characters – Hamlet, Horatio, Laertes, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The story is framed as a sort of therapy session, there is a circle of…
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I made my London stage debut alongside Freddie Fox at the Southwark Playhouse. It's not how I anticipated the evening panning out as I chose a seat on the front row (it was unallocated seating) to watch a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Poly was supposed to be with me but hadn't been able…
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I love curtain calls at the end of plays. It's a revealing time when characters are shaken off – or not – when faces perhaps show the person underneath the acting mask. View from the stage at the RSC Swan Theatre. Photo Rev Stan They can also be a time of japes, fun and banter.…
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Recorded fresh home from the theatre, here is my 60 seconds worth of thoughts on You Stupid Darkness! at the Southwark Playhouse. It's on until 22 February (official website here) and you can read my full review over on this post. Have you seen it? Let me know what you thought. *** Like my 60…
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Sam Steiner's play You Stupid Darkness! is set in a decaying office where four volunteers man a helpline – Brightline – trying to help people look on the bright side. Andrew Finnigan, Lydia Larson, Andy Rush and Jenni Maitland in You Stupid Darkness! Photo: Ali Wright. Inspirational posters cover water stains and holes in the…
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Despite the laughter and hints of substance beneath the glitter and lights you'd expect from a Christmas show it is clunky at times and shows its age. L-R Douggie McMeekin and Dan Starkey star in The Night Before Christmas at Southwark Playhouse. Photo: Darren Bell It's Christmas Eve and Gary (Douggie McMeekin) catches an elf…
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As the halfway mark of 2018 rushes past, it's time to reflect on the highlights and low lights of London's theatre productions so far (edit: scroll to the bottom for the most read posts). Julius Caesar warm-up gig, Bridge Theatre. Photo: Rev Stan I'm not sure whether it's a reflection of more varied programming generally…
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I love Philip Ridley's plays but this one isn't going to challenge my favourites. Angry is written as six gender neutral monologues and night to night actors Georgie Henley and Tyrone Huntley switch which monologues they perform. The suggestion is that there will be gender nuances in the performance or gender tensions in the stories…
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Philip Ridley’s new play Angry (Southwark Playhouse) has an interesting structure, can you explain how it is going to work? So Angry consists of 6 monologues that will be performed by both of the actors. However each night we are mixing up which actor performs which monologue. Both of the actors [Georgie Henley and Tyrone…