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As The Faction Theatre company draw to the end of their second week of full time rehearsals for their inaugural London Repertory Season at the New Diorama Theatre, Assistant Director Rachel Valentine-Smith shares her thoughts at the past week and just how important the actors Imagination really is… We are approaching the end of week two and, as [...]

In the fourth installment of this new series profiling the creatives behind the shows, Lucy Thackray meets Nicola Samer, director of new British musical Little Women. Nicola Samer is refreshingly upbeat. She is filled with enthusiasm for the subject of theatre, quick to praise her colleagues and, as she points out towards the end of [...]

2011 Peter Brook Empty Space Award winning company The Faction are bringing REP back to the heart of central London with their ambitious 8 week season at The New Diorama Theatre. Assistant Director Rachel Valentine-Smith will be sharing her weekly thoughts with The Public Reviews as the company tackle the delights of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, [...]

It’s something of a truism that Christmas is a time for family, so why not take your family out for a night at the theatre? The next in this series of special festive recommendations takes a look at the best of the bunch when it comes to shows that entertain both the young and the [...]

What makes a good pantomime? As panto dames dust off their skirts and audiences everywhere practice their best ‘he’s behind you’s, Catherine Love catches up with pantomime stars Gary Wilmot and Kellie Shirley to talk tradition, magic and the Kate and Wills effect. “Don’t mess with perfection.” These are the wise words of pantomime veteran [...]

In a rehearsal studio at the Junction in Cambridge a group of actors are rehearsing their Christmas show; nothing unusual there, and a scene that is being repeated in theatres up and down the country, but suddenly there is a snatch of Norwegian, a couple of lines in Spanish and a smattering of German. This isn’t going [...]

He’s behind you! Yes, pantomime is on the menu again as it’s time for the second helping of top tips for all the best pantos to be found around the UK this Christmas. Picks by Catherine Love 1) DICK WHITTINGTON – NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE Who better as a panto dame than Dame Edna Everage? The [...]

The hit Tony Award winning musical American Idiot will be premiering at The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton next year (Oct—Dec 2012) with a full US cast before embarking on a national tour. Described by the New York Times as “the most adventurous musical to brave Broadway in the past decade,” American Idiot features the songs of [...]