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Josefina Gabrielle trained at London’s Arts Educational Schools London before starting her career as a soloist with the National Ballet of Portugal. Following many memorable roles in productions such as the National Theatre’s Oklahoma! (with Hugh Jackman), 2009′s revival of Sweet Charity and the recent UK tour of The King and I, she is soon to return [...]

Director: Tristan Sharps Reviewer: Jemma Bicknell The Public Reviews Rating: The idea for Dreamthinkspeak’s In The Beginning Was The End began with Leonardo De Vinci’s drawing ‘A cloudburst of material possessions’, which depicts an uncontrollable downpour of man-made things, all in a clutter. It’s perhaps surprising then, that this promenade show’s power lies in its minimal nature. There [...]

Writer: Richard Bean Director: Adam Penford Reviewer: Angela Wilson The Public Reviews Rating: It’s been the National Theatre’s biggest hit of recent years, with enormously successful runs in both the West End and on Broadway, and this week One Man Two Guvnors starts a second UK tour at Curve in Leicester. Writer Richard Bean has based his play [...]

Book and lyrics: Alecky Blythe Music and lyrics: Adam Cork Director: Rufus Norris Reviewer: Glen Pearce The Public Reviews Rating: It’s not often you get the opportunity to revisit a production, a year apart. Last year on press night for London Road in the Cottesloe theatre, the atmosphere was electric; a sense that we were witnessing a new [...]

As the eyes of the world turn towards London for the Olympics and venues begin their traditional summer maintenance shut-down, you could be forgiven for thinking there’s little to tempt people towards theatre. Look hard though and there’s some gems around the country to tempt you. Glen Pearce hunts down five shows to give you a [...]

Reviewer: Chantal Guevara The Public Reviews Rating: At the recent premiere screening of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake in 3D, a member of the audience asked Bourne how he manages to tell stories without words. While the question was within the context of Swan Lake, it would have been far more obvious to mention Play Without Words, originally commissioned [...]

Before Theatreland packs its bags and heads off to Edinburgh, it digs the tent out of the loft and heads to Suffolk for Latitude Festival. ‘More than just a music festival,’ the advertising boasts and, yes, alongside the musical headliners, there’s an action-packed theatre programme. As he gets ready to pitch his tent and don his [...]

There’s always the feeling that something unexpected is always waiting just around the corner at the Latitude Festival. Where else would top name music acts share the line up with literature, comedy, art and theatre? As preparations build for this year’s seventh edition of Latitude, for Tania Harrison, Latitude’s arts and theatre programmer, that element of surprise is something [...]