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That's what actor Colin Hurley decided to do with one of the greatest tragedies in the classical canon: King Lear. And thanks to his countless Shakespeare credits at the RSC, the Globe, the National Theatre, in the West End and on Broadway over a forty-year career, as well as his creative experimentations with The Factory troupe and Zoom initiatives in lockdown, he was extremely well equipped to do so.
The result is Lear's Shadow, now premiering at London's Brockley Jack Theatre, which Hurley has devised and performs with the help of a box of scarves and other props and the enthusiastic involvement of the audience, particularly in conjuring the storm.
All but one of the words in the piece are Shakespeare's own, though not exclusively from King Lear and definitely not in the order that aficionados may expect.
After the performance on Friday 16 February 2024, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with Colin Hurley, covering the creative process as well as how the bard has shaped his life and career, why his approach to the canon has changed over the years, when he still consults Shakespeare for Dummies and other guides, who the cardboard avatars in the audience represent, the power of linguistic repetition and more.
Co-written by Olivier nominee Shaun McKenna and journalist Andrew Van Sickle, making his professional playwriting debut, Exhibitionists is set in the San Francisco art world.
When ex-partners collide at an exhibition, sparks fly and their new boyfriends are caught in the blast, igniting a series of comic crises involving a road trip along the Pacific Coast Highway that leads them to a mysterious hotelier, outrageous behaviour and new beginnings.
Following the Saturday matinee of EXHIBITIONISTS on Saturday 13 January 2024, Terri Paddock (centre) chaired a post-show discussion with co-writers Shaun McKenna and Andrew Van Sickle, along with the full cast (l-r) Rolando Montecalvo, Øystein Lode, Robert Rees and Jake Mitchell-Jones.
EXHIBITIONISTS runs at London's King's Head Theatre until 10 February 2024.
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In this funny and moving battle of wits between one man’s thoughts on his last day alive, classic clown meets urban angst in Pierrot’s unexpected journey from London to the cliffs of Beachy Head. It’s a beautifully honest glimpse into destructive self-talk and the redemptive power of listening.
DOUBLE ACT is the first full-length play by Nick Hyde, who co-stars with Oliver Maynard. The premiere production is directed and designed by Jef Hall-Flavin, an award-winning artist with 25 years of experience making work all over the world. It's produced by Robbie Nestor.
Following the performance on Wednesday 10 January 2024, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with (left-right) Nick Hyde, Oliver Maynard and Jef Hall-Flavin.
DOUBLE ACT runs at London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre until Saturday 13 January 2024.
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Percy wants to be a hero. But abandoned by his girlfriend, his life turns inwards in reality and outwards to an internet community ready to encourage his rage into hatred and violent anger.
VENOM brings them together in the familiar shape of the Medusa myth but turns the narrative on its head – questioning the monstrousness of the Gorgon and how heroic an act her murder truly is.
This brand-new two-hander is written by Emma Burnell, who also stars as Medusa alongside Will Meadows, and directed by Michael Palmer
Following the performance on Thursday 16 November 2023, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with (left-right) Emma Burnell, Will Meadows and Michael Palmer.
VENOM runs at London's Golden Goose Theatre until 18 November 2023.
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In THE CHANGELING, co-authored by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley and first performed in 1622, De Flores (played by Jamie O’Neill) will do anything for Beatrice Joanna (Colette O’Rourke) … literally anything.
Beatrice Joanna has fallen in love with Alsemero (Mylo McDonald) but is betrothed to Alonzo (Alex Bird). With the help of her reviled ‘dog face’ servant De Flores, she murders her fiance. But when it comes to payment, De Flores wants her, not her money.
Their descent into hellish madness haunted by ghosts and lunatics, propelled by sex and obsession, leads to one of the greatest climaxes of the English stage.
Following the performance on Wednesday 11 October 2023, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with members of the creative team - (middle row, left-to right) Lazarus artistic director Ricky Dukes, dramaturg Sarah Dustagheer, sound designer Sam Glossop and lighting designer Stuart Glover – and the cast – (back row) Hamish Somers, Mikko Juan, Kiera Murray, Mylo McDonald, Alex Bird and Jamie O’Neill, and (front row) Emma Wilkinson Wright, Dane Williams, Colette O’Rourke, Henrietta Rhodes and Olsen Elezi.
THE CHANGELING runs at London's Southwark Playhouse Borough on Newington Causeway until 28 October 2023.
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For Ada Harris, day-to-day life is spent cleaning houses. But one day when she is working for a wealthy client in Belgravia, she happens upon a Christian Dior dress that takes her breath away.
In that magical moment, Ada has an epiphany and sets off on a journey that will change her life... From the cobbled streets of post-war London to the magical avenues of Paris and beyond, Ada transforms the lives of everyone she meets along the way, but can she let go of her past and finally let her own life blossom?
Following the matinee performance on 8 October 2023, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with cast members Pippa Winslow, Hal Fowler, Charlotte Kennedy, Jenna Russell (Ada Harris) and Nate Campbell.
FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS has a book by Rachel Wagstaff, music and lyrics by Richard Taylor. It’s produced by Aria Entertainment and Tiny Giants Productions.
FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS continues at London's Riverside Studios until 25 November 2023.
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“Brilliant. So well-crafted, a most accomplished performer. Funny, honest and poignant. The audience loved it” – Irish Post
Am I Irish Yet? is a fabulously funny, bittersweet journey into the dreams and disasters of every second-generation kid who grew up in London calling somewhere else home.
Written and performed by Kate Kerrigan, Am I Irish Yet? is a Circus250 Production in the Daring Dames series, new writing by fierce women.
The Proforca Theatre world premiere production at London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre stars Kieran Dee, Dodie Finamore, Alex O’Donnell, Nick Hardie and Melissa Phillips, and is directed by Proforca and Lion & Unicorn artistic director David Brady.
The company has been on an incredible journey with the brand-new comedy, which started life at Birmingham Rep in January before moving to London's Park Theatre and touring the UK, prior to its current West End transfer.
In the late 1980s, two school friends from Birmingham tentatively come out to one another: one as gay, the other as an ABBA fan. Fast-forward 30+ years when they reunite and have the inspired idea to form the world's first ABBA tribute band...in drag!
THE WAY OLD FRIENDS finishes at the West End's Criterion Theatre this Saturday 9 September 2023.
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Following a critically acclaimed and award-nominated Birmingham Rep premiere, Park Theatre London run and tour, THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO has transferrred to the West End's Criterion Theatre for a strictly limited run til 9 September.
In the late 1980s, two school friends from Birmingham tentatively come out to one another: one as gay, the other as an ABBA fan.
Fast-forward 30+ years when they reunite and have the inspired idea to form the world's first ABBA tribute band...in drag!
My second West End THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO post-show Q&A will be on Monday 4 September with Ian Hallard and the rest of the cast, including Donna Berlin, Sara Crowe, Andrew Horton, Rose Shalloo and Anton Tweedale.
👉👉 Join us again on Monday 4 September!
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But when the wilderness closes in around them, can they overcome their differences to make their voices heard?
Young people were involved at every stage of the development of SHEWOLVES with writer Sarah Middleton and director Hannah Stone, who describes it as "a love letter to teenagers".
👉 How does theatre for young people differ?
👉 Why is it necessary?
👉 Is there enough being produced and programmed?
👉 What's the crossover appeal?
"Young people have a voice and adults have a responsibility to listen"
Following the 8pm performance on Tuesday 27 June 2023, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show talk on the topic with:
SHEWOLVES playwright Sarah Middleton, Emily Grey, chief executive and creative director of British Youth Music Theatre, the national performing arts education charity and the largest commissioner of new musicals in the UK; and Nuna Sandy, associate artistic director of Company Three, which creates theatre and change with 11- to 19-year-olds.
SHEWOLVES continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough until 8 July 2023.
Shewolves Productions: weareshewolves.co.uk
British Youth Music Theatre: britishyouthmusictheatre.org
Company Three: companythree.co.uk
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But can David keep it casual whilst also relying on round-the-clock care? Can he manage the thrill and uncertainty of random hook-ups after a lifetime of knockbacks?
Hilarious, challenging and heart-breaking, ANIMAL won the inaugural Through The Mill Prize (created by Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre supported by Jonathan Harvey) and was shortlisted in the top five for the Papatango Prize out of more than 1,500 entries.
It’s written by Jon Bradfield from a story by Jon Bradfield and Josh Hepple, based on Josh's own lived experiences, directed by Bronagh Lagan, and stars Christopher John-Slater as David. It’s co-produced by the Park Theatre and the Hope Mill Theatre, where it received its world premiere in March.
Following the 7.30pm performance of ANIMAL on Monday 24 April 2023, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show talk with (from l-r) star Christopher John-Slater, playwright Jon Bradfield, cast member Matt Ayleigh, and Joshua Hepple.
ANIMAL continues at the Park Theatre until 20 May 2023.
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THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO centres on two school friends from Birmingham who, in the 1980s, tentatively came out to one another: one as gay, the other as an ABBA fan.
Nearly thirty years later, a chance meeting sets them on an exciting new path, and they decide to form the world’s first ABBA tribute band – in drag. But can their friendship survive the tribulations of life on the road; one full of platform boots, fake beards and a distractingly attractive stranger?
Tender and laugh-out-loud funny in equal measures, this heartfelt story will appeal to anyone who understands how it feels to be a fan: of ABBA or of anyone.
Following the 7.30pm performance of THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO on Wednesday 29 March 2023, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show talk with (from l-r) cast members Sara Crowe, Rose Shalloo, Donna Berlin, writer and actor Ian Hallard, director Mark Gatiss, and cast members James Bradshaw and Andrew Horton. With a special appearance by Bob, Ian and Mark's Labrador.
The performance was dedicated to the comedian and drag legend Paul O'Grady, whose death was announced earlier that day. O'Grady specially recorded two lengthy radio voiceovers for the show.
THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO continues at the Park Theatre until 15 April 2023 and then continues on tour until 10 June.
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Dr Moulineaux has a little pickle. He has spent the night out meeting his mistress and his wife has found his empty bed!
Luckily, he’s an incredible deceiver. But perhaps after disguising himself as a dressmaker and hurtling down into a web of lies, the doctor might have gone too far this time.
Directed by Lee James Broadwood, A Tailor for Ladies is a naughty and comedic French farce translated by Penny Tomai and adapted by Tomai and Broadwood from Georges Feydeau‘s original text.
Extravagant and camp, it presents twentieth-century high-class society in its most self-indulgent and frivolous form.
All performances are performed in English and include English subtitles, with an additional set of subtitles available in one other language per day, from French, Greek, Italian, Polish and Spanish. The comedy is produced by Broadmai Productions and presented by Medley Theatre Company.
Following the 5.30pm performance on Sunday 12 March 2023, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show talk with (from l-r) cast members Dean Mantos, Kit Nichols and Val Marciano, producer William Nelson, director and co-adapter Lee James Broadwood, translator, co-adapter and cast member Penny Tomai, and cast members Juan Jose Galeano Paraja, Massimo Stella, Amir Ebrahim, Fabrizio Tullio, Su-Lyn Chow-Seegolam and Giulia Frani.
A Tailor for Ladies continues at the Cockpit Theatre until 19 March 2023.
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This discussion also marks the first post-show talk held at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, around the corner from their existing - still running - two-auditoria venue on Newington Causeway, now known as Southwark Playhouse Borough.
In THE WALWORTH FARCE, brothers Sean and Blake are holed up in a flat on the Walworth Road, diligently reciting their father Dinny’s lines as they daily re-enact the moment they fled their home in Ireland. But today’s performance is going to be different: there's an unexpected visitor…
Following the 7.45pm performance on Tuesday 28 February 2023, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show talk with (from l-r) cast members Rachelle Diedericks, Dan Skinner, Emmet Byrne and Killian Coyle, director Nicky Allpress, and Southwark Playhouse marketing and communications manager Jessica Clot.
THE WALWORTH FARCE continues until 18 March 2023.
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The world premiere play continues the long-standing relationship between Clive Anderson and Dan Patterson, who have previously worked together on shows including Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Clive Anderson Talk Back and Clive Anderson All Talk, and sees Anderson return to Park Theatre to be directed by the theatre’s Artistic Director Jez Bond after appearing in Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 2.
Two countries are locked in battle over a strip of land when a fragile ceasefire provides a chance for peace. Over the negotiating table, cynical diplomats, idealistic peacemakers and meddling mediators try to navigate a perilous path to agreement as the threat of continued conflict looms ever larger.
WINNER'S CURSE is a brand-new show that combines humour and audience interaction to take you behind the scenes of a high-stakes international peace talk.
Following the 7.30pm performance on Monday 20 February 2023 at London's Finborough Theatre, Terri Paddock (right) chaired a post-show talk with (from l-r) Dan Patterson and Clive Anderson about their long association, the differences between television and theatre, and the art of negotiation.
With contributions from fellow cast members Michael Maloney, Arthur Conti and Winnie Arhin as well as theatregoers.
WINNER'S CURSE continues until 11 March 2023.
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Recipient of multiple French awards (Centre National du Théâtre, Guérande, Influenscènes, TAPS, Panta Théâtre), Marc-Emmanuel Soriano's One Who Wants to Cross received its world premiere at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, was recorded for France Culture, and also been staged as a reading – including director Stanislas Nordey’s production at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg, starring Emmanuelle Béart.
The UK premiere production is translated by Amanda Gann, directed by Alice Hamilton, and presented by Clarisse Makundul Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre.
Following the 7.30pm performance on Wednesday 8 February 2023 at London's Finborough Theatre, Terri Paddock (left) chaired a post-show talk with (from l-r) cast members Wisdom Iheamo and Ola Teniola, writer Marc-Emmanuel Soriano, and Coline, a volunteer with Care4Calais, a charity that provides emergency aid to refugees in Calais and other areas affected by the European migrant crisis.
ONE WHO WANTS TO CROSS continues until 25 February 2023.
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A must-see for anyone interested in politics, and particularly the inner workings and grassroots motivations of Labour politics, TRIGGERED is set in the fictional English seat of Hollingdeane where Labour MP Sally Finch is in trouble. The factions are circling. Will Sally's contentious vote in Parliament trigger her deselection as candidate at the 2019 election?
How important is process in politics? What about ideology? This deselection battle shows both the brutal and caring elements of party politics, where ambition and a genuine desire to do good clash. And there are also lots of biscuits - and a tasty biscuit metaphor - to go around.
Following the 7.30pm performance on Wednesday 23 November 2022 at London's White Bear Theatre, Terri Paddock (left) chaired a post-show talk with (from l-r) writer-director Emma Burnell and cast members Michael Palmer, Antonia Beamish, Catherine Adams and Carrie Cohen.
TRIGGERED continues until 26 November 2022.
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A SINGLE MAN features in The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels Written in English, where it is described as ‘a work of compressed brilliance.’ Known to many through Tom Ford’s 2009 film, Christopher Isherwood’s masterpiece is now given a wry and compassionate retelling in Simon Reade’s new Troupe Theatre adaptation for the stage.
Powerful and sexy, A SINGLE MAN is a darkly amusing study of grief, love and loneliness from the celebrated writer of Goodbye to Berlin, the inspiration for Cabaret.
Following the 7.30pm performance on Wednesday 26 October 2022 at London's Park Theatre, Terri Paddock (centre) chaired a post-show talk with (from l-r) producer Ashley Cook, cast members Phoebe Pryce and Miles Molan (making his professional debut), director Philip Wilson, and cast members Theo Fraser Steele (who stars as George) and Olivia Darnley.
A SINGLE MAN continues until 26 November 2022.
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Christopher Marlowe’s extraordinary, theatrical and fantastical DOCTOR FAUSTUS (1592/3) comes to the stage in this all-new ensemble production from Lazarus Theatre, renowned for their powerful and modern reinventions of the classical canon, including acclaimed productions of Marlowe’s Edward II, Tamburlaine and Dido Queen of Carthage, and Shakespeare’s The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, Troilus and Cressida, King Lear and Coriolanus.
DOCTOR FAUSTUS is adapted and directed by Lazarus artistic director Ricky Dukes and stars Jamie O’Neill, whose many other Lazarus credits include the title role in Macbeth.
Following the 8pm performance on Wednesday 14 September 2022 at London's Southwark Playhouse, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show talk with Ricky Dukes as well as Jamie O'Neill and his fellow DOCTOR FAUSTUS cast members (from l-r) Henry Mettle, Jordan Peedell, Hamish Somers, Candis Butler-Jones, Henrietta Rhodes, Charis Murray, Rachel Kelly, Stefan Capper and David Angland.
DOCTOR FAUSTUS continues until 1 October 2022.
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Living their lives in the same cycle as everyone else in a little town 20 miles from anywhere important. Living for the next night out. Living for the weekend. Getting into and out of trouble. Work. Pub. Sleep. Repeat.
Ryan and his gang have seen it all, done it all, lived it all. The nights they wished they could remember and the mornings after they’d rather forget. Ryan and his gang were going to be mates forever.
But then came the night when everything changed.
Following a press performance on a night when everything changed after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday 8 September 2022, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show talk with the FLASHBANG cast Sam Kacher, Emmanuel Olusanya, Henry Brackenridge and Fred Wardale, as well as Proforca and Lion & Unicorn Theatre artistic director David Brady.
The discussion was then opened out to Lion & Unicorn associate artists highlighting other new work coming up at the theatre.
FLASHBANG continues until 17 September 2022.
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Dr Felix Kersten, Himmler’s trusted personal physiotherapist, uses his unique position of influence to facilitate a meeting between the architect of The Holocaust and Swedish Jew Norbert Masur. A meeting that could turn Himmler’s thoughts away from the downfall of the Third Reich and towards a course of action that could save thousands of lives.
With battle lines crumbling and lives in the balance, the two men must try to find a way to persuade Himmler to release the last surviving concentration camp prisoners contrary to Hitler’s orders that no Jew should outlast the regime.
THE END OF THE NIGHT is written by Ben Brown, whose other historically-inspired plays included Three Days in May, The Promise and Splinter of Ice.
What role does theatre play in exploring historical and political themes? How does this story resonate with contemporary events?
Following the performance at London's Park Theatre on 26 May 2022, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with THE END OF THE NIGHT playwright Ben Brown along with award-winning investigative journalist, professor and Park Theatre trustee Kurt Barling.
THE END OF THE NIGHT concludes at the Park Theatre on 28 May 2022.
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JO AND SAM FIND THEMSELVES IN WOKING is a feisty comedy that’s not afraid to tackle the topics that concern us most. It’s written - in rhyming couplets - by James Woolf and directed by Katherine Reilly, reuniting after their success with Empty in Angel, which was a finalist in two Standing Ovation Awards.
Following the performance at London's Hen & Chickens Theatre on 8 April 2022, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with writer James Woolf, director Katherine Reilly and stars Phoebe Marshall and Kieran Dee.
JO AND SAM FIND THEMSELVES IN WOKING runs at the Hen & Chickens until 23 April 2022.
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Banished to a mystical island with nothing but their magical books, Prospero waits in isolation for twelve long years. Consumed by a desire for revenge, they forge a new life with their daughter Miranda, slave Caliban and servant-spirit, Ariel.
Using Ariel, and all his qualities, Prospero conducts a terrible storm to shipwreck their enemies, stranding them in Prospero’s new kingdom.
Divided, lost and confused, the group find themselves at the mercy of twisted vengeance. But will Prospero’s bitterness destroy them, or will humanity prevail?
Underscored by live music, featuring newly composed songs, as well as Shakespearean originals, this adrenaline-fuelled reimagining brings a fresh perspective to a timeless classic. TEMPEST is adapted and directed by James Meteyard, in collaboration with the cast of nine actor-musicians.
Following the performance on 22 March 2022, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with Nic Connaughton, the Pleasance's Head of Theatre who programmed the production, and company members Tashinga Bepete, Ben Simon and Robert Meteyard (also the director's father!).
TEMPEST runs at London's Pleasance Theatre until 3 April 2022.
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After her sister’s untimely death by a Yorkshire Pudding, a wayward teenage girl joins a scout group to help her navigate the kicks and punches of adolescence with varying degrees of success.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR A TEENAGE ARMAGEDDON is a rollercoaster ride through youth. Whether you are a young person, know a young person, or simply were a young person once – it’s time to rip up the rule book and reconnect with your younger self.
Following the performance on Tuesday 15 February 2022, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with writer and performer Rosie Day, director Georgie Staight and producer Katy Galloway.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR A TEENAGE ARMAGEDDON runs at London's Southwark Playhouse until 5 March 2022.
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The first of September, 1939. Sigmund Freud, the world-renowned psychoanalyst awaits the visit of soon-to-be-legendary Chronicles of Narnia author CS Lewis on the day that the Second World War is declared.
Lewis, a former atheist turned Christian, is expecting to be taken to task for his recent satirisation of Freud in a book. However, the impending war and Freud’s failing health catalyses a far deeper conversation as they clash about the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life- only two weeks before Freud, with his doctor’s help, takes his own.
Following the performance on Tuesday 25 January 2022, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with director Peter Darney, and co-stars Dr Julian Bird (who plays Sigmund Freud) and Sean Browne (CS Lewis).
FREUD'S LAST SESSION runs at the King's Head Theatre until 12 February 2022.
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In DOG SHOW, London’s sexiest mongrels at Crappersea Dog Pound put their best paw forward and prepare for the Annual Rehoming Show. Can these old dogs turn new tricks? Do they have star pet-tential? Or are they all just simply too ruff?
Dirtier than a Doberman and prouder than a Poodle, this pack of queer canines gets the cabaret audience rolling (over) in the aisles as they do anything for appaws. But are whips and chains the only thing keeping them caged?
Following the performance on Thursday 2 December 2021, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with DOG SHOW co-creators and co-directors Ginger Johnson and David Cumming and their fellow cast members Mahatma Khandi, Rudy Jeevanjee and Azara.
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James Woolf's play, performed by Darcy Willison, was first seen at London's White Bear Theatre in 2019 and remounted for an autumn 2021 tour of other Off-West End venues, culminating at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Angel, the area of London referenced in the show's title.
Following the final performance on Saturday 20 November 2021, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with EMPTY IN ANGEL writer James Woolf, director Katherine Reilly, star Darcy Willison and Max Dewhurst from the Independent Workers of Great Britain union, on whose experience and employment test case the play is based.
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Peter B Hodges’ witty literary mystery MARLOWE'S FATE, now receiving its UK premiere after an Off-Broadway run in 2018, implicates Queen Elizabeth’s spy-masters in a disappearance. This might have been the end of the story, but Marlowe continued to write and needed an alias. Step forward an uneducated country boy from Stratford-upon-Avon: William Shakespeare.
Following the evening performance on Thursday 11 November 2021 at London's White Bear Theatre, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with MARLOWE'S FATE writer and director Peter Hodges and Martin Ouvry, the editor of Hodges' new book on the subject, Marlowe's Complaint.
From the front row, there were also contributions from cast members Nicholas Limm (who plays Marlowe), Lewis Allcock (Shakespeare), Zoe Lambrakis, Susan Brooke, Paul PK Taylor and Robert Vernon.
MARLOWE'S FATE continues at the White Bear Theatre until 13 November 2021.
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Collaborating with writer David Spicer, they streamed 10 productions, each one specially written for this new medium and each one pushing the boundaries of what was possible. For this work, the company won 6 OnComms and a special OneOff award from The Offies, along with the SceneSaver Birthday Honours Award for Best Ensemble.
Their multi-award-winning Doing series of five original Zoom comedies launched with DOING SHAKESPEARE, which was has now been adapted as a full-length, live stage production with long-running Coronation Street star Steven Arnold joining the cast for the play's London premiere.
After lockdown, six am-dram actors gather before their first Shakespeare performance before a live audience again. The problem: all six have rehearsed a different Shakespeare play. Can the splice and dice a mash-up? What could possibly go wrong?
Following the evening performance on Saturday 6 November 2021 at London's Bridewell Theatre, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with Northern Comedy artistic director Shaun Chambers, writer David Spicer and cast members Connor Simkins, Robert Stuart-Hudson, Vikki Earle, Kathryn Chambers, Natasha Agarwal, Farron Ronan and Steven Arnold.
DOING SHAKESPEARE continues at the Bridewell Theatre until 13 November 2021.
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Atlantic City. 1988. Jonny and Rebecca are very much in love and very much in debt. When wealthy stranger Larry Harris arrives in town and offers Rebecca a million dollars to spend a night with him, will the lure of money outweigh the promise of fidelity?
After packed fourth preview performance on Thursday 28 October 2021 at London's Southwark Playhouse, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with Dylan Schlosberg (composer), Michael Conley (book & lyrics), Neil Marcus (producer), Charlotte Westenra (director), John Reddel (musical supervisor & arranger), cast members Jacqui Dankworth, Norman Bowman, Ako Mitchell, Lizzy Connolly and Connor Going (musical director, busker & keyboards).
INDECENT PROPOSAL continues until 27 November 2021.
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Four pieces from this period - two one-act plays and two dramatized short stories, translated and adapted by one of the UK's greatest comic writers, Michael Frayn - are collected into a feast of hilarious entertainment as ANTON CHEKHOV'S VAUDEVILLES care of Mercurius Theatre.
After the performance on Wednesday 27 October 2021 at London's White Bear Theatre, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with Mercurius artistic director Jenny Eastop and cast members Andy Secombe, Sam Denia and Laura Hall.
ANTON CHEKHOV'S VAUDEVILLES continues until 30 October 2021.
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Starting in 1965, the world has changed and London is swinging. In an artist's studio in Chelsea, a young man on the cusp is about to have his portrait painted. From there, Dorian’s story of fame, vanity, lust and corruption takes audiences on a twisted odyssey through heartbreak, betrayal and bloody murder up to the edge of the 21st century.
Adapted and directed by Blue Devil artistic director Ross Dinwiddy, THE TRAGEDY OF DORIAN GRAY comes to London after sell-out previews in both Brighton and Hastings Fringe Festivals.
After the matinee on Saturday 23 October 2021 at London's Drayton Arms Theatre, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with Blue Devil co-founders, writer/director Ross Dinwiddy and producer Rich Bright, and the full cast (l-r): Maximus Polling (Dorian Gray), Christopher Sherwood, Chloe Orrock, Heather Alexander, Conor Litten and Jordan Louis.
THE TRAGEDY OF DORIAN GRAY continues until 6 November 2021.
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SNOWFLAKES is a sci-fi black comedy exploring questions of morality, revenge and justice with gleeful, violent abandon. How far would you go to right a wrong?
It is the debut play by actor Robert Boulton, and the debut production from Dissident Theatre, co-founded by Boulton and director Mike Cottrell.
After the 1 October 2021 performance at London's Old Red Lion Theatre, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with Boulton and Cottrell, and Boulton's co-stars Henry Davis and Niamh Finlay.
SNOWFLAKES continues until 16 October 2021.
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After the 29 September 2021 performance at London's Above the Stag Theatre, which borders the modern-day Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with writer Glenn Chandler, director Fenton Gray, musical director Aaron Clingham, and cast members Sam Baumal (Tom), Jay Worley (Ralph), Ashley Harvey, Benjamin Wong, Steve Watts, Jonathan Harlaw and London School of Musical Theatre student Millie Blair, who stepped in at just hours' notice to cover for an ill Jennie Jacobs.
THE PLEASURE GARDEN, which has been nominated for seven Offies awards including Best New Musical, continues until 17 October 2021.
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Whatever happens to those bits of us we leave behind and thought we’d lost forever?
Originally due to premiere in April 2020 pre-pandemic, Proforca Theatre's new play LATELY has finally opened at London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre, following Feel and At Last, the two previous plays also written by James Lewis and directed by David Brady for Proforca at the north London pub theatre.
A key difference in 2021: the two-hander is performed by two alternating casts, kept in their own Covid-safe bubbles.
After the performance at 9 September 2021, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with David Brady (centre), artistic director of both Profoca and the Lion & Unicorn, and both casts (from left to right), Gabrielle Nellis-Pain and Fred Wardale, and Lauren Ferdinand and Matt Wake.
LATELY also kicks off the Lion & Unicorn's new autumn season. In the audience, and chipping in to the discussion, were many of the theatre's associate artists and other creatives from companies bringing work in the coming months.
LATELY continues until 18 September 2021.
🎟🎟 Tickets: thelionandunicorntheatre.com/whats-on
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Lazarus Theatre revisit their acclaimed regendered adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s outrageously provocative one-act tragedy SALOME, written in 1891 but banned in Britain until 1931.
After the performance at London's Southwark Playhouse on 1 September 2021, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with adapter and director Ricky Dukes and cast members Fred Thomas (Salome), Jamie O'Neill (King Herod), Pauline Babula, George Ray-Turner and Omi Mantri.
SALOME continues until 11 September 2021.
🎟🎟 Tickets: southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show-whats-on/salome
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Set on the British island of Guernsey, WHEN DARKNESS FALLS tells the story of a teacher who runs the local Historical Society. Tonight, as part of the weekly Vlog, a young paranormal expert is giving a talk on the island’s incredible folklore and paranormal history. As the teacher films, the speaker regales horrifying stories. Stories that can only occur on a small, isolated island. Tonight, the teacher will learn exactly what happens when the wind blows, the seas swell and darkness falls.
After the performance at London's Park Theatre on 21 August 2021, Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion with co-writer and director Paul Morrissey, who grew up in Guernsey, and stars Alex Phelps and Will Barton.
WHEN DARKNESS FALLS continues at the Park Theatre until 4 September ahead of a UK national tour.
🎟🎟 Tickets: bit.ly/3AWy46c
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Terri Paddock, who had been due to chair a post-show Q&A for the production at The Other Palace, hosted a Zoom discussion with creator Dominic Powell and the album's stars Maiya Quansah-Breed, Bobbie Little, Andrew Patrick-Walker and Waylon Jacobs.
For more information and to purchase CASES, visit:
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The 90-minute Trusted Network webinar, chaired by Terri Paddock, breaks down into three key sections, and a total of six topics, as well as Q&A session.
1. Short-term risks:
- Homeworking
- Overcollection and misprocessing
2. Medium-term risks
- Return to marketing
- Track and trace
3. Long-term risks
- Permanent loss of privacy
- Brexit and adequacy agreement
WATCH the full webinar here:
youtu.be/tzaHOSz6ITo
Securys Limited:
http://securys.co.uk
Llewellyn Consulting:
llewellyn-consulting.com
The 90-minute Trusted Network webinar, chaired by Terri Paddock, breaks down into three key sections, and a total of six topics, as well as Q&A session.
1. Short-term risks:
- Homeworking
- Overcollection and misprocessing
2. Medium-term risks
- Return to marketing
- Track and trace
3. Long-term risks
- Permanent loss of privacy
- Brexit and adequacy agreement
WATCH the full webinar here:
youtu.be/tzaHOSz6ITo
Securys Limited:
http://securys.co.uk
Llewellyn Consulting:
llewellyn-consulting.com
The 90-minute Trusted Network webinar, chaired by Terri Paddock, breaks down into three key sections, and a total of six topics, as well as Q&A session.
1. Short-term risks:
- Homeworking
- Overcollection and misprocessing
2. Medium-term risks
- Return to marketing
- Track and trace
3. Long-term risks
- Permanent loss of privacy
- Brexit and adequacy agreement
WATCH the full webinar here:
youtu.be/tzaHOSz6ITo
Securys Limited:
http://securys.co.uk
Llewellyn Consulting:
llewellyn-consulting.com
The 90-minute Trusted Network webinar, chaired by Terri Paddock, breaks down into three key sections, and a total of six topics, as well as Q&A session.
1. Short-term risks:
- Homeworking
- Overcollection and misprocessing
2. Medium-term risks
- Return to marketing
- Track and trace
3. Long-term risks
- Permanent loss of privacy
- Brexit and adequacy agreement
WATCH the full webinar here:
youtu.be/tzaHOSz6ITo
Securys Limited:
http://securys.co.uk
Llewellyn Consulting:
llewellyn-consulting.com
The 90-minute Trusted Network webinar, chaired by Terri Paddock, breaks down into three key sections, and a total of six topics, as well as Q&A session.
1. Short-term risks:
- Homeworking
- Overcollection and misprocessing
2. Medium-term risks
- Return to marketing
- Track and trace
3. Long-term risks
- Permanent loss of privacy
- Brexit and adequacy agreement
WATCH the full webinar here:
youtu.be/tzaHOSz6ITo
Securys Limited:
http://securys.co.uk
Llewellyn Consulting:
llewellyn-consulting.com
The 90-minute Trusted Network webinar, chaired by Terri Paddock, breaks down into three key sections, and a total of six topics, as well as Q&A session.
1. Short-term risks:
- Homeworking
- Overcollection and misprocessing
2. Medium-term risks
- Return to marketing
- Track and trace
3. Long-term risks
- Permanent loss of privacy
- Brexit and adequacy agreement
WATCH the full webinar here:
youtu.be/tzaHOSz6ITo
Securys Limited:
http://securys.co.uk
Llewellyn Consulting:
llewellyn-consulting.com
The 90-minute Trusted Network webinar, chaired by Terri Paddock, breaks down into three key sections, and a total of six topics, as well as Q&A session.
1. Short-term risks:
- Homeworking
- Overcollection and misprocessing
2. Medium-term risks
- Return to marketing
- Track and trace
3. Long-term risks
- Permanent loss of privacy
- Brexit and adequacy agreement
WATCH the full webinar here:
youtu.be/tzaHOSz6ITo
Securys Limited:
http://securys.co.uk
Llewellyn Consulting:
llewellyn-consulting.com
The 90-minute Trusted Network webinar, chaired by Terri Paddock, breaks down into three key sections, and a total of six topics, as well as Q&A session.
1. Short-term risks:
- Homeworking
- Overcollection and misprocessing
2. Medium-term risks
- Return to marketing
- Track and trace
3. Long-term risks
- Permanent loss of privacy
- Brexit and adequacy agreement
WATCH the full webinar here:
youtu.be/tzaHOSz6ITo
Securys Limited:
http://securys.co.uk
Llewellyn Consulting:
llewellyn-consulting.com


