Performing in the outdoors is not simply a case of setting up stage in a field – it’s a demanding art form that presents more obstacles than most theatrical environments. Unpredictability is inherent, with challenges ranging from overcoming noise pollution and lighting problems to the most obvious contender: the volatility of the Great British weather. [...]

Luke Barne’s debut play is an entertaining, snappy two-hander lent a topical resonance by recent events. The London riots have brought to fore the issue of increasingly bored and frustrated young people. Yet it is not the rather more heavy-handed, catalytic anger of disenfranchisement which forms the central theme of Chapel Street. Rather, it is [...]

In this post-apocalyptic scenario, the ice caps have melted, flooding the earth and forcing survivors to skyscrapers and mountaintops – or, in Alvin Sputnik’s case, a glorified roof garden, complete with house, tree and ailing wife. What’s more (if the global situation were not bad enough) Alvin’s wife then dies, leaving him alone in the [...]

The Fringe presents plenty of opportunities for audiences to pretend to be someone else, but when wearing the shoes of another where would you draw the line? Blast Theory’s A Machine to See With casts you in the lead role of a heist movie, making you confront how far you will go in the name [...]