The pairing up of two short plays always requires a delicate balance. Hull Truck Theatre has selected two monologues that address questions of life, loss and mortality for its latest offering in the building’s main house. Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall takes us into the life and mind of a young autistic girl who has terminal cancer, [...]

Having just completed its latest run at the Globe, Howard Brenton’s relatively new play Anne Boleyn at Malvern Theatre had me expecting nothing but the best Britain has to offer. I wasn’t disappointed. In fact, that is a massive understatement; I loved every minute of this fantastic production. My first fear that the show wouldn’t [...]

For two hours every evening until 28 April atBristol’s Brewery Theatre, something rather peculiar is happening. A journey onto the astral plane, a glimpse into the world beyond, call it what you will – the Ogden Sisters have come to town, and they’ve brought their Spiritual Telephonic Device. More importantly, they’ve brought an immense sense of [...]

In 1989, the famous Irving Berlin tune ‘What’ll I do’ (sung by Berlin himsel) rang out across the UK for 102 episodes of TV sitcom Birds of a Feather. The show charted the lives of Sharon and Tracy, two friends brought together as their husbands had been jailed for armed robbery, and their sex-crazed neighbour [...]