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Martin Sherman | Park Theatre, Finsbury Park | Directed by Sean Mathias.
This three-hander explores some of the huge social and political changes in gay lives through a tender inter-generational love story. It is a powerful and timely reminder that the freedoms of contemporary gay life were not “ever thus”. More info
William Shakespeare | RSC, Stratford | Directed by Kimberley Sykes.
Rosalind, the banished lovesick cross-dresser in ‘As You Like It’, is one of the great female roles in Shakespeare. Lucy Phelps rises to the challenge, delivering an enchanting and love-affirming central performance in the latest production of this wonderfully strange romantic comedy to hit Stratford. More info
Joe Penhall | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | Directed by Daniel Bailey.
If any art form can poke people into exploring sensitive and difficult topics, it’s theatre. ‘Blue/Orange’, the curiously titled revival currently playing at The Rep in Birmingham, does just that. More info
"To enter a theatre for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena of the imagination"
Simon Callow
Anton Chekhov | The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham | Directed by Andrew Brooks.
A complex tale of unrequited love, jealousy, regret and missed opportunities: themes as relevant in 2019 as they were when the play was first performed in 1896. More info
Tony Kushner | Playhouse Theatre, London | Directed by Michael Longhurst.
This powerful, surprising and unusual piece of musical theatre has all the political and personal complexity fans of his epic play ‘Angels in America’ will recognise. More info
Park Hall Academy, Castle Bromwich | Directed & written by Emilie Cullum-Kenyon.
Just when panto season seemed over for another year, Park Hall Academy performed Cinderella with a modern twist, brightening the dull final days of January with a musical fairy tale panto fusion. More info
Tennessee Williams | The Lace Market Theatre, Nottingham | Directed by Wayne Parkin.
This heavyweight play, regarded by many as one of the most influential of the twentieth century, rattles along powerfully and rises to the challenge with convincing central performances. More info
"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being."
Oscar Wilde
