Sex. It’s generally considered a “dirty” word, even though the vast majority of us are only here today because of it. And despite the fact that most adults regularly - or at least sometimes - have sex, for centuries it’s been publicly suppressed and denied, a...
Early 20th century Austria, and an eligible young man and woman from the upper echelons of Viennese society are looking for love. Far from the rigid etiquette and elaborate calligraphy that instantly spring to mind, the pair of delightfully silly individuals write of their disenchantment...
Last year, when In The Heights opened at the Southwark Playhouse to near unanimous critical acclaim, stars were flying around like they were going out of fashion, praise heaped so highly at the door of the production that it must have been difficult to get...
In two months time, Thriller Live will overtake Evita to become the 17th longest running West End musical of all time, as it clocks a staggering 2,901 performances at the Lyric Theatre. With global box office sales breaking the $150million mark and yet another extension...
One hundred years on from the outbreak of the First World War, the clanging of the funeral bells still resonates through the British countryside, a booming reminder that all of our lives are forever changed because of it. Our freedom, our culture and the emancipation...
“In feudal Japan, two lovers seek to escape a doomed relationship. In 1951 New York, a body is discovered, but multiple testimonies of how it ended up there stubbornly refuse to align. In 2002 New York, a priest wrestling with his faith orchestrates a hoax that backfires...
When the body of thirteen year old Mary Phagan was found in the basement of a pencil factory run by Leo Frank, the suspicious eyes of the investigating officer landed, of course, on him. Accused of murdering the young employee by an officer for whom...
When self-proclaimed “modern,” Millie Dillmount arrives in New York City, she has only one thing on her mind: to find herself a wealthy boss that she can make her husband. It's certainly not a "modern" aspiration by today's standards, but this is the roaring...
Forget feminism, equality and any idea of a woman being anything other "a wife" (read: cook, cleaner and household manager) and embrace 19th century north west America, where wives were traded like cattle and women treated like staff. This is Seven Brides for Seven...
Berlin, 1928, and the city's most luxurious hotel is open for business. As the bell boys and maids glide silently through the corridors, an eclectic collection of guests emerge from their rooms, each with startlingly different stories that begin somewhere else, only to become inextricably...