Monthly Archives: October 2015

Four short one-act plays by three of the most famous members of The Manchester School of Playwrights – Harold Brighouse, Allan Monkhouse and Stanley Houghton – are revived. Annie Horniman (1860-1937), founder of the first English repertory company in 1908 … Continue reading →

Martin McDonagh, famous for the Leenane trilogy and the film thriller, In Bruges, returns to Royal Court Theatre after a ten year absence with a major black comedy. The opening scene shows a young man in prison in 1963, convicted … Continue reading →

Ian Kelly has turned his biography into a sprawling play about the Georgian theatre. The script has a Hogarthian lewdness. Samuel Foote (1720-1777), the long-forgotten, one-legged playwright and actor-manager of the Little Theatre in Haymarket, was very famous in his … Continue reading →

The Broadway musical by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper has already wowed audiences in New York and picked up six Tony awards. A family shoe factory in Northampton, facing bankruptcy, discovers there is a niche market for women’s shoes in … Continue reading →

The broad and subtle visual jokes can be enjoyed equally by balletomanes and audiences who know nothing about ballet. The “Trocks”, as they are affectionately known, are not only very funny, they are also amazing dancers.