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Everywhere’s caught royal wedding fever and plans for lavish celebrations are go;  all’s set to go swimmingly providing the squeals of a very important pig are silenced in time for the big day. No, the Royals aren’t working on new ways to halt the faux pas of certain more senior members of the family, it’s [...]

The National Theatre’s smash hit War Horse transferred to Broadway on 14 April to rave reviews after successfully leaving London audiences teary eyed in the capital since 2007. But it started its life as a children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo, and certainly isn’t alone in this transfer across mediums. Films have long pillaged novels and [...]

The name ‘Shakespeare’ is often cited as the bane of school children everywhere; the strange, distant language and complex stories of the bard making for confusing reading. However, the edited script of this collaboration between the Little Angel theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company makes child’s play of the issue without losing any of the [...]

Based on real life events, Cause Célèbre is one of Terrence Rattigan’s lesser known plays, brought to the Old Vic stage as part of the centenary celebrations of Rattigan’s birth.
It focuses on the real life story of Alma Rattenbury, trialled for the murder of her husband in 1935 alongside her 18-year-old lover George Wood. The [...]

It’s difficult to avoid prejudice and ignore what’s been said about a show when it’s been as talked about as The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. I faced a stark reminder of just how subjective theatre can be and how it’s best to always keep an open mind, however, after being completely captured by the theatrical equivalent [...]

TheatreFix have found the magic password for cheap tickets at the Riverside Studios during May.
Simply ring the box office on 020 8237 1111 and quote ‘Glamoursmith’ – TheatreFix loves a joke but we promise we’re not having you on with this one! – to get £10 tickets for any of the fantastic shows listed below:
Gyles [...]

In the true party-animal style of a third year student approaching the end of her degree, I was headed for an early night on Friday evening (a unique way to celebrate the rarity of not having an essay due the next day). However, in the midst of this bizarre moment, I found myself witnessing another [...]

For Naomi Wallace, playwright of One Flea Spare, the relevance of a piece of theatre has to do with “issues of how a play can best be of use to others”. Speaking of One Flea Spare’s contemporary relevance in the programme, she raises numerous comparisons to contemporary society. However, the play doesn’t quite live up [...]

Theatre is often accused of being an elitist sport; accessible only to those who have enough money to go frequently and compare a piece to other productions they’ve previously seen. One of Soho theatre’s key aims is to encourage new audiences to new works and there can’t be a better way to do this than [...]

I’m ashamed to admit how long I’ve spent trying to find a way to introduce myself to TheatreFix readers. Even more so to admit I’ve still not worked it out.
I’m Melissa, a 21 year old Essex girl in the final few weeks of an arduous English Literature and History degree, somewhat torn between wanting to [...]