Ken Wilson
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Cult: A Musical
A strangely misjudged “musical” taking inflammatory pseudo-religious cults as subject matter.
The Laramie Project
Verbatim theatre that asks why student Matthew Shepard was tortured and beaten in small town America.
As Is
A wonderfully told human story of love and death that’s acutely observed and hugely well-played with no wallowing in self-pity.
Sunshine on Leith
A rocking, footstomping, teary musical based on Proclaimers’ favourites, from a well-cast, effervescent ensemble that can sing, dance and act.
UKIP! The Musical
Spiv and snake oil salesmen Nigel Farage takes charge in this energetic (if sometimes uncomfortable) revue.
Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim’s darkly comic musical is a brave choice for the Playhouse’s outreach programme
Interview: Milla Jackson
Written during the 1980s AIDS pandemic, As Is is revived at Bedlam Theatre this August. Director Milla Jackson explains to Ken Wilson why now is the time to bring it back.
Love Me Tender
The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s songs, wrapped around a rebooted Twelfth Night, is a full-tilt combination of gut-busting singing and great dancing and choreography.
Mancub / The Children
An energetic if flawed Lyceum Youth Theatre double bill of two thought-provoking plays with troubled childhoods at their heart.
A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s witty comedy of manners shows desperate housewives and high maintenance husbands falling out of, and back into, love.
Patricia Routledge: Facing the Music
Patricia Routledge reminisces with considerable warmth and charm about her career in operetta and musical theatre.
The King’s Speech
King George VI’s stammer threatens to derail the country on the brink of war in a story that balances the historical and the all too human.
Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
The prolific PG Wodhouse’s favourite characters, unflappable Jeeves and dim-witted Wooster, get up to some spiffing hijinks at an English country house
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A well-played Gothic chamber piece based on Oscar Wilde’s only novel, creaky and creepy in equal measure.
The Venetian Twins
Goldoni’s tangy tangle of a farce is feelgood and relevant with some hilarious street banter.
Anything Goes
As crisp and fresh as a Waldorf salad, Cole Porter’s oft-revived musical is back in a sparkling production sure to banish the blues.
Oklahoma!
The classic 1940s thigh-slapping musical set amid the cornfields is romantic, poetic and heart-swelling without ever being sentimental.
The Producers
A sassy, brassy knickerbocker-glory-with-extra-nuts musical comedy starring Phill Jupitus and Jason Manford
Hacktivists
The high school IT lab turns self-appointed junta in a thought-provoking and highly engaging tale of the revenge of the nerds.