theatre - East End Review

'It's an uplifting show about how everyone you know is going to die' — 'Age Is A Feeling' at Soho Theatre Walthamstow

This one-woman show might be about death, but its creator — Haley McGee — wants audiences to feel hopeful

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'It's an uplifting show about how everyone you know is going to die' — 'Age Is A Feeling' at Soho Theatre Walthamstow

'The Marvellous Adventures of Mary Seacole' returns to the Rosemary Branch Theatre

Written by the late Cleo Sylvestre, the performance pays homage to a ‘brilliant, trailblazing pioneer’

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'The Marvellous Adventures of Mary Seacole' returns to the Rosemary Branch Theatre

'Going to the club and bumping into people who've seen your show is crazy' — the young director behind the Arcola's 'Bitch Boxer'

Prime Isaac is only 26, but is already making a mark on London’s theatrical scene

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'Going to the club and bumping into people who've seen your show is crazy' — the young director behind the Arcola's 'Bitch Boxer'

American Psycho, review - a 'parting tour de force'

The musical version was Rupert Goold’s first smash production as artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, and he now revisits this dark, satirical commentary on 1980s corporate greed

Author: Sarah Birch

Jack Butterworth and Arty Froushan in American Psycho, Almeida Theatre. Photograph: Marc Brenner

'ROTUS' at Park Theatre is the one-woman show Making Theatre Great Again

Chaisty Quirk, Receptionist of the United States, is the sorority girl antagonist we didn’t know we needed

Author: Sarah Birch

'ROTUS' at Park Theatre is the one-woman show Making Theatre Great Again

'Turning the mirror back on us' — Stratford East’s latest play is Pulitzer finalist holding audiences accountable

Based on real events, 'HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES' may be about Nazi Germany, but its message is just as relevant today

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'Turning the mirror back on us' — Stratford East’s latest play is Pulitzer finalist holding audiences accountable

'It’s really not about marriage' - Gecko director Amit Lahav on The Wedding as it heads to Sadler’s Wells East

In theatre group Gecko's dystopian world, we're all 'married to the state'

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'It’s really not about marriage' - Gecko director Amit Lahav on The Wedding as it heads to Sadler’s Wells East

Cinderella at Hackney Empire - a Christmas present come early

From a social climbing evil stepmother to dating app-swiping ugly stepsisters, this festive pantomime is a modern twist on the beloved classic

Author: Julia Silverberg

Cinderella at Hackney Empire - a Christmas present come early

Mama Goose at Stratford East - a modern East End twist on the Christmas panto

The nights may be longer and the days might be darker, but one perk of the bleak midwinter is the ushering in of pantomime season

Author: Julia Silverberg

Mama Goose at Stratford East - a modern East End twist on the Christmas panto

A Hackney homecoming - actor Siobhan James returns to legendary venue for first lead role

Celebrated actor Siobhan James is returning to her home borough this winter, assuming her first lead role in a pantomime

Author: Julia Silverberg

A Hackney homecoming - actor Siobhan James returns to legendary venue for first lead role

The Harder They Come - 'a message of persistence rings loud and clear'

Olivier Award-winner Matthew Xia directs this stage adaptation of the film The Harder They Come at Stratford East

Author: Gabriel Wilding

Danny Bailey (José) in The Harder They Come

Saddled with Shakespeare: The Handlebards ride to Geffrye Museum

An all-bicycling theatre company is giving new meaning to the phrase ‘play cycle’

Author: East End Review

The Handlebards' all-female troupe. Photograph: The Handlebards