Abi McLoughlin and Peter Dewhurst receive some stellar reviews in Wildcard’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’!
“One of the best gags goes to half-asleep poshboy Demetrius”
“McLoughlin lends stern, pragmatic authority to Oberon (as she does Theseus).”
★★★★ The Stage
“…flair for physical comedy…and the timing to match it…much fun”
★★★★★ London Pub Theatres
“…hilarious ensemble…”
★★★★ Everything Theatre
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Hollywood film stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard have recently been filming in England for Robert Zemekis’ World War II movie ‘Allied’ and Alpha member Angus Kennedy has recently shot his scenes opposite them. After working on ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ last year Angus is turning into Alpha’s very own movie star! And rightly so.
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Abi McLoughlin (as Oberon and Theseus) and Peter Dewhurst (as Demetrius) join Wildcard’s production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for a three week run at The Brockley Jack’ from 5th – 23rd July.
Fairies are fighting. Lovers are chasing. Town folk are playing. On a midsummer night in the Duke’s Oak, a magical wood just outside of Athens, their lives collide and change forever. Wildcard present this enduring tale of magic tricks, lover’s tiffs and showmanship.
Details for the show are available here and check out the trailer.
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Christmas is going to be just Horrible for Rebecca Livermore as she appears as Watson in Birmingham Stage Company’s production of ‘Horrible Christmas’ to the Lowry Theatre in Salford from 7th December – 8th January. From the hilarious Horrible Histories team this promises to be a riotously funny production and a great Christmas treat for all the family. Check out the details here and the trailer from last year’s production below.
From 5th – 21st August Kate Hunter will be appearing as Nurse in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, a joint production between The Barbican and Plymouth Audi. Performing in the unique venue at the Royal William Yard tickets and production details are available here.
Derailed Theatre Company bring their production of the Greek classic ‘Thyestes’ to the Courtyard Theatre from 28th June -10th July and Charlotte Duffy plays the role of Satella. Tickets and details are available here and check out their Twitter feed here for regular updates.
After appearing there last year in ‘Boris Godunov’ Brendan O’Rourke is back this August at the Brockley Jack Theatre in a new adaptation of Kafka’s ‘The Trial’. Set inside a prison cell one year on from his arrest this one-man production finds Brendan’s Joseph K grappling with the events that led him to this moment. Details for the show are available here and check out the trailer.
