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- 17th July 2020
Mike Leigh’s feast of agonising drunken smalltalk, Abigail’s Party, is back on stage at Kingston’s Rose, with Laura Rogers playing the deliciously excruciating hostess Beverley – the part that Alison Steadman made her own in the beloved TV version. The suburban satire is so cemented in the collective conscience from that masterful 1977 BBC adaption
READ MOREPerplexingly stark, but mesmerizingly watchable, Zinnie Harris’s reworking of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, Macbeth (An Undoing), at Kingston’s Rose (until Mar 23) puts the focus on Lady Macbeth (Nicole Cooper) in a gory exploration of guilt, madness and power shifts. By the end the cast are using mops and buckets to scrub blood from the stage,
READ MOREActor James Thomson plays contrasting roles in a dark comedy double bill at the cornerHOUSE from tomorrow (Thursday) for three nights, writes Wendy Tobitt. In Mastering Business by Dermot Murphy, James plays Bob, a small-time drugs dealer. The play explores Bob’s rollercoaster relationship between him and fellow dealer Al (Shonesé Mercier). Who is really in charge
READ MOREIt’s been a long time coming. Raise your glasses, actors are finally treading the boards again at the cornerHOUSE. The arts centre in Douglas Road, which hasn’t seen a production for nine months due to lockdowns, is back with a flourish – a double bill of dark comedy starting tomorrow (Thursday) and running for three
READ MOREFrom dripping taps to puddles, rivers and oceans, water can mean many different things to us. Until April 2, the cornerHOUSE arts centre in Surbiton is accepting photographs of the liquid stuff in all its different shapes and forms for an online exhibition. All details and how to submit your entry are on the Douglas
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