AD Astra Theatre School is a Performing Arts school in Essex for children aged 3-18. Owned by two West End performers, the students are taught by these professionals and consequently many of the students at Ad Astra Theatre School are now working professionally in the…

Mrs Dalloway: Harlow Playhouse: Wednesday June 10th WE HAVE really missed productions like this at the Harlow Playhouse. Kit Green’s Mrs Dalloway was a wonderfully imaginative interpretation of the Virginia Woolf classic. The story line is: A single day in London, 1923. Clarissa Dalloway, an…

MAYBE you’ve lost your marbles… Or maybe you’ve found the most transformative piece of theatre that you’ll see this year. Probably both. Nominated for a London Pub Theatres award in its debut run, ‘funeral teeth’ promises a night of chaos. What and who are we…

DIRECT from London’s West End. . . Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother, when the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on, it’s time to put on your dancing shoes, for the night out of the year you have been waiting for, as…

Hi De Hi by Harlow Amateur Theatre Society (HATS) LET us start with the positives. Over a hundred people packed into Theatre 2 at the Harlow Playhouse on a warm Thursday night. That is some achievement. And at the end the audience gave a warm…

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Wayward Theatre Company ON Wednesday afternoon, we ran a piece on a new running group based out of Newhall. The thing we liked about them was their Gen Z vibe. This comes from an editor who ran his first…

HATS presents a live stage adaptation of the beloved British TV comedy Hi-de-Hi!, set in the 1950s at Maplins Holiday Camp. As a new season begins, founder Joe Maplin announces plans for a new camp in the Bahamas — and the coveted roles will go to…

JULIA Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic, feel-good story is brought to roaring, soaring life in this delightful musical for children. Zog is the keenest dragon in Madam Dragon’s school. He’s also the most accident-prone, flying into trees, and even setting his own wing alight. Thankfully,…

LES Misérables is the world’s longest running musical — a true modern classic based on Victor Hugo’s novel and featuring one of the most memorable scores of all time. The multi-award-winning Les Misérables is as ground breaking today as it was when it first premiered…

MAYBE you’ve lost your marbles… Or maybe you’ve found the most transformative piece of theatre that you’ll see this year. Probably both. Nominated for a London Pub Theatres award in its debut run, ‘funeral teeth’ promises a night of chaos.  What and who are we…

FAIRAPY is billed as “exceptional beings with ordinary problems”. First and foremost, the exceptional being has to be writer and director Linda Helm-Manley. This was her first time as writer and director and you could tell that Linda and her MHP team poured their heart…

LEGENDARY playwright Theodore Ashcroft was preparing to premiere his latest production at Harlow Playhouse… before his sudden and suspicious death. Now the truth lies hidden in the theatre. Solve the Puzzle, Catch the Killer transforms the Playhouse’s front-of-house spaces into a self-guided investigation. Search for…

A SINGLE day in London, 1923. Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class woman in her fifties, prepares for the party she’s hosting that evening. As she walks through the city – buying flowers and thinking about her life – she sifts through memories, regrets, and old romances;…

RAZED Roof made a triumphant return to the Harlow Playhouse stage on Thursday night. Titled the Colossal Chit Chat, it was a mixture of performances and group discussion on the subject of health. In many ways, it brought out the best in Razed Roof. Their…