Harlow Playhouse
THE Bee Gees were three brothers who from singing close harmony as children grew to become world superstars by their early twenties. They got to a point where they broke up and could no longer speak to each other; only to reform and reinvent disco…
A vibrant coming-of-age story about becoming a man through adventures big and small. It is about a notorious city, and football. How the world views it, and how it views the world.
TODAY marks David Bowie’s 69th birthday. It also marks the release of his latest album Backstar. But who can remember back to April 20th 1972, when the Thin White Duke played the Harlow Playhouse? Bowie had released Hunky Dory in December 1971 but for many…
A chance to see the premiere of Madam Butterfly at your local Theatre The highly acclaimed Russian State Opera returns with the perfect tragic opera Madam Butterfly – one of the most colourful & exotic operas Music by Giacomo Puccini Italian libretto by Luigi Illica…
THE HARLOW Playhouse production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was everything that every pantomime could wish itself to be. From the very beginning, the cast gave it everything, in order to ensure that the crowd were thoroughly entertained. Much of the credit must…
SAMUEL BECKETT’S 60-year-old masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, is coming to the Harlow Playhouse for three nights only. Voted the most significant English Language Play of the 20th Century, the play can best be described as ground-breaking, an anarchic mediation on the meaning of live and…
THE Festive celebrations are starting early this year at the Playhouse with the arrival of The Three Half Pints on 20th November. The slapstick trio will be taking on the classic Christmas tale ‘A Christmas Tale,’ by Charles Dickens, adding comical twists to the script…
Julia Salisbury A MULTI-SENSORY tale which immerses audience members in a world of sight, sounds, smells and sensations is coming to the Harlow Playhouse on 18th November and has already sold out! The Forest depicts the story of Thea and Robin who both yearn to…
By Julia Salisbury THERE is a famous saying in show business: never work with children and animals. However, last Wednesday night’s performance at the Harlow Playhouse proved at least one element of this statement wrong. The travelling Shakespeare Schools Festival came together with three schools…
THE Searchers remarkable career continues. With such classic hits as, Sweets For My Sweet; Needles and Pins; Don’t Throw Your Love Away; Sugar and Spice and When You Walk In The Room, they have contributed enormously in establishing the UK as the world’s leading nation…
Review: By Julia Salisbury ONE word springs to mind when Parkway Dreams is mentioned: nostalgia. For the audience at the Harlow Playhouse last Thursday and Friday, a £12 ticket transported them back into the late 1940’s to witness the impact of the Newtown housing development…
EASTERN Angles Theatre Company present a new musical, created by Eastenders writer Kenny Emson. The show is on at the Harlow Playhouse on Oct 15th and 16th at 7.30pm.
BY all reports, Leo Sayer was not well on the day before his appearance at the Harlow Playhouse. But, in the great tradition of his 1974 hit, Leo was there for performance at the Harlow Playhouse. And what a show it was. Leo Sayer may…
COMEDIAN and police officer, Alfie Moore is looking forward to bringing his arresting sense of humour to the Harlow Playhouse in October. Alfie has just enjoyed a sell-out month at the Edinburgh Festival as his reputation continues to grow. Speaking to YH, Alfie said: “It…
By Louise Painter and Jack Eveleigh Interviewing Vivien and Vivianne. AKA: Simon and Lucy. What was the starting point of Funny Peculiar? Paschale Straiton, from Brighton, was inspired by the eccentric background of the town and its people. She decided to delve deeper into eccentricity…
FROM Adam Long, founding member of The Reduced Shakespeare Company and co-creator of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) comes Dickens Abridged – a fast-paced musical comedy. An absurdly talented cast of four bring hundreds of the great author’s best-loved characters to life in…
