Leighton Buzzard Observer - Theatre Feed

Haunting fairytale show explores what happens after the happily ever after

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:11 GMT

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a haunting but magical treat.

Birdsong (review)

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:13:07 GMT

The horrors of trench warfare are brought graphically to life in Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks’ harrowing WW1 drama about love and death, that opened at the Royal & Derngate last night.

Break The Floorboards (review)

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:59:02 GMT

It’s an old trick casting a prodigiously talented dancer and then giving him a storyline in which he goes from clod-hoppingly bad to discovering a remarkable ability.

Teechers (review)

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:16:58 GMT

It felt like I was back at school when I took a seat in the auditorium at The Grove Theatre last night for Teechers, John Godber’s anarchic comedy about the staff and students at a local “inadequate” comp.

From slum to Sainthood at MK Theatre

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:44:11 GMT

Some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre will be rousing audiences at Milton Keynes Theatre from Monday when Evita opens.

Murder and mayhem in Wing

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:20:41 GMT

Wing Players celebrate 25 years of drama with the comedy thriller Mind Over Manor.

Comedy double bill heads to the Grove

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:37:55 GMT

Get a taste of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Grove Theatre with two of the next big hits on the comedy circuit.

Cads prescribe GP murder thriller

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:19:00 GMT

Cheddington Amateur Dramatics Society - or CADS - next play will be Prescription for Murder by Norman Robbins.

Charley’s Aunt is rather nutty!

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:50:38 GMT

Brandon Thomas’s Charley’s Aunt comes to Stantonbury Campus Theatre on May 25 for one performance.

Break The Floorboards Bollywood style

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:46:19 GMT

Break The Floorboards is a new dance comedy drama from Rifco Arts and Watford Palace Theatre that is a little like Billy Elliot Bollywood-style.

A Horse with no name

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:38:46 GMT

Tring Festival Company is still struggling to recruit an ethnic actor to play the part of Horse in a production of raunchy stage show The Full Monty.

Birds of a Feather flock to Aylesbury’s Waterside

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:01:21 GMT

Those original Essex girls, Sharon and Tracey, have been away from the small screen for far too long. So welcome back Birds of A Feather to the stage.

Wartime romance with Birdsong

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:49:44 GMT

An exciting, new adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ acclaimed novel Birdsong comes to Northampton’s Royal & Derngate, from Monday as part an nation-wide tour. A dynamic cast of 12 shape Faulks’ much loved wartime epic into an intimate story of love and sacrifice, set against the backdrop of the Western Front.

A lesson in comedy with Teechers At The Grove

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:46:31 GMT

John Godber’s classic comedy, Teechers, an irreverent look at life in a comprehensive, comes to he Grove Theatre, Dunstable on Saturday for one performance.

Relatively Speaking (review)

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:12:28 GMT

Alan Ayckbourn’s 1967 comedy Relatively Speaking is meandering its way to the West End via a shortish run in the provinces and last night it pitched up for a week at Milton Keynes Theatre.

The Pajama Game (review)

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:34:31 GMT

There was no time for 40 winks when the classic rom-com musical The Pajama Game opened for the night shift this week.

Polwart’s pure and perfect pitch

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:14:45 GMT

Okay so time for a show of hands – who likes them?

Julian Clary’s one night stand at MK Theatre

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:06:19 GMT

Self-proclaimed Lord of Mince Julian Clary will welcome a selection of eligible bachelors onto the stage to win his hand in marriage at the theatre on Sunday!

Abigail’s Party comes to Milton Keynes Theatre

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:39:41 GMT

Suburban satire reigns at Milton Keynes Theatre this week with audiences invited to 1970’s classic Abigail’s Party.

Stantonbury Campus has a tiddler of a show!

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:54:30 GMT

Want to give you kids a treat this weekend?