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THE WRITER'S TOOLKIT PODCAST by Paul Kalburgi, featuring Heather Jeffery, editor of LPT magazine and writer/performer Jonathan Blakeley
The magical world of London’s pub theatre are vital stages for new writing in the UK. How these intimate spaces support emerging talent and connect directly with audiences is explored in this podcast. So grab a drink, and let's head up the creaking staircase and celebrate the spirit of creativity and community that makes pub theatres the lifeblood of British theatre.
Images below of just a few pub theatres spaces, a full list of all the London pub theatre can be found on this page
ROUND UP OF 2023: THE HIGHLIGHTS
With around 130,000 visitors to the magazine in 2023, we take a look back over the year at the major events and most memorable stories.
REVIEWERS CHOICE OF BEST SHOWS 2023
A selection of our reviewers write about their favourite shows of the year.
David J Keogh shares LESSONS LEARNT AS A FIRST-TIME THEATRE-TOUR PRODUCER ... or how to sort the bad from the good when going on tour
David J Keogh is multiple award-winning produced screenwriter. He specializes in drama, comedy and dramedy for television, film and stage.
GETTING INTO THEATRE
Our series for EMERGING THEATREMAKERS
Why director Finlay Glen is staging Ena Lamont Stewart’s plays from 1970s, almost 50 years after they were first written.
Knocking on the Wall by Ena Lamont Stewart is at the Finborough Theatre until 24 November
MAKING THEATRE SUSTAINABLE: Introducing THEATRE GREEN BOOK
by Heather Jeffery (First published November 2021)
This article is an overview of Theatre Trust Conference at Lyric Theatre on the need to reduce our carbon footprint. It also includes a link to reducing our digital carbon footprint.
PLAYS SET IN A PUB 'A man walks into a bar' by David Weir
'A man walks into a bar.' It’s the opening line of a hundred hoary old gags, but it’s also the launchpad for some of the world’s finest plays. David Weir takes a look at when pub theatre is also theatre set in a pub.
ACTOR’S LIFE by Sarah Thom
"My actor’s life has certainly been an eclectic one. It feels fitting that I’m writing this article in the middle of remounting my *’bonkers and beautiful’ one-woman show, BEAK SPEAKS."
Why London's pub theatre scene feels like home from home by Chicago born director PETER CIEPLY
His belief in synchronising heartbeats, losing a suspension of disbelief, and UK premiere of THIS BITTER EARTH by Harrison David Rivers at White Bear Theatre in Kennington opening 21 February 2023
TIME FOR THE RETURN TO THEATRE OF THE ABSURD
By Mark Daniels of Flugelman Productions
Satirising the unsatirisable – with the often ridiculous political climate we live in, is it time for the return of absurd theatre?
IF by Richard Braine
Extolling the virtues of pub theatres with a little help from the 'old jingoist'.
THE KEY TO CREATIVITY
by Siân Rowland
If you’ve been feeling isolated and lost your creative mojo there is bound to be something here to suit. The key aim for all of them? Stay connected.
AN ACTOR PREPARES BADLY
by Richard Braine
My first acting work, post Covid, an audio piece based on those brilliant books by Toby Clement Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims, was to be made in the grounds of Leiston Abbey, in Suffolk. The whole thing sounded to me like bliss. I urged my agent to accept.
"First things first Richard", said my director, "all the read through and rehearsals will be socially distanced and we will be using Zoom’"
WHAT WILL PUB THEATRE BE LIKE WHEN IT REOPENS?
by Andy Curtis
It is estimated that the performing arts is a £5 billion industry with cumulative audiences comparable to Premier League football crowds. Whilst pub theatres will not see anything like this kind of revenue or audiences, its part in the theatre ecology is beyond doubt.
FRINGE THEATRE by Annie Power
An insightful history of the fringe along with a list of fringe festivals not to be missed
We are very proud to announce that LONDON PUB THEATRES MAGAZINE is now an OFFIE AWARD WINNING publication
A ONEOFF Special Award has been awarded to London Pub Theatres Magazine and Editor Heather Jeffery for providing a vital forum for highlighting the excellent work that happens in rooms in pubs, with sensitive editing, and an acute sense of the importance of tiny fringe venues to the health and development of British Theatre