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BACK TO THE THEATRE by Judi Bevan
Award-winning journalist Judi Bevan's debut production, TOO MANY BOOKS comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse in Highgate 26 Feb - 16 Mar. It sheds light on issues of identity, cultural displacement and the journey of parents seeking to adopt a child.
16/1/2025
ROUND UP OF 2024: THE HIGHLIGHTS
31/12/24
We take a look at the major events and most memorable stories of 2024
REVIEWERS CHOICE OF BEST SHOWS 2024
A selection of our reviewers write about their favourite shows of the year.
RICHARD HARRIS on THE BUSINESS OF MURDER revival at Tabard Theatre
Published October 2024
Celebrated writer Richard Harris writes about the inspiration behind his thriller THE BUSINESS OF MURDER which enjoyed a successful 7-year run in the West End.
GETTING INTO THEATRE
Our series for EMERGING THEATREMAKERS
First published 2019, updated September 2024
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
12/4/2024
David J Keogh is multiple award-winning produced screenwriter. He specializes in drama, comedy and dramedy for television, film and stage.
Why director Finlay Glen is staging Ena Lamont Stewart’s plays from 1970s, almost 50 years after they were first written.
15/10/2023
Knocking on the Wall by Ena Lamont Stewart is at the Finborough Theatre until 24 November
ACTOR’S LIFE by Sarah Thom
April/2023
"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
1/2/2023
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
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.
IF by Richard Braine
Published Feb 2021
Extolling the virtues of pub theatres with a little help from the 'old jingoist'.
AN ACTOR PREPARES BADLY
by Richard Braine
Published Feb 2021
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
3 June 2020
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.
PLAYS SET IN A PUB 'A man walks into a bar' by David Weir First published January 2019
'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.
FRINGE THEATRE by Annie Power
First published May 2018
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 (February 2024) 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
London pub theatres magazine ISSN 2977-6724