The tragic story of John Merrick, who became a “penny gaff” exhibit for people to gawp at in Victorian Britain is perhaps best known from David Lynch’s 1980 version starring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft and John Gielgud. The classic Oscar winning black and white movie is not the only version of the man…
Shereen Roushbaiani is a versatile actor who has appeared in TV shows such as Midsomer Murders and in Alleycats the movie and is now playing the role of Ruth in Cul-de-Sac coming to the Clapham Omnibus Theatre from the 27th May – 14th June. Over the Shoulder spoke to Shereen about how she fell in love with performing, how her…
Ryan Calais Cameron has shown what a brilliant young writer he is with this extraordinary three hander that dramatizes a meeting in 1955 Hollywood. This wonderful play skilfully explores themes of betrayal, integrity and what would you be willing to sacrifice to achieve your dream? This is Ryan’s second play that has made the transfer…
“When you have 1000 people, and you can hear a pin drop that is the best sound of all because that’s when you know you have absolutely got them,” Producer Sonia Freidman says of this Stranger Things theatre production. Director Jon Halperin had made a fascinating, insightful and brilliant documentary. He uses a timeline to…
Cassius Hackforth has been blowing people away in theatre and film for a while now, and his career is only just getting started at the tender age of 23. He has been in TV shows such as Casualty and Doctor Who and was in the recent Indiana Jones movie in 2023. He is taking to the…
I wanted to start by saying when watching this play, it was unfortunate that I didn’t see Julian Bird who is the writer and star of The Psychiatrist and plays Dr Andrew Faulkner in the key role. A day before press night he sustained an injury, so the producer Alistair Brown stood in for him,…
Julian Bird and Stephanie Okoye are appearing in this new two-hander that is making its premiere at the White Bear Theatre from the 8th to the 26th of April and they couldn’t be any more excited to start the run. Based on Julian’s real experiences, it tells the story of a psychiatrist’s struggles with poor resources and…
Shakespeare is one of the best playwrights and poets in history. My favourite play is Much ado About Nothing which is on at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, so I was really looking forward to seeing how they could turn it into something different with a minimalistic set. Jamie Lloyd who directed it normally makes his…
“We will not be Silent”. ” Stand Up and Resist”. “Truth, Freedom and Honour”. These words are the bedrock of this morality tale that is also a true story of speaking truth to power. I didn’t know the true story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, but it can’t be repeated enough so that…
Sarah Cameron-West has already blown people away at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and is returning to London with her solo comedy performance as the protagonist in a story of an office ripe with doomed love affairs and office politics. With rave reviews and packed theatres Sarah has come a long way since graduating from Drama…
