"Beetlejuice centres on Lydia Deetz, who is obsessed with death and the supernatural, which naturally comes in handy when she realises that her new home came with two friendly, recently deceased ghosts and one frantic, unseemly demon. After Adam and Barbara Maitland die and remain unsuccessful at scaring away the living from their old home, Beetlejuice finds himself in the middle of the spectacle with a plan that guarantees to fix everything" Alex Timbers' direction was nice,

Some theatre begins with a grand idea, a historical event or a burning social question. What Would Jarvis Do? begins somewhere more unexpected: with grief, 90s memories, the music of Pulp, and a pair of very distinctive yellow trousers. Under its absurd premise, however, lies an intensely human exploration of loss, nostalgia, memory and the strange ways we try to make sense of what we can no longer have. Ahead of the production’s run at Omnibus Theatre, I spoke with the creat

Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape is a quiet, intimate and intensely human exploration of memory, ageing, lament and the relationship between who we once were and who we have become. This production at The Cockpit understands that the play doesn’t need to be dressed up or overcomplicated for those themes to land. Instead, it lets the text, the performance, and the smallest details do the work. Dave Wybrow’s direction is clear and keeps the production wonderfully naturalistic