Tightrope theatre company’s Dining Al Desko is a comedy which borders into absurdity which borders into the tragedies of working a 9-to-5 desk job, in a crashing economy which is giving half its staff promotions and the other half redundancies. Through the three inter-weaving monologues of Trish the marketing intern, Julie the office receptionist and Tom the one-man finance department, we’re played out the idiosyncrasies of the open-plan office (the shredding, the stapling, the obsessive sorting … [Read more...]
Etcetera Theatre London - News & Reviews
The Etcetera Theatre: 265 Camden High Street (above the Oxford Arms), Camden, London NW1 7BU
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Review of Café of the Damned at the Etcetera Theatre
Café of the Damned is the second play in Jim Mannering’s trilogy, the first being Dark Room (some of you may recall my 5-star review last year). In much anticipation, and hopeful that Jim hadn’t fallen prey to “second work syndrome”, I made my way to the Etcetera Theatre to see what Common Denominator’s Café of the Damned had in store for me. And what can I say other than, Wow! What a comeback this piece this is, it superseded my expectations in every way. The piece stands alone as a great … [Read more...]
Review of A State of Mind at the Etcetera Theatre
Spur of the Moment's A State of Mind is performing in the Etcetera Theatre (above the Oxford Arms). There are 2 shows planned, the first was the 12th March and the second the 23rd April. The piece is both devised and performed by Alyce Louise-Potter. A one-woman show, a piece of verbatim theatre created around the spoken word of "Billie" a woman of a certain age recanting memories and journey from school days until the present day. If you are already forming opinions about 1 woman-shows, … [Read more...]
On Monday Last Week at the Etcetera Theatre
Life is full of differences. Hopes and dreams regularly turn out not to come true and perception can sometimes be completely different to reality. So it proves for the hero of Saaramaria Kuittinen’s one-act play On Monday Last Week at Camden’s Etcetera Theatre. After six years of waiting, Kamara (Shireenah Ingram) has finally moved from Nigeria to the USA to be reunited with her husband Tobechi. Despite being vastly overqualified for the role, she takes a job as a nanny for Josh (Natalya … [Read more...]
LAURA by Elina Alminas at the Etcetera Theatre – Review
I read recently about the Vicar of Bearstead, who returns a £100 deposit paid by couples whose marriage service begins within twenty minutes of the published start time, but retains it if the service starts later than this, distributing it between the bell-ringers, vergers, choristers and organist. Road traffic incidents and other unavoidable situations are taken into consideration. It’s a policy that someone like Laura (Elina Alminas) probably wouldn’t have a problem with: taking to the … [Read more...]