News
November
We're starting to enter lots of Christmas productions this month. 'The Red Shoes' opens at the Swan Theatre at Stratford on the 14th, and 'A Christmas Carol' opens at The Old Vic on the 20th, with John Simm playing Scrooge. For many, this represents the start of the Christmas season. I'm looking forward to reading those reviews, and we'll bring you as many reviews of Christmas productions from around the country. As usual, they will be in a separate issue, rounding off TR issues for 2024.
We've also been continuing to enter the archive, and have now entered all of the productions for 1985, making them fully searchable. we're aware that sometimes the search can take a while to load (a problem with old system meets new system) but we're working on that. We'll continue apace.
Thank you as always, to those who have contacted us with pointers and suggestions. We're always grateful, so please continue to do so at
editor@theatrerecord.com
Fri 04 Oct 2024
October
Firstly, thank you to everyone who has been in contact to suggest improvements. We're always grateful for these pointers, and will continue to include them if we can. Thank you too, to those of you who have pointed out errors or missing reviews. Again, it's really helpful, and we're always grateful to add or change anything you spot.
We're continuing, as always, to enter the archive, which will make TR fully searchable. Whilst in the process, I looked up Maggie Smith after the sad news of her death, and read the reviews of 'Virginia' by Edna O'Brien in 1981. Reading Michael Billington's review in the Guardian reminded me what a great actress she was. A national treasure indeed.
As always, do let me have any comments or suggestions at editor@theatrerecord.com
Tue 03 Sep 2024
September
As you'll see, the August listings have been published.
There are 3 issues as normal for August - issue 8 including all the London and regional productions (only 24 this time), and the Edinburgh fringe and International issues. Of a total of 1114 Edinburgh theatre listings, we managed to publish reviews on 981 of them. We are continuing to add them daily, but it is coming to an end now.
To have so much talent there, showing it all off to the world, The Edinburgh Festivals are one of the greatest celebrations of arts and culture on the planet. Reading all the information on the Ed fringe and International websites, they really are global events. From it's start in 1947, when 8 theatre groups performed to now is wonderful to see.
As things will be slightly less busy for us here at TR in September, we'll continue to make improvements to the site and continue with entering the archive, so it's fully searchable.
As always, do let me have any comments or suggestions at editor@theatrerecord.com