Secret Theatre is a company that doesn't seek to make a profit create affordable and entertaining productions, contribute to charity and also support new, emerging artists?
You never know what you are going to see until you turn up that night as it is a secret, shhhhh!
Be warned though if you want to go and see a Secret Theatre production whenever they release tickets for there new productions tickets sell out very quickly.
The last time (February 2015) I give 5 stars
Wow what can I say but a very amazing experience. They played an adaptation of Seven and it was played very well. It was set in a members club / pub in Hoxton and there was lots of amazing rooms with wonderful furniture and many taxidermy animals around from giraffes, zebras to tigers. Ok now I don't usually like taxidermy but I must admit they looked amazing and all done to top standard. However the taxidermy has nothing to do with the play it was just there at the location they used. The play was set out over several floors and rooms. After the first 10 minutes of the play we are all led upstairs and each of the rooms contained the people that committed the sins. In one room there was man that had committed crime of murder of a prostitute (sexually) but only because he was forced to and he could not live with himself so he slit his wrists, a man that his sin was greed had been mutually injured and investigated by the policemen and so on. Everyone knows how the film ends and it ends the same way. It was just brilliant and so well done.
Secret Theatre the latest (August 2015) I give 3 stars
Unfortunately this time around Secret Theatre was not as good but I feel that is only because of the location (secret) that they used this time I don't think it worked well for the adaptation of the play that they performed. Also I don't think it helped as was outside this time around and was raining that night when I went to see it. I feel it was dangerous outside as they acted on stone gravel most of the night this I feel like was a hazard for both actors/actresses and spectators. As when they acted out fight scenes stones flicked up near our faces, the actors arms scrapped along the gravel etc. However I did quite enjoy the night still and I loved the alternate story of the play and the actors/actresses never put a foot wrong when acting and remembering their lines but however on this occasion I don't think that all the actors were that brilliant apart from a few.
I may of not thought the last play was as good because of the location and some of the acting but this would not put me off though going to another of their plays as it is always an experience to see their adaptation of a play/movie and they are always set in unusual places and I really like the owners and what they do for charities and emerging artists. read more