Imogen Usherwood

Aug 12, 2024 | scotsman.com | Imogen Usherwood

New writing theatre company Show Don't Tell Productions presents a funny, tender dark comedy about a couple whose relationship is suddenly upturned when one of them becomes a ghost... “If I wasn’t dead, I’d kill myself.” “Don’t say that.” “No, I mean it – ghosts have the most appalling quality of life.” Luke and Jess meet at a party. Several dates, an entire relationship and a bad breakup later, he reappears in her life to announce that he’s dead.

Feb 7, 2024 | the-orb.org | Imogen Usherwood

By Imogen Usherwood'Small Hours' was a runner-up in the 2023 Oxford Review of Books Short Story Prize. ... Was it really October, the last time you saw him? When you were down visiting Connor—God, all that way just to see Connor, what were you thinking—and you texted him to say you were in town, and he suggested meeting in that new café by the bridge which had opened after you graduated.

Jan 15, 2024 | oxfordplayhouse.com | Imogen Usherwood

By Imogen Usherwood“Ghosts have the most appalling quality of life.” Luke and Jess meet at a party. Several dates, an entire relationship, and a bad breakup later, he reappears in her life to announce that he’s dead. As their story is played out back and forth in time, Luke and Jess must decide whether they want to carry on being in each other’s lives – or afterlives.

Dec 1, 2023 | broadwayworld.com | Imogen Usherwood

As pantomime season descends upon us again, and every theatre in every part of the country is staging its own festive offering, it can be difficult to stand out – but Newbury Corn Exchange has done just that, with this high-energy, gorgeous production of Beauty and the Beast. It’s an all-singing, all-dancing show that will keep viewers of all ages laughing, and have the grown-ups exchanging glances at some of the more suggestive jokes.

May 31, 2023 | broadwayworld.com | Imogen Usherwood

Almost two years after it first premiered, Danny Robins’s domestic ghost story has turned into a well-oiled West End machine, working its way through various casts and venues. Having previously featured the likes of Cheryl, Lily Allen and Laura Whitmore, this latest incarnation of 2:22 - A Ghost Story at the Apollo Theatre is not quite so star-studded, which is by no means a criticism.