Theater review: ‘The Splatter Play’ brings laughter and blood, but little horror

Posted on October 10, 2023October 13, 2023 by Kai Elijah Hamilton

Viewers are immediately immersed into a wacky world where humor and absurdity seems to be the main objective.

Play skewers, then unites Asheville’s left and right

Posted on November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 by Xpress Contributor

“And if that isn’t enough, you’ll also get to see one of your current or former City Council members do stand-up comedy.”

The Magnetic Theatre hosts a comedy showcase

Posted on April 9, 2019April 4, 2019 by Bill Kopp

Four accomplished comics — two from Western North Carolina and two based in Colorado — bravely bring their humorous stand-up to The Magnetic Theatre.

Theater review: Stupid F**king Bird at the Magnetic Theatre

Posted on April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 by Tony Kiss

The best advice here is to hold on tightly and be prepared for a wild ride. At its essence, this bunch is mostly seeking romance with other characters from the script, but not finding that sentiment returned.

Top 5 theater productions of 2016

Posted on December 30, 2016December 29, 2016 by Jeff Messer

Another year of great local theater has come to an end, and 2016 proved to be exceptional for audiences who love an evening’s entertainment at one of the many great playhouses and experimental spaces throughout Western North Carolina.

Smart bets: The Employee Handbook Revision Committee

Posted on September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 by Kat McReynolds

Put on by a cast of local stage dwellers, productions are at the Magnetic Theatre Thursdays-Saturdays, from Oct. 1-24, at 7:30 p.m., nightly.

Smart bets: If You Must

Posted on July 27, 2015July 22, 2015 by Kat McReynolds

Theatrical startup the Cardboard Sea debuts “If You Must” at the Magnetic Theatre on Thursday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m., and Friday July 31, and Saturday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Theater review: Food and How to Eat It

Posted on January 14, 2015July 31, 2015 by Jeff Messer

If you want an evening of heaps with laughter, this is the show for you. Magnetic takes a few dashes of comedy spice and ladles on the special sauce that is this talented ensemble.

Smart bets: Magnetic Theatre’s Food and How to Eat It!

Posted on January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 by Kat McReynolds

The makers of Sex and How to Have It will add one more chapter to their how-to sketch comedy series before transplanting The Magnetic Theatre to its new River Arts District home in early 2015. Food and How to Eat It!, produced and directed by Steven Samuels, stars Magnetic veterans Katie Langwell, Valerie Meiss, Glenn […]

The Magnetic Theatre returns; “#OUCH! An Accidental Comedy” opens

Posted on September 27, 2014September 26, 2014 by Toni Sherwood

Take an accomplished Hollywood writer, director and actress with decades of comedy writing experience, throw her unexpectedly into the flawed and unpredictable American healthcare system, and you’re bound to end up with entertaining anecdotes. Such as: A mysterious accident catapults an Asheville woman into a dystopia of drugs, disillusionment and worst of all, the dreaded […]