In Focus: ‘Stephen King on Screen’ at the BFI

In accordance with the upcoming seventieth birthday of Stephen King, author extraordinaire, the British Film Institute (BFI) are launching an entire season of adaptations of King’s work running throughout September and October. As the living author with the most prolific oeuvre of adaptations, … Continue reading →

‘Gone Off’ at the Camden Fringe: Exploring the Erosion of Queer Club Culture

Gone Off is a show dedicated to the history and vibrancy of the LGBTQ social scene. In the last half a decade there has been a gradual disintegration of iconic queer spaces and within the confines and aspirations of the show, the company behind the show, TOBYLikesMILK, seeks both to celebrate these … Continue reading →

Highlights from The Edinburgh International Film Festival

In its seventy-first iteration this year, the Edinburgh International Film Festival strived to attract interested parties into its embrace with as diverse and comprehensive a selection of cinema as possible. Originally starting in in 1947, this gathering in Scotland’s capital is the longest … Continue reading →

Screening ‘Julius Caesar’: In Conversation with Phyllida Lloyd

Phyllida Lloyd has recently conducted a revolutionary experiment with Shakespeare. Billed as the “Shakespeare Trilogy”, Lloyd has taken Julius Caesar, Henry IV, and The Tempest and spun them with a diverse, all-female cast (starring Harriet Walter) in a bid to address issues relating to the … Continue reading →

Caesar on Parole: in Conversation with Jackie Clune

Jackie Clune plays the title role in Phyllida Lloyd’s latest production of Julius Caesar, originally performed at the Donmar in late 2016 and now being released in cinemas. Building on a distinguished stage career, Clune was enticed by Phyllida’s groundbreaking all-female Shakespeare trilogy … Continue reading →