Great Exhibition of the North 2018
You’ve heard of the “Northern Powerhouse”. You’ve heard that “it’s grim up north” and that you...
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Category: Events
Trauma, fearlessly embodied: ‘A Monster Calls’
You know a show is something special when you’re disappointed to reach the interval. As the lights...
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Making Something New: ‘RED’ at Wyndham’s Theatre
Though figuratively they may speak volumes, paintings don’t tend to literally speak for...
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Ed Byrne: ‘Spoiler Alert’
Ed Byrne has been an acclaimed stand-up (with audiences and critics alike) for 20 years now. His...
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Composing Modern Musicals: In Conversation with Dougal Irvine
Teddy the Musical is transforming London’s Vaults beneath Waterloo into Elephant and Castle...
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Tarantino in the 18th Century: ‘Stand and Deliver’ by Tobacco Tea Theatre
The 18th century was a time of political and social upheaval, as Britain’s growth as an imperial...
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Rethinking ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’: In Conversation with Patrick Knowles
A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the Twentieth Century’s most enduring plays and Tennesse...
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Scarier than Fiction: Bête Noire’s production of Father of Lies
True crime is something of a nomadic genre. Aside from comedy, no other type of narrative...
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The New Generation of Musical Superheroes: ‘Eugenius!’
Entering the auditorium of The Other Palace, you descend the stairs accompanied by Soft Cell, Phil...
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The Anonymous Face of the Net: ‘The Believers are but Brothers’
“At the edge of our decaying bodies lies a network of power greater than any tyrant has ever...
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Got Plans for Armageddon? Marching To ‘The End of the World’ with Cat Loud
This is the end, hold your breath and count to ten. The Vault’s performance space is a fitting...
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Fake Wellness: In Conversation with Daniella Isaacs
For much of her 20’s, Daniella Isaacs was something of an ambassador for the Wellness movement,...
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Braving the Horror: Danse Macabre’s “Nightmares in Progress”
Horror despite its potential has often found itself avoided by theatre practitioners despite...
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Pick of the Vaults Festival 2018
In what has been dubbed “London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe” The Vaults in London are...
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Drop the mic Jamael Westman: ‘Hamilton’ at the Victoria Palace Theatre
Hamilton audiences are split into two camps. Either you know the whole soundtrack word by word,...
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Exhibition Exceeds Expectations: The British Library’s Harry Potter: A History of Magic
Expertly devised, “Harry Potter: A History of Magic” is a fine example of cohesive curation:...
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‘Cavalry 360˚’: Bringing the Sound of Horses back to Chesters Roman Fort
In a new venture for English Heritage, the charity’s first ever sound installation Cavalry 360˚ is...
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‘Girl From the North Country’ at the Old Vic: Dylan with a Difference
If you’re travelin’ in the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the...
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Paula Varjack’s ‘Show Me The Money’: Finance and the Fringe
As anyone who has been to the Edinburgh Fringe knows, if you walk up the Royal Mile in August you...
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‘The Shape of the Pain’: Staging Chronic Suffering
It’s almost impossible to comprehend what pain feels like when you’re not currently...
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‘Fatherland’ in Manchester: The Role of Verbatim Theatre in Uncertain Times
The Exchange Theatre in Manchester is arranged in the round, there is a loud drumbeat all around...
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Headspace: ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ at the National Theatre
Inua Ellams’s Barber Shop Chronicles is fairly self-explanatory: it chronicles the lives of barber...
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