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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 themselves. How daunting, then, to build stage directions, set pieces, lighting plans, entire character arcs and - crucially - meaningful dialogue about them for the stage. On...
read more Ed Byrne: ‘Spoiler Alert’
Ed Byrne has been an acclaimed stand-up (with audiences and critics alike) for 20 years now. His success with shows such as the Roaring Forties, Different Class and the 1998 Perrier-nominated A Night At The Opera led to him appearing on the box in the diverse likes of...
read more Composing Modern Musicals: In Conversation with Dougal Irvine
Teddy the Musical is transforming London's Vaults beneath Waterloo into Elephant and Castle in the 1950's. The war is over and a new future is emerging. This is an exciting piece of new gig theatre which pushes the boundaries of what people typically expect from a...
read more 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 storytelling seems so malleable that it can make equally wild successes out of books, Netflix documentaries, and podcasts within the same handful of years. Occupying the murky...
read more The New Generation of Musical Superheroes: ‘Eugenius!’
Entering the auditorium of The Other Palace, you descend the stairs accompanied by Soft Cell, Phil Oakley and some other delightfully ‘retro’ sounds. You sit down facing a 3-tiered stage filled with slanted lines and curved stairs, reminiscent of a crashed spaceship....
read more Commemorating Life and Questioning Memory in ‘Finding Nana’
“That one thing we all wish we could have more of once they are gone. Time.” Finding Nana is a one-woman show about dealing with the grief that comes with losing somebody special to you. This autobiographical play by Jane Upton features Stacey Evans as Jane, who is...
read more 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 dreamed” – Javaad Alipoor, The Believers are but Brothers. Javaad Alipoor weaves a story of three men who venture down the rabbit hole of the blue light of screens with a...
read more 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 location to host one last cabaret before the world comes to an end. The production is situated inside a railway arch reminiscent of a bunker, lacking any decoration and lit...
read more Fake Wellness: In Conversation with Daniella Isaacs
For much of her 20’s, Daniella Isaacs was something of an ambassador for the Wellness movement, shouting the praises of following rules and restricting your diet to ‘clean’, ‘whole’ foods. That is until it made her sick. Isaacs has taken her experiences in the toxic...
read more Braving the Horror: Danse Macabre’s “Nightmares in Progress”
Horror despite its potential has often found itself avoided by theatre practitioners despite thriving on screen and in video-gaming. However, the wealth of opportunities the intimate atmosphere of a theatre can provide are rarely explored. Danse Macabre is an emerging...
read more In Focus: Art Exhibitions 2018
There will be a whole cornucopia of delights to meet your art needs across the UK in 2018. From the big names like Lucian Freud and Picasso to new interpretations and emerging artists, there’s a lot to enjoy, challenge and ultimately appreciate. We have made things...
read more Pick of the Vaults Festival 2018
In what has been dubbed “London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe” The Vaults in London are bringing an action packed six weeks to Waterloo. Deep underground hundreds of brand new shows will be previewing across the next month. Some will be weird, some will be...
read more The Endurance of Monologues: ‘Heretic Voices’ at the Arcola Theatre
Seeing three monologues on the trot throws into sharp relief both the possibilities and the pitfalls of the genre. Heretic Voices at the Arcola Theatre combines three pieces selected from a national competition judged by Michael Billington, Lolita Chakrabarti, Mel...
read more 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, and wait with baited breaths for your favourite part whilst mouthing along to the most rousing melodies, or you’ve sworn religiously not to listen to a single bar until you...
read more 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: artifacts, texts, and images from varying periods and places, are able to seamlessly occupy the same space through the Potter-thread that unifies them. 2017 marks the 20th...
read more ‘Too Young For What?’: Talking Basquiat with Poet in the City, Paula Varjack, and Jacob Sam-La Rose
In conjunction with Boom for Real, their exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work on display until January, on Saturday 7th October the Barbican are hosting a day of free events, installations, and performances focusing on Basquiat’s creativity and encouraging young...
read more The David Hockney Gallery at Cartwright Hall: An Artist Back Home
“I used to love going to Cartwright Hall as a kid, it was the only place in Bradford I could see real paintings.” - David Hockney[1] In his eightieth birthday year, a new permanent David Hockney gallery has opened in the artist’s hometown of Bradford. Cartwright Hall,...
read more ‘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 borderline Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Following Bob Dylan being controversially awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature earlier this year, both the...
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