In Conversation with: Charlie Vero-Martin
Reading Time: 2 minutesSitting down with Charlie Vero-Martin ahead of her show Picnic we explore the show's origin in this intimate interview.
Month February 2024
In Conversation with: Maryam Garad
Reading Time: 3 minutesMaryam Garad is a British/Somali playwright and actor from London. Her debut play Reparations was shortlisted for the Mustapha Matura award.
REVIEW: Waiting For God. Oh.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA dark comedy that tells the story of God inviting a human to meet with them for the first time Waiting for God. oh., written by Lèona McLoughlin is a dark comedy that tells the story of…
REVIEW: São Paulo Dance Company
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTechnical tenacity meets colourful choreography in this exciting performance from São Paulo Dance Company Currently touring the UK with Dance Consortium, São Paulo Dance Company is not holding back, bringing heat and energy to the stage…
REVIEW: Before After
Reading Time: 2 minutesA heartbreaking and equally heartwarming new musical with a fantastic, talented cast Before After is a new musical playing at Southwark Playhouse, telling the story of Ben and Ami, a pair that meet by chance on a…
REVIEW: Pickled Republic
Reading Time: 2 minutesPickled Republic is a surreal cabaret spectacle that ingeniously examines existentialist philosophy through deteriorating pickled produce Ruxy Cantir’s Pickled Republic, performed at the Traverse Theatre as part of the Manipulate Festival 2024, was a delightfully chaotic, messy,…
REVIEW: Ragnarok
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis international production by Tortoise in a Nutshell in co- production with Nordland Visual Theatre and in association with MacRobert Arts Centre, took to the Traverse Theatre’s stage to tell the mythical tale of Ragnarok with a Scottish twist as part of the Manipulate Festival.
REVIEW: The Frogs
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpymonkey have made a bold return to the stage with their new production The Frogs (co-written with Carl Grose), a chaotic, anarchic spectacle chock-full of clowning, innuendos, satire, slapstick, dramatic songs, and double-takes.
In Conversation with Bex at Megahertz
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Bex from Megahertz. MHz and Feral present Ruins, as part of Manipulate Festival at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre (The Studio) on Sunday 11 February, 6pm.
In Conversation with: Flavia D’Avila
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with director and producer Flavia D'Avila of La Niña Barro - created from introspective poems written by Spanish writer Marta Massé.