REVIEW: So Are We
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo Searingly Beautiful Pieces of Dance by Two of the World’s Most Exciting Choreographers
Tom Malachi
REVIEW: Augmented
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn energetic and well-danced piece that feels it’s missing something
REVIEW: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote
Reading Time: 2 minutesCarlos Acosta's version of Don Quixote never quite finds its feet. Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote tells the story of a deluded knight who famously jousts with windmills.
REVIEW: Not Quite Three Sisters
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Brilliantly Experimental Multi-Lingual Reimagining of Chekhov’s Three Sisters Alienation, from themselves and each other, is the recurring theme of Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Masha, Olga and Irina long to return to Moscow, but we sense that beneath that there…
REVIEW: Modern Milestones
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Modern Milestones at Linbury Theatre, the company honours a hundred years of Martha Graham’s legendary dance company with Deep Song and celebrates Robert Cohan’s 100th birthday with his deeply moving duet, Lacrymosa.
REVIEW: Until Spring Comes
Reading Time: 2 minutesUntil Spring Comes, written by Chen Tao Shen and directed by Shuyi Alice Wang, tells the story of an actor in rehearsal for a production of the myth of Phaethon after going through a surgery that leaves her with a colostomy bag.
FEATURE: A Celebration of the Future of Set Design
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Linbury Prize for stage design, run by the National Theatre and the Linbury Trust, is the major award for early-career stage designers.
REVIEW: Der Wald and Lucrezia Double-Bill
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a double-bill, the two short, twentieth century operas Der Wald and Lucrezia are currently being shown at Guildhall School of Music and Drama to showcase the work of their student musicians and technicians.
REVIEW: Black Sheep
Reading Time: 2 minutesA vital look at the struggles in farming – brilliantly staged and acted
REVIEW: Blessings
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlessings, written and directed by Sarah Shelton, is set in a small English town in 1969. It’s a time of huge social change, when younger generations are questioning whether the roles prescribed by the nuclear family really lead to happy lives.