IN CONVERSATION WITH: Viv Gordon
Reading Time: 3 minutesUsing the gestural cutting out of paper dolls as a collective act of healing and resistance, ‘Cutting Out’ is the lyrical, gutsy journey of Viv Gordon’s survival.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH: Billy Barret and Ellice Stevens – After The Act
Reading Time: 5 minutesAfter the Act, from award-winning Breach Theatre, spotlights the inspiring true stories of teachers, students and activists protesting, grappling with, and impacted by Section 28 as it was being passed. Interview with writers Billy Garret and Ellie Stevens.
FEATURE: Cast Announcement for A Jaffa Cake Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesInspired by the 1991 tribunal which determined the true identity of a Jaffa Cake, multi-award winning Gigglemug Theatre return to the Edinburgh Fringe and Bristol.
REVIEW: The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Fun, If Flawed, Star Wars Tribute The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody is an unapologetically cheeky, unauthorised celebration of the Star Wars universe. It’s clear from the outset that this is a production unafraid to…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Mya Onwugbonu
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Mya Onwugbonu, director of Do You Want Something to Cry For, coming to Theatre Peckham on the 20th and 21st May. Written by rising playwright Jerome Scott, this lyrical new production follows two black boys through different iterations of themselves—teen, adolescent, adult—as they navigate love, longing, and survival in a world that denies them softness.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Jack Herlihy
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Jack Herilhy, actor, musician and theatre-maker.
In this provocative new play with striking parallels to our own age of digital watchfulness, Regarding Shelley explores the paranoia surrounding Percy Shelley’s early years of political activism and the chilling impact of state scrutiny.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Mick Martin
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe sat down with Mick Martin ahead of his new show Keep On Keepin’ On touring around three non-theatre spaces in Northern Soul strongholds, using the themes of the play to connect independent retailers with local authorities and Business Improvement District (BIDs) as a way of starting conversations to generate real change.
REVIEW: Hamlet Hail To The Thief
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Hamlet Hail to the Thief’ is a co-production between the Royal Shakespeare Company and Factory International, running at Aviva Studios Home of Factory International, Manchester until 18 May before transferring to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon from 4 June – 28 June.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Kellie Shirley
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Kellie Shirley who stars in Greenwich Theatre's home-grown production of Jez Butterworth's Parlour Song running until 24th May.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Guillaume Pige
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Guillaume Pige to discuss their show BIRTH, continuing it's UK tour on the 13th of May at The Stoyhouse, Chester.