REVIEW: 1776 and Offline
Reading Time: 3 minutesZooNation Youth Company: 1776 and Offline performed on 28th June at the RBO’s Linbury Theatre. Next Generation Festival runs until 4th July 2026.
Diana Miranda
Performing-arts addict /
Unconventional arts-writer /
MA Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy (London) /
BA Culture Studies and Management (Mexico City)
REVIEW: A Fine Idea
Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten by Christine Bacon and inspired by Jason Hickel’s bestselling book ‘The Divide’, A Fine Idea the play sets itself an ambitious goal: to interrogate aid agencies in the battle against global inequality.
FEATURE: ‘Response: Movement Method’ in I Made You A Mixtape
Reading Time: 3 minutes. In Response Theatre Co’s new show I Made You a Mixtape, the goal is for the performers to focus on the immediate environment: music, scene partner, audience, mishaps, anything and everything that makes the moment a NOW.
REVIEW: Second Speaker
Reading Time: 2 minutesSecond Speaker, a new play by Nathan Chu, gradually opens out into an examination of the prison education system and the value of learning in environments designed for containment rather than growth.
REVIEW: Her and The Voice in Her Head
Reading Time: 2 minutesFuelled by spoken word and banter, Lorraine Adeyefa’s lively performance blends the playful and the painful, exposing the open wounds of a young Black woman’s search for love.
REVIEW: Short & Mighty
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn eclectic evening of bite-sized plays, ranging from delicious pieces to others still finding their flavour.
REVIEW: I Made You a Mixtape
Reading Time: 3 minutesA high-energy, genre-defying love letter to the 90s celebrating the fleeting intensity of a moment through the unfiltered language of dance.
REVIEW: Panacea
Reading Time: 2 minutesPresented by Bloodline Theatre Company, Panacea explores what happens when scientific ambition collides with emotional vulnerability.
REVIEW: F*ckboy at Camden People’s Theatre
Reading Time: 2 minutesPart night train confession, part club-night fever dream, F*ckboy navigates dysphoria with sharp humour and sincerity. A performer leans casually against a dark stage wall under purple and blue lighting, wearing a black outfit with fishnet tights and chunky…
REVIEW: Trip the Light Fantastic
Reading Time: 3 minutesWritten by Miriam Battye (Scenes with Girls, Strategic Love Play, Succession), Trip the Light Fantastic makes its London debut at OSO Theatre.