FEATURE: La Femme Infidѐle
Reading Time: 2 minutesCinephiles and Francophiles converge on the hill of Claude Chabrol.
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REVIEW: The Adventurers
Reading Time: 2 minutesInnovative and fun, this classic yet campy romcom perfectly encapsulates queer characters in a contemporary way The combination of a Voltaire and Casanova-inspired Sapphic Venetian adventure genuinely sounds too good to be true. Alas, it is not.…
REVIEW: Firebrand
Reading Time: 2 minutesJulie d’Aubigny is one of the most scandalous and fascinating characters throughout French history. So it’s only fitting that she gets her theatrical due, presented here as an Act 1 workshop. Written by Merrilea Ettia and Robbie Hébert, this is clearly an ambitious project, and one which requires an abundance of imagination to fill in the gaps.
REVIEW: Perdita
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite multiple portraits hanging on London’s hallowed gallery walls, famous actress, celebrity and
author Mary Robinson has yet to have her contemporary cultural zeitgeist. Enter stage left, Perdita.
Written by Sophie Todd, who also plays the titular protagonist, the first half of the play deals with
Robinson’s youth as a teenager wedded to drunken gambler Thomas Robinson (played by Kevin Martin Murphy). We see her follow him all the way to debtor’s prison with their newborn child Maria where her writing is so popular it neatly pays off their debt and she returns to the stage to be mentored by bringing David Garrick out of retirement. Here she flourishes, although we never really see her on stage.
REVIEW: Operation Blank
Reading Time: 2 minutesOperation Blank plays at the Etcetera Theatre until 11th July before its Edinburgh Fringe Festival run.
REVIEW: Shear Madness
Reading Time: 3 minutesShear Madness is the longest running play in American theatre history, this global comedy sensation arrives in Sonning. Get ready for a night of mystery, mischief, and madcap mayhem like you’ve never experienced before!
REVIEW: The Ladyboys of Bangkok
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ladyboys of Bangkok marks the show's return to London for the first time in over a decade and brings together nine ladyboy performers.
FEATURE: Dinosaurs of Antarctica (3D) at BFI IMAX
Reading Time: 2 minutesStunning CGI visuals present a lush, exciting prehistoric otherworld against the backdrop of a contemporary scientific expedition
REVIEW: Sinatra The Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe leads deliver stellar performances in this restrained slice of Sinatra Frank Sinatra is undoubtedly a musical legend. Countless hits spanning over six decades, a film careerinvolving the Oscars and a love life so dramatic he’d be…
FEATURE: Close Encounters of the Third Kind at BFI IMAX
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter the global success of 1975’s JAWS, Steven Spielberg was the most celebrated man in Hollywood and could have made anything he wanted. It turns out he had been working on a pet project for some time, which would turn into the 1977 smash hit Close Encounters of the Third Kind.