Reading Time: 2 minutesPieces of a Woman explores this in the most visceral and cinematic theatre experience possible. Written and directed by a real-life married couple from Hungary, consisting of director Kornél Mundruczó and playwright Kata Wéber, this play was originally premiered in Warsaw, Poland, before gaining huge success as the Vanessa Kirby starring Netflix movie which swept up a number of awards.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSet against the backdrop of London in the mid-2000s, “Between the Lines” centres on Blaze FM, an illegal, DIY pirate radio station blasting grime and jungle from the confines of a Hackney council flat. The play expounds the importance of family, both related and unrelated, and in growing a community to speak the truth of our times.
Reading Time: 2 minutesClassic Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol has been known for his whimsical stories since his time as a famed but deluded writer in the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century. His masterpiece play, “The Government Inspector”, is one of his most timeless works, endlessly reworked and restaged across the globe for almost 200 years. The Marylebone Theatre’s new production takes you on a glorious, farcical journey that still rings true today.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Deaf as a Post”, premiering at the Barons Court Theatre, takes you into a near-future dystopia plagued by many of the problems we experience today, where zombie-like “Loopers” spread a manic panic through infectious clickbait ear-worms.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe organ that stands within the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre is turning 70-years-old this year. The new Resident Artist James McVinnie rang in this illustrious occasion with two performances in a day, both of which offered an old and a new perspective on this important instrument.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJury Games’ in-person immersive experience has landed at Theatre Deli, inviting audiences, or should I say participants, to decide on the conviction of one person together as a group. You are thrown into an office room with a host of other strangers, all tasked with the same goal: come to a conclusion on a conviction.