Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen someone is murdered, the news story is cold. Definite. It presents the facts, and sometimes those facts have the weight of systemic injustice festering within them. Such was the case with the shooting of Tyisha Miller on the 28th July 1998, an African-American woman killed whilst unconscious in a car by four police officers, shot twelve times.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA faultless production of humour and heartbreak Reimagining the classic Edmond Rostand 1897 verse play, the Royal Shakespeare Company have chosen to create an ‘unabashedly emotional experience for the audience’. Nothing could describe this version more accurately,…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHot Mess is a high-energy original romcom that reimagines the climate crisis as a turbulent love story between Earth and Humanity.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAhead of TR[IA]L, we caught up with writer Mercy Brewer, director Fiona Popplewell, technical director Sam Bell, and performers Macsen Brown and Freya Popplewell to discuss this taut psychological thriller exploring memory, control and corporate power. Running at White Bear Theatre from 14–18 April
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeat, the verbatim song cycle centred around “what it means to be alive” was an insightful experience into the unsung melodies we experience in our everyday lives with hints of ground-breaking medical work and NHS.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Flo Petrie about her new show Thirty Six Questions “Welcome to a new dating show: matched with your soulmate, all it takes is thirty-six questions to fall in love. Or does it? Pro…
Reading Time: 2 minutesTheir latest production of Don’t Rock The Boat, fits neatly into this category. A rather lengthy comedy by Robin Hawdon, this play tells the story of two families staying on a houseboat for a weekend and the drama that ensues.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA pioneer of ‘in-yer-face theatre’, Sarah Kane was known for awaking at 4.48am in a depressed state to write her plays, typically exploring themes of pain and torture, love and desire. Her final play, 4.48 Psychosis has been described as ‘a 75-minute suicide note’, as it debuted at Royal Court Theatre over a year after she hung herself.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA joy-filled summer celebration of the bard
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnBook Theatre presents a comedy double bill of Red Peppers by Noël Coward and Aged In Wood by Cian Griffin.