Reading Time: 3 minutesNext month, Sadler’s presents the UK premiere of a new work Five Days in the Sun (3 Nov) set to Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, which actually marks its 125th anniversary this year. The music itself has a fascinating history, composed after a near-death experience and…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA promising experiment Three human-sized rats are attending an institution. A junior is under the guidance of two senior rats, learning a variety of subjects, ballet, literature and later experiments. What the newcomer does not know yet,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesGermán Cornejo’s fiery Tango After Dark visits Sadler’s Wells Theatre from Thursday 5 – Monday 9 November 2026. Returning to London by overwhelming demand, the internationally acclaimed Tango After Dark presents tango as it was meant to be experienced: raw, intimate and irresistibly seductive.Whether you’re a lifelong…
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis October the theatre is showcasing their Super Spooky Cabaret, a new circus experience bringing together performers for an hour packed with jaw-dropping juggling, bewitching circus skills, and plenty of Halloween mischief. The show includes magic, circus and…
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn Sunday 1 November, a day celebrated in many cultures around the world as the Day for the Dead, the legendary Tiger Lillies are set to take to the stage of Soho Theatre Walthamstow for a special…
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Katya Bourvis, Hannah Peel, and Tala Lee-Turton, to discuss their production Pia, which follows a woman from Barnsley over three generations of her life as her mind journeys amongst the collieries of her hometown and vivid dreams of space travel, and features a 17 piece brass band performing Peel's Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Tribute to revolution” It all starts with an empty plastic bottle and a broken vase. A “show” is about to begin, but the vase needs replacing. Now. Someone sets to work on a new one. There isn’t…
Reading Time: 3 minutes“A courageous attempt to Arendt through Brechtian techniques” In May 1940, three German Jewish women are arrested at Camp Gurs in France: Hannah Arendt the political thinker, Charlotte Salomon the artist, and Eva Daube the communist. Drawing…
Reading Time: 2 minutesinsatiable desire The Hungry Ghost can be read as a story of supernatural possession, of disordered eating, or of an insatiable hunger for love. In Mei Leng Yew’s play, these readings continually overlap where the desire for food…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Jens Harzer is extraordinary” De Profundis can be read in a plethora of ways. It can be read as Oscar Wilde’s desperate love letter to Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas), his final profound reflection on art and literature, or…