REVIEW: ASMF & Steven Isserlis
Reading Time: 2 minutesReturning to the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for their first collaboration since 2016, the ASMF reunited with Steven Isserlis in an evening shaped by the ethos of chamber music at scale.
Ke Meng
Theatre. Education. Culture.
I work in the showbiz in London and am a passionate theatregoer and exhibition/museum goer. Loving to communicate and exchange views. Occasionally grumbling about life in London.
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REVIEW: The Debate: Baldwin vs Buckley
Reading Time: 2 minutesRe-staging the enduring epistemological violence “The American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro”. Claimed by James Baldwin at the Cambridge Union Society in 1965. Coming less than a year after the Civil Rights Act…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Sam Amidon
Reading Time: 2 minutesSam is performing at Kings Place with Pekka Kuusisto and members of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra on 24 February as part of the 'Platoon Presents' series to launch their new album Willows
FEATURE: Re-reading The Handmaiden’s Love, Performance, and the Politics of Adaptation
Reading Time: 2 minutesSelected by Emerald Fennell as part of her Love Stories programme at BFI IMAX, Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden arrives already framed as an exemplary but disruptive romance. It is a positioning that feels both apt and slightly provocative.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Zoe Hunter Gordon
Reading Time: 5 minutesFirst developed with support from HighTide, 1.17am… now receives its world premiere at Finborough Theatre following three critically acclaimed sold-out previews at Theatre503. We sat down to discuss this play with its writer Zoe. 1. 1.17am, or until the words…
REVIEW: Compagnie le Fils du Grand Réseau: BIGRE/Fish Bowl at Peacock Theatre
Reading Time: 2 minutes“absurdity of life with tear and joy” Created by Pierre Guillois and co-written by Agathe L’Huillier and Olivier Martin-Salvan, BIGRE/Fish Bowl, part of MimeLondon 2026, is a love letter from Compagnie le Fils du Grand Réseau to our…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Umar Butt
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Umar Butt who recently developed JOLT, a powerful new play explored through Research & Development at ARC Stockton. His work blends storytelling and performance to create innovative theatrical experiences that examine endurance, identity and adaptation within contemporary society.
IN CONVERSATION WITH:Maia Kirkman
Reading Time: 4 minutesPresented by esk and Roast Productions. Quentin Blake’s Mrs Armitage on Wheels has been developed in association with Eagle Eye and Little Angel Theatre and based on the BBC animated series Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures, available on BBC iPlayer.…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Aaron Gelkoff
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis month, the students of University of Oxford return to Oxford Playhouse with Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s kaleidoscopic comedy musical, Company. Themselves on the brink of change, Fennec Fox Productions give this Tony Award-winning musical a playful…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Julia Taudevin
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Julia to talk about her latest play Auntie Empire premiering at Manipulate Festival. 1. You’ve described this work as absurd and rambunctious. At what point did you know this story needed to be…