Ke Meng

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. Reviewer for A Young(ish)Perspective. As a v. honest reviewer, I'm open to any invitation of reviewing.

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…

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Sadiq Ali

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Sadiq talking about Tell Me,a visceral fusion of circus, dance and theatre tackling HIV stigma. What first made you want to create Tell Me? The first thing that made me want to make this…

REVIEW: Glyndeborne’s Messiah at Royal Albert Hall

Reading Time: 2 minutesTransferred for one night only from Glyndebourne’s autumn season to the Royal Albert Hall, this Messiah under Aidan Oliver and the Glyndebourne Sinfonia (leader Richard Milone), with the Glyndebourne Chorus and soloists Soraya Mafi, Claire Barnett-Jones, James Way and James Platt, offered a strikingly intimate reading of Handel’s oratorio in a resolutely non-intimate space.