REVIEW: The Body & Blood

Reading Time: 2 minutesArtist, writer and filmmaker, the formidable Carol Murphy performs this one woman show as part of Leake Street’s VAULT Festival.

Reading Time: 2 minutesArtist, writer and filmmaker, the formidable Carol Murphy performs this one woman show as part of Leake Street’s VAULT Festival.

Reading Time: 2 minuteselcome Home’s semi-autobiographical action charts Hudson’s relationship with his sexuality in the context of growing up in the Church, amid the devastating homophobic ideology that taught him his queer identity was sinful.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis exciting series of new plays at the Royal Court showcases some of the most talented and innovative voices of emerging Japanese writers

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis festive season saw Birmingham Royal Ballet return to the Royal Albert Hall for David Bintley’s enchanting production of The Nutcracker.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBaby it’s cold outside, but you’re in for a warm welcome at the Royal Albert Hall this season - South Kensington’s esteemed institution has thrown open its doors for the glittering festive explosion that is A Christmas Gaiety.

Reading Time: 3 minutesAn improvised one-act play by improv duo Hamza Mohsin and Jake Migicovsky, together forming Avocado Presents bring this show to The Curtain's Up pub.

Reading Time: 3 minutesDirected by Macadie Amoroso, the action of Rob Hayes’ A Butcher of Distinction unfolds in a dark and eerie pub basement.

Reading Time: 3 minutesPlaying at The Rose Theatre in Kingston until 12th November, don’t miss this deliciously witty, fast-paced new production of Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, which takes on a sizzling modern feel in the hands of director Denzel Westley-Sanderson.

Reading Time: 3 minutesPlaying at Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre until the 12th November, Sugar Water delves into the relationship between Alice (Katie Erich) and Phil (Adam Fenton), with no painful, cringeworthy or intimate detail left unshared.

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m not joking – it is imperative that you mime putting down your teacup, tie your imaginary shoelaces, have a think about what rhymes with ‘lackadaisical’ and run, don’t walk, to a world of musical improbability at the Hackney Empire.