IN CONVERSATION WITH: El Perry and Daniel Hay Gordon
Reading Time: 2 minutesDance theatre company Thick & Tight present Natural Behaviour, a collection of performed portraits of human and non-human life forms.
Tabitha James
I’ve been in love with theatre for as long as I can remember but it was intensified when I joined Bedlam Theatre whilst at University of Edinburgh - the oldest student-run theatre in the UK. With an aversion to the spotlight I became involved in stage management and producing and then discovered reviewing. I’ve been reviewing for over six years now but am still delighted to be challenged and thrilled by shows at every viewing. When not working as a marketeer in my day job, I’m at home with my two demanding Siamese cats - more often than not knitting or with a glass of wine in hand.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Chelsea Bondzanga
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Chelsea Bondzanga who plays Karine in Wiggy. Opening at Peckham Fringe it runs 2-3rd June at Theatre Peckham. Set in a chalet somewhere in the depths of alpine Europe, WIGGY is an afro-surrealist thriller about intersectionality, survival and mysteriously disappearing braids.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Andrea Holland
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Andrea Holland, creator and performer in Chop-Chop!, coming to Barons Court Theatre from 27-31st May. Chop-chop! is a high-energy Spanglish one-woman show that blends eclectic storytelling, wildly exaggerated yet deeply human characters, and a dash of food at its heart—serving up identity, connection, and a whole lot of bilingual chaos.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Olivia Hannah
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Olivia Hannah, playwright of Shit Life Crisis, which tours the North of England from 20th May - 7th June. Directed by Silent Uproar AD Alex Mitchel, Shit Life Crisis follows Grace, who has smashed cancer with the perennial support of her ride-or-die Abbie, but victory has begun to feel like a bad joke.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Niall McCarthy
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with an exclusive interview with emerging Irish writer Niall McCarthy ahead of his new show Derry Boys, running at Theatre 503 from 20th May to 7th June. Developed through Theatre503’s Rapid Write Response programme, this sharp and powerful and wryly funny new work explores identity, ambition, and what it takes to carve out a place in the world.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Medhi Walerski
Reading Time: 3 minutesVancouver’s Ballet BC is back in London on 20th & 21st May to begin an eight-venue Dance Consortium tour. The company is presenting a double bill of Crystal Pite’s Frontier and Johan Inger’s PASSING. We sat down with Artistic Director Medhi Walerski to discuss the production coming to the UK.
FEATURE: Glitter, Glamour & Grand Final Glory: Eurovision Takes Centre Stage at The Phoenix Arts Club
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon’s most flamboyant and theatrical hotspot, The Phoenix Arts Club, is pulling out all the sequinned stops for its Eurovision Grande Finale Screening & Cabaret Show—an annual spectacle that’s as iconic as the contest itself.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Josh Asokan
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Artistic Director and conductor Josh Asokan ahead of Odyssey Ensemble's London Debut at Kings Place on 24th May. Odyssey Ensemble is the UK’s first professional musical collective dedicated to sharing real-life stories of asylum-seekers and refugees in their own words.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo
Reading Time: 4 minutesAn Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo. It is life through the lens of a queer young man, navigating masculinity, Grindr and institution that is rife with shame; doing it all with a sensational soundtrack and a hearty dose of laughter. Directed by Meg Bowron and Josh Stainer and Produced by Lizzie Hawke
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Choel-in Jung
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Cheol-in Jeong for an exclusive interview. Cheol-in Jung is the choreographer of 0g (Zero grams) by Melancholy Dance Company, part of A Festival of Korean Dance. 0g is performed with A Complementary Set - Disappearing with An Impact by Choi x Kang Project at Pavilion Dance South West 9th May and Dance City 15th May, and with Shinsegae by Ji-hye Chung at The Place on 13th May