IN CONVERSATION WITH: Esohe Uwadiae
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Esohe Uwadiae. Uwadiae's latest show is told through an intimate, vivid and fast-moving monologue.
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: Will Stanton
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Will Stanton who plays Cassio in Northern Stage, HOME Manchester and Citizens Theatre co-production, in association with Royal & Derngate Othello.
REVIEW: La bohème
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are few better settings for an evening of opera than Waterperry House & Gardens. As part of the Waterperry Opera Festival’s two-week programme, La bohème makes particularly good use of its surroundings, with the beautiful Oxfordshire estate providing an atmospheric backdrop to Puccini’s much-loved tale of love, friendship and heartbreak.
REVIEW: The Time Of Your Life @ The Voodoo Rooms
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat happens when 19 Gaullier trained clowns walk into a bar? A playful mix of chaos and comedy, if this immersive revival of William Sayoran’s The Time Of Your Life is anything to go by.
REVIEW: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Reading Time: 3 minutesLove's Labour's Lost is one of Shakespeare's least frequently staged comedies, but it is an undervalued, entertaining piece of work.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus
Reading Time: 3 minutesBig Stuff – Drawing on their own personal experiences of the loss of their parents, acclaimed married Second City comedy duo Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus explore how, in the aftermath of loss or change, we interact with…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Ollie Horn
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Ollie Horn, performing two comedy shows, 'The Most Toast' and 'Let's Listen to Some of Lou Bega's Other Songs Together for an Hour' at the Edinburgh Fringe.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Julia Stephens
Reading Time: 3 minutesROOMIES– Sophie was once a Los Angeles it-girl, but now, on the eve of her 30th birthday, she’s stuck in a treatment facility with her 18-year-old schizophrenic roommate, Molly. ROOMIES is a darkly funny solo show based on…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Abbey Gillett and Elsa Strachan
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with actress and writer Abbey Gillett and director Elsa Strachan to discuss I Dreamt You Differently, a topical play about ambition and its value, dreams and desires, and the importance of inter-generational communication.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Marina di Marzo
Reading Time: 3 minutesBefore age ten, Marina di Marzo was an unstoppable romantic force. After eleven? A cautionary tale.