REVIEW: Shiraz
Reading Time: 2 minutesStaging a dance tribute to this controversial festival, as Armin Hokmi has done, is in itself a bold gesture deserving of praise.
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REVIEW: 1 Degree Celsius
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s an acquired taste, but when the music drops, so does your jaw
REVIEW: Figure in Extinction
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe collaboration between Simon McBurney and Crystal Pite sounds irresistibly inviting and tasty, where McBurney’s bold yet playful meta-theatrical experimentation meets Pite’s precise and crisp choreography to conjure an overwhelmingly visceral feast.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Payal Ramchandani
Reading Time: 3 minutesPayal Ramchandani’s powerful new show Just Enough Madness uses the South Asian dance form of Kuchipudi to explore the silences around motherhood, miscarriage and mental health.
Catch it at Dance City, Newcastle on 22 November, followed by performances at Bradford Arts Centre on 26 March and The Lowry on 31 March.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Olivia Graydon and Bayley Graham
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis November, Adam Garcia's Irish and tap dance sensation Emerald Storm is returning to the Emerald Theatre for an unmissable season. Led by Lord of the Dance's Olivia Graydon, viral tap sensation Bayley Graham and Britain and America's Got Talent finalist Tom Ball, this high energy production presents a contemporary fusion of traditional Irish dance, tap and live music. We sat down with Olivia and Bailey to discuss their upcoming performance.
REVIEW:Akram Khan Company and Manal AIDowanyan Presents: Thikra: Night of Remembering
Reading Time: 2 minutes“An elegant and urgent response to the current political climate on immigration” First premiered in January 2025 amid the sandstone canyons of AIUIa, Saudi Arabia as an outdoor, immersive site-specific performance commissioned by the Royal Commission for…
REVIEW: Arlington
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst performed in Galway in 2016, Enda Walsh’s three-act play is a mishmash that collides traditional theatre with dance theatre to tell the story of Isla.
REVIEW: Mimi’s Shebeen
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U.K. premiere of Mimi’s Shebeen has exploded onto the new Sadler’s Wells East stage in Stratford, and is certainly another success for the venue.
REVIEW: Catch!
Reading Time: 2 minutesCatch! is a 45 to 50 minute showcase of friendship, flair and circus skill, performed recently at the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh.
REVIEW: The Machine of Horizontal Dreams
Reading Time: 3 minutesA vision that is living, breathing, and breathtaking in its execution, while
critiquing contemporary social structures and gazing toward a horizontal future