Reading Time: 4 minutes1968. Three thousand students occupy the London School of Economics, in the most significant act of protest in a generation. 2023. Two friends and flatmates try to work out what radical change means today, searching through archives,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow To Build A Universe is the latest production from choreographer Jamaal Burkmar. Formed of two parts, How To Build A Universe showcases Extended Play’s creative process: visually striking, mesmerising dance to intoxicating music, and improvisation with guest participants. Through a collision of music…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group presents the hit off-Broadway musical ‘Little Shop of Horrors’, running January 23-27 at the Church Hill Theatre.
Reading Time: 4 minutesTheatre-Rites with Agudo Dance Company, have created an exciting new production as part of London Borough of Culture in Croydon. Journey of a Refugee is a powerful and moving theatre production that explores the journey and arrival of a refugee and the universal theme of people searching for a place they can call home. Journey of a Refugee will be a beautiful blend of puppetry and performance for both school and family audiences and will be supported by a comprehensive workshop programme. Journey of a Refugee is showing at Stanley Arts, London, from 3 – 18 February.
Dr Sue Buckmaster is the director of Journey of a Refugee, the Artistic Director of Theatre-Rites, a puppetry expert, and the fifth generation of theatre practitioners in her family.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPaulus and special guests will share all you need to know to self-book a successful UK small-scale tour at the Get Your Show on the Road workshop in London on 11 February 2024 Veteran cabaret entertainer and educator Paulus (BBC1’s All Together Now and ‘King…
Reading Time: 4 minutesFirst performed in 1904, Chekhov’s last play The Cherry Orchard is a masterpiece of theatrical tragicomedy, examining a society on the brink of collapse, as the past and future collide. The family’s estate is to be sold,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesJade Anouka’s debut play is a raw and honest exploration of love, loss, and self-discovery. The play tells the story of a woman grappling with the end of her marriage and the beginning of a new chapter…
Reading Time: 4 minutes‘One of the most powerful operas of the century’ (Financial Times) returns to the English National Opera (ENO) this February for its first revival, Annilese Miskimmon’s (ENO’s Artistic Director) acclaimed production of The Handmaid’s Tale. Following its premiere…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a three and a half year run on Emmerdale was came to a close with a fictional car crash, actress Louise Marwood started to design a real life car crash of her own – spiralling into…
Reading Time: 4 minutesSolastalgia, created by Polish born, London-based choreographer Kasia Witek, is a new dance performance that responds to the climate emergency that we face today, fostering emotional resilience, hope, and a sense of togetherness in both performers and audiences. Solastalgia explores the wide range of emotions that the climate crisis evokes, questioning our perception of nature as ‘other’.