Reading Time: 3 minutesDanusia Samal’s smash gig theatre hit Bangers is back with a brand new look, following five star runs at Soho Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023. Coming to London’s Arcola Theatre for three weeks this summer, Bangers is bringing the party to Dalston.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved and radical story about the magic of nature and the nature of magic is adapted in a new version by Holly Robinson (soft animals, Soho Theatre) and Anna Himali Howard (Graceland, Royal Court; Orpheus, Opera North).
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Kim Pearce, director of Candace Chong Mui Ngam's May 35th. A celebration of resistance to authoritarianism and commemoration of those who died in the pro-democracy protest at Tiananmen Square based on real life stories.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Abey Bradbury, writer and composer of JULIE: The Musical.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor our upcoming shows in London, YAMATO presents The Wings of Phoenix. The powerful and warm booming sound of the Taiko drums, likened to a heartbeat, awaits you.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEast London Shakespeare Festival was founded by Ursula Early and Rosie Ward. They met while doing outdoor Shakespeare and now 'the wheel is come full circle' ... it is their shared enthusiasm for creating fun, accessible events in beautiful local spaces, which sparked the idea behind the birth of the East London Shakespeare Festival.
Reading Time: 4 minutesA brand-new production from Hull-based Silent Uproar, Dead Girls Rising is an angry, joyous, punk protest that doesn’t pull any punches. Written by Maureen Lennon, with music and lyrics from Anya Pearson (international punk artist featured on BBC Radio 6 Introducing ), Dead Girls Rising is an explosive exploration of what it takes to live and survive within a violent patriarchy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh presents Scotland with a brand-new feminist, queer re-examining of the epic Greek tragedy, on the Òran Mór stage from Monday 10th - Saturday 15th Jun. The world famous A Play, A Pie and A Pint presents MEDEA ON THE MIC - Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh after Euripedes, but funnier.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ve all been there: having been to the bathroom and nabbed your favourite drink at the bar you’re all set to slink into the auditorium, only to be met with a sign declaring: “Tonight, XXX will be played by YYY”.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDelving into the compelling life of Joe Carstairs, a renowned power boat-racer known for being the ‘fastest woman on water’, who was also a war-hero and one of 20th century’s boldest queer figures, Joe Carstairs is a new drama set across two timelines, the 1920s and the 2020s, exploring themes of gender, identity, and societal norms over a century apart, and offers a thought-provoking reflection on a historical queer icon.